Was told to, "Go back to Mexico". . .

daisy89
daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
edited October 6 in Chit-Chat
I'm posting this here because I need a safe place to vent.

Basically, my bf's parents went out of state to visit his Grandparents in California. His parents asked the two of us to watch over their home and feed the cats. They also allowed us to sleep here if we needed to.

Now, his older sister was allowed to stay as well, but could under no condition have guests or throw a party.


My boyfriend and I are both 22, his older sister will be turning 24 very soon.

I should also mention that she has given her parents a lot of trouble. She was fired from her job over the summer, and even though she claims to be looking for a new one, all she does is party instead. She relies on her parents for everything, gas money, rent and they now have to pay her car bill. Her parents keep insisting that she get a job because they literally can not afford to keep paying for everything.

With that said, this is what happened last night:

My boyfriend and I came over to feed the cats with the intention of staying the weekend. We live a
Iittle more than half an hour away, so we figured we'd save the gas money.

When we walked inside we saw the remnants of a party (beer cans, wine bottles, tequila bottles, and so on) and there were a man's pants on the floor and we could hear several voices from the upstairs.

His sister comes down, and we're pretty upset because she went against her parents direct wishes, but we diddn't say anything to her.

She then begged us not to, " tell mom and dad" and went back upstairs.

Unbeknownst to her, they had asked us to tell them immediately if she threw a party or had anyone over. They really don't trust her. So, I did what they asked and sent her mom a text.

My boyfriend's mom called me, we talked about it outside, and she decided to give us enough time to get started on dinner before she called his sister.

Well, she calls and immediately his sister come down stairs and starts yelling at us for being "tattle-tales". She starts insulting my boyfriend calling him a "fu$$**! retard" and telling him to go "fu$* himself".

Now, how many of you have sat idly by while the person you love the most is being verbally assaulted?

No, I did not hurl insults back at her, nor did I cuss or use any foul words, but I did state that this is what her parents wanted us to do. That we were simply obeying their wishes.

She replies by telling me that I'm an immature little girl.

This is where I lost it.

I have worked incredibly hard for the past four years, putting myself through college, paying ALL of my own bills, (rent, car insurance, electric, water, clothes). Everything that I have I HAVE BOUGHT THROUGH HARD WORK.

I promptly replied, that both my bf and I are younger, more mature, and leading better lives.

Then she asked why I even cared, why was I involved? I said again, that it was what her parents wanted. She said, "this isn't even your house!"

I told her it wasn't hers either.

That's where she told me it was, "more mine than yours, B!tc*".

My bf then told her to eff off, and the argument ended for the night.

Her and her friends left, my boyfriend and I stayed.

We were woken up this morning by a text from his other sister saying, "wtf happened" and telling us to check his other sister's fb.

Lo and behold there is a status rant saying that I'm a "low blow co$! sucking wh*re".

I deigned to reply at all. But she continued to post comments telling me to go back to Mexico, that she was going to murder me, that I was going to "DIE!", and that she would've kicked my *kitten* that night, but I'm "psycho and would've pressed charges", and to just wait and see.

Now, I believe these to be empty threats. However,I was a wrestler in high school and know how to defend myself, if need be.

Her parents know everything and have told me that I was in the right and that they love me.

My boyfriend has since told her that he will never speak to her again, to never contact him again, and that she is dead to him.

She's not a good person by any means. I've got so many stories of where she's failed before. But, I never thought that she would do or say these things.

I did not resort to name-calling or cussing. I have refrained from contacting her since I saw what she posted.

It just really hurts that she resorted to racism, and that she let the argument go so far.

Not to mention the fact that I'll probably have to see her at family functions. . .
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  • BloomingLily
    BloomingLily Posts: 62 Member
    It's too bad things went this far, but you cannot allow her rants to control you. The longer you hold on to it, the more control she has over you. Continue to do what you believe is right. If the threats continue, you might want to report that. Although you can "defend yourself", it shouldn't have to come to that.

    By the way, best wishes to you, your boyfriend, and his family. Hopefully, the sister will come to her senses soon!
  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,831 Member
    Some people just never get out of high school. If she wants to be an immature spoiled brat, then let her. One day when she calls you begging you for money, you can politely decline because she doesn't deserve it. Good on you for being better than her.
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    It's too bad things went this far, but you cannot allow her rants to control you. The longer you hold on to it, the more control she has over you. Continue to do what you believe is right. If the threats continue, you might want to report that. Although you can "defend yourself", it shouldn't have to come to that.

    By the way, best wishes to you, your boyfriend, and his family. Hopefully, the sister will come to her senses soon!

    I agree with this. Good on you for taking the high road (as much as possible in this situation).
    If she continues to post verbal threats, don't respond, don't post retaliatory messages on your own page/status...but do document and report.

    I wish you and the bf the best of luck!
  • EricMurano
    EricMurano Posts: 825 Member
    Eh ... is it any surprise that someone of that calibre resorted to racism?

    You did the right thing at every step. I probably would have stayed out fo the argument at the house but then again I wouldn't beat myself up for jumping in.

    At this point it's incredibly important to be the bigger person. Do not drop to her level, ever. Don't even feign compassion because that would be patronising. Just react how a reasonable person should react.

    Chin up. Sometimes in life you just have to take out the garbage.
  • Quirkybelle
    Quirkybelle Posts: 7 Member
    I'm sorry! I will give you a hug over the internet.
  • Do you have any idea how bad it makes a person look when they post those stupid rants on facebook? makes them look very very stupid. Some people may laugh with them or say "yea, you showed them" but mostly they dont mean it. Its very easy to show your ignorance. I sure hope you aren't worried over that child, its not worth it. Telling people to go back to countries - "go back to Mexico, etc". is hundreds of years old. Maybe people will stop saying that one millinium. smile, be happy.
  • mkwongh
    mkwongh Posts: 279 Member
    Don't let her get under your skin, shes not worth the time or energy. Happy holidays
  • ChrisStoney
    ChrisStoney Posts: 479 Member
    Wow, makes me glad there was no facebook when I was 15- 25 years old... I had 2 stepbrothers, a stepsister and a brother and our fights usually involved a little damage to the house....Well someday you will laugh about it , but if you become part of the family no one is going away....You wil have to get along or keep hate inside you that will not be good for you in the long run...

    Just ignore her, she is immature right now....
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    It's too bad things went this far, but you cannot allow her rants to control you. The longer you hold on to it, the more control she has over you. Continue to do what you believe is right. If the threats continue, you might want to report that. Although you can "defend yourself", it shouldn't have to come to that.

    By the way, best wishes to you, your boyfriend, and his family. Hopefully, the sister will come to her senses soon!

    I agree with this. Good on you for taking the high road (as much as possible in this situation).
    If she continues to post verbal threats, don't respond, don't post retaliatory messages on your own page/status...but do document and report.

    I wish you and the bf the best of luck!

    Thanks for the advice!

    I now have screen shots of everything she's said.
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    I'm sorry! I will give you a hug over the internet.

    I like hugs.
  • ChrisStoney
    ChrisStoney Posts: 479 Member
    Oh and Merry Christmas! :-)
  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    you are a better woman than i am..i would have snapped on her in an instant..im sorry you had to go thru that, but you held your ground, and did the right thing..she means nothing to you, so just enjoy your christmas with your boyfriend, and try to get it out of your memory..best of luck, have a wonderful weekend
  • ChrisStoney
    ChrisStoney Posts: 479 Member
    you are a better woman than i am..i would have snapped on her in an instant..im sorry you had to go thru that, but you held your ground, and did the right thing..she means nothing to you, so just enjoy your christmas with your boyfriend, and try to get it out of your memory..best of luck, have a wonderful weekend

    Well if she marries her boyfriend she will be her Sister-In- Law....uhhhh right?
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    She sounds mentally ill. She is 24 and is acting like a 12 year old. Her rage at you is misdirected.

    You can't give ANYTHING she says any credence. I am sorry she hurt you.
  • Yakisoba
    Yakisoba Posts: 719 Member
    Are you sure she's 24? >_> For real.

    -huggles- You handled that very well. I would have flipped and stabbed a betch.
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    you are a better woman than i am..i would have snapped on her in an instant..im sorry you had to go thru that, but you held your ground, and did the right thing..she means nothing to you, so just enjoy your christmas with your boyfriend, and try to get it out of your memory..best of luck, have a wonderful weekend

    Believe me it took every fiber of my being to hold myself back.

    I've been part of a debate team for years, I'm heading to Law school in a year. I LIKE arguments.

    I just don't like arguing with idiots. That's the difference.

    And yes, ChrisStoney, my boyfriend and I do have plans to marry, but not any time soon. We're thinking after law school.

    So, eek there will be more of her for plenty of years to come. . .
  • ChrisStoney
    ChrisStoney Posts: 479 Member
    That was what I was trying to say... you are more mature than she is, probably by like 10 years... hopefully she will grow up!
  • good for you, for not cussing and insulting her. let me do it for you, "que vaya al diablo la cabrona!!!"
  • ansonrinesmith
    ansonrinesmith Posts: 741 Member
    I love how she threatens to beat your @$$ but then says you are the psycho because you would report someone assaulting you to the police.
  • She's got nothing else to insult you with, hence her resorting to racism. You know where you're going, and she knows her path as well. Ok, she's HOW old and not paying for anything, and still throwing parties at her parents house?? I would be embarrassed as hell if I were her. You've got this hun. :)
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    good for you, for not cussing and insulting her. let me do it for you, "que vaya al diablo la cabrona!!!"

    A ha ha ha! Thanks! That seriously put a smile on my face.
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    Your boyfriend's sister is obviously having some serious issues...she is just unhappy with her life and taking it out on you because she is jealous of what you have accomplished and the good place you are in. Props to you for taking the high road.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    it sucks that some people are so petty to resort to racism. Really, if you do that, you're the lowest of low. But, I do commend you for not responding, I can't guarantee that I wouldn't have.
  • kenzietea
    kenzietea Posts: 614 Member
    I love how she threatens to beat your @$$ but then says you are the psycho because you would report someone assaulting you to the police.

    LOL seriously. She, a 24 year old "woman", threatens to kill you all because you did what HER parents asked, but NO, you are psycho because you might potentially go to the police if you were assaulted...I mean... who would do such a thing =P She sounds pretty pathetic. Good for you for not sinking down to her level, that's what she would have wanted you to do. Instead, you just continued to show how much more mature you really are.

    Oh and I completely agree with the person who mentioned how completely foolish she looks to post such things on facebook. It ups her pathetic-ness 100 times. Really, anyone who posts statuses trying to degrade other people, or about intimate details of their lives, look so ridiculous to anyone with a brain. Facebook is NOT a diary, people.
  • Congrats for taking the highroad! That truly is the hardest thing to do. My only piece of advice would be to copy/screen save her comments just in case she ever falls back into a mental lapse.
  • Newf77
    Newf77 Posts: 802 Member
    As previously stated I would print out the screen shots, she may be makeing empty threats but it sounds that she is very immature and my line of thinking would be more along the lines of a cars being vandalized, annonymous calls to your place of employment. To have the proof now and be prepared is always better than trying to gather it after the fact.

    Now for the unpopular words, your boyfriend should have been the one to text his parents not you, this is his family and even if someday they might be yours it should have been his responsibility.
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    I love how she threatens to beat your @$$ but then says you are the psycho because you would report someone assaulting you to the police.

    LOL seriously. She, a 24 year old "woman", threatens to kill you all because you did what HER parents asked, but NO, you are psycho because you might potentially go to the police if you were assaulted...I mean... who would do such a thing =P She sounds pretty pathetic. Good for you for not sinking down to her level, that's what she would have wanted you to do. Instead, you just continued to show how much more mature you really are.

    Oh and I completely agree with the person who mentioned how completely foolish she looks to post such things on facebook. It ups her pathetic-ness 100 times. Really, anyone who posts statuses trying to degrade other people, or about intimate details of their lives, look so ridiculous to anyone with a brain. Facebook is NOT a diary, people.

    I felt the same way!

    Yes, of course I will call the police and press charges if you assault me, you have also been threatening me! She knows I'm going to be a lawyer (adoption law, I'm gonna be one of the good guys C:) which is probably why she said that.

    None of her friends know me, so she's just ranting about a stranger to them, but it does make me feel like crap to hear my name being dragged through the mud. : [
  • kenzietea
    kenzietea Posts: 614 Member
    I felt the same way!

    Yes, of course I will call the police and press charges if you assault me, you have also been threatening me! She knows I'm going to be a lawyer (adoption law, I'm gonna be one of the good guys C:) which is probably why she said that.

    None of her friends know me, so she's just ranting about a stranger to them, but it does make me feel like crap to hear my name being dragged through the mud. : [

    I know what you mean, and I am not sure if I would have the self-control not to retaliate. But, you really are doing the right thing. As difficult as it seems, she is the one looking like a fool so just continue to let herself be the idiot and you continue just taking screen shots and ignoring her.

    And adoption law is awesome, go you <3
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    Sounds like you really have your act together, know where you're going, and are very happy with your life. And it sounds like she's the exact opposite, not taking care of herself, no plan to start, and probably unhappy with herself. She may be jealous of you as a respectable and accomplished woman. And her parents are still treating her like a child. Then you got put into this incredibly odd situation where they asked you to inform them if she did something they didn't like. That's really not fair of them to put you in that situation. She's not a child, she's an adult, they shouldn't have to ask you to supervise a grown woman. If they trust her so little in their home, she shouldn't even be allowed to be there when they're not around. And like pp said, you are not family yet, it shouldn't fall on you to tell them what's going on in their own family. It's kind of odd for anyone to be checking up on a grown woman in the first place (even if she does act like a child), surely she was just that much more offended that it was YOU, someone who's not yet a member of the family and someone she's probably jealous of. The whole situation is just strange. I'm sorry that you had to deal with it but as others have said, it's very impressive that you were able to hold your composure.

    I would recommend setting some kind of boundaries in he future where you do not get saddled with babysitting jobs that are not really your business. It's great that they have that kind of trust in you but really it's kind of odd that they tasked you with checking up on her in the first place. They need to take care of some of the issues in their family without you getting dragged into it, especially since she has anger issues that she seems to like to throw in your direction.
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    Sounds like you really have your act together, know where you're going, and are very happy with your life. And it sounds like she's the exact opposite, not taking care of herself, no plan to start, and probably unhappy with herself. She may be jealous of you as a respectable and accomplished woman. And her parents are still treating her like a child. Then you got put into this incredibly odd situation where they asked you to inform them if she did something they didn't like. That's really not fair of them to put you in that situation. She's not a child, she's an adult, they shouldn't have to ask you to supervise a grown woman. If they trust her so little in their home, she shouldn't even be allowed to be there when they're not around. And like pp said, you are not family yet, it shouldn't fall on you to tell them what's going on in their own family. It's kind of odd for anyone to be checking up on a grown woman in the first place (even if she does act like a child), surely she was just that much more offended that it was YOU, someone who's not yet a member of the family and someone she's probably jealous of. The whole situation is just strange. I'm sorry that you had to deal with it but as others have said, it's very impressive that you were able to hold your composure.

    I would recommend setting some kind of boundaries in he future where you do not get saddled with babysitting jobs that are not really your business. It's great that they have that kind of trust in you but really it's kind of odd that they tasked you with checking up on her in the first place. They need to take care of some of the issues in their family without you getting dragged into it, especially since she has anger issues that she seems to like to throw in your direction.

    Thank you so much for your advice!

    His parents really do have a lot of trust in us. They asked to tell them because they weren't sure if she'd even be coming over. She has her own apartment an hour and a half away.

    I was the one to place the text because my boyfriend was still unloading the car and his sister was talking to him about something at one point.

    We're going to play it by ear til his parents come home (next week) then I'm assuming that we'll all discuss what happened.

    It'll just be me picking them up from the airport, so I know we'll have a lengthy car ride to talk then.

    Also, they asked me to pick them up because my bf will be at work when they land, and that she can't be relied on to be there for them. . .

    Yeah, I agree asking us to watch over her was a bit weird, but they mainly just wanted us to watch the house. None of us thought we'd come over to find a party. Maybe it should have been expected though. . .
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