I gotta vent and DH is done hearing it. Background: I posted that I was helping clean out my dad’s barn when I recently visited my parents. Over 30 years of dad hoarding wood, metal, plastic, car parts, tools, and a lot of it is junk. We found things from friend’s farms/businesses. It’s overwhelming but needs to get cleaned out as there’s termite damage to the supporting posts/beams. Mum is mad as its so much, and it falls to her as dad has Parkinson’s Disease and can’t help. DS and I helped her get over half-way done. My younger sister is visiting in a week and can keep helping.
Vent part: my younger sister will not listen to what you’re saying, then gets pissy you won’t do it her way and then you get in a fight and she storms off. I tried to tell her mum’s got a process for the cleaning out, but younger sister keeps posting on what’s app chat about doing things differently. Mum’s told her to back up, wait and there’s a process. What I want to tell younger sister is to just go help, do what they ask you to do, this is a very difficult, stressful time for Mum and Dad, so just shut up and do it their way.
It won’t happen. There’s going be a huge fight, and younger sister will leave early (done this before) and Mum will be left to do it all on her own.
And I’m half a world away again, and I can’t help Mum get it finished.
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