Reposted from the other Blog... Originally dated 8/3/06

At this precise moment in time I feel as though I am experiencing the gamut of human emotion. I have not been so angry, or worried, or upset, or sad, or hateful, or disappointed at one time in my life ever before! The source of this? My youngest sister. I haven't written much about my family (with the few exceptions of funny anecdotes), mostly because many of them read my blog. If I were to write about them, I'd ask permission first. In this case however... I am so irate, I can't seem to get beyond the red fury before my eyes. Jessica is dating one more in a long string of losers she seems so easily to string along. She has a history of dating boys (they certainly were not men) who take advantage of her (in every possible way) and tend to be either physically, verbally or emotionally (sometimes all three) abusive. This is something I fail to comprehend. My mother always told her daughters, "better to be happily single, than unhappily married." I've known several people who attest to this, and can point to their own failed marriages as a good example of the idea that sometimes having a husband/boyfriend just isn't worth the rest of the baggage. Anyway, the boyfriend has failed to make a positive impression on the family. Not only is he a potty-mouthed chain smoker, he has been foolish enough to treat Jess badly in front of us. On Memorial Day, we had a get together, and my dad, brothers and brother-in-law opened the pool. It was particularly gross this year. When the cover came off, you couldn't see the bottom, it was so green. We later fished out several mutant size toads, and multiple dead mice. Jess and Mike were leaving to go to a picnic - she was dressed to go visiting - she stopped to talk to her twin brother, and Mike pushed her in the pool. A couple of weeks ago, he was sitting at the table and made some stupid comment, so she slapped him in the back of the head, to which he replied "Talk about giving me head, eh?" I was disgusted, I quickly informed him that his lewd comments in regards to my sister were unappreciated, and that if he made a statement like that again, I'd cut out is tongue and feed it to Sophie (you remember, the Labradoodle). So, all of this came to a final straw several days ago. I was browsing through myspace. And happened to check in on her profile. Mike had used my brother's myspace account to post a comment on Jess's space. He signed off "C**t Licker (From Mike)". I went through the roof!!!!!! How dare he! How could she? I cannot imagine any woman who would let a guy talk to her that way and continue dating him. And yet, when he tried breaking up with her, she cried and begged him to stay. How can she think so little of herself? How can she allow herself to be so degraded by this lowlife on a routine basis? How can she expect her family to be supportive, when this is what we see? I just came from my parents' house. Today, a friend of his called her job and told them that she was sick and would not be coming in to work tonight! I don't think I will ever understand how she seems to be able to delude herself into thinking that all of her former friends and her family are wrong, and that he is the right one for her, and that he truly loves her!!! What is wrong with the world?