OIL Spill

Stella: Having other-in-laws (OIL) can be just as weird/annoying as MILs. Having a sister-in-law (SIL) especially confuses me.... because I already grew up with a sister so I know all the unspoken rules of a sisterly relationship. For example, with your real flesh & blood sister (FBS) you can pretty much say anything you want to.... because you two already established how you fight and make-up many, many years ago. So in expressing your honest opinion to your FBS you are pretty confident that she won't take offense to what you've said (because she knows how you are or what you really mean....) or just that eventually she'll get over it and forgive you (because SHE has to! Or at least that's what your mother always said.) On the other hand, you still have to walk on egg shells with your SIL. Especially if they didn't grow up learning the codes of brother/sisterhood within their own family. Plus, they could be way more sensitive than your FBS...

Loki: Don't worry the SIL we share doesn't read the blog... She told me that she doesn't need to because "she already knows everything!" (I guess this means we don't say anything of interest to her?) Oh well. Of course, at the mere mention of Blondie's name, TMC will surely run and tattle... (The Man Child, for those of you who are having trouble keeping up with all of the acronyms on this post.) It's strange for me having a brother who listens in on his FBS's conversations and then states that he likes his SIL better than his FBS.

I am not really around my other SILs a lot...but I used to live next door to one of my SILs. I don't think we ever fought or had any problems. Of course, that SIL is the most laid back person you will ever meet... and I can be pretty laid back myself so we get along grandly... Now the BIL is another story! Yes, we got along fine but you have to realize that everyone comes from a different family dynamic. Their values are different and not everyone was raised as we were. I was happy to move from the house that was ajoined with my OIL because I was tired of having drunk brothers in my house or next door. Those two boys could put down more rum than anyone I know. Big T used to keep a gun by his bedside and I was always afraid Drunky, (Big T's brother,) would come in the house in the middle of the night for some bonding time or just because he was confused at which house was his and Big T would shoot him. Please note that Big T always tells me if a robber breaks into my house I am to SHOOT TO KILL. It's rather ridiculous. Anyway, I have a rather odd relationship with my SIL Blondie myself. I don't think she likes me too much... so it makes it hard for me to bond with her. Please also note that when I make fun of her and my brother's relationship it is only because I find it humorous...

Stella: I wish we could have named Drunky something else like "the guy who played that weird guitar solo at your wedding..."
I was not surprised to hear that Blondie is NOT a fan of our blog. She refuses to engage in any conversation that includes our blog in it. I think Batman will probably ask us to censor this one as well (even though we are only stating facts.) That or he'll just say mean things to me... I'm pretty sure the wrath will fall upon me and not Loki. I am also pretty sure that Batman & Blondie still skim our posts just to make sure they are not mentioned in them- or they probably ask TMC to do it for them & report back. Also, I was never so mad at TMC as the day he betrayed our sisterly alliance. He is a TRAITOR! He even had the nerve to tell us that Blondie was a better cook than all of us combined. I don't know what she puts in those chicken & dumplings, but Loki & I were appalled at such blasphemy. I do threaten him with the blog quite often. "I'm gonna write a blog about that!" I will tell him in order to get him to stop whatever it is he is doing at the time to annoy me. But perhaps someday, TMC will have a little wifey that will enjoy our blog... and maybe even someday she will want to contribute as a guest banterer...
Loki: Oh yes, let's hope our next SIL will be fun to play with and will like us both.(Is it possible to like us both???) I told TMC this weekend that he should grow up. That he will have a better chance at finding a suitable mate if he didn't live at home with his mommy and doesn't have any responsibilities to show maturity. He swiftly told me that his IDOL, Batman, did not move out until he was 22...so this seems to be the pattern for TMC--to follow in each & every footstep of Batman. (Not that this is news to anyone...) Although I'm surprised that he likes Twilight and any other girly books that I throw at him... because I am pretty sure Batman does not condone the Twilight. So our chances are that TMC will one day find the clone of Blondie... and then we will be outnumbered.

Stella: NO! I've never thought about that. Then they would get together & make snarky comments about us!!! What a bunch of punk brothers we have. I've also instructed TMC on what things he needs to do to obtain a companion.. First of all, I said "what skills do you have? Can you fix the sink? Tend to the livestock? Fix the carborator?" And then we all decided that I have no skills either other than being domestic. Yesterday B&B went with TMC to get a tattoo by the way.
Also, it's not like I talk about Big T like I am a big fan of his either. It's just that Big T doesn't get his panties in a wad over nothing. I say all the time that I think he is a super duper big weirdo & I could NOT be married to the man. This doesn't offend you because it's not like you want your sister to be attracted to or think the man you are married to is terrific... That would NOT be normal.


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