Oh, crazy realtives.
So, I have this uncle. I'm not especially close to him, but we do get a Christmas card or birthday cards from him on occasion, he showed up at my father's funeral, etc... So when I sent out the STDs a month or so ago, I asked my mom to give me his most recent address (he lives in California and relocates on a regular basis). They'd recently had (another) falling out and didn't have his most recent one. She asks my grandfather, I receive his address and send one out to him with all the rest.
Now, I don't hear a peep out of him (he has our number) or about him until this weekend when I went to a family reunion (that he didn't attend). My mother lets it slip that her brother remarked to my grandfather via a telephone call 'Oh, so I guess she's getting married. That's great.' But in an incredibly sarcastic tone. I didn't realize that he was unaware I was engaged when I sent them out. I was under the impression that my grandfather had already told him. Oops. Anyway, I laughed at that story. And that he's still so bitter over other people getting married (he was married once, got divorced and is still harboring MAJOR baggage).
I later laughed a little more when my grandfather told me that my uncle had called him demanding to know how I got his address. Now, to the best of my belief, the two of us were on good terms! I guess not? I told him he should have told my uncle that I entered his name in the FBI database and that's how I track him down.![]()
Now, I don't hear a peep out of him (he has our number) or about him until this weekend when I went to a family reunion (that he didn't attend). My mother lets it slip that her brother remarked to my grandfather via a telephone call 'Oh, so I guess she's getting married. That's great.' But in an incredibly sarcastic tone. I didn't realize that he was unaware I was engaged when I sent them out. I was under the impression that my grandfather had already told him. Oops. Anyway, I laughed at that story. And that he's still so bitter over other people getting married (he was married once, got divorced and is still harboring MAJOR baggage).
I later laughed a little more when my grandfather told me that my uncle had called him demanding to know how I got his address. Now, to the best of my belief, the two of us were on good terms! I guess not? I told him he should have told my uncle that I entered his name in the FBI database and that's how I track him down.
