Angry aunt

My aunt called me yesterday. She is my mothers sister. If there is one person missing my Mum more than me, it is her.

So we share a lot of memories, a lot of stories, but even if she was close with my Mum they are/were different. Very different. My aunt has a sharp tongue, she's not ducking and she's provocative, even at the age of 82. My Mum wasn't. She was kind, always the mediator, she would have been a fantastic diplomat. Some people would probably say I'm more like my aunt.

Anyway, yesterday she was telling me "I find it funny that a person of your age do not work". HA! This from a woman who quit working when she was 18. Told her my reasons, and she came back with "I had a husband to take care of".

I didn't know where to start. And despite her shortcomings, I kinda like her. And we're always having good conversations about the old times. Lots of laughing.

Last time I flew out to see her at her 80th birthday, I got yelled at. So I won't be doing that again. But I'm not angry. She's her, and I'm me. And being relatives we are stuck with each other. And that ain't too bad.