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⌈ Secret Post #6562 ⌋

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Re: Pre Christmas vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

I am so mad at my sister.
My dad is old and starting to show his age. This may and I'm not exaggerating, be his last Christmas.
My sister is throwing everything into chaos about whether or not she'll go to dad's house for the holiday. Apparently they're having problems finding coverage at her job and she's the only person in the place that does not know how to say 'no'? So now she's working the next three days straight.
So I said ok cool you can just go out on the weekend!
NO she can't do that because she'd have to take the bus (I normally drive her there and back) and she is afraid she'll get PTSD on the bus since the last time she took the bus was when our mom was dying.
It's just excuse after excuse and she's the golden child so my dad is sad but not mad (of course you can't get mad at the golden child) but now he's gonna be glum the whole time I'm there and I'm going to have to spend the whole holiday trying to be Extra Peppy to make up for it and I am just...I don't have it in me to do that much emotional labor right now.

Re: Pre Christmas vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh I know this struggle intimately. Two of my brothers are exactly like this, but thankfully I have a sister and another brother to vent with and share the burden a bit. We are actually complaining about a very similar situation - dad getting older and kind of an "every Christmas could be the last Christmas" situation and one brother didn't make the effort to come because it "would be too hard on my wife." Last year it as because he didn't want to leave his cats alone on the holiday. At this point I would just assume he doesn't want to see us, but he always zooms in on Christmas day and seems genuinely sad to be missing it so who knows.

Anyway, I'm sorry about your sister and I hope this is not in fact your dad's last Christmas and you all have a very merry time.

Re: Pre Christmas vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

Typical golden child BS, IME. You have this internet stranger's permission to NOT take on the thankless emotional labor of being your dad's cheerleader this holiday season. Take care of yourself, let your dad feel the morose resignation of being neglected by the child he over-indulged.

Re: Pre Christmas vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

Hope your dad makes it through another year! <3

Re: Pre Christmas vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

I feel this (youngest child dealing with taking care of elderly parents while elder golden children don't).