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Do you have a close family member that you HATE

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user1490969170 · 24/04/2023 13:23

not dislike, but actually hate? I know it is a strong word, and it has taken years for me get to this point. But I hate my brother. I would feel nothing if he died, perhaps even happiness/relief.

He is pathological liar, thief, emotionally abusive, narcissit etc.

I look back and wonder why he has turned out like this, and one of the key reasons (IMO) is that there have never been any consequences for him.

It started in his teens with things like drink driving, driving without a license, shooting rabbits on other people land, and never a single consequnce from either of our parents (he never got caught so no consequences from police/farmer etc).

It then escalated to stealing £100,000s from his own father, being a 'rogue landlord' , incessent lying about big and little things, tax evasion etc.

Btw, if you met him, you would think that he was lovely....until you got to know him

Just here to rant really, and ask for other people's experiences.

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PenelopeTitsDrop3121 · 24/04/2023 18:24

Same as you. My brother. He took my dad's redundancy money,13 grand and never paid it back. Hounded my dad for more money on his deathbed. Not spoken for 4 years. He and his wife are toxic.

Wenfy · 24/04/2023 18:21

My sister in law (brother in law’s wife). She is an absolute witch. Hate her with a passion - rude, aggressive, nobody can stand her. I genuinely think brother in law and nephew would be happier if she dropped dead tomorrow. Obvs I say nothing and everyone thinks I’m one of the rare few who like her

Wewereonabreak88 · 24/04/2023 18:19

Yep same with my brother. He treats family like crap yet everyone tiptoes around him so not to upset him. I don't see him anymore.

anyoneanyoneanyone · 24/04/2023 18:19

MIL

TheNyx · 24/04/2023 18:17

Tortiemiaw · 24/04/2023 17:00

Oh, and BS (bitch sister) didn't come to our mother's funeral as she felt 'it may cause discord on a very sad occasion'. Actually more likely because she knew that both me and my eldest dd would have no qualms in slapping her (after the funeral obvs!)

I love the abbreviation and think I might need to borrow it when discussing my own BS 😂

dwightschrutebeets · 24/04/2023 18:16

My father

TheNyx · 24/04/2023 18:15

Sister

Have barely seen her in over 10 years and wouldn't even know what she looks like now. Hope it stays that way.

She's never met my nearly 2 year old daughter and she honestly doesn't deserve to

I'm not normally a spiteful person and i don't think there is anyone else in my life that I have ever truly hated but I occasionally fantasise about her being sick and needing my kidney / bone marrow etc. Just so that I could say no

For context this is someone who used to buy cakes with her school lunch money just so she could throw them at the fat girl in her class and she said some horrendously racist shit about the guy I was seeing in high-school (who is now my daughters dad) . I doubt she's changed and tbh I wouldnt trust her if she said she had 🤷

DollyDaydream23 · 24/04/2023 18:07

Im not close to my eldest sister at all, i find her very selfish, we lost our dad recently and on his death bed she he asked her to put a hat on it was one from the army (he was a soldier previously) and she refused saying "i dont want to look stupid". Luckily my nephew (her son) stood up and done it for my dad. Since my dad died we've hardly spoke, shes in constant contact with my other sister and tbh i'm just shat out. I think mostly because she dislikes my husband.

But hate wish it would be my in laws, my husband doesn't have a relationship at all with his mum, sister or brother. His mother is toxic lies about mental health issues, she told my husband she wished he died as a baby like honestly that's your son, she also threatened to stab our daughter when she was 5 months old just because we were getting her christened and she didn't like the godparents. When my husband was younger he was sexually abused by his brother, he reported it but said mother forced him to tell the police he was lying.

My daughter is coming up 7 soon and none have been involved and it has honestly been the best thing. Even if she does get dirty looks from her so called grandmother when we've been in the same place.

I think we are brought up too stand by family and not hate them but sometimes families are worse than anyone.

Minimalme · 24/04/2023 17:50

I'm no contact with my birth family. I don't hate them but I have no feelings for them at all.

Nowvoyager99 · 24/04/2023 17:05

Yes, my mother. She’s pure evil.

Tortiemiaw · 24/04/2023 17:00

Oh, and BS (bitch sister) didn't come to our mother's funeral as she felt 'it may cause discord on a very sad occasion'. Actually more likely because she knew that both me and my eldest dd would have no qualms in slapping her (after the funeral obvs!)

Tortiemiaw · 24/04/2023 16:56

I hate to feel hate, but yep, My sister for treating my mother like a second class citizen when she (sister) started her gold digging career of looking for rich men, and finally caught one - mum was no longer considered good enough or classy enough, despite being a very elegant and well educated lady; living in a (whisper) 'COUNCIL bungalow' was not appropriate for the bitch's new life; then ignoring her for 7 years and only turning up when mum was actually dying. Ditto, my two female first cousins who sided with Bitch Sister. I will scroll by if I ever see any of their deaths reported anywhere

threecupsofteaminimum · 24/04/2023 16:56

I don't hate them but I very strongly dislike my mum, dad and brother. They've treated me like a shite all of my life. I'm v v low contact with mum & dad and NC with brother.

Eightiesgirl · 24/04/2023 16:51

My brother's second wife. I actually hate her. I've never hated anyone before in my life and I never thought I would, but she is evil. She made my nephew's life a misery when he was young. Her and her teenage daughter bullied him. She was always on the scrounge for money, tried it on with me when my dh had just finished cancer treatment and we were relying only wage only. Then she started on my poor mum, borrowing money from her and then sending her nasty letters when she wouldn't lend any more. She later dumped my brother and ran off with a really ugly but very rich man. I hope she's very unhappy.

Rainbowx · 24/04/2023 16:50

Yes definitely I wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire!! Family let her get away with her narcissistic behaviour and I just told oh it's....you know what she's like!!!

SavBlancTonight · 24/04/2023 16:46

Not sure if this counts as "close" family but SIL almost-ex-DP. I have never hugely liked him but started actively disliking him when I realised what an abusive, controlling, manipulative wanker he was.

He hates me with the fire of a thousand suns because I was the first one to see through him, and the most vocal and I think he blames me for their relationship failure. To be fair, I am at least partially the reason she finally saw sense and has kicked him out, but that's because of his endlessly shitty behaviour. I didn't just wage a random campaign against him! Grin

FrenchFancie · 24/04/2023 16:32

My father.

he killed someone in a traffic accident before I was born but when I found out about it he told the story in a joking fashion - about how much damage it did to the paintwork on his new (at that time) car. I was already on shaky ground with him but that was the nail
in the coffin for me. I couldn’t believe someone could talk about taking someone’s life in such a callous way….

40weeksmummy · 24/04/2023 16:24

My MIL. Evil. Her siblings don't speak with her since 1990. Her own mother didn't want to see her on last day of her life.
Unfortunately, my MIL survived everything - terrible car crash (where every single person died), stage 4 cancer (even doctors couldn't explain how and she had zero reaction to chemotherapy and radiotherapy).

ChiChaNaYubi · 24/04/2023 16:20

My step mum. She could get mowed down in front of me and I wouldn’t bat an eyelid.

NotQuiteUsual · 24/04/2023 16:13

My mum. I've been no contact a few years and repairing the damage she did to me is so difficult. I know she's slandering me to the wider family so I've lost them alongside her. But my children will never know the pain I knew and that's all that matters. The worst thing is, day to day she could be so lovely. Then suddenly before you knew it she'd have destroyed all your boundaries and alienated you from half your friends and family.

It took ten years for me and my sibling to twig the reason why we didn't get on was all down to her manipulation. Now we're incredibly close again, like we were in childhood.

Baneofmyexistence · 24/04/2023 16:10

I don’t but know my DH feels this way about his mum. She was very abusive towards him as a child and we don’t see her but he is very low contact with her to up date her on our DC. He is too worried to go completely NC in case she tries to get solicitors involved and he will have to talk about the abuse and report it etc. He often says he would be happier knowing she was dead.

maddiemookins16mum · 24/04/2023 15:51

maddiemookins16mum · 24/04/2023 15:50

My sister. In fact I never even mention her if anyone asks if I have siblings. I utterly despise her. I would piss on her if she was on fire.

Wouldn’t.

maddiemookins16mum · 24/04/2023 15:50

My sister. In fact I never even mention her if anyone asks if I have siblings. I utterly despise her. I would piss on her if she was on fire.

Baldieheid · 24/04/2023 15:50

No, I feel no hate. Im indifferent. I will feel nothing if I'm ever told my older sister is dead. Not joy, not sorrow. Nothing. She's dead already. Mental illness ate her from the inside out and the person there now is not my sister.

Hbh17 · 24/04/2023 15:45

Oh yes..... but probably best not to discuss!

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