In the endless rant I was subjected to last night that was supposed to pass as a discussion, my sister veered off into the "nobody's life is perfect/we all have problems" area. For some reason, she decided to tell me NOW that my nephew tried to kill himself a year ago . They took him to the ER, and when my BIL dropped them off and went to park the car, Joe ran. They had cops out looking for him, etc.

He seems a lot better now, but still. She said she didn't tell me when it happened because "I didn't want to add to the burden you were already carrying." Right, so I don't have one NOW? Did I really need to know this? And how can you compare one of your children attempting to one of your siblings being a victim of csa? Yeah, everybody has problems, but she didn't really give me fair credit for WHY I have mine, or what I've done to alleviate them.

I'm a worrywart as it is, and now, forevermore, I'm going to be worried about Joe, and worried that this crap is inheritable and will happen to my own son. It's not like either Joe or my son has had a crummy childhood, like my sister and I did. Neither of them has lacked for material goods or love. And yet he could go and attempt? It's not very confidence-inspiring.

just having a really crappy life right now

Candy