This is why people don't tell me things

It appears that my jinx has hit yet again. Today my sister went it for her 3x a week ultrasound....and today there was no heart beat. So I guess I won't be an uncle any time soon.

Knowing my sister, she will be taking this very hard (as I'm sure any woman would). I'm guesing we won't even see her until Christmas (if even then) It's not uncommon for us to not see family for extended periods of time, and all it takes is something like this to happen and we have this genetic disposition to drift appart.

because our extended family was not notified, I will understand if she skips Christmas since certain family members lack the grace to tip toe around issues, make assumptions and accusations. Often starting off any conversation with "why don't you have any kids yet? I had 4 by the time I was your age. don't you think it's about time you got off you lazy ass and got productive?" Always speaking before they even ask if she is trying or not. It is the standard lecture that greets me any time I see some of those people, a lecture that is normally answered with several insults I learned from the timmys. Then we spend the next few hours in awkward silence waiting for the alcohol to kick in. Since she will not defend herself from the insults, I will respond to them for her (who am I to turn down a good fight?).

But my sister has always been the odd one, but you can't be pregnant in Harrisburg durring the Three Mile Island incident without having the kid be at least a little strange. I was born 2.5 years later....so I don't exactly have that kind of excuse for why I am the way I am...they just call me the strange one and leave it at that..

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