Family

You know that saying that you can't pick your family?  There's a reason for that saying.  If some of these people weren't our family, there would never be a reason whatsoever to talk to them, befriend them, look their way, anything.
It might sound cold and harsh, but the attention (or rather lack of loving attention) received from some of these people, make the very word family an oxymoron.  Family.  Enemy.  The two words even sound similar.
And the invention of social media has put a particularly interesting swing into this arena.  You can tell somebody off- tell them exactly what you're thinking- and not actually 'talk' to them at all!  The greatest act of passive-aggressiveness ever invented.  You don't even have to be friends with the people, but by the constant snooping going back and forth that we all do on our enemies' pages, we get the picture loud and clear.
So, rather than act like a clown on Facebook- try as hard as possible to be somebody that I'm not, talk to people who I can't stand, and all the foolishness that goes along with being on Facebook, I've decided to stick to G+ where 98% of my friends are people I've never met (and actually have more feeling for than most of the people I know quite well on Facebook). 
I've also decided to start this blog, which is found quite easily, and where everybody has full access to everything I write.  You can hear clearly exactly what it is that I think, no blocking or muting necessary, no can't say this because A might hear this and tell B, and then C (who is blocked) will know. None of that foolishness.  I'm just saying what I think and if you want to snoop and get offended, go for it.  But I refuse to play the Facebook game any longer.  Thankfully G+ rarely stoops to that level, and if so, everyone's really a stranger anyway, so there are way less blown fuses and periods of silence contests.
So with that, Mary, your beautiful sister-in-law is out in California, where she's been for the last 11 years.  Why would she be in Dakota City at Allie's birthday party?  That would make no sense whatsoever! 
               ~Peace out, Sistahs & Bruthas~