It’s always the kids that lose when it comes to divorce, especially the 28 year old kids.
(Weezer – The Sweater Song)
My parents are divorced but my dad doesn’t know it. Apparently my mom has filed for divorce over a year ago and she has put down on her tax forms that her status is divorced. My dad however, has never seen these forms until this year and he has never signed any divorce papers. Now he wants me to figure out how my mom can file a divorce without his signature. So I’m running back and forth between my parents relaying questions and messages. Did I mention my parents are 50+ years old?
I have such disdain for people who dump their baggage on other people.
After inquiring with my mom about the issue, I get next to no information and I tell my dad that he’ll have to call a divorce lawyer to discuss how it all works. Now my dad is saying that I’m siding with my mom and I’m not standing up to my mom for him. He rants and raves about how he’s lost sovereignty in this family. Sovereignty? Is this family some sort of country now? If we were, we’d make Iraq look like a well-established democracy. To top this all off, he’s threatening to go back to Vietnam to live a life of solitude once everything is resolved. Frankly, if this keeps up I might beat him to it.
Hi, my name is Khiem and I have a dysfunctional family.
2 comments:
(BIG HUG)
I really didn't mean to but this entry made me giggle. Partly because I'm in one of my "i hate my life" ruts. I have a friend, nearing 30 who lived on his own, had to move back into his parents house to deal with his father's mid life crisis which included buying a sports car, new clothes, looking spiffy and.... looking for a fine younger woman. It's like people in their 50s go through teenage angst part II and we, in our late 20s, havent really the patience or time to deal with it.
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