The Pink Shoe Diaries

as my good friend Mary J Blige once said "so tired..so tired of all this drama".

i have a very large extended family. my grandparents on my dad's side had ten kids, and each of those ten kids got married and had between two and four kids each. and now these grandkids (my cousins) are starting to get married, so this can only mean more of us.

we're like bunnies up in this piece. i feel like everytime i turn around there is some new infant whose name i have to learn so i can never remember it at family functions and will one day be reminded of how old I am when they grow hair/learn to walk/ get their license.

seriously, there are aLOT of us.

and it's really nice to have this safety net of family. i know if i ever need anything there are literally about 50 people who would do whatever they could to help me out. they are really good people, and a very close group

(with closeness, comes gossip, of course)

and the first cousin to get married is my cousin D (who is actually like the 5th oldest female cousin and don't think this has not caused aunt-induced stress for me, as the 2nd oldest female cousin, or for A, the oldest female cousin). but i digress. D has met a fabulous man who is very good to her and although i have only met him once, he seemed like a really nice person and i am happy for her. they are getting married in August. in a castle. it is a theme wedding. the theme?

Renaissance Scotland

(it was initially Medieval Scotland but all of that metal in the Connecticut August sun would have been a bad scene, i am sure).

this is fine, to each her own. i enjoy a theme. i especially enjoy a theme that invites male guests to rent kilts.

the problem is that her blessed event, and the creation of this message board, comes alot of petty drama. D recently lost her wedding venue (this spectacular castle in manchester, CT which was unfortunately sold out from under her) and there has been alot of finger pointing as to whose fault it was for booking at so dubious a location when really it is no one's business, or problem, except D.

and then my aunt M aired my cousin J's dirty laundry on the message board sort of in retaliation to the wedding finger poijting, and my grandparents found out about it and there is this whole new drama. and my cousin A sent a nasty email to my aunt M regarding the dirty laundry that was aired, and my Aunt M's daughter copied the email ONTO the messageboard so we could all read it and be involved in their drama.

and honestly, my grandparents don't need this shit. they are in florida living in an orange grove and loving life. they lived through the drama of raising 10 kids in a three bedroom home. haven't they suffered enough?

it's like high school, i swear. and i would just look the other way but i am getting phone calls and emails asking "what do you think?" and "omg can you believe this?" and frankly, i want to say "i don't care! call me when they find a new venue and tell me the date and i will be there with a fabulous gift! that's all the involvement i need!".

i'm too old for this, i swear!