Hateful Sneaky People

Well I have had quite the week. Let me start off by saying that I have done nothing wrong. Now that I've said that let me start with a little background.

Austin has this sister named Princess Hateful Raquel. Raquel got married in November to a man who is 36,Dan, and has a 19 year old daughter, Amanda. (Do the math it is important for later) Well in February Amanda announces she is pregnant. That would make Raquel a soon to be 28 year old step-grandma. We will just say that Princess Hateful Raquel did not take this very good. (I thought is was quite hilarious)

Dan and Raquel tired to convince Amanda to give the baby up for adoption. Naturally Amanda didn't want to. (This is where the math comes in.) Amanda is hurt by this because they keep bringing it up and she has told them that she absolutely will not be giving her baby up. This really angers Raquel because she is used to getting what she wants when she wants. In the meantime Amanda and her boyfriend, Kevin, are making plans to get married getting stuff around for baby and going on with life. Raquel is stewing mad. Calls to complain to her parents (don't worry they come into play also) and starts telling lies about Kevin.

Amanda not getting much support from Dad and having no friends who have had babies contacts me over myspace and we have been talking about the baby and only the baby. Raquel had not been mentioned until the topic of the baby shower came up. (more on that later) I would also like to point out that I have been talking to Amanda since around the time of the wedding.

So now we can fast forward to the end of July. Amanda is having a baby shower thrown for her by her mom. I was invited because I am more friend than step-mothers family. Raquel was also invited along with Dan because they are having a dual purpose shower. Amanda is getting married this afternoon so the shower will be a baby shower wedding reception in one.

Dan and Raquel are not going!

Dan is already missing the nuptials and now the reception. Why you might ask. Well because his new wife doesn't want to go.

So I had already told Amanda that I would go and Raquel was mad. So now she has been calling her mom and dad and telling them all these bad things about Kevin and got them all worried that I was going to take my son with me to this shower.

Well Robin, MIL, talked to Austin at work and told him all this stuff that Raquel had told her and asked him if he was aware that I was going to take his son with me to the shower and that she didn't think it was a very good idea. Mind you she expected him to come home and just put his foot down and tell me I wasn't going and that I sure wasn't going to take his son with me. Anyone that knows me knows that is not how things work in my marriage. I believe there is too much respect between us to think one could control the other. Austin told her that he trust me and doesn't trust Raquel as far as he can throw her. That he doesn't believe half of the stuff out of her mouth because we have caught her in so many lies. This really upset his mom. She asked him why Raquel and him don't get along and so he told her why. He was brutally honest and didn't leave anything out.

Austin came home and told me all that his mother said and I discounted everything and explained to him what really happened and sorted out all the lies Raquel had told. Then I mentioned to him that his mom really expected him to put his foot down and forbid me from going. He didn't believe me. I might have been pissed that she did it. After all it was really backhanded and put a blog on my myspace that said:

-I’m Tired
Current mood: bullied
My husband will no longer be acting like a middle person. If anyone has concerns involving me or our son then they need to contact me directly. I'm tired of Austin being in the middle. I don't bite and am tired of the polite conversation and cold shoulders. I'm sure things get lost in translation. I would hate to think that people don't think I can take care of Mason and myself.
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Well Princess Hateful Raquel has access to my myspace and called her mom and told her what I had wrote the next morning when she saw it. Well Robin had a talk with Austin about it and it came out that she didn't expect him to talk to me about the shower conversation. (I got to say I TOLD YOU SO) He wasn't upset with me about the myspace blog. He was a little shocked but what was I to do when all they will talk to me about is the weather. They will even wait until I leave the room and then ask Austin the question then when I come back in the room Austin will ask me the question. I have started to just whisper the answers to him because we have an agreement that if one of us whispers the question or answer it is to stay between the two of us. I think it really annoys them. I know I do not care though.

It really bothered me to have to call Amanda and tell I wouldn't be going to the shower because Mason is sick and I don't want to get her sick. It is almost like they won. I can't stand that.

I am so glad that my family is loving and in your face. They don't mince words. They tell you exactly how they feel and give you opinions on everything. Austin thinks it is their way of trying to run my life but I don't see it that way because I can call them idiots and tell them I love them all in the same breath.

So that is how my week has gone. Austin told me he actually ducked into the bathroom to avoid his mom at work. How sad!