I am my 95 year old dad's sole caregiver, 24/7. He's got dementia and cancer. I see all these commercials on television about Christmas sales, Christmas shows, concerts, etc., and it just sounds so foreign to me right now. It's just my dad, and me. My son lives out on the west coast. My siblings either have their own families, or the single ones aren't interested in celebrating here with dad. Mostly, I'm just so worn out. Seems like the only way I know what day it is - is when to take the garbage cans to the curb! I've always been so happy to celebrate Christmas. Now, I just wish it would hurry up and go by without having to celebrate it.
This Christmas it was just me and my dogs. I didn't visit the NH as I have a cold. We're warm and cozy and well fed. I've been staying up very late watching movies, getting up in the morning to let the dogs out to potty then we've all gone back to bed til noonish. So much stress over the years I really needed this.
I called her today and got heck for not rushing to sit and keep her company in the ER (from a woman who wouldn't lift a finger for her parents when they were very old and in bad shape). Over the years I've called an ambulance numerous times, blood all over the house and spent hundreds of hours in ERs and on medical emergencies and appointments. A skinned finger is hardly an emergency. It's about time she put on some big girl panties and realized the world doesn't revolve around "me, me, me".
ashlynne - what a crazy circus. I have a Christmas Day ER story too from a few years ago. I swore never again. It was not an emergency either. She ate rich food after a gal bladder operation and got threw up. What did she expect? But we had to go through all the drama, at 7 am and I hadn't even had a cup of coffee. My tongue was hanging out. Also being Christmas day the street people had come into the ER to get out of the cold - it was insane...
A skinned finger is not an emergency. You could send her some big girl panties but I doubt she will put them on.
You know what they say about a narcissist - How many of them does it take to put in a light bulb? Only one -they hold it and the world revolves around them.
A narcissist is someone who after taking the trash out, gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house
There's nothing wrong with narcissists that reasoning with them won't aggravate."
My husband and I divorced for religious reasons. He thought he was God and I didn't
What's a narcissist's idea of being a "slave"? Not being able to boss everyone else about.
What is a narcissist's idea of equality? Being equally bossy to everyone else
What is a narcissist's idea of being abused? Occasionally having to go along with someone else's preferences
and the last one which isn't funny
What's a sure-fire way of getting daily verbal abuse?
Be the child of a narcissist.
It is a ride, isn't it? (((((hugs))))) to you and let the phone ring and go to voice mail..
Love that, so many to fit personalities of some\many family members. I especially liked the one about divorcing for religious reasons. Where do you come up with some of your posts? You have some very good things to share.
Kizna