to think my family don't give a monkeys about me

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Have namechanged for this as I'm quite upset and don't want to risk being identified. I've been in hospital for the last four days as I got knocked off my bike and got a bad concussion. During that time I only got 2 visits both from my 14 year old brother, no-one else bothered to phone or visit to see how I was.

Thanks for all your well-wishes and I'm sorry if some think that I'm being dramatic. I just feel sad that none of them came except my brother who had to cycle about 3 miles there and 3 miles back to come and see me.

You're not being dramatic, it is unkind but 3 miles cycling is nothing

YANBU but there's nothing you can do. Think you should have some big sis little bro time as he clearly thinks highly of you if he's prepared to make 6 mile roundtrips to see you in hospital.

I had a similar revelation at xmas and its changed everything.

hope you feel better

fuck those people who are supposed to care and don't

YABU you did get a visitor OP.

The people who are saying the OP is BU - you did notice that she said no one had even called? So her parents haven't even picked up the phone? Do you seriously think that's ok? Because if you do then you might want to have a think about how you treat your own children.

This hit a nerve with me OP because my parents see illness as an inconvenience and would behave the same way as yours.

Can't believe some think she is being unreasonable, how would they like it if they were left in hospital with no-one appearing to care

I was admitted to hospital three weeks ago at 26 weeks pregnant after a large bleed. After 24 hours my waters broke. 5 or 6 days later the baby arrived after I contracted an infection. I was then in for another four days after my c-section.

In the ten/eleven days I was in hospital, I had two visits from my husband (we live nearly 2 hours away from the hospital I was in) and zero visits from anyone else. They didn't even telephone to see how I was doing. When I was finally discharged and went to visit my dad he asked how baby was doing, but not how I was/am.

It doesn't bother me, because it's just how my family are. If I had said to them in proper words 'please come' they'd be there. My husband and I did find it odd that no-one even bothered to ring though.

If your family are usually more supportive I can understand why you'd be upset and no visitors. TBH I'd have probably been shocked into labour even earlier if I'd had a visit from my family ;)