Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

[lorihadams]

I have had family in all weekend so I am catching up and it sounds like you still have your hands full. At least you have your house back! Sorry about your DD. BB guns are a pain. My brother accidentally shot a duck with one and was traumatized. Never shot that BB gun again. I can't imagine shooting a person, on purpose! I'd have whipped that boy till he couldn't sit down. Hope everything calms down for you soon!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

So this morning DH and nephew took Elroy and Nan to the auction. Elroy has always been a bit aggressive, so when they unloaded them DH suggested to the handlers, "Don't rough him up, he'll turn on you. He'll listen if you just talk to him."

Well, the guy looked at DH and turned around and grabbed his electric prod...mind you, Elroy was walking down the way following Nan, the prod was not needed...and DH says, "I wouldn't do that if I were you..." Man doesn't listen and zaps Elroy (who was already walking, remember?) on his butt! Elroy does a dead stop and turns his head to look at the guy as if to say, "Excuse me?" The man then uses the prod on Elroy's neck!!!! Elroy in turn lowers his horns and paws the ground. DH said the guy couldn't drop his prod fast enough! He just tossed it off to his right as fast as he could and grabbed the cane, which Elroy immediately trotted away from. The way DH described it was hilarious!!!!

I so wish I had been there to see it!

ETA: Still no news from SIL, but I did hear from my niece today who's none to happy with me. She mentioned that she wished she would die tomorrow because of how her life "sucks" right now. I will share a little of what passed between us.

kat_joker18: so u are saying that i cant come back and get my other things cause there not there or u dont want me there????
Me: I don't know what is here of yours and isn't. Josh and Your mom went through yours and Anton's stuff after you left. I don't know what the two of them did with it. You will have to talk to your mom or Josh about your stuff because Ernie and I refused to touch it.
kat_joker18: oh
Me: I never said I didn't want anyone here, I just said I am tired of not doing anything to hurt anyone or tick them off, but we get crapped on. We opened our home to everyone, and now we're being treated like the bad guys because we expected ya'll to help out in turn. I'm done. I will never help anyone on Ernie's side of the family again. Josh is staying because he has no where else to go and he has a daughter, but he wants his own place, too and I don't blame him. But he's here alone. Everyone in his immediate family that he moved up here left, so now he feels like no one in his family loves him, either.

She then changed her status to saying, "Wish I would die tomorrow."

Me: now why do you hope you die tomorrow?
Me: dying doesn't solve anything
kat_joker18: cause i dont have any family here with me all i have is anton and josh is mad at me and dont wanna talk to me anymore and i feel like nobody cares anymore
Me: and if you really feel that way, then I would say you need couseling, too. This is twice in a week you've either mentioned wanting to die, or committing suicide. That's signs of something wrong.
kat_joker18: if i die then everyone will be happy and i dont need couseling
Me: Well, Georgette, how do you think we feel?????? I certainly don't want to DIE because we were walked and trampled on by Ernie's side of the family again...and Ernie still fixed your car for you before you left! AND you didn't HAVE to go to TN, we said you could stay, all we asked was for Anton to get a job
Me: No one said they would be happy if you died, and if you think that way, then yes, you DO need counselling..and the sooner the better.
Me: You can't go through life blaming other people for YOUR choices. You and Anton CHOSE to go back to TN, we didn't tell you to go...You had a choice, and YOU chose.
kat_joker18: i am not going to get counseling
kat_joker18: i dont need it
Me: those who denying the most need it most, but again, your choice.
Me: Like it was Anton's choice to not go to the Taco bell interview..and right after you left they were hiring for managers.
Me: He could have had a good job right there.
Me: No one said you had to leave, no one told your mom to leave, yet it's all "woe is me" from you and you think your life sucks??????? Ernie hasn't been able to work in 4 years, he might not be able to WALK AGAIN after he has his back surgery, and none of that is by his choice.
Me: YOU chose to leave your family, so that's no one's doing but you're own...and if we didn't care about you guys, I wouldn't be talking to you now.
kat_joker18: yea
Me: Just like what your dad did is no one's fault but his own..he made a choice, too. His choice affected more than just himself, though, and now he has to live with his choice.
Me: Your grandma Turner used to say, "You've made your bed, now try to get out of it." that's gonna be my new motto.

I don't think I made any headway with her. I refuse to coddle. I am beginning to think it's time for some people in DH's family to experience some tough love, and boy am I ready to give it out in doses! HUGE doses!!

 

[jfarms]

that is too funny

 

[Aidenbaby]

WOW! How old is this girl? Did she really think her choices wouldn't come with consequences?

 

[lorihadams]

Oh my...... that's all I can say....

 

[Blackbird]

I can't help but say that some people are so pathetic, I can understand being depressed but still..

Thats really sad about your sister, it seems like they just up and kidnapped her almost.. really sad too. I hope you make contact with her and I hope that she is ok.

 

[Aidenbaby]

I forgot to say that your story about Elroy was hilarious. I always find it amazing when other people ignore your warnings about the animal that YOU raised. It makes you want to say, "Here's your sign".

 

[hennypenny9]

Drama, drama, drama. I'm going to guess the age of the niece as 16? I can't stand when people type "u" instead of "you."

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Well, ya'll, the niece is 22 and her BF/Fiance is 24...and they just haven't grown up yet. Right now they are living with his sister mooching off her.

When I was her age, I was married with 2 babies working a full time job. I didn't have time to think about if my life sucked or wish I would die, etc.

She hit the ceiling when I told her she needed to get a job to give herself something to do.

Yes, DH told them not to prod the goat, but they knew better than him.

 

[hennypenny9]

Good grief. I'm 22! I'm not married, and no kids. But I have a job, and am living on my own.