weekend family drama, part 2
Thanks for all the concern, you guys. *hug*
Last night, my Aunt Evie (my dad's sister) had taken my sister; she'll be living with them for a while until my father cools down. That was their (aunt and mum) plan, anyway. My aunt had called my dad before, trying to talk some sense into him that yes, he should punish my sister but not to the point of 'dragging her out of the house like a dog' (Dad's own words).
My aunt is usually the one talking some sense into my dad whenever he's being a prick, and it usually works, but this time, she was the one who volunteeered to get my sister because it didn't work. Mum got text messages from two of my sister's friends and they said sis would be coming home that day (last night). But yeah, after my aunt's conversation with my dad, Aunt Evie was all, "no, that's not a good idea."
So right now, my sister is living with them...hopefully my aunt and uncle -- Aunt Evie's husband -- could get some sense into her, because the only way we could see it, she'll have to really beg for forgiveness just so my dad would take her back. School starts in 3 days, and I was all, "how is she going to get to school?" because Makati is like, an hour's drive away and no one would drive her this way since they all have their own shit. I guess that's her punishment. But I feel incredibly bad for her because of that. Education is a really important thing for me, because at least, you can have some kind of accomplishment you could be proud of, and people won't think you are some lesser kind of being because you have finished college. But now...ugh. I am appalled at how her logic didn't see this consequence. I mean, c'mon! Even college graduates here are having a hard time finding a job -- how can someone who hasn't even finished high school be given a decent paying job?!
ETA: I forgot, I was going to answer some questions from the comments.
- We did know where she was staying (although we had only had a vague idea where she was exactly because she was switching among two houses and we didn't know when she was moving). Dad didn't want to get her though, which is understandable because, really -- if your daughter disobeys you and stays out that long despite your warning, are you still going to be the on crawling to her, seemingly begging her to come home? =\
- My sister left home because she wanted to join her friends for their night out somewhere (Eastwood, for you local folks). Although she never mentioned it, I'm sure she was planning to come home the next day (probably late afternoon or early evening). She was probably too scared to go home, but apparently not too scared because she risked getting my father more angry and look how it ended. =\
CHAD DARNELL'S JUNE 12 OF 12
Learned of it from absterpuff. This looks interesting, might join it (if I find a camera somewhere, because my phone camera sucks).
Anyway! So if you plan on participating, more information can be found here. But basically, on the 12th of this month, you take 12 pictures of how you went about your day. There's a 13th bonus picture (which is optional) but it's when everyone participating takes a photo at the same time, wherever you are. The planned time is at 7 AM PST (10AM EST), and for everyone who lives outside of the US, we can go by GMT and see how the time works here. I personally use the Time Zone Converter because all I need to do is just type in the time and it does the thinking for me. Hehe.
Last night, my Aunt Evie (my dad's sister) had taken my sister; she'll be living with them for a while until my father cools down. That was their (aunt and mum) plan, anyway. My aunt had called my dad before, trying to talk some sense into him that yes, he should punish my sister but not to the point of 'dragging her out of the house like a dog' (Dad's own words).
My aunt is usually the one talking some sense into my dad whenever he's being a prick, and it usually works, but this time, she was the one who volunteeered to get my sister because it didn't work. Mum got text messages from two of my sister's friends and they said sis would be coming home that day (last night). But yeah, after my aunt's conversation with my dad, Aunt Evie was all, "no, that's not a good idea."
So right now, my sister is living with them...hopefully my aunt and uncle -- Aunt Evie's husband -- could get some sense into her, because the only way we could see it, she'll have to really beg for forgiveness just so my dad would take her back. School starts in 3 days, and I was all, "how is she going to get to school?" because Makati is like, an hour's drive away and no one would drive her this way since they all have their own shit. I guess that's her punishment. But I feel incredibly bad for her because of that. Education is a really important thing for me, because at least, you can have some kind of accomplishment you could be proud of, and people won't think you are some lesser kind of being because you have finished college. But now...ugh. I am appalled at how her logic didn't see this consequence. I mean, c'mon! Even college graduates here are having a hard time finding a job -- how can someone who hasn't even finished high school be given a decent paying job?!
ETA: I forgot, I was going to answer some questions from the comments.
- We did know where she was staying (although we had only had a vague idea where she was exactly because she was switching among two houses and we didn't know when she was moving). Dad didn't want to get her though, which is understandable because, really -- if your daughter disobeys you and stays out that long despite your warning, are you still going to be the on crawling to her, seemingly begging her to come home? =\
- My sister left home because she wanted to join her friends for their night out somewhere (Eastwood, for you local folks). Although she never mentioned it, I'm sure she was planning to come home the next day (probably late afternoon or early evening). She was probably too scared to go home, but apparently not too scared because she risked getting my father more angry and look how it ended. =\
CHAD DARNELL'S JUNE 12 OF 12
Learned of it from absterpuff. This looks interesting, might join it (if I find a camera somewhere, because my phone camera sucks).
Anyway! So if you plan on participating, more information can be found here. But basically, on the 12th of this month, you take 12 pictures of how you went about your day. There's a 13th bonus picture (which is optional) but it's when everyone participating takes a photo at the same time, wherever you are. The planned time is at 7 AM PST (10AM EST), and for everyone who lives outside of the US, we can go by GMT and see how the time works here. I personally use the Time Zone Converter because all I need to do is just type in the time and it does the thinking for me. Hehe.