Sh!t Is About To Hit The Fan!! Part One?

Bite the hand that feeds you - or in my case, helps you!
@CatsandDogs (13963)
United States
November 23, 2008 5:56pm CST
Yes, you read correctly and frankly I'm sick of the whole ordeal. My nephew has to move out this coming weekend and dad wants us to go up there to paint and clean the house, including dad himself. He said he'll have the neighbors check in on mom while he's gone. He has to be back here on the 8th for a very important doctor’s appointment. I told him the painting won't get done that fast plus there's the cleaning that has to be done too. As I was listening to him talk on the phone, I was letting it all sink it and when I told hubby about it, I got to thinking, no way am I leaving mom down here alone! I don't care about the damned neighbors because I had asked for help when mom was in the hospital and NOT ONCE did any of them come to my aid or dads!! So what makes him think they'll come through this time? I told hubby to call him and tell him that we can do it that he needs to stay here. Dad wouldn't hear of it and said he's going to do it HIS way and that's that. What is it about them and my brothers?? I just don't get it. Are we supposed to bite the hand that helps you? They have fought us tooth and nail when we tried to help them NOT get screwed when they bought this house but they choose to get a hotel room a half hour away from us so they could be at the office first thing in the morning which caused a big mess because some paperwork wasn't done properly and they ended up paying a WHOLE lot in taxes that they wouldn’t have had they included us in the meeting! They had asked us to help them with the process because we had just done it very recently and yet they didn't like what we had to say so they shut us out and then they got burned. We kept our mouths shut and not said a word. Then when we tried like hell to move them, we were put off and put off and put off time and time again until the very last minute when they had to be out. It was one excuse after another after another why this couldn't be taken out to be taken to the new house or that couldn't be taken or this and on and on. Once they moved in, we painted the whole house! I did most of it but hubby helped a great deal when he could. But even then, they wouldn't listen to us about what paint brand to buy!! Instead, they bought this color in this brand and that color in that brand and so on. There wasn't enough paint for the kitchen so we had to dilute it with water to make it go further because the lid was tossed out which had the brand name and the paint color. Paint cans went everywhere and out the door as soon as they were emptied which is a no no but they wouldn't listen to us! Then mom has the stroke, I had asked for help with the neighbors and none came through. I was running around like a nut case and then some. Thanks to my wonderful hubby because without his help, I'd have gone off the deep end a long time ago. Oh I get credit for that and everything else that I continue to do such as, going up there tomorrow to clean their house because mom can't do it herself. Wow! WE finally get some recognition!! But I was frowned upon with the letter that I'd given to the neighbors because it embarrassed them. What the hell am I? SUPER WOMAN???? Oh yeah, I can do it ALL myself!! NOT!! But some how hubby and I managed it and continue to do so but damn it, we've both have had enough of the crap. My brother and his asinine son stops hubby and I from going up there and painting the house by calling our parents, my brother jumps all over me over the email that I sent out and we had a huge fallen out and he was being a total and complete @ss and then about two weeks later we talked a little bit over the phone and more or less straightened some of it out. It wasn't his issue anyway but he tried to make it his. His son would call me back at all and I've called him so many times that I've lost count. I needed to know when he'd be there so we could get inside to start the work but he didn't have the human decency to call me back. Now it's a case with the rent and him promising this and that amount at such and such a date and not following through so dad told him he has to be out this coming weekend and wants us to go up there with him (separate cars) to clean and paint the house. We don't mind doing this but I'm NOT leaving my mother here for a few days or a week like dad is suggesting, it's going to take much much longer than that to get that whole house painted AND clean it from top to bottom!! So either dad or I will stay with mom. Hubby might go up with dad in our car to help him or I'll go but it's either dad or I will stay with mom because I don't trust anybody else. Mom didn't leave dad when he was down and it should be the same way this time but he isn't going to because he's very self centered as hell!! It's all about him and what he wants!! I'm sick of it!! I'm sick of getting my head put on the butcher block and I'm tired of being too afraid to say anything out of fear of them and I'm tired of being used and unappreciated. If I say anything, it's wrong. If my brothers say anything, it's gold!! WTF?!?! Do I have MORAN written on my forehead? Do I have TARGET written on my chest?!?! If so, it's not going to be there anymore come tomorrow!! We're going to sit them both down AFTER we finish cleaning and tell them exactly what is on our minds once and for all and just lay our cards on the table because we've had enough. Dad thought he'd shut hubby down when he was talking... well enough of that sh!t!! Dad says he's going to do it HIS way and that's that. OH YEAH?? We're doing all this and then some, A LOT OF FREE LABOR and it's HIS way?? AGAIN?? OH HELL NO!! NO MORE!! NO MORE!! We have some say in this when we're doing all of these things out of the goodness of our hearts only to get sh!t on AGAIN..... ain't happening this time around. It's not going to happen again. The camel's back has been broke already so why not kill it?! If this "talk" or "argument" hurts them health wise, then so be it!! We're tired of walking on egg shells and aren't going to do it ANY MORE!!!!Now tell me, is this a new trend? Bite the hands that help you!!
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6 responses
@savak03 (6684)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Sometimes its good to be able to vent like this. I know there have been times when I've needed to. I realize I don't know you or your family but I wanted to let you know that I feel for you too. I just have a couple of comments to offer but I don't know how much they will help. Without knowing more about your family makeup. Why can't your brother clean up his own mess? I'm assuming that he is an adult. Also, if your Dad insists on it being done his way, why not let him do it himself? That way you can stay home and take care of your mom. You are right to not want to trust that neighbors will do that for you.
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
25 Nov 08
You are really in a hard place there. I am so not qualified to be offering advise on what to do. However, I can empathize. I know what it is like to take care of a sick adult. In 1983 my husband was hit on the head by pickup truck which left him paralyzed from the neck down. I took care of him at home for 21 years while his health slowly declined. The main thing I learned was that the care giver needs care too. The only advise I can offer is try to find some time for yourself. You, also, need a relief from stress.
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@Polly1 (12644)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Oh Cats, I am so sorry. I was so hoping that you and the hubby were going to get a break. I will be so happy for you when this house business is done and over with. Good luck with the next few days, I will be thinking of you. I will also say an extra prayer too. All too soon people forget what you have done for them. My son and DIL are like that too. they moved out and its like they forgot about me and all I did for them. it hurts deep in your heart. I don't understand it, take care hun, hang in there.
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@Polly1 (12644)
• United States
24 Nov 08
You have every right to be pissed to piss-tivity. As for stuff you did way back when, we all have done stuff that we are not proud of. I am sure you have paid dearly for every wrong you have ever done. There are reasons for some of the things we do when we are young, it sounds like you had every reason in the world to be off the hook for awhile. A person can only take so much before the camels back gets broke. Just be careful, you don't want to get sicker then what you are already. I am talking about your nerves and skin breakout. Good luck, you and hubby can't carry it all on your shoulders. We think you are super women, but you are still a human and can only take so much. Take care.
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Yes, it is. They take their frustrations out on the ones that they are comfortable around and are there. There is no reason for them to do this to you. Is there a way to take mom there with you. Take her a chair and something for her to do? I cannot believe they just keep unloading on you!! Hope things go well and gets straightened out and you get to have your say. Just sit down and figure out what to say and how to put it and that you are not in an uproar when you have the discussion. Good luck and keep us informed.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Nov 08
I'll be explaining what happened today in another discussion so that I can let all of you know. But to put it short and sweet, it didn't do any good. We can't take mom with us because she's too dizzy and the riding wears her out so badly. If she takes one medicine, it makes her sleepy and the other makes her dizzy. Go figure.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
24 Nov 08
Well I hope you do tell them as it seems to me they are always fighting against you and making things harder on you Stand your Ground or tell them to get your Brother there to help for a change
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Nov 08
I told them how I felt although I didn't get to finish what I wanted to say because of the awful weather we're having with freezing rain so we had to hurry and get home but you know, it didn't do any good. As always, it went in one ear and out the other. I told them both that I don't want either my brother or my nephew there because I have a few choice words for them both and there will be a scene if either one are there.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Hey, C and D I do not really know what to say. I hope you get it ironed out. I would not leave your mom, either. I know how you feel. I just do not know how you will deal with these bull headed parents of yours.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
24 Nov 08
I don't know but the pot has boiled over because we've been pushed waaaay to far and now it's time to put an end to it and maybe they'll realize that it's time to appreciate their daughter and sil because we've done nothing but bend over backwards and forwards to please them even at the cost of our own sanity. It has to come to an end once and for all and one way or the other and it's going to now be up to them. I just can't keep on taking pills after pills after pills to keep calm, cool and collected because I'm NOT so cool, calm and collected anymore.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
25 Nov 08
Not much to say really. I hope you mean what you say and stick to it. You Must take care of yourself. If they all resent you or don't appreciate what you are doing...then stop doing it. Wait until they ask for help and only help if it suits you....don't go out of your way. I know this sounds harsh but your Mom and Dad are going to pass anyway and you are going to blame yourself for something so just give yourself a break now when you really need it. Sweetheart, you are not well and your family suck and don't deserve you. Are you sure they are your family? I've never known anyone as selfless, loving and giving as you and with your history, well you qualify as a ridgy didge angel in my book (that's angel, not angle....lol)
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Nov 08
Thanks MsTickle, but I'm the first to tell you I'm no angel. I have my faults as any body else does but I try to do my best but I do fall of my band wagon every now and then. Who doesn't? But when it comes to my parents, regardless of our past, I'll stand by them as much as I can however, I'm not doing it to be reconized in any way except maybe a little appreciation on their part and even backing me up against my brothers. Mom told me tonight, she will NOT ask for anybody's help. That's so like her through and through but yet she'll complain to me about this and that that needs doing but won't come out and ask. I know how she works and I told her as I have always when she says that, that she's wrong because no body can read her mind but she doesn't hear it nor will she ever. Both of my parents are impossible and my brothers make me look bad! I even told them both tonight that my brothers word is gold and mine is nothing and do you know they didn't have a comment?! That tells me a lot.
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