Wish us luck - we are meeting our estranged brother in a couple of hours (if he shows up, that is)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

We called him yesterday, and he reluctantly agreed to leave his weekend house painting job to drive a few miles to meet us at Starbucks (after we've driven to Wichita from Dallas and back and forth to El Dorado, Augusta and Toronto, Kansas). He's very much a "sad sack" about his lot in life. He managed to tell me in 5 minutes about all of his woes, most of which revolve around our 20-year-old niece, who married a jerk without telling him, joined the Air Force and then had to take an honorable discharge due to shin splints, came home, got separated from her husband and then found out she was pregnant. LOVELY. It was only at the end of the conversation that he bothered to ask how I was doing. He doesn't even know Bullwinkle lost her husband in October, and she won't tell him unless he asks. It's always all about HIM - no one else has ANY problems! He also hurt me by telling his helper "he had to talk to this lady." I said, "THIS LADY?" I'm his sister!

Anyway, we are going to our mother's and sister's graves, then to see if Brother DTBK shows up, then heading back to Texas. Wish us luck!

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Good luck.....

That sounds like a horror show.

Where to start....

Well, I have an estranged brother also. The shit I could tell you.....

Don't you love it when you have to hear all that crap and then you hardly get asked how YOU are doing?

That is unbelievable that he does not know that Bullwinkle lost her husband.

But as unbelievable that that is....I think stuff like this happens a lot in families.

I don't know what else to say, except again....good luck. :hug:

[fight4my3sons]

2. good luck

:hug:

my husband's estranged brother is supposed to be here now, but backed out.

[Blue Diadem]

3. Goodluck DTBK

I hope your brother shows up and you all have a nice visit and that someday you can all become closer.

[yellowdogintexas]

4. sounds like an interesting day for the two of you.

Good luck with this

[Gormy Cuss]

5. I hope that he shows up and that the meeting is okay.

Estranged siblings are hard on everyone.