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It's all about me . . .

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bran · 15/08/2007 16:51

I'm feeling quite self-centered and I'm pretty sure unreasonable too, I think I'm a bit pmt and have been for about a week (I have PCOS, my hormones don't work properly). At times like this I'm always comforted by the thought that no matter how selfish and unreasonable I am I will never be as extreme as my aunt.

Can I have lots of stories please about extreme unreasonable behaviour so that I can feel the I'm actually pretty selfless and giving. I realise that this is the equivalent of people making themselves feel good by pointing and laughing at at extreemly ugly or overweight people and I will probably feel guilty when I recover my caring, amiable, charitable side, but I'll make me laugh now and forget about the long list of things to do that my dh drew up when he found out that I had a few days off work.

My aunt is pretty extreme btw, she really believes that if she goes into the tax man and explains that she has never paid tax on rental income from her house because she is a single mother and can't afford it that they will let her off over a decade of tax owed. She is comfortably well off btw, she doesn't have to work and there is a house on the same road as hers for sale at over 2 million Euro.

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bran · 15/08/2007 17:10

Me, me, me, me, me.

She also threw many, many strops at my cousin's wedding including one the morning after because she wanted to put her suitcase in the car and the best man (also my cousin) had the keys and he was busy somewhere else. She had a tantrum that had all the staff at the front desk biting their lip hard so they didn't laugh and said that the best man wasn't fulfilling his duties because he was neglecting her.

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mummydoit · 15/08/2007 17:22

My mum at our wedding. We were very low budget and did lots of things ourselves (or friends did them) and I asked her to do the flowers. She is amazing at flower arranging. She refused. No big deal but it meant that we didn't have much cash to spend on professional flowers so we had modest bouquest for me and my two bridesmaids, buttonholes for groom, best man and father of the bride and one table centrepiece to go in front of us (u-shaped table plan, the other tables had bud vases provided by the restaurant). Mum moaned all day that she didn't have a corsage. She's disabled so we consulted with her beforehand and agreed she'd drive her own car to the registry office and from there to the restaurant while Dad came with me to the registry office. Mum complained that she hadn't been allowed in the bridal car (a friend's Volvo, not some flash limo!). As we and our guests walked from the registry office, through the town centre to the restaurant, we'd suggested she drive herself as we thought the walk would be too much. She was pretty awful all day, actually, and I could go on!

bran · 15/08/2007 17:27

That is pretty unreasonable mummydoit, what a pity she was like that. I hope you still had a good day though.

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CountessDracula · 15/08/2007 17:30

When my mother invited my Aunt to my wedding I told her I wouldn't go if she accepted

LowFatPumpkinJuice · 15/08/2007 17:31

My MIL phoned BIL and asked him to come to her house to feed the cats, even thoug she was in, because she could'nt cope!!!!

She's is going through a bit of a funny phase at the moment and we're not sure if it's attention seeking or depression.....In which case, I know we should'nt laugh or roll our eyes . But being my MIL, knowing what she's like - sorry I can help myself!

mummydoit · 15/08/2007 17:34

Bran, we had the most amazing day and just ignored her behaviour. We put it down to the fact that she doesn't really get on with DH but she was exactly the same at my sister's wedding and she absolutely adores my BIL. Must just be something about weddings bringing out the worst in her.

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