I'm the lucky Aunt...
By Jenniferp
@Jenniferp (210)
United States
April 29, 2009 6:00am CST
I like to be left alone, I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my family, just not a ton of gatherings. I live about 40 miles from my family and to be honest, they are not always the most loving, so I would be fine with even more distance between us.
My neice is 17 and pregnant, she is getting married. She will be having a huge bridal shower that I was somehow drafted to throw. I did all of the invitations for it (was not cheap), took about 3 hours. That's okay. Considering her ridiculos registry is totally out of my price range, I will do my own thing for her present. My birthday was last weekend, you know that she didn't even call me. I have to buy new clothes for me, my kids and hubby for her wedding. Then I have to buy the present for her baby shower. It is really frustrating that I have to buy buy do and do more and all I have seen out of that girl in the past 5 years is her rolling her eyes at me...grrrr, I really dread all these parties (one in which I have to host!).
2 responses
@derlilaStern (1756)
• United States
3 May 09
If I were you, I wouldnt be giving her everything she is expecting. In my (not so) humble opinion, you should give gifts only because you want to, not because it is expected. If you dont have a good relationship with your neice, then why go out of your way to give her everything she wants?
I hope the party goes better than you are expecting and you at least get a thank you in return!
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
29 Apr 09
I can understand you perfectly. Many of us are introverts by nature but that doesn’t mean we don’t care for our family. Its just that we get a headache everytime there’s a gathering around us. And yes, though few of us would like to admit, family is not always a pleasant presence. I remember when my brother-in-law got married and I had to do all the running around but the worse was after marriage when I invited the new couple to my place and had to call some other people to and all the arrangements really left me drained in many ways.
