I was talking to a good friend of mine this morning. She has a lot of the same issues I have as far as people that love to see you suffer. If you read my blogs you know that I’m from Ohio but live in Atlanta now. I was SO excited the day my hubby came home and said he had found new contracts but in the south. I had the house packed up in one day and was ready to get the hell on!
When I lived in Ohio, where the majority of my family lives, I never felt a true loving connection with many of them. As far as my immediate family, well you guys know that I don’t know my dad ,so that’s a bust. So I only know my mom’s side.
Over the years of growing up, I noticed that older family members would always speak of funerals, who had sugar, who died, who was going through hard times and more. Not one time did any of them think to come together as a family to help that person in need. If you felt like cousin Nina was going to loose her car, why didn’t the family come together and help her?
Even when 911 hit awhile ago and my hubby lost the majority of all his contracts and we were struggling, not one family member came forward to help us. I had two very small children at home at that time and I was finishing up my college degree. My mom knew of my financial needs but what did she do? She got her kitchen remodeled and invited me over to come check it out! Smh!
I think that as a society we loooove to see people go through pain and suffering. It’s like we love to watch it unfold just as long as it’s not us. I remember my grandmother getting excited to go to someone’s funeral, that she didn’t even know that well lol. She would comb the obituaries to see if she recognized any of her friends. Who does that? You see people glued to the tv watching people in fires or drivers rubber necking on the freeway to see car crashes. What in the hell is wrong with us?
It annoys the hell out of me when I get a phone call from people back home calling me to tell me who died, who’s locked up, or pregnant out of wedlock. I shut them down when they call me and tell them I don’t want to hear that crap! They say, wow what’s wrong with you and I tell them right off the rip, take that negative sh*t some place else because I’m not the one!
I hardly get any calls from those crabs in the barrel anymore and I’m glad! If you’re one of those people that love to watch and hear about other’s pain and suffering you might want to go get your head checked out because who wants that extra stress and feeling of sorrow in their life? We need to do better as a community and help those in need as much as we can and not judge.We need more positive role models and resources for those in need. I give back as much as I can and try to uplift others that are around me. I pray that one day we will stop being so hateful towards one another and pull together. xoxo
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