Family. ??

My dad remarried when I was about 5. They were in the Army together. Soon after,  they had a baby.  A boy. I remember kissing him on his forehead on a clean spot. Dad, after 3 girls finally got his boy.  🙄 Yay, a little brother.  He was well protected with us girls always watching him, playing with him napping, snuggling with him.  And snuggling on couch, with my dad, was done.  It was all about the little brother. He didn't like dinner? No problem, stepmom fixed him what he liked. Cereal, grilled cheese, usually cereal. But us? Didn't like dinner? Too bad .....eat it till you go to bed. Go to sleep on the couch, then on our floor, but us girls, go to bed now, no crying!!!Our stepmother was very neat. Very organized,  everything had its place. I swear she could smell if there was a toy out of place or a picture frame moved different.  We counted doll shoes, matchbox cars, GI Joe dolls as well. Like I said, she was neat.  Our dad and her had custody of us 2 younger girls while our oldest sister lived with our mom.  (Or so we were told) We'd spend every other weekend with our mom then 2 weeks in the summer with her and maybe a few days with her over Christmas break.  We followed the decree. I swear she lined up babysitting jobs when we were supposed to be visiting with our mom, just to keep us away from our mom. Our Stepmom has 2 sisters. Those sisters each had 2 boys.  We vacationed together at the same spot every year. Always had a blast.Now, with this post, don't get me wrong, I love my dad and stepmom.  They raised me, (she didn't have too) and she did love us girls.With that being said, I don't agree with things done as we were growing up.   If we didn't listen, we got our ears pulled. And hard.  If we touched something we shouldn't have, we got our knuckles slapped with a wooden spoon.  Once during the summer, us 2 girls and sometimes our younger brother would stay home during the day.  We made popcorn. It burnt. We tried to hide the smell, and the popcorn bag in the garbage in the garage.  They smelled it, found the bag, and we 2 girls got our asses beat, by our dad's hand. My sister chased our brother with a butcher knife around the house.  They laugh about it now but hate the fact that I opened or sneaked a peek and a Christmas presents.There was a code ring when they called, couldn't talk or answer the phone regardless.  Now, after us girls moved on and out, we weren't mentioned at their family. Hell, one of her sisters divorced her husband. Met another man, remarried, and he had kids. Now, tell me why, they were listed in stepmoms mom and dad obituary, but us girls weren't.  Even though they BEGGED for her to go back and live with them, bc she was they're favorite.And then this brings me to the now, we are different politics wise.   And, if who I voted for won, I sure as fuck wouldn't have texted that side of the family glorious texting, like they did me.  Or, one "Aunt" deleted and blocked me on social media. Really? Didn't like my, basically, "fuck Trump" posts?  So, I just deleted and blocked that whole side of the family.  Fuck it.  That right there is a tRump thing to do, be a bully. If anything I've learned from my dad? Is just turning my back on people. Buuuut, the Christian side my mom instilled on me? I can't. I can't turn my back.  So, the next time I see these people, (if I ever do again...) just know, you'll get a smile and hug from me.  Just to be, "nice". That's it.  I don't have to be nice.    Not a cold shoulder like I expect from them. Or they expect from me. (To write LOVE on her arm .....)  I'm torn between treating people like I'm being treated or, treating people, the way I want to be treated. One thing MY MOM taught me was to stand my ground.  And I do.  Always will.  So, to them, enjoy my dad's stuff.  Bc the tshirts I got from him.....I'll FUCKING CHERISH FOR EVER in ziplock bags, in my safe! like I've said, money will wear out, (and trust me the repercussions of MY dad's stuff may be bad) 🤔😉😉😉😉I laugh that my half brother lives off of his mom.  Still.  She treats his boy, like he was treated.  Sad.   Ok, I'll close. Remember, tRump went Republican bc he called them stupid. And he'd get their votes.Sure did huh....? 

KIMMEL FOR PRESIDENT!!