For the last couple of months I've been talking with a rat breeder in Vancouver. Ashley and I are going to meet her this Sunday. The breeder offered to take me to the RatsPacNW rat show next Saturday. I talked to my mom about it and not once did she tell me I couldn't go. She never cares when I do this stuff. It's all I've been talking about for the past few weeks. I rarely talk to my mother but I can't seem to stop talking about the rat show. I'm just so excited to go.
Then my aunt called me the other day and I talked to her about it. She called me back today and told me that she thinks it's way too dangerous to go with someone I will have only met once. I completely understand -- she's just being protective. I told her that I will give her the lady's phone number, address, and let them meet in person so she can get to know her better. I explained that I know people that know her, and she is well-respected in the rat world. She says she doesn't want to let me go, and she asked if she sounded like my mother -- on the contrary, I told her, she sounded nothing like her. My mom was happy to get rid of me. She couldn't care less.
Now, all of a sudden after talking with my aunt, my mom is all angry that I "never told her about this." It's ALL I have talked about for the past few weeks. She never said ANYTHING about me not going. I never talk to her about anything, and yet I've gone on and on about this. It's something that's really important and exciting for me.
So now my aunt says she will think about letting me go, and my mom is just going to let my aunt make the decision, although she's made it clear that she suddenly has a problem with it. It would have been fine if she would have said no from the beginning. But when someone says I can go, and I get weeks of excitement and ambition, and that's suddenly taken away from me...well all I can do is cry because that's just not fair. That's just really sad for me.
And then she tells me "I just wish this never happened." And I asked what, and she said "the whole going to Vancouver for your pet thing, meeting people you don't know. That stupid Pet site. It's all stupid. I wish you would just forget about it." Thanks --- I'll be sure to tell Jynnelle, my BEST friend that I met on Pet Talk, that she is nothing more than just some stupid person that I met on some stupid site, and I can just forget about her, just like that. When I reminded her that I met Jynnelle here, I just couldn't take it and I started to cry. I never cry in front of people, especially her. But that was just harsh. Then she told me she's glad I'm graduating soon because then it will all be over and she can get away and never deal with me again. The feeling is incredibly mutual.
Sorry, I just needed to vent really bad. I'm so angry and sad right now, I can't stop shaking and my heart is just pounding. I'm on the verge of a panic attack. I still have some chance of going, but my aunt is really protective so I don't know what my chances are.I'm really hoping that the breeder will let Ashley come with. I know my aunt won't have as much of a problem with that. I hate how childish this sounds.
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. Did you really read it closely? I think she has a reason to be upset, and she never once said she is blaming her aunt for being cautious and protective.
Then she's worried that I might get into an accident and the hospitals in the US won't take me. I have Medical insurance. Do US hosptials take Canadian medical? Does anyone know how that works?
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