Unlimited family butthurt thread

[Luna]

Gotta love the "your texts hurt a lot of innocent people" bit.  No, ma'am, you, running around and bitching about Twid calling your husband on his bigoted bullshit could have stayed between him, you, and your husband.  Instead, you've run to uninvolved members of the family and started a shitstorm in order to ensure that it wasn't just YOUR holiday season that got borked.  Since Twid called your husband on his bullshit, you've gotta see how many people you can get pissed off at HIM.

I'm pissed off FOR you, man.

In case you need to hear it, you were right.  You were right in a way most people don't have the balls to be right.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow, she was so far out of line it's actually pretty remarkable. I don't know what she's telling other people you said, but if I were in your shoes I would actually show them the conversation and let them make up their own minds. My guess is that she was getting defensive and going on the attack because she knows you're right.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Quite possibly.

And, yeah, apparently she just started forwarding my texts to Marie, and presumably everyone else too. Marie had no idea what was going on. She though Diane was trying to text someone else and was bungling it. I was thinking that last night too when I got to the crossfire thing. That's like saying that at high noon one cowboy decides to start shooting into the saloon as well and saying that they got in the way.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Especially since her entire premise for getting angry and attacking you seems to be her willful interpretation of "there's going to be a problem" as a threat of physical violence, which makes more sense if it came from someone she didn't know well, or someone she knew was a big fighter. Because other than that, you basically just said "I don't like hearing my aunt called a bitch or my uncle called a fag, and I don't like the racist stuff either, and I don't want to be around him if he's going to talk like that, it's offensive".

"BAWWWW BUT IT'S A JOKE AND YOU ARE A BAD PERSON FOR NOT LIKING IT AND PLUS GIANT OBLIGATION/GUILT TRIP HE HELPED YOUR MOM OUT WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE" is not, actually, a mature or reasonable response to that.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Especially since her entire premise for getting angry and attacking you seems to be her willful interpretation of "there's going to be a problem" as a threat of physical violence, which makes more sense if it came from someone she didn't know well, or someone she knew was a big fighter. Because other than that, you basically just said "I don't like hearing my aunt called a bitch or my uncle called a fag, and I don't like the racist stuff either, and I don't want to be around him if he's going to talk like that, it's offensive".

"BAWWWW BUT IT'S A JOKE AND YOU ARE A BAD PERSON FOR NOT LIKING IT AND PLUS GIANT OBLIGATION/GUILT TRIP HE HELPED YOUR MOM OUT WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE" is not, actually, a mature or reasonable response to that.

Exactly. And I apologized for my wording pretty quickly.

Also:

Me: So im sorry for hurting you but I don't expect ill be getting any apology for being offended by unacceptable language.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

BTW, I highly recommend the Profoundly Awkward moment method for dealing with horrible comments at gatherings... when the awful uncle says someone's a fag, cheerfully say "Fags are all right... the man I used to sleep with is one!" or when he calls your aunt a bitch, earnestly say "and every family has an asshole!"

Better yet, laughingly call him a cocksucker and watch him go ballistic. "I was just joking, why did you take that so seriously?"

[Nephew Twiddleton]

BTW, I highly recommend the Profoundly Awkward moment method for dealing with horrible comments at gatherings... when the awful uncle says someone's a fag, cheerfully say "Fags are all right... the man I used to sleep with is one!" or when he calls your aunt a bitch, earnestly say "and every family has an asshole!"

Better yet, laughingly call him a cocksucker and watch him go ballistic. "I was just joking, why did you take that so seriously?"

Oh, it's been my hobby for quite some time to correct him. He's also SGitR. Examples:

Aunt: Your dad was my favorite Irishman
Nana: You're my favorite Irishman!
Him: He's not actually Irish though.
Me: How do you figure?
Him: You were born in the US.
Me: That didn't stop Ireland from giving me a passport.
Him: Doesn't matter.
Me: One of Ireland's presidents was born in New York
Him: Which one?
Me: Eamonn DeValera.
Him: I don't remember that. I read his biography.
Me: Must've skipped the first couple of chapters then. 

Him: The first Thanksgiving was in 1642.
Me: Considering that Boston was founded in 1630, that's not possible. I'd probably say it was the 1620s.
Him: Google it! Hmmm.... 1621. You were close Kev. (if by close you mean I gave a range that the actual year fell in, yes I was close)

Him: (asking my sister) Do you know what year the Famine was? [pause] 1843.
Me: '47 [while recognizing that assigning a specific year to a gradual event is a mistake]
Sister: Ooooooooo

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Sent Diane a text saying that I would like to clear the air but not yet.

I don't feel like it today. Cheerfully so.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Twidsister has given me permission to use her feelings as (limited) ammo, as of 10 min ago.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

And by this, she means both Ritchie's abuse of my aunt and the use of the word faggot. I've been given approval to say that laughter is sometimes uncomfortable laughter and she is the source of that uncomfortable laughter.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Wow.

I'd have gone Chainsaw Billy right off the bat.  Eventually you have to let family know the deal.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Wow.

I'd have gone Chainsaw Billy right off the bat.  Eventually you have to let family know the deal.

I'm really not over the incident when I was twelve.

Nor should I be.

Even if I was entirely straight. No. It's time this shit was addressed, and better from her godson than anyone else.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow.

I'd have gone Chainsaw Billy right off the bat.  Eventually you have to let family know the deal.

Yeah I'm kind of with you there.

[Freeky]

Oohh, good luck Twid man.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oohh, good luck Twid man.

I'm putting it off.

I really am.

Because I'm pretty sure at this point I have to say, "Mom, I'm sorry but... you, my dad, your husband and my siblings (and my nieces and nephew) are it. Fuck em. Your family can rot."