November 16, 2005

My Family Is NUTS!

So it is confirmed. The anonymous person was my Aunt Kerri. She is my mom's brother's wife. I was kind of shocked that she would do this but not really surprised given what all I've heard about her over the years. I don't think she'll be writing anything else any time soon except maybe to deny that it is her but there is no doubt in my mind that it is.

I can't remember ever even having a conversation with this woman. I've talked to her maybe two or three times in my entire life. She has never taken an interest in my life or the lives of my siblings or cousins. She is probably just curious about how we turned out or wants to find out gossip and tidbits about my family so she can continue hating for generations to come guilt free. She can see pictures of my little niece and nephew and hate them! The sins of the father, and all that.

There are so many reasons why this is weird and bizarre and very very bad but I think the worst part of it is how obsessed she seems to be. I'm sure it was just all very entertaining for her but she actually kind of freaked me out when I didn't know who it was and she started threatening me. And she freaked out my friends and family. Because she is so paranoid and so overprotective she knew exactly what to say to scare me even though I know if someone wants to find you and they are a crazy loon there is absolutely nothing you can do to avoid it aside from going into hiding or witness protection. So there is no point in protecting yourself to the point of complete isolation. But I think that is probably how she lives her life. I almost feel bad that this went on for song and people had to put up with it for so long and the pay off is just kind of, 'eh... But Marigold can add another person to the mandy's family lovefest entry from a few weeks back now that she knows my good old aunt scary Kerri.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Let's not be careless with our definitions of "family." I would prefer going with the "psychological parent" analysis rather than the technical "married to a blood relative" analysis when deciding what to term as family.

That doesn't mean your family is not nutso. But there's nutso and there's nutso. Eh?

We are going to the grocery store now. Because my fat food-obsessed daughter needs to be fed. Want anything?