Just got another thing to stress about…
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If this is going to be typical of holidays going forward I’m done.
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I don’t understand how my (15 lb) kitten, who sleeps probably 22 hours a day, can be such a little punk during the time he’s awake. Our kitchen looks like a toddler lives in the house. He is big enough to open doors, even those that open towards him. We have rubber bands holding our cabinets closed, so he doesn’t climb in them/knock things out of them. Our older, much smaller cat, lives in fear of him. Please let him finish growing and become a nice gentleman cat, please!
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Yes, we are all getting older and hence “deteriorating,” but believe me when I say he is seriously deteriorating. You need to listen to my words and not just mirror what I say. I hope I made my point to you.
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Aunt & Uncle,
We love you very much but for the love of all that is holy, you are insufferable, entitled, and demanding. Here are the top ways you totally drove my family crazy the 4 days you were here:
- You called me childish and said I had the emotional maturity of an 8 yr old for liking Disney. You were humbled and embarrassed after I finished explaining why it matters so much to me. For a pair of people who claim to be not judgmental, you sure do judge people a lot.
- You didn’t offer to help clean up, put dishes away, wash dishes or anything after Thanksgiving dinner. Or the rest of the time that you were here.
- Expecting me to come up with meal plans for every meal that you were here. And then when I made suggestions, declare that you don’t want to eat that. Well great, then you’re on your own. Figure it out yourselves. You’ve been adulting for longer than I have.
- Being ignorant and foolish and opening your mouths when the subject of Native American boarding schools came up in discussion (relevant to something in family history). You blurted out, “Oh they weren’t residential schools and going there was optional. They were helping those kids to learn how to read and write.” My US History loving high school senior gave you a verbal dressing down with a mini-history lesson on the subject totally off the cuff, followed by my college sophomore schooling you both about some of the other atrocities committed against Native American families even in the 1970s. Glad that you finally shut up about it. Never been more proud of my daughters sticking up for people.
- You 2 yahoos showed up 18 hr late to our house because you “had to” let your cat out and since you “never go anywhere without the cat,” you “had to” spend hours looking for him and waiting for him to return. That’s a ‘you’ problem, not a ‘me’ problem.
Dear Aunt,
You had your own individual unique ways to be rude and offend. Here are some of our family’s favorite worst ones from your stay here:
- When informed that our 17.5 yr old very elderly cat is really not doing well and we’ve decided as a family to put her down later this week, you pushed your own morality in your special passive-aggressive way and wouldn’t stop asking me, “Don’t you think that it would be better for you to just let nature take its course and have the cat die naturally?” No. Not when she’s clearly in so much pain. But you wouldn’t let it go. You always have to have the last word and threw in a “But how do you KNOW that the cat’s in pain?” for good measure. How do we KNOW? We’ve lived with the cat since D26 was 1.5 yr old, that’s how we know.
- You demanded multiple times for us to re-explain to you why YOUR cat: (a) wasn’t allowed to step foot inside our house; and (b) wasn’t allowed to roam free in our backyard. You wouldn’t believe me when I told you that coyotes roam around here. You’re mad at us for not letting you have your way. This isn’t Burger King. You can’t have it your way. Next time, if you don’t like the rules here, don’t come. In the meantime, I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t make passive-aggressive digs at us and say snarky mean girl things like “it’ll sure be nice to get home so my cat can go roam around outside; he’s just ITCHING to get out of our RV!” This is a ‘problem’ that YOU created. Not my problem.
- Hassling my D26 about religion. Trying to preach to her in what you think are subtle ways. You’re not subtle. When it comes to topics like that, you have the grace and finesse of a mack truck.
- At the counter service restaurant we all ate at on Sat, you were rude & pushy w/the employee taking orders at the cash register and you almost made her cry. And then when we were about to leave, you decided that right then and there, you needed to place a ‘to go’ order for Crazy Uncle (who slept all day until 5 pm because he stayed up all night until 5:30 am) and guess what? You cut in line in front of EVERYBODY and then shouted to the restaurant staff, “EXCUUUUSE ME! I’D LIKE TO PLACE AN ORDER PLEASE!” You were completely oblivious to the dirty looks from the other big family in line. You were an embarrassment. That’s why I went up to you and pointed out the other people in line and told you that you were cutting in front of all of them. Wake up. Pay attention to your surroundings. But you won’t do that. You expect everyone to accommodate you & your rude behavior.
Dear Uncle,
Like your rude, overbearing wife, you, too, had your own unique ways to offend our small family of 4. Let me count the ways:
- You never shut up.
- You take forever to do things. Everything takes 2-3 times as long as it should because of #1.
- Saying “But you don’t understand…” with about 50% of the things you say. I started playing “Crazy Uncle Bingo” in my head with that.
- Flipping back and forth all the time between your list of the 4-5 ways you think you’re going to die and “Oh I’m totally healthy and totally fine blah blah blah.”
- go and re-read #1 again. Because you talk so much, it deserves to be emphasized. You should consider it ABNORMAL that when you drove out here, your wife didn’t say a word to you the entire drive.
- constant talking about yourself. On and on and on.
- constant talk about your dead brother…the man who horribly abused my husband and sister-in-law. We don’t talk about that guy FOR A REASON! I DON’T CARE if you wanted a closer relationship with him! The world is a BETTER PLACE without him in it! I’m GLAD AND RELIEVED that your brother died before my eldest child was born. If you have unresolved issues about your brother, TALK TO A THERAPIST ABOUT IT!
- your constant talk about politics. It never ends. Don’t bring any politics into my house ever again.
- you hadn’t even been in my house for 5 min when you immediately asked: (a) if aunt’s cat could run around in our house (big no to that); and (b) if it was ok to let aunt’s cat out in our backyard (big no to that, too).
Spouse & I are exhausted after your visit. Uncle - you blurted out that this is probably the last time you’ll ever come here since you’re 82. Fine. We’re relieved. We love you guys, but you’re impossible.
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We have hit cold weather that is likely to continue without a warm up for at least a few weeks. Considering the following given my dislike of the cold: Would purchase of the Kroger delivery service be a good buy to avoid grocery trips in the cold? Should I be visiting FL son & his family more during Dec. - Feb.? Is it better to be clean or to be warm in terms of undressing to get in the shower? I really hate hearing discussion of a December polar vortex!
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Calm down, Stephanie, calm down! Serenity now. 
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D2 was trying to call my Mom the other day from our house since we were arranging a lunch with her. After not having any luck getting her Grandmother on her cell phone she decided to call her house phone. D2 had her phone on speaker when the answering machine started and there was my Dad’s voice. D2 and I both burst into tears as it has been almost a year since my Dad’s passing. It’s so hard this time of year.
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In the good/bad news department: crying baby in the row behind us (long flight ahead , about to depart). Good news- empty seat between us
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S22 doesn’t want to cancel plans and rearrange her whole day and drive and hour each way to see her cousin at my mother’s house. Not to mention, she doesn’t want to go when her brother isn’t even extended an invitation because he’s a boy (so my man-hater sister and niece have never had any interest in a relationship with him). She knows she will go to all that trouble only for her entitled cousin to either cancel or be late(even though she lives 15 minutes away) and breeze in for 10 minutea before she “has” to be somewhere else. My mother is giving D22 a guilt trip like she’s the one at fault. Gee, it’s almost like history is repeating itself. This is the exact reason I no longer see my sister.
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I miss my girl. 4 days was not enough.
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A reminder that this year is a great time to “unsubscribe” to all the emails you don’t want to get! Cause they are ALL landing in your inbox! 
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This maybe a bit long.
My kids ordered an office chair I wanted for Xmas. It was supposed to be delivered last Friday, but it never arrived. We called FedEx and submitted an inquiry. They said it was delivered some where, but they couldn’t tell us where because we were not the shipper. Well, the shipper (store) was closed for Thanksgiving. Now, you may wonder why FedEx couldn’t go back to the place where they dropped it off and ré deliver to me.
On Monday, FedEx told the store where they have delivered my chair. I contacted the building’s doorman and the management agent. They all said they didn’t have the chair. After few phone calls the management agent finally told me to see the building’s super. The super was extremely rude to me and kept on telling me that they didn’t have it. I said to the super, “in my building we have cameras to monitor who has come in the building, why don’t you check your camera.” He originally didn’t want to do it, but I told him that I was going to file a police report and he would have to share the video. I gave him exactly the date and time the chair was delivered. Sure enough, my 70 pound chair was delivered to the building at that time. They finally admitted that they had my chair and gave it back to me. They wouldn’t let me borrow their trolley to get the chair back to my building. I called my building’s super and he was there in minutes to get the chair back to my apartment. He also assembled the chair for me.
D1 said I was a force of nature
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It’s Giving Tuesday.
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I’m being inundated by spam calls. It’s been constant for the last 48 hours. What happened 48 hours ago? I ordered xmas gifts. Not OK to be sharing my contact information!!! I didn’t check the box for you to send me promotional mailings and I certainly don’t want calls from telemarketers. URGH!
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Dear Apple, I did not want, need, or appreciate the display changes in your recent update.
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No, Sis, “homosexual” is not a slur like “re&ard”, and forgive me for not knowing that today’s required term for someone who is attracted to both men and women is “pansexual”. And no, “pansexuals” in Chicago are not victims simply because of their sexual preferences. There is no place more favorable to people with alternative lifestyles in human history than a progressive city in the US in 2025.
Please spare me your performative, overwrought, claim to second-hand victimhood. Ironically, I doubt your daughter is claiming victim status due to her sexual orientation.
Dear cat, you wrinkled your nose at your breakfast today, and the other cats ate it. Now you are walking around me in circles and howling. Dinner is only 5 hours away… SO TOUGH IT OUT!
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Goodbye, Olivia. You’ve been an amazing cat. When my kids were 1.5 and 3.5 yr old, we adopted you and they named you after one of their favorite kids’ TV show characters. 16 yr in our family. We’ve known for awhile that the last day is coming. That day is tomorrow. I’m so grateful for the faithful family member you’ve been all these years. We love you with all our hearts.
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