Originally posted by reader1107Life can be cruel sometimes.
Yes, more than anyone in the family outside of Tennessee.
edit: According to her, more than anyone INSIDE Tennessee as well!
They can't take away the love you felt for your grandmother, or the love she felt for you. Take heart in that fact.
Are you ok?
Originally posted by NordlysHer nephew. That's why he included himself and his brother. He did do a lot for her, and he didn't like us. On my father's side of the family, if we are going to be in town (as in, in the same state), whoever lives there invites over everyone who can make it. Haven't seen them in 20 years? No problem -- it's time you met again. There's food, bonding, and it turns out that we're all very much alike on that side of the family. We went down there last year, met no one except he and his wife, and were only asked over to their house to get my grandmother's stuff out of their basement. Didn't see his kids, his brother and SIL, weren't invited to a meal or for a visit. They just wanted to stop using my grandmother's money to pay for a storage room for her stuff.
🙁 Who wrote that obit? Her stepson?
The sky is weeping. :'(
Originally posted by reader1107That sounds very sad. Families can bring out the best and/or the worst in people.
Her nephew. That's why he included himself and his brother. He did do a lot for her, and he didn't like us. On my father's side of the family, if we are going to be in town (as in, in the same state), whoever lives there invites over everyone who can make it. Haven't seen them in 20 years? No problem -- it's time you met again. There's food, bonding ...[text shortened]... wanted to stop using my grandmother's money to pay for a storage room for her stuff.
Originally posted by reader1107That's sad. I can understand to a degree why some members of the family might not want to see each other, but I really can't understand that they can't put their hostility aside in a situation like this, and at least acknowledge the existence of the rest of the family.
Her nephew. That's why he included himself and his brother. He did do a lot for her, and he didn't like us. On my father's side of the family, if we are going to be in town (as in, in the same state), whoever lives there invites over everyone who can make it. Haven't seen them in 20 years? No problem -- it's time you met again. There's food, bonding ...[text shortened]... wanted to stop using my grandmother's money to pay for a storage room for her stuff.
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundYes, but not getting enough sleep! The course is interesting enough, and it's good to get out into the real world and be around people and looking forward to the new school year. But it took me too weeks to relearn how to stay up late and sleep late, so this getting up at 5:45 is for the birds!
😴 I hope you're ok chicken, i take it you've been doing your course stuff?
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Originally posted by reader1107Yeah, i know how you feel. I've been working for the past twenty nights. I've got a couple of days off now, and i don't know what i'm going to do with them, or how to sleep at night.
Yes, but not getting enough sleep! The course is interesting enough, and it's good to get out into the real world and be around people and looking forward to the new school year. But it took me too weeks to relearn how to stay up late and sleep late, so this getting up at 5:45 is for the birds!
How are you? Did the family thing go ok?
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundWell, we have a new obit for the paper, and I haven't heard any fall-out yet. I was thinking today though: he listed himself and his brother as the only two nephews. My grandmother originally had like 10 kids in her family, and they were all fertile. Even though there were only two siblings younger than her, I find it impossible to believe that he and his brother are the only ones alive from that generation aside from my mother and her scummy brother. It's weird that he wouldn't include them. Does he not know who's still alive? Then why rush to have the service the day after she died, when no one could be contacted except my family? He's a weird duck.
Yeah, i know how you feel. I've been working for the past twenty nights. I've got a couple of days off now, and i don't know what i'm going to do with them, or how to sleep at night.
How are you? Did the family thing go ok?