The In-laws

My sister went on a date with my boyfriend's brother on Sunday.  I am also apparently the only person that finds this strange. Let me first say that Johnathan is a great guy, and if he were not my boyfriend's brother I would be more than pleased for Laura to date him. But the fact still remains that he is Matthew's brother. I know that in theory it isn't wrong, but somehow it still seems like it should be considered incest or something.

Now, given my sister's history, I probably shouldn't be worried about this situation. She'll probably be annoyed with him for some little something before too long and promptly end the deal. Which happens to bring me to my second point, if they do date for any amount of time, and she breaks his heart how is that going to affect me. Will Matthew's family write mine off forever? From this moment on there will always be that "what if" assuming the situation does not work out for them. Will I be forced to choose a side? Everyone always hates to be a friend of a couple breaking up, but what about a sister/girlfriend of the older brother? Isn't that worse?

Not worse of course than if the situation actually does work out. Call me selfish, call me whatever you want, but she can find her own possible in-laws. Laura and I fight (a lot), but I do love her. The thing is that I really wanted to have a sister-in-law that wasn't actually my sister. I wanted a brother-in-law that wasn't my brother-in-law already. I want my kids to have different cousins than just Laura's kids. The thing that I've always loved about going home for the holidays (home being where I was born not where I was raised) is that there are so many people there. I want my kids to get to experience all of the joy that comes from having a big family. If this happens to work out, there will only be my children and her children no matter what house we're going to.

I know that this all sounds a little selfish, and I am getting ahead of myself considering they've only been on one date. But my parents joking about Laura dating Johnathan for a long time now so I've had a long time to think about it. I do want my sister to be happy, but I honestly don't think that he will make her happy. He's very reserved and she's very not. She breaks up with guys because they don't talk enough; he rarely says a word. So although I really don't think that it will work out and I know that I'll live with it if by some freak chance it does work out, but I really want my own in-laws. I want to be selfish and not share them with her. Not everything that I have also belongs to her. Hm...maybe that's what it stems from, a desire to not always have someone riding my coattails.

Warning: Womanly Issues to Follow

Road Work Continued

So not only did the university make the incredibly wise decision of working on all of the main access routes at the same time, they also managed to pick the busiest weekend of the entire summer.  Someone failed to let them in on the idea that there was a chance that we may be hosting the super regional for baseball as well as the fact that there are several camps, conferences, and not to mention the largest of the orientation groups happening on campus this weekend.  Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.