"It's Not The Holidays Until Someone Cries..."

That is what my daughter says about the holiday season... My son and daughter have a dysfunctional Mom... I guess that means I married a dysfunctional woman... I don't think she was when we married... I guess she "evolved"...

My daughter is married and lives in New Orleans... she's been married a bit over a year... she worked Wednesday... got off work, and then she and her husband drove up to visit... they didn't get into town until about 1:30 AM... I was long asleep by then...

Anyway... the whole purpose of this brief rant is that she made very little effort to see me on Thanksgiving... or the day after when they had to leave to go back home... this means that Dysfunctional Mom got all of the visit time...

She offered me about an hour of visit time on Thanksgiving Night at about 10:30PM... which I declined... to me, getting the last hour and a half of a day is kind of like getting the dregs of anything...

She didn't get up until after noon on Thanksgiving... but I think if I had wanted to see my Dad, and I knew I might be occupied otherwise the rest of the day, I would have made some concession... you know? She did say something about maybe going to lunch before they left the next day...

However, by 12:30PM on Friday, I hadnt heard from her... so I went to lunch with my son... she "texted" me... told me she could come by to see me... I didnt reply...

She didnt call me... didnt make any real effort to see me over the short trip she was in town... and I get text messages and offers for "odd-and-end" moments of the days...

I didn't cry, so I don't think the Holidays have officially started for me... but it sure broke my heart...

Dad...