cowboyup
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It's been a while since I've posted. I just need to vent, let off some steam and thought if I write it down and release it perhaps it'd help...to an extent...
My SIL is SO &^#$*!! lazy. How do I get her off her a$$ and do something? She won't do dishes, won't vacuum, dust, nothing...all she does is read...letting her kids wander into my room - which is my personal (one and only personal) space. I love my niece and nephew dearly but she is off work for summer...can't she even watch her kids??? She sits in her room and reads. OK, reading is GOOD, I get that. Hell, I love to read as well, but who has time when I'm watching others' kids? By the time night rolls around, I am toast. We went to Costco yesterday and I said we need milk. She didn't get it cuz she wants to get it elsewhere...but she has yet to do that. Because why? Yup, she won't get off her lazy a$$ and get some. HER kids want milk...they need milk. But nooo...reading is more important I guess.
The house....screw that! It's filthy. I am holding out to see how long it'll take for her to unload and reload the dishwasher (dishes are overflowing onto counter tops), vacuum the dust, dog hair, general dirt from the floors and dust the damn furniture...I am curious at this point to see how many inches thick the crap gets before she does anything.
Even the dogs are suffering. She will feed them if she remembers (she says she has terrible memory) and won't go outside to refill their water dishes, and instead puts an plastic dish of water on the floor in the house which they will not drink from. Poor dogs.
Her IBS seems to be 'flaring up more than usual'.....yeah, that's right, go ahead and use that excuse to get out of bathing the kids and other stuff.
(See, now I am having full blown convos in my head)
Most definitely things could be worse. But all she does is scream at the kids and when she's not screaming she's putting them in time out. That is, when she can pull herself away from the book, ipad or iphone. Oh yeah, she plays tons of games on the ipad...I am at the point to where I have said, "Hello, xxx get off the ipad and help me here" she initially ignores my pleas, I repeat in louder voice (I hate screaming) to get her attention. :kickingmyself:
I get more response from my tortoise.
The poor kids don't get milk so the substitute is Ensure at the moment. The little one came in my room and said, 'sure' 'sure' (she wanted milk) so I told SIL that her child wants milk but since we have none I will get her an ensure. Her response, "Oh, oh yeah, that's right. OK"
Then there's my brother. He's gone out of town for a few days. He wouldn't say where. But he's been very depressed lately. NOW I understand more and more why they divorced.
I know all this is quite trivial stuff, but day in and day out is wearing on me and no amount of anti-anxiety medicine in the world can quell my anger.
I get out of the house...go to the park (or wherever) to relax - go figure, having to get out of the house to get away from stress. But it is only temporary - at this point I take what I can get I guess.
I have been rude, kind, sarcastic, down right bitchy, and been ignoring her and nothing get through to her....what's left?
**This is mainly rhetorical but if you do have a suggestion, it'd be greatly appreciated.**
My SIL is SO &^#$*!! lazy. How do I get her off her a$$ and do something? She won't do dishes, won't vacuum, dust, nothing...all she does is read...letting her kids wander into my room - which is my personal (one and only personal) space. I love my niece and nephew dearly but she is off work for summer...can't she even watch her kids??? She sits in her room and reads. OK, reading is GOOD, I get that. Hell, I love to read as well, but who has time when I'm watching others' kids? By the time night rolls around, I am toast. We went to Costco yesterday and I said we need milk. She didn't get it cuz she wants to get it elsewhere...but she has yet to do that. Because why? Yup, she won't get off her lazy a$$ and get some. HER kids want milk...they need milk. But nooo...reading is more important I guess.
The house....screw that! It's filthy. I am holding out to see how long it'll take for her to unload and reload the dishwasher (dishes are overflowing onto counter tops), vacuum the dust, dog hair, general dirt from the floors and dust the damn furniture...I am curious at this point to see how many inches thick the crap gets before she does anything.
Even the dogs are suffering. She will feed them if she remembers (she says she has terrible memory) and won't go outside to refill their water dishes, and instead puts an plastic dish of water on the floor in the house which they will not drink from. Poor dogs.
Her IBS seems to be 'flaring up more than usual'.....yeah, that's right, go ahead and use that excuse to get out of bathing the kids and other stuff.
(See, now I am having full blown convos in my head)
Most definitely things could be worse. But all she does is scream at the kids and when she's not screaming she's putting them in time out. That is, when she can pull herself away from the book, ipad or iphone. Oh yeah, she plays tons of games on the ipad...I am at the point to where I have said, "Hello, xxx get off the ipad and help me here" she initially ignores my pleas, I repeat in louder voice (I hate screaming) to get her attention. :kickingmyself:
I get more response from my tortoise.
The poor kids don't get milk so the substitute is Ensure at the moment. The little one came in my room and said, 'sure' 'sure' (she wanted milk) so I told SIL that her child wants milk but since we have none I will get her an ensure. Her response, "Oh, oh yeah, that's right. OK"
Then there's my brother. He's gone out of town for a few days. He wouldn't say where. But he's been very depressed lately. NOW I understand more and more why they divorced.
I know all this is quite trivial stuff, but day in and day out is wearing on me and no amount of anti-anxiety medicine in the world can quell my anger.
I get out of the house...go to the park (or wherever) to relax - go figure, having to get out of the house to get away from stress. But it is only temporary - at this point I take what I can get I guess.
I have been rude, kind, sarcastic, down right bitchy, and been ignoring her and nothing get through to her....what's left?
**This is mainly rhetorical but if you do have a suggestion, it'd be greatly appreciated.**
