So, I think I’ll start by talking about family. Mostly my family, but I might throw universal stuff in.

I don’t trust people in my family. The only person I trust is my father. Every one else gossips. My father understands me, even if he’s a little bit on the eccentric side. I wouldn’t be able to tell my mother that I’m atheist- she’d start crying and yelling and wondering where she went wrong. They wouldn’t care if I were gay, but atheist? That’s out of the question.

A prime example of my family is when my brother’s ex-girlfriend kept in contact with us after he broke up with her. He went off to the marines, and she kept coming over. She likes us, and I liked hanging around with her. Unfortunately, my mom didn’t like it, so she forbid her to ever come to the house again.

Great.

Right now we’re caught up in this whole drama thing that is going to explode in more than a few faces. My brother left for California after he was discharged from the marines (honorably), and he never called us after that. Three years later, we find out that he has a girlfriend, and they have a son together. My mom was pissed before, and now she’s had time to simmer with rage. She’s been manipulating the girlfriend, hoping that she’ll convince my brother to come back into the folds of the family.

Great.

I understand my brother’s willingness to just up and leave. He wants to be on his own. He wants to not have all of this familial responsibility. He wants to be able to be his own man. He wants to not have to deal with people who he’s known his whole life.

Unfortunately, my sister is the same way, and now I have been left with the burden of keeping my mother’s hopes alive. She has been beaten by these two, and now I hold all of her dreams in my hands.

Great.

Fortunately, I still have my father. He’s a bit too into christian mythology, but other than that, he’s great.

Oh, and my sister thinks that she knows everything, but she only knows everything about my life, not everything about everything.

And her and my mom are both control freaks.

 

Whatever.

-Live long and prosper.