Livid Doesn’t Quite Cover It.March 8th, 2010 @ 9:58 pm
Back around my birthday my sister called wanting to take me to lunch for my birthday. I had a bad feeling the second I heard from her so I didn’t take the call. I found out later what she wanted when she sent a text message. Still had a bad feeling so I didn’t respond.
About a week later I found out she had gone out to lunch with our mother. Still that bad, nagging feeling and a suspicion began growing in the back of my mind. Nag, nag, nag…
Over the last several weeks I’ve heard less and less from my sister. At the same time I’ve heard more and more about her increasing interaction with our mother. Then she and Scarlet had physical therapy at the same physical therapy center. My sister came in asking Scarlet about Julien going on “Independent Study” something that is an option to him but not something he’s completely decided on.
Still, I wasn’t too fond of my sister announcing this to her physical therapist who was my mother’s physical therapist and they clearly still had a friendly relationship going since Scarlet overheard my sister passing along hellos and what-not.
The subject then turned to how Scarlet might know my sister and after the connection was explained the subject of there only being a 15 year age difference between my son and I also came up complete with “tsk tsks” between the therapist and my sister.
Being grown up and ever so mature I handled the situation in a reasonable and rational manner… I called dad.
That’s when I found out… that birthday lunch? Was a set up. My sister was going to take me to a restaurant and ambush me with our mother. Even worse, no one had told my sister about Julien and the independent study option… so someone at the school is leaking information to my mother and apparently she and my sister are having lengthy discussions.
I’ve worked this hard to protect my kids and their privacy from that psychotic bitch’s meddling and manipulation and my sister opens the door wide open to her and worse yet, attempted to set me up in the process.
Gossip Is Naughty
March 9, 2010 at 6:41 am
Geez, wth is your sister thinking?? and whomever is spilling information at the school should be fired!
I am glad you went with your intuition with the lunch.
March 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Ditto. But, the school thing is rapidly becoming a losing battle or maybe it’s just cutting our losses. I don’t know. I’m so tired of all of this.
March 9, 2010 at 7:08 am
I can see your sister turning into Ed Gein. Complete with decayed parental corpse in the house, because she’s still trying to get that attention and affection and “good girl” pat on the head.
March 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
March 9th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Eventually, she’d be able to just take the hand off and give herself a pat on the head.
Ew.
March 9, 2010 at 7:34 am
Marissa’s comment for the win
March 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
:-D
March 9th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Thank you! :-)
March 9, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Wow, so often I ignore my gut feelings and later wish that I hadn’t (last time, my house was burglarized)… Anyway, good for you for listening to yours. And, what the hell is wrong with your sister?!
March 9th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I’m learning more and more that when I get that solid, “bonk” sensation in the pit of my stomach to listen up and pay attention. I’ve had too many times when I didn’t and got bit in the ass for it. Better to be safe than sorry, I think.
On my sister? Wow, yeah, I gotta go with Marissa (above) on that one.
I don’t know. My mother has told me since I was about 12 that my sister is “anyone’s pup who will hunt with her.” Kinda tells you what my mom really thinks of her.
March 9, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Knowing how you feel about your mother, I can’t imagine what your sister was thinking trying to set you up. Did she really think that you jump up and thank her for her betrayal?
March 10, 2010 at 11:41 am
Dude, what Kari said. How on earth did your sister think that sort of ambush would end? Geez…