Who has the most dysfunctional relative? - Page 4

zippyt · 12-20-2013, 09:12 PM

(Possibly Ex) Herion Addict Sister that havent had any thing to do with in close 10 years , her 4 boys ( 2 are doing great and i stay in touch with , 2 Aint worth a SHIT !!!! )
as for who wont stay in contact with me , every body else , i have reached out , and gotten no hits from cousins ( exept for 1 asking for a few grand ), no aunts , uncles , or grands left alive
We ( carol and I are the Top of the food chain ( as it were )

lumberjim · 12-20-2013, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Yeah, but he was married to her ever since my mom was a teenager, so he's been around quite awhile. My grandma was married to him more than twice as long as she was married to my mom's actual dad... By all rights I should have called him "grandpa," since he was just as present in my life as she was, but everyone else in the family kept him at arm's length and called him by his first name, so my brother and I did too.

Anyway, you're right, he has no one. After my grandma died, he had to put a new benefactor on his life insurance policy, and he told my mom that he was "pretty sure" he had a cousin who was still alive, but couldn't find him after a few months of trying so he just put my kids on there instead (not that it's any significant amount of money, just enough to bury him really, but it was a nice gesture.)

No one in the family likes him, but I guess we all feel it would be too mean to just cut him out. Actually, not all of us--he and one uncle had a big fight about something a few months ago, and he was not invited to Thanksgiving this year at this same uncle's house. Can't for the life of me figure out what the fight could have been about, or why they would even have the opportunity for a conversation, but there it is.

*shrug* I still invited him to Christmas at my house. He's not in great health, so personally I figure he'll just die in a few more years and solve the dilemma for everyone.

You're a good egg, you know

orthodoc · 12-20-2013, 10:30 PM

He has no one else, and he's been your step-grand as long as you can remember. It doesn't appear to be costing you much to invite him, and you're the only family he has. I hope he doesn't know how much you shrug over whether he lives or dies.

Big Sarge · 12-21-2013, 04:44 AM

Y'all have no idea of what a dysfunctional family is. For years, this Cellar has been my family and kept me going through so many rough spots in my life. If any of you have a more dysfunctional family than the Cellar, I think you must be dreaming. I care about all of you

lumberjim · 12-21-2013, 09:32 AM

If the cellar is your family, then I vote for tw as the most dysfunctional

Big Sarge · 12-21-2013, 11:36 AM

I think Lola Bunny is. See what a shit stirrer she was when she started the thread, "What Car Should I Buy'.

Griff · 12-21-2013, 12:12 PM

That was a whole new level of devious.

fargon · 12-21-2013, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

I think Lola Bunny is. See what a shit stirrer she was when she started the thread, "What Car Should I Buy'.

TW turned a nice pleasant little thread about helping her chooze a new car into a multi-page rant about how bad GM is or some such shit. I say ban him. But not just ban him, but super secret squirrel ban him.

lumberjim · 12-21-2013, 01:05 PM

No banning. We need to help him. How, you say?

By continuing to go through our lives making emotional decisions and not bothering with the numbers.

Lamplighter · 12-21-2013, 01:23 PM

IMO - this is not a worthy discussion...

12-20-2013, 09:12 PM	#46
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	(Possibly Ex) Herion Addict Sister that havent had any thing to do with in close 10 years , her 4 boys ( 2 are doing great and i stay in touch with , 2 Aint worth a SHIT !!!! ) as for who wont stay in contact with me , every body else , i have reached out , and gotten no hits from cousins ( exept for 1 asking for a few grand ), no aunts , uncles , or grands left alive We ( carol and I are the Top of the food chain ( as it were ) __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-20-2013, 10:30 PM	#48
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	He has no one else, and he's been your step-grand as long as you can remember. It doesn't appear to be costing you much to invite him, and you're the only family he has. I hope he doesn't know how much you shrug over whether he lives or dies. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-21-2013, 04:44 AM	#49
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Y'all have no idea of what a dysfunctional family is. For years, this Cellar has been my family and kept me going through so many rough spots in my life. If any of you have a more dysfunctional family than the Cellar, I think you must be dreaming. I care about all of you __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

12-21-2013, 09:32 AM	#50
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	If the cellar is your family, then I vote for tw as the most dysfunctional __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-21-2013, 11:36 AM	#51
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I think Lola Bunny is. See what a shit stirrer she was when she started the thread, "What Car Should I Buy'. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

12-21-2013, 12:12 PM	#52
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That was a whole new level of devious. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-21-2013, 01:05 PM	#54
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	No banning. We need to help him. How, you say? By continuing to go through our lives making emotional decisions and not bothering with the numbers. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-21-2013, 01:23 PM	#55
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	IMO - this is not a worthy discussion...

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