The Nest

Family Update

Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:41 PM

Well, my beloved FI's little brother still has not paid up his $500 cell phone bill.  The bill has now gone to a bill collector and I have to honestly say that I blew a gasket when I opened that envelope.  I forced FI to confront his little bro about it.  He got so angry with him that he started yelling at him over the phone and then hung up on his little bro before he could yell right back.  Now, my FI NEVER yells, so I went running outside to see what the heck was going on.  My, my; he finally had enough of his brother's stupid antics.

 His little sister confided in FI face to face 2 weeks ago that she's pregnant and is going to marry the baby's father.  (She and the little bro are frat twins, 18 yrs old).  He called me and told me that I needed to call his sister and talk with her, support her, blah blah blah.  The dummy wouldn't tell me why, though, but I figured it out right away.  When I talked to her, she broke down in tears and confessed.  I felt awful 'cause I couldn't be there for her physically. 

This whole situation apparently has torn her immediate family apart.  The parents are very supportive of her and her decision.  The eldest bro and his stupid wife demanded that she have an abortion, ditch the dad, forbade her from continuing to live with their parents, and are forbidding her from all contact with their child.  (Like any of those demands are within their rights to make.  Puh-leez!)  The twin bro sided with older bro (I'm telling you, he's an idiot) for a few days and even moved out of the parents house for a while.  FI has stood by his little sister and has offered our support to her and the father. 

Now, neither one of us really cares for the baby's dad, but we don't have a say in this.  Our best option is to back her up and be there for her.  The two got married this last Sunday.  Older bro and wife were fuming when one of their cousins and I arranged for their child to take a picture with little sis and new hubby.  Please.  Like either of those two idiots would tell me anything.  They know I will tell them off; and besides, either of them says anything to offend me or does anything to hurt me, FI will be on them like stink on a skunk.  Idiots.

Our credit cards are paid off.  Except for my gas card, and that was a deliberate choice on our part.  But I was annoyed to get a bill from one of the cards for $66.  I knew I had paid it off.  FI called the company and basically, I'm being charged for the privelege of having such a high credit limit.  Me thinks not.  I will be closing that account.  Why should I pay for a bill that has a $0 balance?  Morons.

 Anybody watch Clean House?  I do.  I played the "game" over my Spring Break at my sister's house.  Now I'm on her like stink on a skunk to keep her house clutter free.  Hey, she told me to.  It's only like the millionth time since she got married that I've had to do this.  I flat out told her that if it started up again I wasn't going to bail her out again, so she told me that I need to be the twin from hell and drill her about the condition of the house.  I've already raised my voice at her a few times about some junk that was left out, and I've gotten after my niece for leaving her toys out.  My BIL escaped my rants since he has blessedly learned that once I say to do something, it had better get done (he's survived my wrath twice since they got married).  =)  No, I didn't yell; I raised my voice.  I'm a band director, at a middle school, downtown; I know the difference between yelling and raising my voice.

 We haven't really made any more wedding plans, so there's no update on that.  I hope that all is going well with you all.

Best wishes and happy planning!!!