Is it normal that my mom's side feels this way about me?

On my mom's side of the family, everyone seems to envy me.

Once when I was little, I was with my younger cousin. We were having popsicles together. She started to eat to much and said "Hold on your going to get a brain freeze." She didn't listen and she almost choked. Everyone came running in and surrounded her, ignoring me. When everyone left into the other room, my great aunt started scolding me.She told me what a bad girl I'd been. I didn't do anything but she just assumed I did.

Another time I was talking and my grandma interupted me, I was talking about what happened in school and how soccer had been going, and I looked away and mumbled, "wow" and only she could hear me. She knew what she'd done. She instantly whispered in my ear, "Bitch." I was only 11 or 12. I told my mom and she said, "You probably deserved it."

I plain old envy my mom's side too, but I try not to show it. My grandma missed almost all my birthdays to go to a Cranberry Festival. I never once told her she needs to come or atleast say happy birthday.

I don't know what to think, is it normal that they feel this way about me?

Is It Normal?
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  • Do you all live on the East Coast or something?

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  • My dads side is the same way with me and my siblings. But honestly, I couldn't care less! If they like me, cool. If they want to be mean, cool. I just ignore them and avoid going over there homes whenever there's a family party or something, my dad and mom love me and thats all I should really care bout. screw them, karma will get back at them!

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  • My mom's family is about the same with me. It's really crazy. They're all so nosy with me, though, and when I don't tell them everything they go nuts. I have this one aunt that, whenever I have a conversation with anyone, she has to come over and get at eavesdropping distance and listen. Normally, I just have to stop my conversation by saying excuse me to the person, and asking my aunt if she wants something. My aunt realizes that I notice she's doing this and she does it anyway. This same aunt, wanted to see my used menstrual pad. I caught her looking in the trash after I threw it out. This was in a public restroom. It was totally weird. This same aunt always grabs my hands when in wearing rings and checks for a green mark. She wants to make sure I have fake jewelry. This same aunt keeps track of my weight and notifies me when I've gained or lost a pound. Then, my grandma really nags me about everything too. She constantly criticizes my appearance. She tells my parents that she would have done a better job raising me. She says they ruined me because I'm a vegetarian. Hello, I made that choice, not my parents. Basically, everyone on my mom's side, save a few, are extremely nosy and snooty.

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  • Sounds like they're a bunch of jerks. Brush 'em off. If they're jealous... GOOD. Enjoy it.

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  • A few in my dad's family treat me and my siblings somewhat like this. I think it's because they do not at all care for my mother. They more or less can't stand her and take it out on us.

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  • I am delighted that these are the only horrible things you have experienced from your extended family. I took crap daily from my own mother whose favourite phrase was, "You're a useless piece of shit".

    Stay away from these rotten toxic people. You don't need them in your life.

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  • It isn't normal, but it's your family who has this problem. Not you.

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  • horrible , i'm sure your not alone some people are mean

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  • n·vy/ˈenvē/
    Noun: A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
    Verb: Desire to have a quality, possession, or other attribute belonging to (someone else): "he envied tall people"; "I envy Jane her happiness".
    so what do you have that they want?

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