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A Friend Story
Nothing earth shattering, but I thought I'd share.
One of my bestfriends "N" moved to Alaska in late 2007. He had been dating a gal for a little over a year, but she was still in school. She came out to visit him that year, spent the summer, things seemed great, so she went back off to college to finish her senior year and planned to move to AK with him. In late 2008 his grandfather died and he flew home for the funeral. They had talked every day up until this poing, the minute he got home, she was distant. Showed for the funeral but really ignored him and blamed school and commitments. He was kind of wrapped up in family stuff and blew it off, he figured it was fine and he'd see her at Christmas. She sent him an email while he was flying home and broke up with him.
During their dating, N's mom took the girlfriend under her wing and they started palling around, attending church events (N did not attend church) and spending time together like a mother/daughter. N thought it would die off. It didn't, but he figured it wasn't in his face and he could care less.
N's very close with his brothers, or so he thought. Little brother mentioned a new girlfriend, no real particulars, and N was happy for him.
N's living and working in Antarctica right now, so his contact with the real world is limited to email and Facebook. He learned while all alone in Antarctica via Facebook, that little brother married his ex-girlfriend and his mom was the matron of honor. 
I have a feeling family holiday's just got a whole lot more interesting.
Re: A Friend Story
Whoa! That is a crazy story! I can't imagine all of that.
I am attending a wedding this year for a girl that I know. She was dating a guy but it wasn't really working out so he broke up with her. A few weeks later she started dating his brother. The part that is strange to me is that the two brothers also live together. I don't get it and think that their wedding will be odd to say the least.
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
I actually said that too him last night.
The Daily Nugget
Cycle 12, IUI #1 - 33m post wash 10/15/10 = BFN
Cycle 13, IUI #2 - 15m post wash 11/16/10 = BFP, missed m/c, D&C 1/3/11
Cycle 15 - 18, IUI #3-6 = BFN
Cycle 20, IUI #7 = BFP!, missed m/c 9/14, D&C
DE-IVF Aug. 2012: ER 8/30 11R, 7M, 4F; ET 9/4 returned 2
Beta 9/18 #1-820, #2-1699, #3-7124
10/1 1st u/s measuring right on track, 125 bpm
This exactly.
WORD. That's all kinds of awful.
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
This actually isn't that weird to me, but here's why:
-When my dad's father (V) died, his mom (W) married his dad's brother (T) (so, his uncle) and they were happily married for, like, 20 years until T passed.
-When my stepmother's parents divorced her father married her mother's sister. Again, they were happily married until she died.
In both cases the families were very accepting and everything ended up working out. On a side note, it's kind of ironic that this happened to my dad and my stepmother years before they even met, huh?
I get that marrying your brother's wife or whatever isn't weird, but the fact that they kept it a secret from him and seemed to go behind his back is the really disturbing part for me. If they would have told him up front it would have sucked, but I'm sure he would have dealt with it. The whole situation could have been handled differently. As it is now, they mom, brother and wife all seem like douches.