Oh dear, I think I just upset my dad again. This morning in an effort to avoid the family from hell, I hid in my room pretending I was asleep until they left our house...Then I proceeded to walk aimlessly around town until 6pm so i wouldn't have to be with them when they got home. Anyway, i got a text from my dad asking me where i was and as a JOKE I said - "I've run away from home, Goodbye Forever!!!!" - I thought it was funny anyway. My dad was not amused, he texted me back asking me what my problem was and what I wanted, adding that he would lose respect from everyone if he didn't help the criminal and his mum. This annoyed me a bit so I replied "Congratulations, you've earned the respect of everyone else but you have just lost mine" - I can be the biggest brat sometimes. A few minutes later I got a text from him saying "I upset your brother last week because you didn't want his friend staying at our house and this is how you repay me. You are so selfish"
Let me get one thing straight - I've never claimed to be altruistic. And anyway, anyone who claims to be always has an ulterior motive. It's such a load of bullshit. I think I've actually been rather accomodating - afterall, i could have kicked them out by now, and yet I made conversation with them (albeit once in 4 days) and I didn't even flip out when i found out she had turned on my computer. The real selfish people are my second cousin and his mum. Why didn't they get a hotel or a B&B? Why didn't they make plans like they promised instead of just mooching around in our house all day? I hate how family feel like they have a right to impose on you for as long as they want, whenever they want.
I tried to make a joke of it to my dad by saying "Oh you've finally realised I'm selfish - it's taken you 24 years! Now get to the kitchen and make me something to eat, i'm hungry!" - That was 3/4 of an hour ago. By the looks of things, I'm going to bed without supper tonight.
