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OK, I need to blurt something. You don't have to read it, but I need to spill it out. There was a family zoom on Sat, I couldn't face it, so Ruth took it.
And my older brother took the piss out of her/us》
And my older brother took the piss out of her/us》
》He said: "Put some lights on! What's the deal? You can't afford electricity now so you have to save up to use it at Christmas? Ha ha".
Ha ha we are poor. He isn't.
Hilarious.
Roo is very young for her age, she assumed my parents or other family would stop him》
Ha ha we are poor. He isn't.
Hilarious.
Roo is very young for her age, she assumed my parents or other family would stop him》
》but being British, no one did.
For context I love my brother very much, and he has often needed help with his children and his wives. We speak most days, about his life. Roo has often had to accommodate his needs, he has stayed with us when between wives》
For context I love my brother very much, and he has often needed help with his children and his wives. We speak most days, about his life. Roo has often had to accommodate his needs, he has stayed with us when between wives》
》Roo was always a watchful child. She sees a lot. She sees what is unequal. But she keeps her own counsel.
However, yesterday she blew up: she tore my brother a new one, via text & phone call, because it's hard to take having your mother mocked for poverty by a rich uncle》
However, yesterday she blew up: she tore my brother a new one, via text & phone call, because it's hard to take having your mother mocked for poverty by a rich uncle》
》especially when she has given up a lot of my time for him. It really is a ridiculous relationship: I broke my R shoulder at his house having rushed around to help his daughter. He never offered so much as a lift to ED. My house caught fire. He never rang, in fact》
》he took his whole family on a 2 week holiday in France. He lives around the corner, but never offered us use of even his bathroom (we had no toilet for 10 days).
But I love him, and it just was how it was. You don't do things for people expecting anything in return 》
But I love him, and it just was how it was. You don't do things for people expecting anything in return 》
》but I didn't think he'd stoop to laughing at my child.
Well he picked the wrong person, because all this happened without my knowledge- I just found her on the phone to him using this massive, unexpected voice》
Well he picked the wrong person, because all this happened without my knowledge- I just found her on the phone to him using this massive, unexpected voice》
》so he's angry, I don't think my other brother is thrilled (she bollocked him too), and my mum is hiding. So it's going to be no problem isolating this Christmas! 
Because she committed the ultimate sin, of standing up to him. And we don't do that. We make excuses》
Because she committed the ultimate sin, of standing up to him. And we don't do that. We make excuses》
》we pretend we don't hear. We laugh at Claire because it's funny! It's funny WHY AREN'T YOU LAUGHING
Sod it.
And that's what happens when you raise your daughters to have a backbone. Good luck world, she's coming for you.
Sod it.
And that's what happens when you raise your daughters to have a backbone. Good luck world, she's coming for you.
