Do you like your family?

@lisa0502 (1724)
Canada
October 18, 2008 12:02am CST
I have an aunt that I care alot for. I do not care for her husband. He does not treat her the way I think he should. But what do you do in a situation like this?
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6 responses
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I love my family. I can relate to your situation. I had an aunt who was like an older sister to me growing up. She was absolutely beautiful..inside & out. To me, she deserved the very best. Instead, she hooked up with a man who gambled and drank...she did neither. I thought he treated her poorly and that she could do so much better. For the longest time, I treated him coldly...i just did not like this guy. I refused to acknowledge him at xmas or birthdays. I refused to be a "hypocrite". My dislike of this guy was causing my aunt & I to become distanced. Someone told me to maybe try to appreciate him simply because he made my aunt happy. I tried...wasn't easy but I did...for her sake...begin to treat him a little kinder. It took time but eventually, I saw his sense of humour and a little of what she saw in him. It made her so happy when I began sending him a card on his birthday or buying him a little gift at xmas. I began to see the concept in this way of thinking. They were together over 30 years. As time went on...I actually started liking the guy...faults and all. She passed away sitting at her kitchen table as he was telling her that he was diagnosed with terminal cancer & had only 3 months to live. She had told me that she loved him so much that she could not imagine a day in her life without him. He passed 3 months later.
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
18 Oct 08
I feel for your loss and agree with you. I have welcomed him in my house and tried to treat him well. He does not make her happy though either. She was diagnosed with MS and since then he has treated her worse.
• Australia
18 Oct 08
Yes I love my family! I always care for them and they care for me. You need to talk to this aunt's husband and seriously go why are you..?? and continue. If he ignores you then he's defintely not worth it. How does your aunt feel about this?
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
18 Oct 08
My aunt is not happy with him but is scared to leave him.
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 08
Hi Lisa0502, Yup! sometimes we will see case like that in our family. God make us as an eye witness..I will move if someone askingfor help for ure. Happy posting always !! oxoxox'dian from bali island.
@bugbaby (1787)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 08
I do love all my family, my real family and family from my wife, all nice and very welcome to me, if i am in your position i just still nice to him maybe someday he could change.
@dhalev78 (104)
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
If i would be in that situation, I still love my aunt no matter who she was living with, I will do my best to take care of her. I'll see to it that she will have the love that she really deserves... i will not leave her nor ignore her.. i'll be always at her side...
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
18 Oct 08
Thanks for your opinion. I am by her side and will never leave.
@carmela0210 (1591)
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
yes of course!!but i have some also that i dont like much, especially in my mohter's side, they dont treat us well because they dont like my father eversince so it includes us already, and just ignore them, we dont have to please everybody!!