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MissMorrigan -> RE: Who in your family likes to be the emotional shit starter? (5/5/2008 2:44:03 AM)
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In my family, the person that tends to bring about most disagreements would be me. I am outspoken and opinionated, not to the point of being bloody-minded but I don't sugarcoat things although do try and be tactful. I prefer being treated the same way, however and hate when people pussy-foot around what they would like to say rather than what they do say. Having said all that though, while it doesn't induce favourable discourse initially, my family do thank me later on... I am no different with family members than I am with friends. One thing I have always refused to do is be someone else's 'whipping post'. I am also the one that will look at it from all sides and try to diffuse any kind of situation.
I have always been rebellious b/c I prefer to formulate my own opinions rather than have someone dictate how I should think. I could never envision life without my family and regardless of disagreements, which I have to say are few/far between, although life hasn't always been that way, I know they love me and want only the best for me. The only exception is my brother, we have little to do with one another. Money rules his life, people aren't anything if they haven't got it and by that, they have to have a 60k per annum salary minimum, career with achievements, etc... He's always looked own on me as I have other priorties and my mother once said to me that he was envious of me, which blew me away at the time... she explained he was envious b/c he knows money rules his world and he'd like to have the attitude where he can be 'carefree'. When we meet I greet him politely but refuse to allow his negativities to affect me or my life in any way.
The shit maker in my boy's family is his sister... she's a lovely girl but emotionally troubled and that stems from his family's divorce and affected her tremendously, she's always fighting her demons and is gradually learning that there are consequences for her behaviours, ie she cannot attack someone verbally and expect there to be no consequences.
My mother and I are more like sisters... She and I have such a lot of fun when together, although when living together drive one another demented!!! I love her dearly, for all she is including her 'eccentricities'.
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