Originally Posted by
Midnightly
ok i just have to rant.. this might me a tad long but i just need to rant it out (and not on facebook lol)
Today was my daughter's 11th birthday.. and my sister (her aunt) nearly ruined it!.. my parents came down with her for our annual birthday celebrations (activity and then dinner).. they arrive at our place with my sister and as always she makes back handed comments, which i didn't fully appreciate but i know better then to comment on them.. we go out bowling and my sister has a scowl on her face most of the time and if there wasn't a scowl on her face she was staring right at her cellphone texting or surfing.. she barely talked to my daughter, barely interacted with her.. to be honest i don't know why she even came.. after bowling we go out for dinner, minor convo going on, books get brought up, my daughter asks her aunt (my sister) if she could get her Hairy MacClary books back, books my sister borrowed so she could share them with the kids she was nannying for.. books that my daughter loved.. well my sister got snotty with her.. saying that she can't do that, they are gone that's it.. it nearly broke my daughter's heart (she was visibly upset).. no apology no offer to replace them.. just a "there gone" in a very snotty tone then face back in her phone.. after comforting my child and telling her we'll try and replace them (if i can find them and they don't cost a small fortune)
conversation shifts, small talk what is happening with another family members-uncle listing his house, reasons why, paying for vacations on credit and my sister turns what should be general talking into a debate then into a near hissyfit while sitting in the restaurant because i don't agree with her on a relatively minor topic (vacations/going on holidays being a want vrs need) and then she goes on how she feels my parents favor me and treat her like crap and don't support her and this is why she doesn't want to join the family with christmas and easter and thanksgiving and how she never wants to do anything with the family because she's treated like crap...my sister is nearly 40 years old!... and my poor daughter is just sitting there watching this upset because of the loss of her books and watching her auntie get herself worked up into a fit until my mom stopped my sister from going on a huge tangent (to be honest i'm surprised she didn't stomp out of the restaurant) after we left my daughter said.. i wish auntie didn't come today, she nearly ruined my birthday.. it hurts my heart to hear my daughter say that.. a 39 year old woman should know better