Erasing some of the dis in disfunctional
Dec. 8th, 2002 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisMy relationship with my brother and sister (there are only the three of us) is disfunctional on a good day and non existant on the others. We mainly avoid each other. My brother and I have kind of struck a 'help Mom' middle ground in the past few years but my sister and I... Not going to happen.
If we all live to our 90's we will die with a serious case of unresolved sibling rivalry. It's stupid but that's what makes us loveable...
Anyway. Mom's 80th birthday is Feb 1. She was loud and clear and early on her desires to skip a party and her threat to disenherit if any surprise anything was involved. So when I was there at Thanksgiving, I proposed a small dinner party at her very favorite restaurant. It's a very fancy place and not too easy to get to. So I told her we'd get her a limo and she could take her friends. She thought this was a good plan.
So, I got all of the details settled and then asked my brother if he wanted in (he did) and if he wanted to ask my sister (he did). I finally got confirmation and not too ungraciously either from my sister today. I haven't seen the $$ yet, but as I am the executor of Mom's will, I'll get it eventually.
Anyway, I am glad that we can tell Mom it's from the 3 of us. This will likely be the last thing we ever have to voluntarily do together, thankgod.
If we all live to our 90's we will die with a serious case of unresolved sibling rivalry. It's stupid but that's what makes us loveable...
Anyway. Mom's 80th birthday is Feb 1. She was loud and clear and early on her desires to skip a party and her threat to disenherit if any surprise anything was involved. So when I was there at Thanksgiving, I proposed a small dinner party at her very favorite restaurant. It's a very fancy place and not too easy to get to. So I told her we'd get her a limo and she could take her friends. She thought this was a good plan.
So, I got all of the details settled and then asked my brother if he wanted in (he did) and if he wanted to ask my sister (he did). I finally got confirmation and not too ungraciously either from my sister today. I haven't seen the $$ yet, but as I am the executor of Mom's will, I'll get it eventually.
Anyway, I am glad that we can tell Mom it's from the 3 of us. This will likely be the last thing we ever have to voluntarily do together, thankgod.