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grasswire

(50,130 posts)

3. you sure learn a lot about people when you need a hand.

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 12:54 AM

Dec 2012

My own sister told me to sell a kidney when I was talking to her about someone in the family who needed some help -- devastated by legal bills in ugly divorce.

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Why is it that people love to kick you whe you are down? [View all] diabeticman Dec 2012 OP

I'm really sorry. She sounds like an authoritarian personality who cannot resist giving her sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #1

Thanks for letting me vent. diabeticman Dec 2012 #2

you sure learn a lot about people when you need a hand. grasswire Dec 2012 #3

I'm sorry all of this is happening to you. Care Acutely Dec 2012 #4

Sounds exactly like my mother and brother. LeftofObama Dec 2012 #5

because they can. it's about power. people generally are ruder and crueler to those they perceive HiPointDem Dec 2012 #6

Some things never change Fumesucker Dec 2012 #7

My's wife's favorite song she calls the woman who sings it Lady Day. But I'm more into modern diabeticman Dec 2012 #8

I've always wondered why we say things to our family that we would NEVER say to non-relatives. LisaLynne Dec 2012 #9

Next time she wants to take advantage of your employee discount, throw her ugly behavior back in her raccoon Dec 2012 #10