I work FT, have a 2yo and am generally knackered and have put my neck out this week. And had a stomach bug.
Any way. DSis is 6 months pg and newly single so am trying to support her.
She texted me yesterday to ask if I could spend an hour today helping her pack before DH spends his Sunday moving house for her, leaving me alone with DS for the day.
I said yes. She arrived 30 minutes late to mine to pick me up.
We get to her house and I ask her what needs to be done.
She's not sure, it's all too upsetting. Ok.
I pack up her entire kitchen, including individually bubble wrapping 978,000 glasses.
She yells at me for using too much bubble wrap. Then cries a bit.
I finish packing the kitchen.
She yells at me for doing it too quickly as this is "hard for her". Then cries a bit.
A man arrives to carry a 3 piece suite downstairs and load it on to a van. He can't do it alone. I help, nearly killing myself in the process. She yells at me for nearly knocking a clock off the wall with a three tonne sofa. Then cries a bit.
She is meant to be watching DS. She has lost him. She yells at me for being over protective for checking he is not, in fact, playing on busy main road. Then cries a bit.
THEN
I notice that whilst humping and carrying, the diamond has come out of my engagement ring :(. It can't be found. I get a little tearful. She then has a full on hormonal breakdown, shaking fist at the sky and blaming loss of my diamond on her evil ex and sobbing uncontrollably. So I end up comforting her.
Thankfully I have finished now and I am having a Mojito and feeling calmer. But FUCKING HELL.
She's lovely really and she is having a horrible time and is a bag of hormones but, I say again, fucking hell
WIBU to spend the rest of the day drinking slowly and eating chocolate
AIBU?
To think this Saturday has been a bit shit?
catgirl1976 · 10/05/2014 15:51
Lots of chocolate! And do you need an emergency 
drop off?
YANBU
Hope the diamond turns up in the bubble wrap or down the side of the sofa at the new house.
I'd say you have definitely earned your drink and chocolate. In fact send someone to get you more.
Hope your neck gets better too.
Your poor sister too, she probably wants to cry even more because she is such a blubbering mess. I'm 8m pregnant and cried the other day as no one had put spare loo roll downstairs so had to go upstairs to get some more. My 3yo thought I was a total loon.
You sound like a lovely sister to have. 
I know - she is having a terrible time so my thread is sort of light hearted as I can't get too cross with her. But I am devastated about my engagement ring (although managed to pull myself together for her and say nice things like "If it was loose it would have come out at some point." and "It's only a bit of carbon, worse things happen at sea". Whilst howling internally.
Ooh that tights idea is brilliant. I will get DH to do it tomorrow when he goes to move the rest of the furniture for her.
No yanbu. You must drink lots and eat crap nice food and watch good telly. You must then go to bed wake up and do it all again tomorrow. Extra pats on the back for struggling through the neck thing! I have a long term neck thing that went again last month, it's the most horrendous pain made me feel beyond weepy. You are well owed sister brownie points.
I should really go and wake DS up from his nap or he will never sleep tonight but I just want to MN and drink more wine 
And I really, really, really hope you find your diamond or you win the lotto and have to buy yourself a mahoosive replacement. 
Thank you
Right. Off to wake to toddling tornado
End of peace and quiet
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Have you got household contents insurance? Maybe you can look to see if they will cover the diamond.
Have a massive and you sound like a lovely sister.
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