Thursday, July 4, 2013

People wonder why I avoid my extended family like the plague... Here's why

Lets face it, we all have at least one or more crazy people in our family.  Unfortunately my family has a lot more than a couple.  I'd say that about 50% of my family including extended are crazy.

Although my aunt is a special kind of crazy.  Crazy enough to the point where I will NOT give her my contact information, and for a good reason.  This woman is in her late 50s, still lives with her mom (my grandma) and has the mentality of an 8 year old child.  I make every attempt to avoid her like the plague.  I think after reading this email, you will understand why.

This was the email I received from my aunt on birthday (sensitive information has been omitted but this is pretty much how I received it - layout & all along with the misspellings):


Subject: HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY, JAMES!!!~(A Special Birthday profile + letter for You!!!)~AUGUST 15th~HAPPY THURSDAY!!!~2013***(Birthdate: XXXXXXXX XXth~2013~).********(Sent at 1:47 P.M.).

From:Michelle E. (********atitudes@yahoo.com)
Sent:Thu X/XX/13 2:05 PM
To: *******ge@hotmail.com (*******ge@hotmail.com); **********olf@yahoo.com (********rwolf@yahoo.com); ******invenice@yahoo.com (**********nice@yahoo.com); **********itudes@yahoo.com (**********tudes@yahoo.com); *****rage@hotmail.com (*****rage@hotmail.com); *****ldcave7@yahoo.co.in (*****ldcave7@yahoo.co.in); *******arwolf@yahoo.com (*******arwolf@yahoo.com); *****mios723@yahoo.com (*****mios723@yahoo.com); *****ldcave7@yahoo.co.in (*****ldcave7@yahoo.co.in)
Cc: ****nstarwolf@yahoo.com (****nstarwolf@yahoo.com); ****lsinvenice@yahoo.com (****lsinvenice@yahoo.com); ***himios723@yahoo.com (***himios723@yahoo.com); ****aldcave7@ayhoo.co.in (****aldcave7@ayhoo.co.in); *********titudes@yahoo.com (*********titudes@yahoo.com)


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Michelle E. <******clatitudes@yahoo.com>
To: "*****rage@hotmail.com" <*****rage@hotmail.com>; "******tarwolf@yahoo.com" <******tarwolf@yahoo.com>; "*****iclatitudes@yahoo.com" <*****iclatitudes@yahoo.com>; "******ios723@yahoo.com" <*****mios723@yahoo.com>; "******invenice@yahoo.com" <******invenice@yahoo.com>; "*****rage@hotmail.comm" <*****rage@hotmail.comm>; "*****ldcave7@yahoo.co.IN" <*****ldcave7@yahoo.co.IN>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:47 PM



Happy Birthday! ~ For My First Nephew, Dearest JAMES!!! (: (: (: HAPPY, HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY to You today, JAMES, and may GOD bless you with decades more of Good Health, Peace, Love, Prosperity, Love, True Friends, and a Long Life to enjoy it all!! * * * * * * * I tried to call you today, but, as you know, on my birthday, XXXXXXX Xth, SUNDAY Evening, when I asked you for your cell phone #, you deliberately gave me your old number!! I am deeply hurt that you wuold keep such a normal piece  of information from me, your Loving and Faithful Aunt!!~I will write you a separate letter! Anyway, here is a SPECIAL BIRTDHAY PROFILE for You, JAMES, which I had calcuated just now, (at 1:32 p.m.),  and which I hope youshall enjoy reading, and learning about the "Special Day" that you were born!!! I clearly remember the day you were born, at the early morning time of 7:52 a.m. (You are a # 8 Life Path!!). Anyway, I am thinking of you today, and am very hurt that you are unwilling to even tell me where you live, or your actual telephone number! No, instead of a separate letter, I am going to telly ou now, what i think. You have lied to me, for maybe the past 5 years or more, always giving me a false number! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!? WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?  All I have EVER been is loving , kind, loyal, and GENEROUS to you, and so has your grandma, IRENE!! (: (: That you would treat me this way, and consequently, her, as well, is a terrible, cold way to be, JAMES, and even though, in my Birthday Card to you, (which I sent today, along with a monetary gift!), and i told y ou how proud and honored I am to be "Your Aunt"....I am afraid your actions and your lie has greatly disappointed me, and your "cold attitude" has hurt my feelings deeply!!****I know you probably don't even care, but I ask you to kindly READ what I am telling you! JAMES, you know, there is such a thing as "Kindness" and "Love", and honestly, your selfishness, your cold attitude, your lack of ever "going out of yoru way" for your Granmother or aunt, or even remembering either of us with a simple Card for our Once-a-Year Birthdays, is very disappointing and sad to me!!~(I am now continuing this, as I was not able to do it before)....I just sent you a copy at 1:47 p.m., and shalldo it,a gain, momentarily. I am sending this to you, JAMES, from the ******** ******* LIBRARY. I want you to know, JAMES, that both GRANDMA aand I have ALWAYS been here for you, and you could always come and confide in us, or come to us, if you had nowhere to go, etc. But you seem to have forgotten (how convenient!) ALL that we have done for you, and given you, over the past 30 years!!!***Believe me, when our birthdays go by, year after year, and we NEVER get a card from you, it really , really hurts us!! When I called your brother, and then, your Dad, this morning, to ask for your cell phone #, and your dad told me that you specifically told him NOT to give it to me....WHAT IS THAT ABOUT, JAMES???? What is your problem that you give it to everyone else, but NOt to the two people, GRANDMA and me, who have always been the most generous and caring towards you!!?? WHY?  I would like an actual, hnest answer from you, because you sure don't treat people the way they have treated you!! You make good money, you keep it all for yourself, and yet, once a year, you can't finda couple dollars to send us a card!? I would like 3 things from you, JAMES, in exchange for what I am giving you this day, on yur 30th Birthday!!!*** 1) First, I would like a birtdhay Card, also. OK? (I sent you an adorable Cat card today!)....2) I would like a THANK YOU Note/Card from you, thanking me, and telling me what you spent my little monetary gift on!? OK?....and....3) I would like to know WHY you have become so cold and rejecting toward the two people who have ALWAYS loved you, and stood by you!!?? I cannot believe how "cold" you have become, and it really hurts me!! At first, I used to defend you, and say you would grow out of it....but , sadly, you haven't!~ WHY IS THAT!? Anyway, remember, despite your lack of reciprocation or caring, GRANDMA and I have ALWYAYS LOVEd and SUPPORTED YOU, emotionally, and that you have become so uncaring, very much like your dad, (I am sorry to say), really causes us alot of sadness and distress!!~Anyway, JAMES, we both always wish you the BEST in life, and I hope and pray that you will soon get over this attitude of yours, and learn how to love....because, you know what, JAMES!? LOVE is what life is all about, and if you don't give back to others, you will be treated that same way someday, and believe me, yu will (then) remember my words....but, if you don't make a conscious effort to changes, JAMES....you won't enjoy life fully, and also, people will start to "reject" you, the same way as you have done to them. Well, Grandma and i will never reject you, but that is because we love you....but you will see, and when you reach our ages, and you are alone, and wondering where everyone else is....REMEMBER that you turned a "cold shoulder" to those who were among the closest to you!! I pray thast you will WAKE UP, long before then, and before it is "too late"!! OK, Honey? I am telling you for your own good. Anyway, I hope you are having a WONDERFUL and HAPPY, FUN, SUPER DAY today, and celebrating your Special 30th Birthday in just the way you want!!!*** HAPPY, HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY, JAMES, and a Hundred More!!! HUGS and LOVE from Your Aunt Michelle....XOXOXOXOXOXO. Do write back. I am waiting to hear what you sepnt the $ 15.00 Gift on!~Let me know in a card, OK? I expect en e-mail letter, an explanation, and hopefully, a belated birthday card, too!! ~ P.S. I know one of the reasons you LIE to me, is because, for the past 5 - 10 years, you are "ashamed' to be seen with us!! (Me, because you think I am too big, and Grandma, because she is older). That is ridiculous, and very sad!!~You, too, will be old someday, if you are lucky, and so, remember....the way you treat others, will come back to you, in some way, someday. I wish yuo GOOD HEALTH, LOVE, HAPPINESS, and a LONG LIFE, JAMES!!~Love, Your Aunt. **********************************************************************


XX XXXXXXXXXX 1983

Your date of conception was on or about XX XXXXXXXX 1982 which was a Monday.
You were born on a Mondayunder the astrological sign Leo.Your Life path number is 8.Your fortune cookie reads: Avert misunderstanding by calm, poise and balance. Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is XXXXXXXXX.The golden number for 1983 is 8.The epact number for 1983 is 16.The year 1983 was not a leap year.Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning X/X/1983 and ending X/X/1984.You were born in the Chinese year of the Pig.Your Native American Zodiac sign is Salmon; your plant is Raspberry.You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is X Elul XXXX.Or if you were born after sundown then the date is X XXXX XXXX.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is XX.XX.XX.X.XX which is
XX baktun XX katun XX tun X uinal XX kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, X XXXXXX XXXX (XXXX-XX-X).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 3 April 1983.The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 8 May 1983.The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 16 February 1983.The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 22 May 1983.The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 29 May 1983.The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 8 September 1983.The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 29 March 1983.The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 15 February 1983. Top songs of 1983
Every Breath You Take by Police Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Flashdance by Irene Cara Say Say Say by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
All Night Long by Lionel Richie Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
Down Under by Men at Work Beat It by Michael Jackson
Islands In the Stream by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Baby, Come to Me by Patti Austin & James Ingram
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.28884540117417 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)Your lucky day is Sunday.Your lucky number is 1 & 4.Your ruling planet(s) is Sun.Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.Your opposition sign is Aquarius.Your opposition number(s) is 8.

Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 365 days till your next birthdayon which your cake will have 31 candles.Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs,or 7,812 calories of heat (that's only 7.8120 food Calories!) .You can boil 3.54 US ounces of water with that many candles.  
In 1983 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.In 1983 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.In 1983 in the US there were 2,444,000 marriages (10.5%) and 1,179,000 divorces (5%)In 1983 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.In 1983 the population of Australia was approximately 15,483,496.In 1983 there were approximately 242,570 births in Australia.In 1983 in Australia there were approximately 114,860 marriages and 43,525 divorces.In 1983 in Australia there were approximately 110,084 deaths.Your birth flower is GLADIOLAYour birthstone is Peridot The Mystical properties of Peridot
Peridot is used to help dreams become a reality.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Sardonyx, Diamond, Jade
Your birth tree is
Cedar, the Confidence
Of rare beauty, knows how to adapt, likes luxury, of good health not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, determined, impatient, wants to impress others, many talents, industrious, healthy, optimism, waiting for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.
There are 132 days till Christmas 2013!There are 145 days till Orthodox Christmas!The moon's phase on the day you wereborn was waxing crescent.