Reply #32: Mainly my uncle

[Giant Robot]

I haven't spoken with him in 25 years. He got very angry with my mom and their parents over something about how much money or help the grandparents gave my parents when they first got married. He felt screwed over in some deal and became angry and bitter, and from what I understand, threatening. He started talking to us again after my grandfather passed away. I think I said hello to him at the funeral, but that was it. I probably should be more forgiving, but I figure if he is that petty and mean spirited, why bother. And he lives 800 miles away.

I don't speak with my sister-in-law unless I have to. She totally flipped out on me when my sainted father passed away. She said, two days after he died mind you, that "they had their own lives to get back to" and were not going to help sort out his affairs any more than they did. I promptly told her to fuck off. At the funeral a couple days later, my brother tried to make amends, saying things had gotten out of hand, etc. I have no problem with him and love him to death, but I felt like he was fishing for an apology from me to, and that was not happening. So since then, I have not really made any effort to speak to her unless necessary. Probably not the time of year to be confessing this, but they are who I am and my sins.