Who, in your family drives you nuts?

[ohiosmith]

My sister makes me crazy. She thinks she knows everything about everything and doesn't hesitate to tell everyone everything she thinks she knows.

[sakabatou]

1. My mom and older brother

[billyskank]

2. I suspect I am probably the one in my family

:D

[ohiosmith]

9. :

:rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

12. Now, how could you

possibly drive anyone nuts?

:loveya:

[billyskank]

13. Oh, I think you haven't met me

:)

[reyd reid reed]

27. I think I'd remember if I had...

but I still don't believe you could drive anyone nuts.

I refuse to accept it. Nope. Not possible.

[reyd reid reed]

3. One of my brothers drive me batty

He loves to talk but swears he doesn't. He gets on the phone and you can't. shut. him. up. And he tells everything he knows about everything and everyone and, what he doesn't know, he invents.

Drives me nuts.

:crazy:

[bunkerbuster1]

4. Nobody. I'm lucky, I know.

While my family includes both right- and left-wingers, they're all sane, decent people and I love 'em all. Even the in-laws.

[BarenakedLady]

5. I have a cousin-in-law

That I really can't stand. Luckily I don't have to deal with him but once or twice a year. Bigoted, close-minded Rethug. Blech.

[BarenakedLady]

10. Wait I changed my mind

to me. Fucking bitch. :spank:

[ohiosmith]

11. Too late. First responses only will be considered valid for the purposes of this survey.

[BarenakedLady]

14. You are now

the official pooper of the partay.

I'll turn in my tiara.

[ohiosmith]

15. Please, keep the tiara. We do however need the shoes back.

[BarenakedLady]

16. I keep the ruby red slippers!

and your little dog too! *cackle*

[ohiosmith]

17. Elphaba?

[BarenakedLady]

18. Wicked!

Fiyero?

[ohiosmith]

19. Chistery

[BarenakedLady]

20. Even better

faithful

[malta blue]

6. My brother

is a liar, a thief, a condescending pr*ck. He even misspelled my name on an invitation to his wedding that I got in today's mail.

GRRR:mad: :grr: :banghead:

[MissHoneychurch]

33. Your brother misspelled your name????

now that takes the cake!

[querelle]

7. Mom

As much as I love her, she drives me absolutely bat-shit. She is a very kind woman, but she refuses to speak English to me. I want to improve my English and she speaks the lanuage perfecly, but not to me. Grrrrr.

Q

[Neoma]

8. Everyone outside my mom, dad and brother.

Literately.

[miss_american_pie]

21. They all do

They take turns. :D

[LeftyMom]

22. They're all crazy and annoying in their own way. I think my Dad gets top honors though.

:crazy:

[MorningGlow]

23. Aunt

Fundie Catholic (I coined the term just for her)
Rush-listenin'
Repub-lovin'
HATER of just about everything under the sun except for Jeebus and Fox News

Trouble is, I love her to death--she's like a second mom to me. But converse with her? Naaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

[QMPMom]

24. My sister-in-law.

besides being a holier-than-thou religious nutcase, she is also mean. She deliberately didn't invite our DD to our niece's wedding. Everyone in the family was spelled out on the envelope and DD was deliberately left off.

Our DD is mentally handicapped. I guess she is one of those that believes you should still hide the infirm and mentally handicapped in the attic. Real Christian of her, ain't it???

We declined the wedding invitation and instead of a gift to the happy couple, we informed them that a donation is being made in DD's name to her day program.

Haven't heard a word from them since and I hope we never do.

[Kire]

25. My Aunt will not stop forwarding emails.

To everyone. And when she writes personal emails they are always five pages long filled with the same problems over and over.

I love her to death though.

[anarch]

26. "hey Mr. Pirate, what's with that steering wheel stuck in your pants?"

"Arrr...it's drivin' me nuts."

[noonwitch]

28. My mother and her boyfriend

My mom because no matter what is going on, it's always about her. She's borderline, what can be done about it? Her therapist cut her loose years ago, and her asshole boyfriend is a retired prison psychologist (an MA, not a PHD, although he pretends to be the latter).

The boyfriend likes my 6 year old niece. The last time I saw him, she was sitting on his lap while he stroked her hair and the back of her neck. I stared at him until he saw me watching and immediately pulled his hand off of her.

He volunteered to treat sex offenders, because none of the other counselors wanted to deal with them. It is my professional experience that there are two kinds of people who want to work with sex offenders:
1. former victims who want to understand the person who abused them

and

2. Sickos who like to hear the offenders tell their stories.

My mom's boyfriend definitely falls into the latter category, because he likes to tell us those same stories that his former client-inmates told him.

Actually, there is a 3rd category-people who fall into it and end up being good at it. It's like working in Children's Services-most don't choose that career, but end up in it by taking a civil service test and telling themselves it's just until they can find something better. The next thing you know, it's been 20 years. Oops, that's me I'm talking about, not my mom's boyfriend!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Yikes!

I hope your niece's parents are wise to the situation. It sounds like he should NOT be trusted alone with children! :scared:

[ohiosmith]

45. agreed

[SacredCow]

29. Mostly Mom...

Actually, lots of them do, but Mom's the only one that I can't ignore for lengthy blocks of time!

[JitterbugPerfume]

30. my niece and my grand daughter

my niece is a non stop talker ,and my grand daughter is the most annoying , anal person I KNOW.

I love both of them dearly

[Momgonepostal]

31. I have this sister who makes one bad decision after another...

and then complains almost constantly about how tough her life is, the challenges she faces, the ordeals that are a major part of her daily routine.

As someone who has known her her entire life, I can honestly say that almost every problem she complains about is something she created, and she doesn't seem to recognize this or to change her behavior.

I would say 90 percent of conversation she initiates is made up of her complaining, or talking about how cute her kids are, or talking to her kids in baby talk.

Thanks for letting me vent!

[Broken_Hero]

32. no one really

but probably my brother Tom, followed by my father in law...but they are good people, just drive me bonkers from time to time.

[Courtesy Flush]

34. My criminal freeper sociopath brother

He has a long arrest history, a string of illegitimate kids he never paid child support for, an ongoing love affair with drugs, and a love for anything sleazy.

I believe he's convinced that the rest of the world is as sleazy as he is, but hide it better than he does.

From time to time he'll join a church to get instant credibility. He's unbearable when he's religious, mostly because I know what an act it is.

I've never done anything to him, but he hates my guts. I'm sure he hates me because I can't be bullshitted by him. I'm not alone. He hates my wife, my father, and my step-father, whose only transgressions against him are that they aren't buying his bullshit either. He loves to send hate mail to us.

I know he's got some kind of personality disorder, but I have no sympathy for him. He's malicious and dangerous, and I don't want him in my life. The consolation is that he hates me and doesn't talk to me.

[bigwillq]

36. My repuke aunt and uncle

:mad:

They're just stupid human beings, not only because they repukes.....they're just stupid and I hate spending time with them.

[jus_the_facts]

37. Better question...who in my family doesn't drive me nuts.....

....they're all batshit crazy! :crazy:

[ohiosmith]

39. :

:rofl:

[jus_the_facts]

41. It's true....still amazes me I share their blood....

....and it IS possible to break out of the chains of racism and ignorance that is imposed on us from birth...I'm livin' proof...yet I'm the lost *crazy* liberal black sheep in family! D'oh! :think:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. My mom and my sister

Don't misunderstand...I love them both dearly. It's good to have loved ones who teach you how to deal with people's quirks.

My sister will not shut up. She's 40 years old, and has been like this from the day she started talking. To make matters worse, she's a "born-again" christian rethug.

My mom is generally wonderful to be around; but she has a difficult time processing grief and disappointment. She can be very manipulative when she doesn't get her way. I've occasionally suggested that she get into counseling; but like doctors who are the worst patients, she's a social worker who won't get help for herself. She also has a tendency to analyze people to death.

[China_cat]

40. My husband when he tries to play "Home Improvements"

and usually ends up screwing up more than he fixes. Which he's been doing all this week. (But it's 7 YEARS now since we bought it and he still hasn't installed the garbage disposal unit)

[barb162]

63. he still hasn't installed the garbage disposal

Bwaha
Sounds like someone I know who still hasn't fixed the house intercom

[KamaAina]

42. Stepdad

Treats Mom nicely, provides for her well, follows baseball, cooks quite well (half Italian on his mom's side), enjoys doing laundry...

..and is a dyed-in-the-wool repuke. He even refuses to take Mom to France because he won't support the "cheese-eating surrender monkeys".

He does keep the horns filed down nice and smooth, though. :evilgrin:

edit: added more talents for buildup

[Shell Beau]

43. My know it all aunt!!

Arghhh!!

[NewWaveChick1981]

44. In my immediate family, nobody, really...

:) My sister and brother have their quirks, but they don't bother me (much)...and although my mother can be hard to take at times, she's still a sweet lady. My dad has some personal problems but he's a sweet guy. I'd have to say my husband's mother and his niece. :P Both of them are just too much... :yoiks:

[philosophie_en_rose]

46. My sister has no sense of embarassment.

Imagine the most shamelessly embarassing people you know. My sister is worse.

She is a person that will say or do anything in public.

[Left Brain]

47. My SIL

Right-wing, fundamentalist, home-schooling, know-it-all, Repugnant PUKE!
Thanks for letting me get that out. Besides, it gets me closer to 300 posts (pretty pathetic since I've been a DU member for two years).

[RetroLounge]

48. Me

eom

RL

[youthere]

49. One of my brothers...

You can have a two hour conversation with him without any moments of silence and then you realize you haven't said a word. Much like your sister, he believes himself to be the ultimate authority on..well everything.

[YankeyMCC]

50. Right now my sister

Monday evening I sent an email to family and friends asking them one last time to vote for the Dem candidate for Governor. She replies with "Sorry, I'm disappointed in him. I've had to work hard for what I have and he should know better than to give so much away to people who haven't earned it. I'm not that liberal." (my emphasis)

So after a WTF moment I reply asking 1) What do you mean? and 2) So you're going to vote for the republican candidate?

Her reply - "I'm insulted that you would think I would vote for her."

Insulted?!?

First of all 1/3 of the voters of this state voted for the republican. I think she would've made a horrid governor but I certainly would not consider saying someone voted for her an insult. I might say that about a bush voter but not this particular republican.

But following her logic she has 1) Insulted me because she thinks of me as 'very liberal' and apparently that equates to 'giving away tax money to people who haven't earned it' or rather 'being irresponsible' and 2) She's insulted 1/3 of the voters of this state who did vote for the republican candidate.

And she never did clarify what she was referring to when she said the dem candidate planed to 'give to much away to people who haven't earned it.'

:banghead:

[Radio_Lady]

51. I drive myself crazy... no siblings, Mom and Dad are dead, first cousins not close enough.

Well, maybe my husband, but not right now. (He's out at Safeway, shopping for food!)

[WindRavenX]

52. My dad

An irresponsible, angry, drunk.

[YDogg]

53. Crazy Ass Uncle. Dedicated Ditto Head.

Just sucks up rush's foul rants and spits them right back out at anyone who will listen.

[borlis]

54. My husband and all three of my kids sometimes.

Why do unmarried females get labeled "spinsters?" I'll call them smart.

[ganeshji]

55. My mom's sister

I refuse to call her my aunt. She once accused me of stealing grocery money meant for her kids. I did not, she had misplaced it. She readily admits to never reading, voting, or graduating which just annoys the hell out of me. I was with her once while she held up the drive-thru for thirty minutes because they shorted her one chicken nugget. It's just pathetic.

[barb162]

56. My brother

for many, many reasons, with the main one being the money- hungry creep he married

[Kerrytravelers]

57. My in-laws and former sister-in-law.

We still have contact with the former sister in law as she was married to my husband's brother who died. They had three kids together. The kids is the only reason we have any interest in staying in touch.

[fizzgig]

58. there are times my immediate family makes me nuts

i love them all but sometimes i just wanna slap 'em.

the last time i called my dad when i was having a panic attack, his advice was to take more b vitamins. my mother responds emotionally to just about everything. my sister sometimes likes to tell me how i've screwed up my entire life and how to fix it.

but my extended family is completely fucking batshit.

my grandmother forces enough food on me to feed a high school football team and then gives me the number to weight watchers; my grandfather gets pissed at me when i won't eat food i don't like and one of my uncles is the know-it-all type who told me that a) mountain dew has no caffine and b) that i can't be buried in a jewish cemetery because i have pierced ears while he was feeding me ham.

don't even get me started on my mother's family...

[sarge43]

59. They all take a number and wait their turn. n/t

[Lady Effingbroke]

60. All of them.

Sometimes all at once! :crazy:

[Haole Girl]

61. My whole family drives me nuts (except my husband)

They are nuts! Sure, I know, everybody says it. But, in my case, it's really true. :crazy:

[TankLV]

62. Nobody drives my nuts but my partner!

or is that ride my nuts...

[Hibernias Daughter]

64. What an excellent Q!

Though there are many contendars, I would have to say my father. He is brilliant but also terribly annoying. For example, when I told him that I had seen "The Titanic", an hour later he had drawings of steamships and how they worked mechanically and I am waiting for my hubby to get me outta there.

I guess I'm kind of like him (in a way!) Only my love is politics

[fleabert]

65. mom, stepmom, uncle, sometimes my MIL.

but I love them nonetheless

[Kali]

66. if they qualify for the term "family", they qualify for the phrase "drive me nuts."