00:00Update one month later. First off, my folks tell me that my nieces and nephews are all
00:05good swimmers and that they use the pool all the time. The 7-year-old is still a beginner,
00:09but he loves the water. My sister just said they couldn't swim so I'd look bad.
00:13To be fair, none of the kids are allowed in the deep end, which is where they fell in.
00:17It was the two 10-year-olds and the 9-year-old who tried to push me into the pool.
00:20After we left,
00:21the party ended on a pretty sour note. My drunk brother-in-law, who face planted while yelling
00:26at me, had to go to an urgent care place to get his face stitched up. He was too toasted
00:30to drive,
00:31so dad took him. Dad was very unhappy about this. Late that evening, my sisters started a group text
00:36and said some really nasty crap. Their husbands threw in a few comments as well. My wife and I
00:41blocked the 4 of them. My mom called me, she was pretty upset about what they said,
00:45she and dad were in the chat, and I don't blame her. Because of the texts, my folks insisted my
00:50sisters and brothers-in-law come over the next day, Sunday, without their kids to get some things
00:54straight and lay down some ground rules, mom's wording. The result was a contrite, if unenthusiastic,
00:59apology from the siblings via my mom's phone. I'm glad my wife was with me when they called,
01:04her hard stares kept me from saying what I wanted to. I just told them, thanks and that we felt
01:08no
01:08need to discuss it further. Since I thought things were settled, I unblocked them. That evening,
01:13I got a text from one of the brothers-in-law telling me the phones cost $1,200 and asking
01:18when
01:18I'd be paying for them. WTF? I replied, never, took a screenshot of his text, and forwarded it to my
01:24folks with a note that we were done with this nonsense, were going no contact with my sisters
01:28and their spouses, and would not attend any more holidays or get-togethers if they'd be present.
01:32Then I blocked my sisters and their spouses again. At that point, crap really hit the fan. Dad called
01:38them and ripped them a new one. Among other things, he told them the grandkids were not welcome at his
01:42place indefinitely. Since my mom regularly provides free babysitting, that got them pretty rattled.
01:47He also banned them from using the vacation house and told them my wife and I actually own it,
01:51not he and mom. This completely freaked them out, both of my sisters' families used the place a lot,
01:56including having their friends up for weekend getaways. This was very much out of character
02:00for my folks. They'd clearly had it. And for reference, I never wanted my sisters to know we
02:05own the place. We bought it for my folks, they'd always wanted a place in the mountains. Keeping the
02:09ownership quiet was just a way to avoid drama with my siblings. A couple of days later, my sisters
02:14and their husbands came to our place unannounced to apologize in person. We were out to dinner,
02:18and they left a note. One sister also called me at work, but I sent her to voicemail.
02:23We've decided being no contact is the best thing for the indefinite future and haven't interacted
02:27with them for the last 3 plus weeks. Personally, I'm done, they can go pound sand.
02:31I'm done, I'm done.
02:31I'm done.
02:31We'll see you next time.
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