How should I feel?(longish)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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About two months ago my Aunt and Uncle broke up (my mothers sister and her husband). It was pretty acrimonious to say the least. My mothers sister had accused her husband of having an affair…with MY MOTHER.

Turns out that she only said it out of spite and to hurt people, so I was relieved that my mother wasn’t having an affair with my uncle.

So one day last week, my mother decides to make peace with her sister, they hadn’t spoken since the accusations started flying.

They met in a public place, but my aunt went off the handle again and went to her (ex)husbands place of work, followed by my mother where a pretty public row ensued between my aunt and uncle, my mother was upset and my father had to come and collect her and bring her home.

Yesterday was my mothers birthday, and as a birthday present my aunt swallowed 50 paracetemol and a bottle of wine. Nice.

She is in and out of consciousness, and the docs don’t know if she will make or if she does what kind of damage has been done.

The question is: How should i feel?..sad that my aunt would get so desperate that she’d make an attempt on her own life.

Sad that this twisted woman didn’t try harder and do herself in properly, and just die.

Thanks

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Believe it or not, there’s a similar story in my family.

My mother’s younger brother divorced his wife because she was, apparently, shagging every male in town. Possibly including my mother’s older brother (although the older brother has always denied this, the younger brother remains convinced to this day - 20 years since the divorce - that it is true). The ex-wife retaliated against the younger brother for divorcing her cheating ass by turning both their children against him.

She died about ten years ago, and I wasn’t sorry to see her go either. I think you’re perfectly entitled to feel the way you do.

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Well, here’s hoping that all her lies and aggressiveness were a side-product of the desperation that led her to taking all those pills and alcohol, and that she will recover and get better, and your family can reconcile. I hate to think that families can be torn apart by something like this, though I know it does happen. I understand how you can be on the fence about your feelings - I would be, too. Perhaps waiting to see how she is after her recovery is a safer bet right now…