One in which I lose a lot of family members, in a week.
As much as I'm not fond of depressive ranting blogs following each other, I'm venting, feel free to skip this and head to my older blogs including the fun and the lurid pictures...
On Monday, I start getting calls that my maternal grandmother is MIA from family members. My parents, who refuse to answer the phone to us, runs the message through our account manager that she's "fine." On Wednesday, I get a call from my cousin: She, on a hunch, contact the cemetery where she owns a plot: My grandmother is buried. Date of death: May. My parents have been hiding this for six months. Cashing the care checks sent by family and keeping it, stealing thousands of dollars. Emptying out her apartment, filled with tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry and other valuables. Flat out lying. To me, to the rest of the family, stealing it all. As has been my brother.
The next day, I find out that my paternal grandmother had passed last week from another cousin. My parents lied and hid that from me as well. As did my brother.
I'm living in a bad movie plot.
I'm grieving for my breakup last week, for my grandmothers, for the family that I'm now cutting out this week. Drinking, smoking. Trying to process it all.
It's been a long week.
As much as I'm not fond of depressive ranting blogs following each other, I'm venting, feel free to skip this and head to my older blogs including the fun and the lurid pictures...
On Monday, I start getting calls that my maternal grandmother is MIA from family members. My parents, who refuse to answer the phone to us, runs the message through our account manager that she's "fine." On Wednesday, I get a call from my cousin: She, on a hunch, contact the cemetery where she owns a plot: My grandmother is buried. Date of death: May. My parents have been hiding this for six months. Cashing the care checks sent by family and keeping it, stealing thousands of dollars. Emptying out her apartment, filled with tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry and other valuables. Flat out lying. To me, to the rest of the family, stealing it all. As has been my brother.
The next day, I find out that my paternal grandmother had passed last week from another cousin. My parents lied and hid that from me as well. As did my brother.
I'm living in a bad movie plot.
I'm grieving for my breakup last week, for my grandmothers, for the family that I'm now cutting out this week. Drinking, smoking. Trying to process it all.
It's been a long week.
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aeon66:
My condolences on your loss. I decided long ago to cut ties with my family. They are very disfunctional and don't really care about my well being so I decided it was best not to have anything more to do with them. I still think that families are important. I just wish I had a better one. Well anyway, take care and hang in there.
salome:
I'm glad you're getting the law involved. I know that it will be messy and drawn-out, but I'm glad that you'll get the money back and that your family will pay for what they did. That's unimaginably awful.