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:( Sorry people around you aren't more supportive. People are selfish beings...

Thank you for posting to Point Whore! Wishing everyone many, many points!

Happy birthday ;)

An early Happy Birthday to you Fred! Prayers are empty without caring and good works, so just consider it their loss. We can only pick our friends and are stuck with our relatives unfortunately.

I have found relying on myself to be much more reliable than others. Good luck.

Well, happy birthday, Fred. Tell your sister and your brother to go take a flying leap. It'll be your gift to yourself. I'm having a crappy day, too, so I can sympathise with you.

Happy Birthday Fred HUgs and more Hugs

Thank you all

I have a question:
my brother wants to take me to my mom's grave and then to lunch.

Tell him to shove it?
or take the free meal?

It's sad that your family wants things forand from you, but won't give anything to you. But you have friends, and pets, and love, so hey @#$$ them.

And NYAH NYAH I beat you to 43 by six weeks!

GO with him to lunch then accidentally push his plate of food into his lap. ;)

you're evil Anne!

and I love it!

Things will turn around, they always do.

thanks

Happy birthday, Fred and many more.

been there, except for me it was nobody liked my husband so they didn't want to help my daughter and i in any way that might be helpful to him - have you tried church or non church food banks? they don't need a life history to feed you

oh and i took many a free meal just to hear how everything i was doing was wrong

Maybe a little quid pro quo--he helps you eat, you help his campaign. Sounds like your sister's intransigent. Any hope of bending her way a bit if she'll bend yours?

I hope things are better for you soon.

Fred I found out a long time ago, as a single mom, that the only person I could always count on was me.

I do have a couple of wonderful bff's that have hung with me and of course my kids.

Family - Nope.

Fred,

Visit your Mother's grave with your brother. It somehow feels very important, though I don't know why.

How I think God feels about you:

Let me love you true, let me rescue you
Let me lead you to where two roads meet
O come back above
Where there's only love
And the ground's beneath your feet

They're U2 lyrics, but sometimes those sound like scripture to me. :) I think you are much loved. As for your family not helping you, you have a family here on Gather. How can I help you?

Hmm...I wrote "I think you are much loved" in my previous comment. But that should read, "you are much loved."

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Go to lunch with your brother.

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Go to lunch and order the biggest freaking plate of food and get a doggy bag too. Keep asking your brother, "Are you gonna finish that?" whenever he pauses while eating. Be sure to order dessert too.

Real family accepts you for who you are. Anyone who doesn't is just a relative.

Keeping my fingers crossed that a good job comes your way

Happy Birthday Fred
is it this friday coming, or Last friday
I hope things work out for you
If you need anything let me know
sandi

Happy Birthday

That sure sucks Fred. *hugs*

If your bro is paying for the lunch go and buy the most expensive stuff on the menu!

Here's a 10 for you!! Thank you for posting this to the Gimme 10!!! Group

Forgot to add , Happy Birthday!

happy Birthday Fred. I say go to lunch with you brother and try to have a good time. You never know what life has instore for you

Fred, I find people have their own insight to what life has to offer. Many leave far too much on the table in that they have a narrowed view of it all. Keep on hanging on and a surprise will open up one day. Happy Birthday.

Fred, just because you're brother is righteous doesn't mean you have to be that way too. I speak from experience when I say this. My sister and I are poles apart on how we "do" for others. I promise not to pray over you. BUT would be happy to help with your resume (I'm pretty good there) and can send you cookies in the mail.

And, my friend, here's a thought. What if the pivotal moment in your relationship with your brother is when you visit mom's spot? What if you miss it because you already decided how it would go down? Enjoy the meal, ignore any lectures, be the brother he can't be (yet.) Miracles happen in families every day.

When you do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason--magic sometimes happens. If not, then you still did the next right thing...

Sharon, MommaSan, opened my eyes to that a couple months ago. We just do the Next Right Thing.

Happy Birthday you young and handsome punk! You happened, 43 years ago, for a reason. Get busy and figure out why, dude. Maybe you're the light or the mirror or the equalizer for your brother?

I'm glad you're here, and that we're friends.
Blessings on your Birthday Butt.
Wilka

thanks

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