allfalldown
04-04-2006, 12:31 PM
Two days ago my dad's girlfriend's son's girlfriend had a baby. For whatever reason, my sister is really stoked about this, and doesn't understand why I'm not even close to being as excited as she is. I don't even know why I'm not excited. Everyone else, of course, is excited too. We're going to my dad's house on Thursday, and the odds are that the new baby will be there. They'll be passing the baby around, making a fuss, and I'll be standing there just not bothered. This will probably lead to be being annoyed that I feel it's expected of me to be excited, and I will probably try and feign interest, and everyone will be able to see that I'm not really. If this occurs, my dad's girlfriend will probably want to know why I'm not excited, and I'll get even more annoyed at having to explain myself when I don't know the reason I feel this way. The result will probably be everyone in a mood because they all think I hate the baby.
That probably won't have time to happen though, because one of the first things out of my sister's mouth when the subject is raised will be my total lack of a reaction when I heard that the baby was born.
Argh, I could probably go on for ages about all the little things involved in this and still not get to the point. I'm not even sure there is a point, so in an effort to make one I'll ask if anyone else is in a similar position. Does anyone else here have an extended family? Are you close to them? Are there young children involved? I have a five-year-old half-sister too (I find it weird that she is an aunt now).
I'm just going to stop typing now and see if anyone knows what the hell I'm on about.
That probably won't have time to happen though, because one of the first things out of my sister's mouth when the subject is raised will be my total lack of a reaction when I heard that the baby was born.
Argh, I could probably go on for ages about all the little things involved in this and still not get to the point. I'm not even sure there is a point, so in an effort to make one I'll ask if anyone else is in a similar position. Does anyone else here have an extended family? Are you close to them? Are there young children involved? I have a five-year-old half-sister too (I find it weird that she is an aunt now).
I'm just going to stop typing now and see if anyone knows what the hell I'm on about.