Family talk- [cw: COVID19, death]
so apparently, all of my family is full on savage. So mom always starts death talks like this (and mind you, I'm on hold with a nurse in the middle of work), "are you busy? Are you sitting down?" And you get 3 secs to just say yes cuz who died

So auntie G has 2 kids, son and daughter. And a rocky relationship with both. Son married a bitch who doesn't like our side of the family, so already none of us like her. Auntie G had lived with daughter until she put her out cuz she didn't pay rent.

She was charging auntie rent because Aunt G didn't clean her room (the fuck?) or really take care of the grandkids, but honestly there's some deep-seated resentment issues. But that ain't my business.

So Aunt C also lives in NY and kept in touch with Aunt G, and has apparently shamed daughter about this. So Aunt C was the one to keep mom updated, cuz apparently the family contact on Aunt G's hospital paperwork was her son. Her daughter was lower on the list of people to know.

So Aunt C called mom when she found out and she's broken up and hollerin on the phone ("as she does," says mom, like shit isn't she your sis too) and then Aunt C goes "guess her daughter regrets putting her out like she did".

S h i t, Aunt C, come for BLOOD

Mom just shrugs and is like "well, she isn't wrong. She had a basement apartment in hrr house, nobody needed to go down there." I just shook my head.
Asked how mom was doing and she was like "well I'm okay", and goes "She lived a long time anyway."

Me: but mom aren't you older

So in the end everyone is throwing mad shade. All I can do is shake my head. Aunt G ended up being alone her final months and she didn't need to be cuz folks are petty.

Downside: we also probably won't get to have a funeral hecause of the pandemic.
Upside: bereavement time off?

She's the first of the siblings and one of the youngest so the JAM fam is SHOOK and going "we should take this covid thing more seriously" WELL NO SHIT

(Mom has approx 9 siblings, and she's smack dab in the middle, Aunt G was like... kid # 8?)

My family is just a big ol layer of cautionary tales. A few days after my father's buriel, sis took me and mom to chat with father's wife who told us about the whole family affair. Aunt C has issues with her daughter who also put her out. Mom and I sitting here like