(This is a cross-post with my LJ so for those of you who have already read this, feel free to ignore.)
No, really. I despise this woman with every fiber of my being. I would love for her to spend eternity in horrific pain. I won’t go into all the things about her that make me want to strangle the life out of her on a daily basis, let me just share her latest idiocy.
Now, granted, in light of some of her other exploits, this isn’t that bad. But on top of everything else, it REALLY sets me off.
Today I got an e-mail forward from her. Now, the last time this woman sent me any sort of e-mail was last January when my brother was making a trip to Charlotte and she wanted to let me know there were several inches of snow and he probably shouldn’t go.
Anyway, the forward is that disgustingly obnoxious glurge about the girl smelling the rain and saying it smells like God (don’t know it? Check out snopes) She sent this two a blue million people she knows. She has included a little explanation about how this reminds her of her great niece who was born at 14 ounces, 14 weeks early, blah, blah, lots of stuff about Emmy. I’m thinking, “Well, that’s sweet!”–until I get to her last two lines.
After all this, she writes, “My niece and her husband are both agnostic so please pray.”
What the fuck? Now, not only am I most assuredly NOT agnostic (not that SHE would know because we’ve never had a religious discussion together in our lives) but even if I was, that’s just rude! I mean, either her implication is that she wants them to pray for all of us–Emmy for being who she is and hubby and I for being agnostic–or just pray for Emmy since we, being agnostic, are obviously going to be of no help to the child. Either way, why forward it to ME? I mean, that’s just so self-gratifying! “Look what I’m doing to try to make your life better since you obviously don’t care.”
However, it’s the fact that she passed along a big lie that pisses me off more than anything. I am NOT agnostic and neither is hubby. We both have our own religions that we are very pleased with and have been practicing them for many years. But of course, SHE would never know this because the bitch has never even mentioned religion to me in 28 years. I actually think I would have been less pissed had the e-mail read “My niece is Wiccan and her husband is Buddhist so please pray.” At least then these people could have been praying for the right reasons!
I am debating whether or not to send her a very nice e-mail. I would thank her for the “beautiful” forward (gag) and tell her I appreciate her asking her friends to pray for Emmy. However, I would like to correct a misconception about my religion and hubby’s. I would even express the fact that I understand–she may not have know, only assumed from things she had heard around the family. But since I know she wouldn’t want to pass along incorrect information, I thought she should know.
This MIGHT keep me from beating the bitch into a bloody lump at the family Christmas party. I love the rest of my family and I refuse for this to cause any sort of tension among any of them. Granted, finding her dead, bloated body stuffed behind the Christmas tree might cause some strife…but I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. I would love for us to be able to handle this like adults–granted, immature adults since it will be through e-mail–without it trickling out into the family.
Then I’ll beat her later.
Any suggestions on how to handle this will be greatly appreciated.
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