well.... it's true.

[Soilwork]

if their home life is so crazy, then they might need someone as normal and stable as you

please tell me that's a joke. I'm neither normal nor stable. Please... I have three houses in three different cities and I'm at the same house as my own husband so infrequently that the dogs don't always recognize me.

By the time those kids are old enough to leave the nest, I'll be in my mid 50s and won't want an out of control teenager running away from home to live with me and I sure as Hell have no intention of getting involved with a self-destructing family, even if it's to save a teenager who wants to run away from the home I ran away from.

Not my problem. Nor do I want it to be.

When they are in their late teens and old enough to leave on their own, they will never have known me and won't have my number anyway. They will only be vaguely aware that their mother has some adopted brothers and won't know much else about us.

And we want to keep it that way.

I didn't start this thread so I could get family relationship advice... I just thought it was funny how my parental units keep enabling their daughter and are a bit baffled when I tell them what a waste of time it is. That's all.

 

[Soilwork]

Don't keep them in a drawer. Donate them to Goodwill. Crisis averted.

Gentlemen... we have a winner.

 

[FuryOfFirestorm]

one question, what is a vanity offspring?

a child u have... out of vanity? 0_o

It's the younger equivalent of a "Trophy Wife". Except you're spawning a status symbol instead of marrying it.

The kid in "The Nanny Diaries" is a good example.

Nowadays, some people bypass the painful and messy childbirth process and adopt 3rd World orphans. They're the hottest new accessory! (Don't go for Asians- they're SO last year. Middle Eastern kids are the new black! )

 

[Telstra]

please tell me that's a joke. I'm neither normal nor stable. Please... I have three houses in three different cities and I'm at the same house as my own husband so infrequently that the dogs don't always recognize me.

By the time those kids are old enough to leave the nest, I'll be in my mid 50s and won't want an out of control teenager running away from home to live with me and I sure as Hell have no intention of getting involved with a self-destructing family, even if it's to save a teenager who wants to run away from the home I ran away from.

Not my problem. Nor do I want it to be.

When they are in their late teens and old enough to leave on their own, they will never have known me and won't have my number anyway. They will only be vaguely aware that their mother has some adopted brothers and won't know much else about us.

And we want to keep it that way.

I didn't start this thread so I could get family relationship advice... I just thought it was funny how my parental units keep enabling their daughter and are a bit baffled when I tell them what a waste of time it is. That's all.

They did what they need to do. And you did what you need to do.
Thats what life if all about and the drama continues.

I have an older brother, he is divorced with 2 kids.
The divorce is not settled yet, what a mess and lots of mental issues !!! Best not to bother them. They have to solve their own problems and i have my own issues/life to deal with.

 

[Ninja108]

I made it a point that unless their safety is at risk, I intend to stay the heck out of family drama.

 

[Telstra]

I made it a point that unless their safety is at risk, I intend to stay the heck out of family drama.

The drama is between Jasun and his mum.
His mum keep talking about his sister's problems and he get annoyed (he called funny). Thats basically it.