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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 657761" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Cedar,</p><p>The thing that is so surreal about all this is that R. is re-marrying right back into the same crowd she ran with in high school, a crowd that frightened Difficult Child me to the point that *I* warned my parents about them.</p><p></p><p>The man that she is marrying lives with his brother who is one of the "jocks" who chucked me through a window my freshman year of HS. Karma has caught up with him as he is an end stage alcoholic in the process of dying due to his disease.</p><p></p><p>That whole crowd will be at the wedding reception. I will attend with my head held high. I've beaten my demons for the most part. I have my suspicions that most of them are still paying the piper for theirs.</p><p></p><p>It will be interesting to see however they have turned out. I do not know if my mother will attend or not, actually. She strongly disapproves of the marriage,and rightfully so, in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Sister's husband-to-be disapproves of alcohol due to all of his family members being alcoholics, but other drugs are OK, so sister has happily gone back to other addictions, she seems to be sort of a "generic addict", if there is such a thing, able to switch fluidly between substances/activities.</p><p></p><p>PG, I have seen Karma starting to operate with what little I have heard of this circle of sisters, as well as with what I read on the Facebook pages of the members of the group I was placed in by my "iffy" FB friend. I am by no means religious, but it does seem that what goes around does indeed come around, doesn't it?</p><p></p><p>Cedar, I am hoping to be able to keep some distance from the family situation. I think in some respects, my being forced, due to financial reasons (rents being too high) to stay in the Milwaukee area, as opposed to moving to the WI/IL state line, may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, even though at the moment, that is feeling too close, LOL!</p><p></p><p>My sister, however, lives very close to the state line, and less than an hour from Milwaukee. She is the sort of personality who will not hesitate to invite herself and her husband over to visit, or vice versa, or worse, to call from five minutes away and announce that she's "in the area" and dropping by for a visit.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure I'll have to re-iterate the old boundaries that were in place when Stu and I lived in Chicago, as either she doesn't remember, or has "conveniently" forgotten.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 657761, member: 1963"] Cedar, The thing that is so surreal about all this is that R. is re-marrying right back into the same crowd she ran with in high school, a crowd that frightened Difficult Child me to the point that *I* warned my parents about them. The man that she is marrying lives with his brother who is one of the "jocks" who chucked me through a window my freshman year of HS. Karma has caught up with him as he is an end stage alcoholic in the process of dying due to his disease. That whole crowd will be at the wedding reception. I will attend with my head held high. I've beaten my demons for the most part. I have my suspicions that most of them are still paying the piper for theirs. It will be interesting to see however they have turned out. I do not know if my mother will attend or not, actually. She strongly disapproves of the marriage,and rightfully so, in my opinion. Sister's husband-to-be disapproves of alcohol due to all of his family members being alcoholics, but other drugs are OK, so sister has happily gone back to other addictions, she seems to be sort of a "generic addict", if there is such a thing, able to switch fluidly between substances/activities. PG, I have seen Karma starting to operate with what little I have heard of this circle of sisters, as well as with what I read on the Facebook pages of the members of the group I was placed in by my "iffy" FB friend. I am by no means religious, but it does seem that what goes around does indeed come around, doesn't it? Cedar, I am hoping to be able to keep some distance from the family situation. I think in some respects, my being forced, due to financial reasons (rents being too high) to stay in the Milwaukee area, as opposed to moving to the WI/IL state line, may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, even though at the moment, that is feeling too close, LOL! My sister, however, lives very close to the state line, and less than an hour from Milwaukee. She is the sort of personality who will not hesitate to invite herself and her husband over to visit, or vice versa, or worse, to call from five minutes away and announce that she's "in the area" and dropping by for a visit. I'm sure I'll have to re-iterate the old boundaries that were in place when Stu and I lived in Chicago, as either she doesn't remember, or has "conveniently" forgotten. [/QUOTE]
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