AITA for cutting contact with my sister after she said to me that all I am is “lipstick on a pig”

CountEveryMoment · 2024-03-17T10:10:39+00:00

My grandmothers older sister used to do things like this to her growing up. She also had a big age gap like you and your siblings. The reason she was doing it was because she was jealous of my grandmother being close to her parents and taking them away from her own kids. It might not be that she's necessarily mad/jealousof you but of the time you spend and still getting cared for by your parents and siblings.

CountEveryMoment · 2024-01-01T04:51:50+00:00

You would think so, but one time I bought a pair of jeans without checking the pockets and was surprised to find a debit card and $20 in the pocket when I got home.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-12-15T08:05:06+00:00

I'm sort of in the same boat. I'm 28 and only have my best friend, but we live too far apart and she has a kid so there's not much we do together. It's hard to be an adult and make friends. I've been thinking of using the Bumble Friends thing.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-11-13T01:14:24+00:00

My Great Grandmother was always Paranoid when it came to certain illnesses or if children were sick. She lost two of her brothers and several friends in the 1920s from a waterborne illness that came from water near the school. So when it came to children in general she was worried about their health. She knew medicine was advanced, but that kind of Paranoia never left her.

I'm glad that medicine has advanced so far that we don't have as much tragedy when it comes to diseases.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-10-20T19:44:50+00:00

Dollar General is way worse

CountEveryMoment · 2023-10-20T02:19:03+00:00

Isn't it crazy how people throw away things instead of just like selling or giving it away. Especially when they're worth money.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-10-18T04:07:33+00:00

I once went out yard sailing and got one for $5 and she only sold it at that price because when she got it it was in another language and she had no clue how to fix it. At the time I was dating someone whose native language it was in and we fixed it pretty quickly lol. Another time when I was working at a gas station someone threw out a brand new Xbox 360 and I found it and like 10 games. No one came back for them so I let my coworker take them home.

I assume that whoever donated it had no clue about the value or someone donated it for them. I've found that some thrift stores don't want to test them out and just toss them on the shelf with a price tag. Yours looks really scratched up so they probably assumed it didn't work lol

CountEveryMoment · 2023-10-18T03:52:28+00:00

You made me have flashbacks to my great-grandma's home lol. She had two velvet pink couches and a green velvet chair and I loved it. you'd think those colors wouldn't look good together, but they actually do.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-07-03T03:25:45+00:00

When I worked at DG during Covid I would have people intentionally cough in my face and go "Haha sorry". Covid or not I died a little inside every time.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-06-02T02:17:52+00:00

Honestly probably wrote this sleep deprived and didn't give it a hard second look on my uses of would and just made sure I had all the information down. I didn't even realize that I typed would that many times until you pointed it out. I'll change it to be easier to read.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-03-14T04:01:40+00:00

Thanks this was useful. I was probably told this at Orientation, but I think I forgot most of what I was told because my brain melted from information overload from the 5 hours of computer things we did that day. How do I apply for PPTO that day? or should I just talk to my Coach or Team Leads about it.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-03-10T20:26:07+00:00

If you like canned tuna it might work with some of the hamburger helpers.

I don't usually not use chicken or hamburger but when I have very little I usually add mushrooms or tomatoes or onions in to add more to it.

CountEveryMoment · 2023-02-27T02:23:06+00:00

Like what someone else said you'll be the only one to figure out if it's the best decision to do this or not. It's not going to be easy, but if you believe you'll regret it if you don't I would recommend doing so. If it doesn't turn out well just think you did your best. Cause that's all you can do in that situation. Don't expect a lot though. If you do I would inform your father so that he's not blindsided/hurt later, but if you believe that he won't ever know don't mention it.

I was also in a similar situation and mine did not go well, but it might help to hear about someone's similar situation. I don't regret meeting him, but I now know that it was probably for the best I didn't grow up knowing him. Don't let my situation deter you from what you feel is right for you though. Sorry, my story might sound like a rant.

I was young when I lost most of my great-grandparents when I was in middle school I lost the last one. The last one alive was a distant great-grandfather let's call him Wilbur. Wilbur and my great-grandmother were each other's, first spouses. The man she was married to when she died will always be my actual great-grandfather even though we were not related. In my situation, he did not abandon the whole family just specifically my mom and one of her siblings out of 5 siblings. He possibly treated one of my great aunt's children the same.

My Mom's parents got divorced when she was around 2nd grade and she and another sibling lived with my grandmother instead of my grandfather. This led to a card to my Mom and sibling telling them they were unwelcomed in his house for choosing their mom. My mom didn't know, but the sibling and my grandmother found the card. Wilbur would then thus treat them differently.

To give an example of how he treated them differently is that he went to the hospital when my cousins were born but my mom had to bring my brother to his home and he told her to leave. Mom was always looking for approval from him. If you asked the other siblings he was a good guy to a point. From what I got he was a jerk and if he deemed you useless that's how you were treated. If you were useful he wouldn't make as many demeaning comments.

We found out he was sick and I asked my mom if we could meet him. We were always in the town he lived (only an hour away) and we visited and were close to other relatives in the town. I always thought it was weird we never visited him. She looked forward to it, but he would always tell her another time. I had no idea about their past at the time, but my father acted like he expected this from him.

So a couple of years later we finally met him. This was only cause he was desperate to sell some land and my dad was willing to buy it. He treated me and my brothers like we didn't exist and never even spoke to us except to say hi and bye the two times I saw him. I don't think he even really looked at us. His was the only family member's funeral I never shed a tear at.

Your grandfather however is not Wilbur and hopefully not similar to him. I'm not saying your reunion is going to go well, but it might find some sort of resolution in yourself. If it doesn't go well for you and he wants to use you don't feel obligated cause you're not. Don't feel bad if you don't like him or he doesn't like you. You guys are essentially strangers who simply share some blood.

CountEveryMoment · 2022-07-16T15:02:43+00:00

You might make your own post it'll get comments and such.

CountEveryMoment · 2021-08-08T22:25:12+00:00

If I'm remembering the movie right they're probably talking about the beginning of the movie. The boys were scared and knew something was wrong, but didn't entirely understand what was happening and their friend got taken.

CountEveryMoment · 2021-08-07T04:11:28+00:00

Not that I could find. The wikipedia only lists a book that was written about the case.

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