Should I call the POLICE on my family this Thanksgiving?

I'll pray for your family

denzel wrote:

can't believe im the first guy to say this!!!

Walk in there at night with a 12 gauge and dust that scum! You could be the modern day punisher. sure there will be some grief from family etc... but in the long run its worth it. And it would be easy to make it seem as if it was some sort of drug feud

just my opinion, not everyone can be the hero i can.

denzel, over and out.

You can't believe you're the first one to suggest homicide? Then again, I guess a homicidal maniac would say that.

So I wrote out a long heartfelt post thanking everyone and explaining how things went, but there was an error when I tried to post it, and it was erased. It'd be impossible for me to replicate it, so I'll be brief.

Went home Thanksgiving day, ran in turkey trot with a bunch of my old running buddies, then avoided family and hung out with friends Friday before leaving. My brother had been up for 3 days straight before I got there, so he was conveniently passed out in his room almost the entire time. He left the house because he knew none of us wanted him there and my sister and I stayed in a hotel Thursday night. I sensed something was going on while I was there but didn't really worry about it. Didn't find out what it was until my sister told me a few days later. My dad is divorcing my mom. He doesn't seem to think it's any big deal and is getting his own place, my mom is getting the house but thinks she's going to sell it, my dad is not going to support my mom's mom any more, so she's going to have to sell her house and much of her stuff and move in with my mom or into an assisted living or something. Who the hell knows what my brother is gonna do (my mom can no longer pay his bills, and my dad probably won't). ...And we're supposed to be going on a family vacation in two weeks. ??? wtf? What a mess. My family has been non-stop drama the last 10 years or so, and I'm just so sick of it I don't even want to think about it. I'm just trying to worry about school as I finally realized I want to go into academia and am putting a lot of effort into my last two years of undergrad before I persue a PhD. I kind of just want to forget I even have a family right now. Not to sound like a little prick. I know it's not really about me at all. I feel sorry for my mom, grandma, and sister (she's not taking it as well as I am), but I'm just tired of it all.

I guess I don't really know where I'm going with this. Just thought I'd share a bit of my life, and it was kind of therapeutic to write it out.

whew, I guess that wasn't very brief.

Letsrun may be a haven for slapd*cks, but there are genuine people here and I thank everyone for the serious replies. As someone who mostly keeps to himself, it's nice to have an outlet of some kind.

I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was better than mine.

Thank you for starting this thread, and to everyone for sharing.

9/10 Almost believable, but no one with a life this crappy would tell people about it.

Heya, so, did you have a good race? ;-)

Seriously, upward and onward for you, focus on school, friends, running, and all things you love. Families, some people, are best from afar..that's what I've learned. I used to be sad all the time, hurt by it all. Now I'm just happy and grateful for little things, choosing to see the positive, optimistic and curious about the world.

For Thanksgiving, I was invited at a very nice family's--made me think of having (creating) my own family and traditions. But who knows, maybe I'll be a terrible parent, too?