# March Nemesis (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\ **Created:** [March 1, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100 "2026-03-01T05:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 179
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100/179 "2026-03-21T19:37:16Z")
It’s unclear to me whether @mnemosyne’s “them” was referring to the parents, the sib, or all three collectively. It’s also unclear how wacky the parents would or would not be if they didn’t have the sib in their household. Nor whether there’s any alternative to that dangerous and destructive situation. But if the parents are becoming equally toxic due to the influence of the sib, well, now there’s an even larger decision to make. Here is a recent thread about a very different but equally difficult family dynamic.Where people of good heart are dealing with a bad situation with difficult relatives and are now struggling to find a way forward. The details are utterly different than @mnemosyne’s situation, but at a high enough level the problems of family are eternal and universal. This thread might say something that resonates with them. > [@My father's wife just died. Looking for advice on what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fathers-wife-just-died-looking-for-advice-on-what-to-do/1028537): > > I was born in 1967. I have two other siblings. My father left us in 1980 because he wanted to live the playboy lifestyle and mess around with lots of women. About ten years later he found a woman who would marry him. And at the same time he became a fundamentalist Baptist Christian. Afterwards, he distanced himself from us and the rest of the extended family. When I would talk with him, everything and anything revolved around God and Jesus. It was weird. Last week, his wife of 33 years died. I… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100)._