I was right, goddammit!!

[TZ]

So I sucked it up and called my mother today, because tomorrow is both her birthday and my niece's 4th birthday. Found out the news on my crazy sister. Still mad at me for being "mean" to her in an e-mail. But she is back in her house sleeping in a different bedroom but still home at least. Found out thats cause her erstwhile lover didn't want to share an apartment and share financial responsibility. And just like I thought not only was this guy a true leech but he apparantly embezzled somewhere between $3,000-$6,000 from their business. I TOLD THEM THAT WAS HAPPENING. Geez. Just call me Cassandra.
Stoked to see niece today. Not stoked to see idiot sister whom I don't think has gotten any treatment since her discharge from the hospital. Will let you all know how it goes.
For those of you wondering here is the backstory on this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=276&topic_id=6327&mesg_id=6327
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=276x6505

[Larissa238]

1. *waves* Another Cassandra here

My mom is with this guy who has tried to hurt her in the past when he was high/drunk. He gets clean and I warn her, and she marries him. He's not sober anymore, and I'm 99% sure he's not clean, either. Just waiting for the abuse to start happening again.

My brother wanted to date this girl I knew. I told him no, that she was bad news. Turns out she is mentally ill (nothing wrong with that in itself, but my brother is an a-hole when it comes to dating). He hurt her, broke up and dumped her in a mental institution. She "changed". My brother thought she had, and she hadn't. They got back together, broke up again. She kicked me off of *my* graduation present trip so she could try and get back with my brother. She still goes to family functions, even though they broke up going on 2 years ago now. My brother doesn't know what to do with her, since she won't let go. He hates her, but lets her get away with this crap anyways and he's miserable.

I know these are just minor things, but yeah. I know how it is to try and tell people the truth about people, and be totally ignored. *hugs* hopefully your sister can recover the money that guy embezzeled.

:hug:

[TZ]

2. She *still* does not get it...

I saw her yesterday and while she spent a lot of time on the phone, I did talk to her a little. We were in my mothers basement going through some old stuff and she picked up a old photo album and said "oh I have been looking for this scrapbook". Funny thing is, after opening it I knew it was mine..and she finally noticed after finding pictures of my best friend..I had tried to tell her it was mine but she was like "no its not" but even after she figured it out she started plucking pics out without asking me if I minded. Then we were looking at pictures of her as a child as she mentioned how she was showing them to Mark (THAT guy) and how he was surprised how different she looked as a child..blah blah blah..Hasn't she figured out that talking about that person is not a good idea around the rest of us? Geez. I didn't ask, but its obvious she hasn't changed at all. Still incredibly self-centered.
I have to say, at this point, I am not sure I really give a damn if they recover their money or not.

[Larissa238]

3. *hugs*

I'm sorry that you had to see your pictures moved and crap like that. You have much more patience than I do. I would have grabbed it said it was mine, etc. So you handled it better than I would have. :thumbsup:

I know you don't care whether they get their money back or not, but you do have to think of justice being done, at least to this guy. I know that most likely your sister will not learn, but sadly that's the way some people are. They have to have the most extreme thing done to them for them to realize what they are doing wrong. There are some people who that doesn't even work with. I hope that your sister is not one of them. :hug: :hug: