Reflections from a disenchanted non-teenager

All this trouble with Lisa has made me very grateful that I'm out of that house. I wish I could get her out too, of course. But this is life; this is high school; we all have to get through it.

I'm not sure where Mom and Dad find their reasoning for the things they sometimes do...I could just chalk it up to them being old-fashioned their ways and unable to see how much damage their actions do, but I think that would be giving them too little credit. I'd like to think they have some sort of "good" reasons for stuff, even if they're only good to themselves.

I couldn't believe how shocked Mom was when she found out that Lee and I went out drinking with you at UNC-G. What did she think we were doing? She can disapprove all she wants, but at least we were with our sister, and not some random dude or someone else's sibling or something. She should be glad we were doing it at a college and not in some high schooler's basement. She should be glad of a lot of things, including the fact that Lisa, aside from some evasive comments regarding NTM (and who can blame her for those?), has actually told them the truth. Geez. If they make it that hard to bring someone home, they shouldn't get mad at her for failing to do so. If they distrust her so easily, they have no one to blame but themselves when she doesn't talk to them.

And let's not even get into the fact that they are all about promoting "family unity" and they want all us kids to stick together and all that crap, and then they go behind our backs asking each of us about the others, trying to glean some information to use against us. Yeah, tattletale siblings are really loyal to each other.

Sigh. I'm sorry for the rant. I hate seeing Lisa that miserable, and I hate the fact that Mom and Dad aren't even giving her a chance to explain herself. But then, they never really gave the rest of us that either. I think it's fine if they are strict -- that is probably for the best, ultimately. But they are strict while cutting the lines of communication, and that is a recipe for disaster, which is basically what is happening right now. Sure, Lisa screwed up, but they haven't done anything terribly stellar to teach her a lesson either.

Grr. I hope your Monday is going well. Have you turned in your two weeks' yet? Good luck, Bon Bon.

xxxAnnie

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