Whatever

I am so sick of being an after-thought to everyone in my life. What do I have to do, stand up and scream, "I'm a human being too damn it!"? No one tells me anything. It's like they've either forgotten I exist or they're trying to protect me. No one told me when one of my cousins died until a month later when my step-sister accidentally let it slip. No one told me my grandmother had a stroke until two weeks later when I asked my uncle why she hadn't answered my letter. And my girlfriend's sister who happens to live with us, keeps inviting people to stay here or telling them they can use the apartment without even checking with us to see if it's ok. One day I was here working on a paper for English class, and Sarge (the sister) calls and says, "Hey, I told my friend that she could use the apartment to meet with the guy she's seeing behind her husband's back, so I need you to leave for a couple of hours." That is totally unacceptable! And it happened a couple of times after that. This is my home too! Why should I have to leave so she can help her friend cheat on her husband? Then there was the weekend when she told a friend of hers that her teenage daughter could stay here. Yeah, that was not fun. We had to hide all the alcohol, cigarettes, and sharp objects because the girl has issues. I didn't sleep all weekend for fear the kid would do something to hurt herself. And today Sarge called me after she'd told another friend she could stay here for a week and called her sister at work and let her know...and she told me that she didn't think to call me about it until my girlfriend asked if she'd called me. WTF????