OT GAH!!

(((((Nightmist)))) Sorry but that is the best I can do....

Dee in Oz

Oh no, it seems that somebody is really having it in for you. I hope that things will get better, that the darned thing in your belly is nothing really bad, and that your siblings will come to their senses. I myself have two brothers, one of whom is a smarmy sleazy slimeball, while the other is a really nice lad. (Interesting side info: Brother A became a patent lawyer while brother B became an electric engineer and programmer. B is married to a nice girl, while A lost another girlfriend because she 'missed a certain cordiality and warmth' as rumour has it.) Well, you can't bake 'em, so you have to take 'em the way they come. I feel with you, and here's a hug: {{{{NightMist}}}}

U.

P.S.: If it was me, after finishing kicking the barn door, I'd pick up the phone again and ask dear brother for the name of the city. And perhaps I'd also sit down and write a nice old-fashioned letter to tell him in polite words what I think of not letting me know about my father. Might take a couple of crumpled sheets of paper before it's fit to send. ;-)

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Cyber hugs don't come anywhere near being enough but from this side of the pond there is little else I can do. Siblings....don't get me started. I have 1 brother and he's more trouble than he's worth.

Hang in there!

Claudia

Sorry to hear about your Dad. Something similar happened to my Dad only it was the 'nurse' at the retirment village he lived in that arranged for him to be admitted for psych evaluation and she didn't tell my two brothers or my sister and me. They had him drugged to the hilt and he only ever wore his PJs because another inmate stole all his clothes - we found all this out after he had been in there for two weeks. The family thought he was out and about and wasn't worried because we thought the 'nurse' would ring us to come and fix up whatever might be a problem.

We were sooooooooo angry, it took us about 5 months to get him out and into a nursing home near my sister where he spent many happy days until he died.

Ring your brother, give him a piece of you mind then tell your Dad you love him when you get to speak to him.

Comforting thoughts on the way.

Di Vic Australia

Siblings ... the less said the better. I'm so sorry you're having to deal with all this while dealing with your own very real health issues.

Sunny (knows one or two things about siblings)

I'd have a tough time remembering how worthless I am if it weren't for my sibs.

Hope NM's dad gets where he needs to be and well taken care of. Taria

Siblings ... the less said the better. I'm so sorry you're having to deal with all this while dealing with your own very real health issues.

Sunny (knows one or two things about siblings)

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:09:48 -0500, NightMist wrote (in article ):

(((NightMist))) BROTHERS!!

Maureen

Taria, I have discovered an unexpected benefit to being pushed out of the f= amily totally by my sisters -- nobody has told me how defective I am in alm= ost 3 years now. It's pretty awesome. I'm actually starting to forget that = I'm fat, clumsy, ruined my children, have a defective marriage and can't do= anything right enough.=20

Sunny

What? You were never snotty, over-reaching, presumptuous, or over- confident? Your sisters are slackers!

Mine tends to alternate that lot with it's antonyms. She always was a bit of an overachiever at slagging off on people.

NightMist

As the old saying goes, "You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family!" Some family members are best kept at great distance - a very, great distance!

Donna in Idaho

I keep my distance more and more. 5 girls and 2 boys that are all opinionated is tough really for all of us. My dad is what keeps us putting up with each other for the most part at this point. Thanks Sunny, Taria

Taria, I have discovered an unexpected benefit to being pushed out of the family totally by my sisters -- nobody has told me how defective I am in almost 3 years now. It's pretty awesome. I'm actually starting to forget that I'm fat, clumsy, ruined my children, have a defective marriage and can't do anything right enough.

Sunny