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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
Not much. We're waiting for the court to do it's thing and for the judge to put together a verdict. The date for that is mid August. However, we've been at this type/level of court before and then the judge kept delaying the verdict, each time with two to four weeks and we didn't get a verdict until over half a year after the set date. Our lawyer thought it was because the judge was reluctant to give a verdict because it would set a precedent. I don't know if that's also happening in this case. We'll see.
In other uncle news, he's a self styled asbestos expert (he never got educated in this field) and there's a lot to do about the pending banning of asbestos roofs. He's a big opponent of this ban. About a month ago he was on a news program and last Tuesday there was an article on the website of one of the bigger newspapers in the Netherlands. I scrolled past it without recognizing him in from the photo. I got a message from my mother (I was in Amsterdam) telling me it was my uncle. He looked very angry with the world and bitter in the photo. I had to admit that this made me kind of happy. I didn't read the article, it was one the articles behind a pay wall.
Meanwhile, on the 30th we have another family gathering. My cousin is organizing it at her place. Even if it's over four weeks away I'm already starting to get anxiety over it. Although I don't expect any drama like we had after our last gathering in January; I don't expect my uncle's children to be there, at least not his oldest daughter who caused the drama.
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IDK, Rumple, maybe it's time to consider Beta Blockers or Xanax for your family gatherings. Or just don't GO.
I mean...your head won't explode if you blow off a family gathering. I realize that you live in the bosom of your family, and all that (I'd have melted into a puddle of angry goo if I'd done that), but ...Just Say No, as good old Nancy Reagan used to say. Don't go, don't subject yourself to it.
All the denial, by families ("oh, sure, Uncle Jerry was a child molester Pedo, and tried to get in the pants of every girl in the family, but if we don't invite him and Auntie Jo to Susie's wedding, Jo's Sister Berta will be unhappy!") is bad for your psyche. Just say no and don't go.
That's my $.02 on "how to survive family drama." Avoid it!
Hitch