And the wank continues...
There have been further e-mails other than the brief announcement, mostly about my mom's impressions of the wedding. Then at the bottom was a throwaway bit about how I'm due in the spring (?!) and such a good mother for Maddy. Gee thanks for letting me know in a mass e-mail you send everyone, Mom.
She had called before saying she had seen the video I posted of Maddy singing in French and Vietnamese, and wanted to say how proud she was. Considering it was just after the other e-mails, I figured (rather cynically but possibly true) that she wanted something from me. I figured it would take more energy than I had to call her back, so I haven't yet. She just sent a message earlier today telling me that my brother now has a job and is moving to upstate NY. My parents are going to go help him move so they'll be away from home for a week, and she wants me to call her when she gets back to check in on her.
There are no feelings in response to this, honestly.
And a little while ago, I get a chat from my brother out of the blue. (I know, I know, leaving Gchat on while I'm work is probably a bad idea. But it's not like there are many people that say hi to me during the day, yanno?)
While this is normally such a horrible breach of etiquette that people have wanked forever over this, it probably doesn't matter since they don't know about this journal at all. So here's what he sent me: I just got back from my honeymoon! I wanted to say hi, and to say relax, don't be mad. I always planned that we would get together after my wedding after your second child was born. You mentioned when you visited NYC that you would be willing to meet us after the wedding, so that you wouldn't have to come without Jay. It's a win-win. You save money on airfare, travel, hotel, wedding gift, etc. and there will be less family drama. Everything I did, I did for a reason. I didn't forget about you or left you out. There was no one from my side, just me, mom and dad. We will chit chat more after your patient.
There are more lack of feelings in response to this. Honestly.
There is the sarcastic Gee, thanks for NOT TELLING ME WHAT YOU INTENDED impulse. But really? Does it matter? No, I don't think it does. I don't know if this is the forgiveness that they were talking about in church, but it's a whole lot less stressful for me. Giving a shit about people that don't want to take consideration for others is much too draining.