Taking the weekend off! A guilty pleasure! 
Itās trueā¦ you just canāt fix crazy.
Iām a little bit afraid to let this rant out into the universe. But better here than anywhere else.
To my two brothers in law (both of whom are middle aged),
You two will have to live with your inability to face things that make you uncomfortable. Your older brother has been sick for over six months now. I have kept you informed of every diagnosis, surgery, hospitalization, chemo cycle, recovery process and prognosis. You both live in our immediate area. Heck, you live closer to the hospitals than we do.
For years, when we had active kids and you were single or had had no kids yet, we welcomed you almost every weekend to crash on our couch and share our happy family life.
But now, when life isnāt a bowl of cherries, you have disappeared.
A couple of calls from one of you, no calls at all from the other. Over the course of three hospitalizations, totalling 34 days, including a 14 hour surgery and five days in the ICU ā¦ You each showed up for one visit. One visit. In. Six. Months.
My now adult kids are shocked and disappointed in your inability to just show up. They see you in a very different light now.
Your siblings who live on the other side of the country have come to visit, call regularly, and have made plans to get together with us in the near future.
Crickets from you.
What is wrong with you?
Just show up.
Have been confined to my house past 2 months due to foot surgery and today your calling me to see how I am doing? Reallyā¦ Where were you two months ago when I could have used a friend!
Went to Loweās to replace a part to an outdoor water hydrant. NO. We donāt have just the part. NO. I canāt get the corroded screw out so you can just replace the washer. NO. I canāt sell you the whole mechanism without knowing what size. NO NO NO.
Went to Home Depot. NO, they donāt make just the part, but I will try to get the screw out. Success. Letās open all these packages of washers and find one that fits. Here, I will put the screw back in for you. No charge. You donāt have to buy the whole package of washers for just that one. CUSTOMER FOR LIFE.
I am so excited about your news and I so very much want to tell everyone, but itās yours to tell so until it becomes public Iāll contain myself. After the tough time youāve had you deserve something good and this is it! I love you kiddo.
Boy I hope she gets this job offer. Because I canāt handle the crankiness 
I always wonder why people donāt believe what they are both told and have witnessed.
Doubt that you will even when it happens.
But perhaps then you can be the victim still.
She did it! Graduated in four years with a STEM major and minor and as Captain of her Division I team. You are amazing, I wish you knew how hard and impressive what you just pulled off was! My wonderful girl.
Random College Confidential thoughts:
The overarching problem with CC is there are too many adults posting and not enough grown-ups.
When I first saw the āBag a Week Clubā I assumed it was for pot smokers.
Threads entitled āone Familyās BS searchā¦ā or āBS Classā¦ā make me laugh - because I mentally translate the acronymn and āBSā to me does not mean Boarding School.
Donāt trust anyone with a post count over 2,000.
Students who create threads like āStanford or Harvard? I Just Canāt Choose!ā are either desperate for attention or probably shouldnāt have been admitted to either.
Ever since someone called the new CC mortarboard logo as a āpouring can of paintā I havenāt been able to see the mortarboard.
Some parents are so sensitive to criticism you wonder how they survived having teenagers.
Iām really hoping this is my last CC post and I can go back to my normal life, but it probably wonāt be.
Argh . . ā¦ really hard to resist the urge to be petty.
In the spirit of ā'cause you canāt say it directlyā - because I never, never would.
Iām really happy for you both. Really, REALLY. But. You break her heart, Iāll hunt you down like a dog.
There. That felt good.
Thanks for playing but your analogy is weak and it all doesnāt have to come back to you and your divorce.
Hereās oneā¦taking DNA tests to game college apps? Iāve may have seen it on CC but I def have a friend whose DD took one for that very purpose. She identifies as white but her DNA showed a Euro/Hispanic mix with a less than 5% some where in Africaā¦ you know the rest!
cannot believe that I have never lurked on this thread
this is the best, gotta come up with some very clever venting
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Sometimes I just get so sick of everyone!
Itās been 10 years but I still regret moving to this town.
It was beautiful, it was loving, it was an amazing wedding. It went off without a hitch. They were surrounded by loving people whose support filled the room. You both glowed.
And you dear crazy, witchy, MIL missed it all. I know your dear son held out a little bit of hope that you could pull it together, dig a way out of your narcissism, and somehow find a way to show up. The rest of us let out a huge sigh of relief that you stayed the blazes away.
Life is goodā¦
I hate girl drama!