Who has the most dysfunctional relative?

[wolf]

I spend most of my time dealing with other people's dysfunctional relatives. My favorite, of course is the Crazy Guy Who Sometimes Sleeps on the Porch. I've spoken about him before, I think. One year when I was admitting him and going through to inventory his wallet, I found a lot of family photographs, including kid's school pictures. I really hadn't given thought to the fact that he is someone's "Crazy Uncle Jimmy." He doesn't get family visits when he's in.

I generally avoid my own family's nonsense. momwolf chose not to deal with them for many years, and I continue to do so to honor her memory. Really. That's why. Honestly. I go to the local funerals, at least. She used her Get Out of Jail Free card on the last one, but she was quite ill and and would have been difficult for her to attend. That's our story and we're sticking to it. There's really only her brother with Alzheimers and her twin brother who would call drunk on their birthday every year, and still owed her money at the time of her death.

She extracted a promise from me before she died, "Don't bury me with those people."

She's sitting on a display unit in the living room.