Some people are incredibly disappointing in their behavior. We didn't celebrate Christmas this year with my mom being in the hospital. Gifts were bought but they were just exchanged in a rush with no fanfare. I received Christmas cards from a couple of friends but didn't have time to buy cards to send. I sent a group email to three longtime friends that I haven't have had time to connect with in months since everything has been revolving around caring for my mom, my one sister breaking her arm and wrist and my other sister being diagnosed with health issues related to long Covid. I let them know what was going on with my family, which is why I was incommunicado. Only two friends bothered to email me back and they basically blew off the seriousness of my mom's condition. The irony was one of them had been the sole caregiver of her mom during the last years of her life so she knows what it's like to go through caring for an elderly mom whose health is going downhill and all sorts of problems keep popping up with frequent hospitalizations. She spent Covid lockdown getting hooked on positive psychology and some of the new agey stuff so her response was about things needing to rebalance and waiting for that to happen. The other friend totally ignored my mom's situation and was more focused on planning a get-together soon. The third friend has remained silent. We've all known each other since grammar school and grew up together so they know my mom personally. What is wrong with people? My sisters and I don't know how much longer our mom is going to be with us and my friends' responses are just bizarre and callus.
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