Kids. Babies. People who breed without thinking. I'm getting to the point of just being fed up with it all.
My sister had a kid recently. My mother decided it was more important to spend the first month with my sis and her infant than to be home for my return home (new husband in tow) in 3 years. She'd never even met my husband and yet, it was not important enough for her to be there when we arrived home. This was a MONTH after the baby arrived, so it's not like it was a new little loaf. Why was she not there? Apparently, my sister can not be alone with her child for more than an hour. Her husband was away at the same time we arrived home, so mum stayed there....because my sister can not manage to nap AND nurse AND care for her child at the same time.
My aunt sends an email to all relatives saying that baby and sis spent the weekend with them, after my mother left, finally deigning to meet my husband, and my aunt was SO IMPRESSED that my sister was comfy enough to whip her boob out and nurse when/where ever she felt it necessary. Dear dog! Gross.
When my mother does finally make it home, all we hear about is baby baby baby and my sister is calling every 10 minutes. Not only that, pics of this child are plastered all over the fridge at home. Sorry, but there is something wrong with my niece. When she has her eyes open, she looks like an alien more so than any other baby I have ever seen.
I know that some might read that as sibling rivalry and the like and dog knows, I have been beaten with the 'you're jealous' stick enough lately. It is not that, trust me. I am glad my sister went through the agony of childbirth to give my mother her much wanted first grand baby. She wasn't getting it from me. I'm furious that for the first time in my life, I made a specific request of my mother and not only did she ignore me, but she snubbed my husband because my sister is not capable of handling her own child.
*sigh*
Sadly, hubby and I spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME on airplanes this summer as well. All I can say is if your child is screaming for an ENTIRE 10 HOUR FLIGHT, you deserve to be shot when you disembark. I'd also like to bitch slap the mother who allowed her child to run up and down the aisles with it's trousers down around it's ankles. I did not need that shit rubbed up against me, nor did I need to SEE some 2 year olds arse. And no, it is NOT cute when they stare and babble at me and stop at my seat as you let them tear around the airplane. It's an AIRPLANE, not your personal playground.
/rant
2 comments:
Good grief what a nightmare! Your sister sounds like the typical new mommy sucking up all of the attention with her baybee and being needy as hell.
Thank GAWD I only have a brother.
Your mom should have at LEAST given you and hubby the time of day...especially since you haven't been home in several years.
I imagine your sister didn't have to go out and tend the crops and livestock the day after she sprogged? Funny how in these MODERN times when people can LAY AROUND FOR DAYS AND WEEKS after giving birth, they still feel the need to have LIVE IN ASSISTANCE.
However, on the bright side, it seems as though you and your hubby won't really need to ever return to the family homestead any time soon.
I mean, it's not like you're doing The Most Important Job In The World.
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