August 16, 2004
Frustrating Families
I won't go into great detail, but I was at my brother-in-law's wedding on the weekend up in Grande Prairie. The wedding itself was ok, beautiful bride, lovely weather, drunken relatives, what else is new, but the drama around the entire event just blew my mind.
I came up with some questions, because I won't spout out the details of the insanity:
Why is it that families let things that happened decades ago interfere with the current times? How are you letting down your guard or damaging your precious image when you say that you're sorry, and/or that you made a mistake? Why is it so easy to forgive others, but so hard to forgive your own brothers/sisters/parents? Why do some parents treat their own daughters worse than they would treat a ditch digger that was employed with them? What kind of game are you playing when you think you have to compete with your own sister over your mothers attention? How the f#$@ can some people be so f#$@ing thoughtless?
Posted by Oorgo at August 16, 2004 12:24 PMThis has a familiar ring to it. It's not limited to weddings by any means, but I think the stress of the event just happens to accentuate the issues. I just shrug and go on my merry way when I can.
Posted by: Tang at August 16, 2004 02:16 PMI ahve the same issue with my family. There are members who have not spoken for years.
Really weird thing, is that some of my family members do not believe that I even love my wife and that we got married cause of our baby. All this dispite we announced our engagement 6 months before she was preg, AND we were already planning the wedding.. just moved the date up 6 months so the dress still fit. Needless to say, I do not talk to 1/2 of my Moms side.
Bah, Family sometimes sucks... I even have a couple of friends that I trust more than family.
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