Now to be fair, I must put a disclaimer on this post ***disclaimer: I came (past tense on purpose) from a very strict home....***
So, it all started long before the date it all took place. Confused? Me too. My evil twin sister... which I will refer to endearingly as "e.t.s." (evil twin sister)... and I had been off at a college in South Carolina. I truly studied my ass off there and managed to pull a 3.7 GPA. She, however, had spent most of her time making an account on a website called "hotornot.com" ... yeah, you read that right - hot or not.
The idea behind Hot or Not.com is this: you upload 1-3 pics of yourself and thousands of people rate you on a scale of 1-10 (1 being puke-faced ugly and 10 being extraordinary gifted with photoshop). Another aspect of the site was their "Meet Me" tab in which you could start up conversations with the dudes/chicks you thought were... well, hot. It's pretty much E-Harmony's whore-ish cousin no one ever invites to the family reunions.
So here I am studying to death and there the e.t.s. is... chatting with men online. Either way, apparently she'd found one she liked. When we got back to VA, they started secretly redevousing. Sketch-beyond-all-reasons. This secretive love affair continued on for about 3 more months. I told her I wanted no part in it but I did keep tabs on the situation - sisters look after their own, ya know.
Then one day I get a phone call. Dad asking me what I would do if I ran away.... "Um... dad. Really?"
Dad: "Yeah, well, your sister took a car and disappeared.... I wondered if you would know where she went?"
*My face drops*
Me: "Um. Ok, there's something I need to tell you."
And there I was, telling my father that the kid he'd given the world to had just stolen a car, drained her savings account, and run off to the middle-of-nowhere to marry a bum she met online.
Yeah, we got the police involved, but since she was 19 at the time, there was nothing anyone could do. I watched my parent crying and begging her to come back... they said they'd do anything. And yet, no. No, she didn't want them. She wanted what she wanted and could care less about everyone or anything else ... this is the part that bothered me the most.
That all took place in August of '07.
...Flash forward to present day. The e.t.s. is expecting a child in February and can't make her rent payment this month. She and her husband had to co-sign for each other's brand new cars because the bank wouldn't loan them the money due to his terrible credit history. They live in second rate housing and make little income between the two of them, but both refuse to get rid of their expensive animals which add an extra $300 to the rental fee along with their dish tv - another $300.
From what I hear, they regularly hit up my relatives for money and gifts... and it just so happens that right now, as I type, she's having her "christmas" with my parents less then 5 minutes away from my office. Ugh.
/end rant. I'm going for a long drive.
I PROMISE I'll post something more cheerful tomorrow!!! LOL Sorry guys :)
Wow! That shit is insane! A few black sheep in the family keep things interesting, though it can't be easy for your parents. Impressive they're still together! (e.t.s and internet man, not your parents)
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Years!!
I know right!!? Haha, it does make for a great story... and of course, I might embellish it somewhat ;) haha. "internet man" made me laugh!