My "Vacation"

[pilar_zuazo]

TL;DR: My hellion nephew ruined my European vacation with the help of my God-awful sister. LONG-*Edited: Apparently this is getting some trolling vibes so I'll add a couple pics for proof. I'm going to blur out the face of my minor nephew, who I took a couple of pics with before we left since he is a minor, and mine slightly because the internet

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[piroshki]

I'd love to say "This is far too unbelievable" but I had a brother who was just like that, and a mother who catered to his every whim.

Please note per the community rules, all images must go behind a cut.

[pilar_zuazo]

I fixed the images to be under the thread, thanks for letting me know. I need to read a little more closely I think.

I'm just glad I don't see them all that often. We all live in different states with my parents state kind of center of it all. Usually just vacations and family gatherings. I have my own thing, they do too.

I also wanted to ask because I saw your reply to the comment above that accused me of trolling and just wanted to check, was that directed at the original responder or myself? I figured it was at the accusing comment but I wanted to check. Cause if I did something wrong I'd like to know and fix it. Thanks in advance!

[piroshki]

I saw your reply to the comment [...], was that directed at the original responder or myself?

A few years ago, when the community was a lot busier, we had a lot of people who would come in to troll. Most of them didn't make it past the initial post stage. A lot of people haven't forgotten that, and due to the harassment we have gotten in here, are perhaps a little too quick to defend.

Thank-you for putting the images behind a cut.

[pilar_zuazo]

Ohhhh, thank you for the clarification. I was worried maybe I had messed up and that my post was going to be deleted. It sucks that some people are so bored and small-minded that they would troll a site that isn't hurting anyone.

I understand the reaction from the earlier commentator now and forgive them for it.

[veganhothead]

Ugh, your sister should be ashamed of herself and the evil shit she spawned. I don't get why people feel compelled to have children and then just let them make the rest of the world miserable.

[pilar_zuazo]

My sister is the first born and by that is very much the stereotype. She and her husband were married for about six or seven years before Joey came along and they were told they couldn't have kids. They had primary unexplained infertility and decided to stop trying. That is when Joey happened. He is treated like the miracle child. His little sister came along later naturally too but she wasn't so special since my sister thinks Joey's spirit or whatever cured her body. In short, she thinks the boy picked her.

[nightchild01]

Your whole family needs to stop enabling your sister and your sister needs to stop bullying everyone else into doing her job by raising her kids for her. That would drive me insane.

You mentioned you've never had chickenpox and neither has your sister's husband. There's a vaccine for it that you two should probably get because getting it as an adult is pretty dangerous.

[pilar_zuazo]

Couldn't agree more. Living away from her and her life I don't know everything that goes on but she is highly spoiled. First born stereotype. She can be nice but she's mostly annoying. Her poor husband is a Vet with a few emotional problems and I think she may take advantage of that. He's been through a lot so I think he's eager to please and keep everyone happy. I feel bad for him.

My sister is anti-vax so no chance. Her husband got the vaccination but even with the vaccine it's better to stay away on the off-chance that it fails. He got in the eighties when he a child and he's had several friends who did as well and later got sick so he's worried his vaccination would fail too. He's an alright guy, I blame him for very little.

[chocolate_frapp]

I never heard of any stereotype of the first born being the spoiled one, I heard the exact opposite.

[pilar_zuazo]

Oh, well, my bad, most of her friends were themselves first-born and acted that way so I figured that was the norm. After she moved out I really didnt care.

[l_o_lostshadows]

I'm not sure I'd want to be around a kid who had chicken pox if I'd had it twice, since it sounds like the immunity didn't kick in.

Other than that, YIKES!

I would have stuck them with the hotel's sitter. If she wanted a say in who was watching them, she should have talked to you, rather than assume you were along for babysitting purposes. Did she even consider what would have happened if the two of you had decided to go somewhere before the kids got hungry?

[pilar_zuazo]

Yeah, admittedly the thought that he's had this highly infectious virus several times skeeves me out. My sister is anti-vac but she's terribly uninformed. She didn't make her choice based on any responsible facts or science. She simply refuses vaccination because, and I quote, "well if a celebrity like Jenny Mccarthy says vacs are bad and she has a son who got sick from them, then I guess I should believe her and not vac my kids