And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain...

[rebecca_in_blue]

I went over to Grandma's last weekend to do my laundry. (Which, as an aside, raises the question of who I'm going to mooch off after she moves!) For some reason, my aunt who lives with her went into a long monologue about how she's proud to have me as her niece and she thinks I bring a lot to the family. Nice, I guess, but it had me nodding and smiling like an idiot while I tried to figure out where in heck this was coming from.

She also accused me of never telling them anything (them being her and Grandma) and said that they wouldn't know what was going on with me at all if it weren't for other relatives who read this blog and report back to them on it. (They don't have a computer, so they know this blog exists but have no access to it.) I already knew that was happening, but I'm not quite 100% comfortable with it. First of all, I don't know what news she thinks I'm not sharing, since I have no life, and secondly, while I love Grandma, she can be the queen of overreacting. A few months ago, when I mentioned to her that I wasn't getting many hours at work, she went on and on and on about it as if it were the worst thing that had ever happened to anyone. It really got on my last nerve. Bottom line, there are some things written on this blog that I don't want getting back to her.

I suppose this is all part of having a gossippy southern family. It reminds me of a few days ago, when I made the mistake of talking to Sara about one of the steps to convert to Judaism, she said in a perfect imitation of The Parent Trap, "Wait until your grandmother finds out what you're going to do." Haha. [/very sarcastic laugh]

FOUR ... MORE ... DAYS until Rebecca attends her first Passover seder! I'll actually be going to two this year, one at my Jewish grandparents' house and one at our temple. I'm a little nervous (like I was for my first Purim and women's group meeting) but I'm also looking forward to it.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

aunt connie here, Am I a possible leaker? Oh noooo, it is possible, when you went to N.O. to get the car she didn't here from you for a few days and was worried about you, I told her if you had problems you would contact someone and you are grown, anyway I did check your blog after that phone conversation and you had posted and I told her you had returned and was o.k. But from now on I promise my lips are sealed. Anyway I really enjoy your blog, you make me chuckle. Anyway totally understand how sometimes you are just sharing news and suddenly you are bombarded with all this advice but I have just learned to let this roll off my back but it has taken YEARS, remember I am almost 50. Appreciate your body now, wear those halter tops and other things you always think you don't look good enough in cause I look at pictures of myself when I was in my 30's (before I got prego for the last one) and think DAmn I looked Good!! What the hell was I thinking?!?! So my brain swerved off in a whole different direction, see again, you weren't asking for any advice for your body image and I just let go over the blue for no reason, actually I saw the number 50 and got a flash of myself being 70 wearing a halter maxi dress with really crepy skin. Well better close I have no idea what I was talking about. love, aunt connie