First complaint post...

Ok so it took me all of what, 3 hours before I started complaining but this has been festering for a little over a month now.

Back story: Mark has 2 sisters. One of them we have NO contact with(it's mutual disdain). The other sister has been content to be a birthday and holiday aunt, ie: no physical contact(never comes to visit, etc.) but has always sent birthday and holiday gifts. Until now. Matthew's birthday was September 12th. Today is October 24th. As of today, he has received NOTHING for his birthday. Not even a card. Not even an E-CARD. She did however send ME an e-mail saying "I didn't forget Matthew's birthday, tell him I'll try to have something to him by CHRISTMAS".

It pisses me off for several reasons. First of all she sends me at least 4 political forwards per week. She has the time to do that but she can't lick a stamp and put it on a fucking card?? She sends an e-mail to me and makes it seem like her life is just too busy to acknowledge her nephew's birthday in a timely manner. I have 4 kids to her 2 and I still manage to send her daughters a birthday gift.

Matthew is 11. He is getting old enough to notice when he gets the shaft. I'm struggling to keep my angry feelings buried so I don't sound like a bitter bitch when I try to explain to him that she is a self absorbed fruit loop in a kid friendly way.