I was supposed to get back to Ottawa this past weekend, but due to a family emergency of sorts (my mom had surgery for a detached retina), I flew in a week early. Everything went smoothly, and she already has some sight back in her damaged eye, so it looks promising. Why bring this up you ask? Because of my girlfriends attitude towards me during the past week.
I came back because my mom was shipped off to Ottawa on a couple of days notice for eye surgery. Her parents passed away in 74 and 05, and my father died in 04. My sisters are stuck at work in Edmonton and Thunder Bay. The rest of the family is scattered throughout Northwestern Ontario. In a nutshell, I'm the only person within a 1000 km. As a result, I asked my boss for an early flight, and my company, thankfully, was very accommodating, so I was on a plane within 2 days (I'd been working in Italy for the previous 5 weeks, minus 8 days in Japan).
When I get back to Ottawa, all I get is pressure from my girlfriend to ditch my mom and spend time with her. Now, I can understand her being happy to see me, and wanting to spend time with me now that I'm back, but she got very upset when I tried to spend even one night alone with my mom. Or at least I interpreted the crying and yelling to be her getting upset...I could be wrong. Does anyone out there think that this is appropriate? I would have thought that she'd be more understanding of how I came back to support my mom. She's in town for maybe a week for surgery, which she is worried about, and all I get is flak about "needing us time".
Does anyone else think this is an unreasonable approach from her? Or am I the one who is overreacting?
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How dare you talk about me this way on the internet. You had to ask random people what they thought about how I acted. This hurts so much Kevin. I cannot even believe this, I never thought you would do something like this. I have nothing more to say. Sad, hurt, dissapointed, and lifeless.
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