Dorothy Wood
11-29-2008, 01:37 AM
so, I went up to wisconsin to visit with my aunt, uncle and cousin/goddaughter because they just moved there from vancouver and didn't have any other family around. they are downtrodden intellectuals, buried under a mountain of debt incurred by moving around and $100,000 worth of student loans.
anyway, they are always fighting. they live in this little apartment and they are always yelling. and complaining about stuff. the way they address each other is so hostile. it all came to a head after thanksgiving dinner when my aunt (who had done the cooking and cleaning and setting up with a little help from me and my cousin) announced that she was exhausted and needed to take a nap and that she wanted my uncle to clean up. he agreed. but then attempted to engage me in intellectual discourse (and I use the word "engage" lightly, as he mostly just prattles on about society and the economy and blah blah blah, without even stopping for anyone else's input) while I drew a turkey on the inside of a matchbook with the charcoaled end of an extinguished match and nodded.
anyway, I excused myself, but he just kept on talking, and my aunt burst out of the bedroom and was like, "WHY ISN'T THIS CLEAN YET?!" "WHY ARE YOU TALKING SO LOUD!?" "I ASKED YOU TO CLEAN UP!"
and my uncle was like, "I WILL, I'M TIRED". and then she just started cleaning up. and he retreated to the living room where I was and they just kept yelling back and forth until the kitchen was cleaned and I just sat there with a magazine not saying anything. and my aunt came out and they started screaming at each other. very rude things. they called eachother terrible people, there were cries of "don't be a martyr!" and "you're not my boss!" and my uncle said to my cousin, "your mother is a piece of work". :(
I just sat there until it subsided because there was no place for me to go. but I wonder if I should've said something? I don't know. I think they need to get therapy. or at least be videotaped to see how they are. my cousin also talks to them very rudely, calling them stupid and boring, etc. and her parents don't say a word! my mom would slap me if I spoke to her like that.
anyway. happy thanksgiving!
anyway, they are always fighting. they live in this little apartment and they are always yelling. and complaining about stuff. the way they address each other is so hostile. it all came to a head after thanksgiving dinner when my aunt (who had done the cooking and cleaning and setting up with a little help from me and my cousin) announced that she was exhausted and needed to take a nap and that she wanted my uncle to clean up. he agreed. but then attempted to engage me in intellectual discourse (and I use the word "engage" lightly, as he mostly just prattles on about society and the economy and blah blah blah, without even stopping for anyone else's input) while I drew a turkey on the inside of a matchbook with the charcoaled end of an extinguished match and nodded.
anyway, I excused myself, but he just kept on talking, and my aunt burst out of the bedroom and was like, "WHY ISN'T THIS CLEAN YET?!" "WHY ARE YOU TALKING SO LOUD!?" "I ASKED YOU TO CLEAN UP!"
and my uncle was like, "I WILL, I'M TIRED". and then she just started cleaning up. and he retreated to the living room where I was and they just kept yelling back and forth until the kitchen was cleaned and I just sat there with a magazine not saying anything. and my aunt came out and they started screaming at each other. very rude things. they called eachother terrible people, there were cries of "don't be a martyr!" and "you're not my boss!" and my uncle said to my cousin, "your mother is a piece of work". :(
I just sat there until it subsided because there was no place for me to go. but I wonder if I should've said something? I don't know. I think they need to get therapy. or at least be videotaped to see how they are. my cousin also talks to them very rudely, calling them stupid and boring, etc. and her parents don't say a word! my mom would slap me if I spoke to her like that.
anyway. happy thanksgiving!