THE BROKEN OLIVE BRANCH
Yesterday, I tried once more to reach out to my Father-In-Law. However, my plea went unanswered. My Mother-In-Law, corresponded for him via E-Mail. Apparently, he was still too upset to respond to me himself. This was my last ditch effort to try and smooth things over. A two year, ongoing dispute, has left us estranged from my Husband's parents. This was due to, over 30 years worth of selfishness, and neglegent parenting. I'm guessing that, my Husband felt far too old to deal with that sort of behavior any further. My Step-Nephew, will have his 16th Birthday party Saturday afternoon. I was just trying to calm the waters a bit, before attempting to attend the party. Unfortunately, I had revieved the ultimate cold shoulder from my In-Laws before. This treatment happened at, my Step-Nephews last two Birthday partys. I was obligated to, attend these partys without my Husband, he had to work. I swore to myself that, I would never let that happen again. Never-the-less, something just came over me yesterday morning in the shower. It was like the voice of God, telling me to try once more.
After bathing, I promptly went to the computer. I wasn't for sure if, I could remember their E-mail address. Evidently, I had the right one. I wrote a quick letter to my Father-In-Law. It was not an inappropriate letter by any means. I was as tactful and as forthcoming, as I could be. I checked the computer frequently for his reply, most of the day. By late afternoon, I had given up. I had even let my Sister-In-Law know of, what I was about to do. In regards to writing him that is. She informed me of, how impressed she was. Once again, I'm being the bigger person. It seems as though, I've become the family fixer. I don't like that role, it just suites . I kept the fact that, I had even written to my Father-In-Law from my Husband the entire day. I knew how he would react. Just as I expected that he would, when I told him later on.
I informed him that, I had told his Sister that the boys and I would be there. He said, "no you are not." I am not going to listen how badly that you were treated, by my parents another year. Then, when I finally got a reply from his Mother, he was even more insistent that I not attend. The E-mail that I recieved, was quite crass. Furthermore, the grammer and punctuation was atrocious. I can't stand reading material written by, uneducated indivuals. It makes them seem more ignorent then they already are. It was full of slang terminology and, run-on sentences. Honestly, he was quite mad at me when I told him the whole story. He said that, "I should have never E-mailed his Father in the first place." I explained to him that, I was only trying to smooth things over a bit, before we went to the party.
He also said, "I hate it when you talk for me." I explained how, that was not at all what I was doing. I was just once again, trying to keep, or make the peace. By reading my Mother-In-Law's responce, I had already made up my mind. My Husband didn't need to make it up for me. My Sister-In-Law even suggested to her that, "you came on kind of harsh." However, she failed to edit her letter to me and, sent it as it was. I explained to my Sister-In-Law, it's not so much what you say, it's how you say it. She fully agreed with me. Well folks, that's my "Redneck Drama" for the day. I doubt that you will hear anything further from my on this subject. It is, a toal waste of my time and energy. See ya'll later.
Yesterday, I tried once more to reach out to my Father-In-Law. However, my plea went unanswered. My Mother-In-Law, corresponded for him via E-Mail. Apparently, he was still too upset to respond to me himself. This was my last ditch effort to try and smooth things over. A two year, ongoing dispute, has left us estranged from my Husband's parents. This was due to, over 30 years worth of selfishness, and neglegent parenting. I'm guessing that, my Husband felt far too old to deal with that sort of behavior any further. My Step-Nephew, will have his 16th Birthday party Saturday afternoon. I was just trying to calm the waters a bit, before attempting to attend the party. Unfortunately, I had revieved the ultimate cold shoulder from my In-Laws before. This treatment happened at, my Step-Nephews last two Birthday partys. I was obligated to, attend these partys without my Husband, he had to work. I swore to myself that, I would never let that happen again. Never-the-less, something just came over me yesterday morning in the shower. It was like the voice of God, telling me to try once more.
After bathing, I promptly went to the computer. I wasn't for sure if, I could remember their E-mail address. Evidently, I had the right one. I wrote a quick letter to my Father-In-Law. It was not an inappropriate letter by any means. I was as tactful and as forthcoming, as I could be. I checked the computer frequently for his reply, most of the day. By late afternoon, I had given up. I had even let my Sister-In-Law know of, what I was about to do. In regards to writing him that is. She informed me of, how impressed she was. Once again, I'm being the bigger person. It seems as though, I've become the family fixer. I don't like that role, it just suites . I kept the fact that, I had even written to my Father-In-Law from my Husband the entire day. I knew how he would react. Just as I expected that he would, when I told him later on.
I informed him that, I had told his Sister that the boys and I would be there. He said, "no you are not." I am not going to listen how badly that you were treated, by my parents another year. Then, when I finally got a reply from his Mother, he was even more insistent that I not attend. The E-mail that I recieved, was quite crass. Furthermore, the grammer and punctuation was atrocious. I can't stand reading material written by, uneducated indivuals. It makes them seem more ignorent then they already are. It was full of slang terminology and, run-on sentences. Honestly, he was quite mad at me when I told him the whole story. He said that, "I should have never E-mailed his Father in the first place." I explained to him that, I was only trying to smooth things over a bit, before we went to the party.
He also said, "I hate it when you talk for me." I explained how, that was not at all what I was doing. I was just once again, trying to keep, or make the peace. By reading my Mother-In-Law's responce, I had already made up my mind. My Husband didn't need to make it up for me. My Sister-In-Law even suggested to her that, "you came on kind of harsh." However, she failed to edit her letter to me and, sent it as it was. I explained to my Sister-In-Law, it's not so much what you say, it's how you say it. She fully agreed with me. Well folks, that's my "Redneck Drama" for the day. I doubt that you will hear anything further from my on this subject. It is, a toal waste of my time and energy. See ya'll later.
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