Where can I hide my phone so that I don't call him back and make this even worse? I already took the battery out but I am just looking at it and tempted.
And can I be trusted to stay online and not do it in email instead?
I could literally destroy my entire family with a phone call or email. In a way that would never be forgiven by any of us.
But would that REALLY help the niecelet. That should be your test when you are tempted.
The best for the niecelet is to wait for a less emotional time to let him have it. I'm so sorry Cass.
Oh, Cass... I am so sorry. What in the world does he have to yell at you about? For being there for his daughter?
But would that REALLY help the niecelet. That should be your test when you are tempted.
True.
And I would take the heat from my brother and deal with it, if it were just that. What is sending me into a panic and hysteria is that I am pretty sure he won't even let my letters through to her anymore. So I have totally lost her until she's 18 in about a year and a half.
What in the world does he have to yell at you about?
When she and I were talking yesterday she wanted to know why no one asked about her ex-bf or her friends. And I told her that he'd asked me (made a rule, really) not to.
Tonight when they talked after she got to Vermont, she was upset about it. She doesn't trust them to tell her the truth and they don't. It exploded, I suspect, far uglier than the conversation she and I had.
For being there for his daughter?
For refusing to lie to her. So, yes, basically he is furious that I am there for his daughter. You see, I'm been depressed before. But more damning? I dated a woman. I am obviously evil.
Cass, I am so sorry you're having to go through this and I'm sorry your niecelet is having to go through this. Your brother is losing his daughter (if he hasn't already) for the rest of his life. I don't feel sorry for him.
And, if these things make you evil then all of humanity is evil for some reason or another.
But more damning? I dated a woman.
Well piffle, I bet he has too.
What everyone else said, Cass. I'm sorry you and the niecelet are going through this.
Your brother is losing his daughter (if he hasn't already) for the rest of his life. I don't feel sorry for him.
I don't either. But I feel sorry for her. He said some amazingly ugly things to her.
Well piffle, I bet he has too.
Ones that weren't even his wife.
I am richocheting emotions. This moment is fury. And hate. I'm guessing the tears will be back in a minute or two.
Yep. Back to tears. I hope numb comes along soon. I'd like numb.