Chary,
No, I'm not okay. Since I broke my upper arm and then shoulder in three places, I'm in constant and severe pain, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. I have to touch type with my left hand, and it takes forever.
More important, I'm still deeply depressed about my mom's death, while my insensitive dad has just gone out and bought an engagement ring for someone 32 years younger than him. He's saved up a lot of money over the years, has a house in a very up-scale neighborhood, and so on. So this woman, who's only six years older than I am, and younger than my four older brothers, just has to kick back and wait a few years for him to die, then she gets everything that should have gone to my mom, instead of its being evenly distributed among his kids. Everyone else seems to see the master plan, except for my dad. Then he had the audacity to send out a happy wedding announcement to just about everyone he knows (all of whom know that it's been less than two months since my mom died), saying he's never been happier in his life. How much more disrespectful and insulting to my mom can he BE?
In the meantime, he's been milking my mother-in-law for sympathy, saying he's so lonely he's considering suicide (of course, he didn't send the two previous wedding announcements to her, in which he describes how happy he is--as if the truth wouldn't get back to her). I gently suggested to him on the phone last night that perhaps he should consider getting a prenuptial agreement, but he wouldn't hear of it, and considering we've just started talking for well over a year, I didn't want to jeopardize things by pushing it. Then he put me on the phone with her and we really didn't have much to say, so I asked her if she loved my dad, and after a five-second gap, she said, "Uh, yeah. I guess so."
So I AM very angry about things these days, and I'm sorry if I've slipped up on the forum.
Thank you for asking.
Suzanne
