“Why would Hashem want me to suffer so much humiliation from being with my sister-in-law all Yom Tov? I mean, you know how small I feel next to her, Shmu—she’s an impossible act to follow!”
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It all started when my mother got mono.
Well the truth is it started way before that. Because the fact is that Mommy and Aunt Shana have never gotten along and apparently at least where my mother’s concerned it was hate at first sight.
Look I won’t deny it. Aunt Shana is definitely a tough act to follow. First off her husband Uncle Chaim is a self-made millionaire and as my Bubby likes to say everything he touches basically turns to gold. Which means that while my family sort of struggles to pay the bills their family lives in a massive mansion and has every new toy and gadget before it hits the market. And the other thing is that on top of it all Aunt Shana is just so…nice. See if she was stuck-up and snooty it would probably be easier to hate her cuz then it’s just so black-and-white. But the problem is she’s this really sweet person who’s always running around doing chesed for people and volunteering for tons of organizations and stuff so that complicates things a lot. Trust me. You know these things growing up.
I’m only twelve okay but I can imagine that if I had a brother who was so crazy successful I’d also be insanely jealous I mean uh uncomfortable around him like my parents are with Uncle Chaim and Aunt Shana. I mean it’s really hard to watch. Especially because my father works so hard as a computer programmer but he hasn’t had much luck finding steady jobs and my mother’s an OT and she has a terrible boss who makes her feel like dirt so there you go — not a pretty picture!
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