Unless it's followed by...
Unless it's followed by, "And then I kicked his ass," or, "But I defended you emphatically," please don't tell me what negative things people in our family are saying about me or our children.
Seriously, J. I don't want to know because I have insecurities THIS BIG and hearing these things second hand? Doesn't help.
He's done this to me twice now. First time was when he raced home to tell me that brother-in-law and his sister think that Bear's fat and that it's my fault. Then today, when he more or less confirmed his grandmother hates me. Well, maybe hate's too big of a word, and maybe I should cut her some slack because he was rushing her to the hospital for some unexplained vaginal bleeding after a bladder biopsy of some kind, but hey, Grandma! I'm not the one who doesn't answer the phone if I don't feel like talking. That'd be dipshit brother-in-law's ex-wife.
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** edited to add that Grandma's fine.
**also edited to add that J seems to derive sick pleasure at being placed above me on the list of people Grandma will call if she's dying. Ya know, if she'd said something like, "I don't usually call Rose because she has 3 kids to wrangle into the van and then sit in the ER waiting room with," then I'd've been fine with her dis. But NOOOOOO she was all, "Normally I call SIL #1, but she's pregnant and has Vaughn to cart around and I hate to inconvenience her. Then I call SIL #2, but she has to work all the time so she's never home. And you J, you're usually out of town. I don't call Rosie because she never answers the phone." But it's the way she said it. Like I somehow intuitively know it's Grandma on the line (we don't have caller ID) and I screech, "NO ONE PICK UP THE PHONE!! IT'S GREAT GRANDMA!!! STAY. AWAY. FROM. THEPHONE!" That's not me Bitty!!
I'm the one who doesn't return calls that specifically ask for J.
