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Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:16 PM Apr 2013

The downside of being a Democrat.

I'm worried about my sister. She lives in a flood zone in Chicago. Her house has flooded several times over the years even after they had a new drainage and sump installed. She's not young anymore and has some health issues. She's also a neurotic wreck most of the time. She hasn't answered my emails today. The flooding in Chicago is some of the worst I've ever seen.

And, I feel guilty. There are families in Texas that will never see their father, husband, brother, sister, etc. again. There are families in Boston that will never recover and people that will face years of rehabilitation and recovery only to be afflicted with PTSD.

I'm worried about my sister because she might lose more stuff. She's like my mother, more than my mother ever was. That doesn't make me feel better. At least I know she's relatively safe. Not maimed or burned. I know that I'll (hopefully) be able to see her this October.

I blame this guilt on being a Democrat. I don't come first. My feelings don't come first. My rights don't come first. Humanity and society is always first. Oh, and I can blame my sister, too. The old hippy raised me this way.

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The downside of being a Democrat. (Original Post) Wait Wut Apr 2013 OP
Consider contacting the Red Cross Betsy Ross Apr 2013 #1
Nah...it's not that bad. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #2

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
2. Nah...it's not that bad.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:24 PM
Apr 2013

I could always break down and call my brother. But once he senses fear in one of his sisters he goes into hyper-brother mode and tries to take over our lives. He'd show up on her doorstep with buckets, mops, first aid kits and high blood pressure.

Not worth the risk of giving him a heart attack. She's not stupid. If she needs to get out, she will. Her husband is fairly cool headed. I just worry. Too much. My friends pick on me because of it, because I'm really not an emotional person, otherwise. I just overreact to someone I love being in danger or trouble.

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