This is going to be vague...consider yourself warned...but on the chance that I ever share this blog with family members, I don't want there to be any content that would make them feel upset or exposed. So the details here are limited.
I really can't stand family drama. Having endured my share of it in my own family of origin and having been in the 'peacemaker' role for most of my life, I don't enjoy ongoing, long-term drama. It makes me uncomfortable and limits my ability to truly enjoy family functions...because I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop. I also tend to harbor an unspoken sense of responsibility- like maybe I should be doing something to help the situation. Even when I know that there are good reasons why that shouldn't be my job.
In this case, I will simply say that my husband and his younger brother have had an ongoing rift between them for about 1.5 years. They don't speak to one another. You can imagine how that plays out at family events. There is always that sense of the elephant in the room. No one talks about it in the moment but it is so obvious that they don't interact at all.
Mike's family is a close one. I know they wish that things were different (especially his mom). I wish that too. But at this point, change doesn't appear to be coming any time soon.
Vague, I know. But I am going to bet that many people will somehow know exactly what I mean.
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