How dare she! (warning: vent)

[The Mystery Machine]

Dealing with people that are a pain in the neck is part of life.
I would use her as your "test case" and be respectful and see how you can change her reactions by your behavior.
It is good practice for you.

My brother married a whacko, now they are divorcing. As crazy and irritating as she was, I accepted her as the person my brother chose and respected that choice. Now I didn't agree with it but I kept that to myself.

So when everything comes to an end you can look back and say that you acted out of kindness and integrity.

Not easy at all, I know. But life is about handling what is hard, unfortuately.

 

[Daxx]

Do your parents let her talk to you like that? I would not let anyone talk crap about my kids.

I agree w/this 100%! I cannot believe that ANYONE (inc. your grandmother) lets her get away w/it.

Sounds like you are far more grown up than this chick is. Be the better person and just try to let it roll off your back (easier said than done, I know!). Hopefully, your uncle will see her for what she really is (lazy!) and he'll find someone who fits w/your family better.

I have a brother and I cannot stand his wife. She is a real piece of work. They're getting divorced. While it stinks for their kids, it's the best thing that could happen to my bro. She just doesn't fit in w/the family and thinks she's better than we are. Sorry, but nobody is better than anyone else!!!!

Good luck. Just avoid her at all costs. And, I think swimnoid had some great advice on how to handle the situation!!!!

 

[simba928]

Thanks for all the encouragement and advice! I will try to ignore her from now on and I think I will try and talk my parents into letting me stay home on Fridays. The thing is that noone will say anything to my uncle because of his attitude. If you say the wrong thing, he gets ticked. Like I said before, there was a time when he did not have any contact with the WHOLE family for years. And honestly, I know its horrible to say, but since then I don't really know him and I don't care to know him. Everyone just either ignores everything the two of them say/do or agrees with it because they don't want him to get that explosive attitude. The worst part of it, though, is that my grandmother agrees with her on everything. When it is just me and her, she will say one thing and then when Theresa is around, she will deny everything and agree with Theresa and my uncle. UGH, even just thinking about it makes my blood boil. I can honestly say that I don't have any positive memories with my uncle. I'm sure that long ago there were some, but none that I remember.