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This is going to be a little different. You have been warned.
Yesterday, as she randomly remembered, Mom told me that Widget's mother's second baby dady (We'll call him B1) died and that one of Widget's sisters called to tell him. Mums said something about him being sick for awhile but didn't know what he'd passed away from. I said I'd poke around to see if this was true or simply Widget telling tales.
I couldn't find anything right away, so I sent Cass a message and I swear, in less than 60 seconds, she came back with he gone. If I'd bothered to check FB myself, I still wouldn't have known, but since she's friends with his former step daughter or some relation (sorta?) she was able to find out pretty easily. I mean, it is why I mentioned it to her.
When Mums told me, I felt a sense of relief that he was gone but didn't feel all that bad about his death. Not until I looked at one of his many FB profiles and saw he'd started a fundraiser to get the meds for his COPD (which is likely what killed him, still not sure of that) and no one donated.
Still, this is the piece of shit who abused Widget (tl;dr sat on chiblet!Widget til he couldn't breathe, shoved him into a dryer and turned it on) so my sympathy was limited. Y'know, to zero. But still, I felt a little bad after looking at his FB profile... and couldn't figure out why and that bothered me way more than his death.
And then it hit me. B1 has always looked more than a little like my brother. To the point that when Jax brought him around after they started dating, everyone in the family kinda stared and then, after they left, collectively said, "Girl's got a type, huh." To the point that when he'd drop Widget's stuff off after a weekend at their place, if you weren't expecting to run into B1, you'd think it was my brother for just a second. Less so these days, but still just enough to remind me it was a thing once upon a time.
So I feel a little bad that Widget's sisters lost their bio dad but mostly it's a weird mix of "ha, finally 2020 did something decent!" and not exactly misplaced worry about my brother.
Now could 2020 take B2?
Yesterday, as she randomly remembered, Mom told me that Widget's mother's second baby dady (We'll call him B1) died and that one of Widget's sisters called to tell him. Mums said something about him being sick for awhile but didn't know what he'd passed away from. I said I'd poke around to see if this was true or simply Widget telling tales.
I couldn't find anything right away, so I sent Cass a message and I swear, in less than 60 seconds, she came back with he gone. If I'd bothered to check FB myself, I still wouldn't have known, but since she's friends with his former step daughter or some relation (sorta?) she was able to find out pretty easily. I mean, it is why I mentioned it to her.
When Mums told me, I felt a sense of relief that he was gone but didn't feel all that bad about his death. Not until I looked at one of his many FB profiles and saw he'd started a fundraiser to get the meds for his COPD (which is likely what killed him, still not sure of that) and no one donated.
Still, this is the piece of shit who abused Widget (tl;dr sat on chiblet!Widget til he couldn't breathe, shoved him into a dryer and turned it on) so my sympathy was limited. Y'know, to zero. But still, I felt a little bad after looking at his FB profile... and couldn't figure out why and that bothered me way more than his death.
And then it hit me. B1 has always looked more than a little like my brother. To the point that when Jax brought him around after they started dating, everyone in the family kinda stared and then, after they left, collectively said, "Girl's got a type, huh." To the point that when he'd drop Widget's stuff off after a weekend at their place, if you weren't expecting to run into B1, you'd think it was my brother for just a second. Less so these days, but still just enough to remind me it was a thing once upon a time.
So I feel a little bad that Widget's sisters lost their bio dad but mostly it's a weird mix of "ha, finally 2020 did something decent!" and not exactly misplaced worry about my brother.
Now could 2020 take B2?