Siblings, who live abroad, didn’t respond when I reached out to them reacting to the events on Jan 6

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Read p 1 only. Sisters should have texted “Stay safe. Love u” to OP. That is what family is for. That said, I have friends all over the world and do not always reach out if it does not appear to me that my friends would be in proximity to such events.

Family is for weak, poorly-spelled texts?

[Anonymous]

OP, they are numb to your freak-outs

[Anonymous]

I was in a terrifying mob event in another country. My young children and I ran into a shop to avoid being trampled and were rushed up to the top floor for safety. It was a big international event and someone with us was interviewed in real time by CNN. I was able to call my husband who kind of shrugged it off even though we weren't allowed to move for hours and eventually had to walk all the way back to our hotel. I got over that annoyance in a few days and I bet you can put this behind you too. It's a very different feeling being actually threatened than seeing it on the news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Read p 1 only. Sisters should have texted “Stay safe. Love u” to OP. That is what family is for. That said, I have friends all over the world and do not always reach out if it does not appear to me that my friends would be in proximity to such events.

Family is for weak, poorly-spelled texts?

No. Start with an online "Logical Thinking" class and go from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in a terrifying mob event in another country. My young children and I ran into a shop to avoid being trampled and were rushed up to the top floor for safety. It was a big international event and someone with us was interviewed in real time by CNN. I was able to call my husband who kind of shrugged it off even though we weren't allowed to move for hours and eventually had to walk all the way back to our hotel. I got over that annoyance in a few days and I bet you can put this behind you too. It's a very different feeling being actually threatened than seeing it on the news.

Wow. My charitable thought is that maybe it was too scary for him to process the danger you were in so he brushed it off.

[Anonymous]

We just got back from 3 weeks of travel plus tons of office work plus virtual school for the kids. After watching BLM vandalism, curfews broken, arson, looting, squatting and various state houses and US capital infiltrated with protestors over the years trying to stop legislation, I am desensitized.

Plus mass media wasn’t quantifying the crowd outside (usually means smallish) or inside the Capitol (“dozens” they admitted 48 hours later). They were in at 2:15 and cleared by 3:30. Loved the overly dramatic photos of the evacuation protocol and smoke canister “explosions”. Those will get some mileage.

So the unhinged emails from around the states, mainly from leftist friends or relatives were ignored. In fact, many of them still owe us a note that they received their Hannakuh card or present.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I think people who found out about it after it occurred are having a different reaction than those of us who watched it all live. DH and I watched everything from 2 pm on - and there was a long stretch where it seemed it would be a successful coup. We were watching I believe cnn and the newscaster started to cry on air (they cut away from her when she did).

I recognize I would have a different reaction if we hadn’t watched it all unfold, not knowing how it would end. Also, we don’t work on the hill but like many in DC have so many friends and colleagues who do.

Regardless, I’m attempting to make this not about the attack itself, as what’s hurtful is that they didn’t reply - not that they didn’t preemptively contact me.

I think I’m not melodramatic and if anything my therapist (when I used to see a therapist, before covid) would say I should be more open with my feelings to have more authentic relationships. So, that’s what I was trying to do here; and i didn’t get any response.

You are being melodramatic and attention seeking and I guess you have done this before if you were ignored and your sisters just didn’t want to get to to some long winded over dramatic text messaging.

I watched it live as well. It wasn’t scary for me. But I am sure it was scary for the people in the Capitol at the time.

And a coup??? Please. You are just using that to be dramatic. Once the people got in they didn’t even know what to do with themselves. I watched them. They were just random people, a lot were probably just there for the excitement. They mostly wandered around, checked out offices, took selfies and then left. They didn’t try to establish power. They didn’t try and actually take over the government. They just made a mess and then left.

+1. They didn’t even go outside the velvet red ropes!

Mass media lapped up the photos of the half naked bearded wonder in horns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, FWIW, I don’t think you were being needy or melodramatic.

This was a big event, and could have turned out much worse than it did. I live in NYC and was glued to the TV from about 2 pm until I went to bed. At various times it looked more or less chaotic and violent. While I was clearly in no physical danger, I did feel that this event was dangerous to democracy and that someone quite high up was clearly complicit in staying the hand of LE, which I find very concerning.

People overseas think this is a HUGE deal, I have no idea why anyone would say otherwise. I did receive correspondence from friends abroad about it, and the media carried articles about the foreign response. People were shocked.

Your sisters kind of suck. Even if they were asleep while it was happening, if they woke up and saw some emotional texts from you, at least they could have responded. Some people seem to think that only the announcement of a death is worthy of a response

Social media, mass media, and big tech thank you and yours for being glued to their content and narrative. Keep it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I think people who found out about it after it occurred are having a different reaction than those of us who watched it all live. DH and I watched everything from 2 pm on - and there was a long stretch where it seemed it would be a successful coup. We were watching I believe cnn and the newscaster started to cry on air (they cut away from her when she did).

I recognize I would have a different reaction if we hadn’t watched it all unfold, not knowing how it would end. Also, we don’t work on the hill but like many in DC have so many friends and colleagues who do.

Regardless, I’m attempting to make this not about the attack itself, as what’s hurtful is that they didn’t reply - not that they didn’t preemptively contact me.

I think I’m not melodramatic and if anything my therapist (when I used to see a therapist, before covid) would say I should be more open with my feelings to have more authentic relationships. So, that’s what I was trying to do here; and i didn’t get any response.

You are being melodramatic and attention seeking and I guess you have done this before if you were ignored and your sisters just didn’t want to get to to some long winded over dramatic text messaging.

I watched it live as well. It wasn’t scary for me. But I am sure it was scary for the people in the Capitol at the time.

And a coup??? Please. You are just using that to be dramatic. Once the people got in they didn’t even know what to do with themselves. I watched them. They were just random people, a lot were probably just there for the excitement. They mostly wandered around, checked out offices, took selfies and then left. They didn’t try to establish power. They didn’t try and actually take over the government. They just made a mess and then left.

I watched all of it also, and I never for one minute was afraid that a coup was about to happen. It just seemed to me like a bunch of crazy protesters who got seriously out of hand. They never seemed as though they were organized in any serious way that their actions could have resulted in any sort of “coup.”

[Anonymous]

OP, I say this gently - you’re asking for more communication than your siblings can give.

I have an anxious mother who lives overseas, and while I love her very much I do not have the bandwidth to communicate as much as she would like. It is not uncommon for her to text me, email me, and send me Facebook messages all in the same day. I call her every 2-3 days, text daily, and it is still not always enough. I set boundaries so I can work, help my kids with school, and take needed breaks from my phone.

When I wake up to multiple messages she sent while I was asleep, it’s a little stressful - I wonder if your siblings have similar feelings. We are all dealing with almost a year of this pandemic, working from home, school from home, etc. Have you ever talked to your siblings about wishing you had a better way to connect? Maybe they’d rather do a weekly or every other week FaceTime than text?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just got back from 3 weeks of travel plus tons of office work plus virtual school for the kids. After watching BLM vandalism, curfews broken, arson, looting, squatting and various state houses and US capital infiltrated with protestors over the years trying to stop legislation, I am desensitized.

Plus mass media wasn’t quantifying the crowd outside (usually means smallish) or inside the Capitol (“dozens” they admitted 48 hours later). They were in at 2:15 and cleared by 3:30. Loved the overly dramatic photos of the evacuation protocol and smoke canister “explosions”. Those will get some mileage.

So the unhinged emails from around the states, mainly from leftist friends or relatives were ignored. In fact, many of them still owe us a note that they received their Hannakuh card or present.

Lol

[Anonymous]

I feel the sane ash op. My brother and elderly father living in Asia did not return my messages and calls and it made je both furious and sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar experience, and my family members live in other large cities on the East coast. Strangely they told me they were glued to the tv all day watching events unfold but seemed to have no thoughts or caring that people living in DC would be frightened and affected by this. I don’t get it. They actually said to me “But you don’t live near Capitol Hill.” I checked on everyone I knew in NYC on 9/11. Not just people in the World Trade Center.

I was glued to the TV all day too, but never felt like the entire city was in danger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just got back from 3 weeks of travel plus tons of office work plus virtual school for the kids. After watching BLM vandalism, curfews broken, arson, looting, squatting and various state houses and US capital infiltrated with protestors over the years trying to stop legislation, I am desensitized.

Plus mass media wasn’t quantifying the crowd outside (usually means smallish) or inside the Capitol (“dozens” they admitted 48 hours later). They were in at 2:15 and cleared by 3:30. Loved the overly dramatic photos of the evacuation protocol and smoke canister “explosions”. Those will get some mileage.

So the unhinged emails from around the states, mainly from leftist friends or relatives were ignored. In fact, many of them still owe us a note that they received their Hannakuh card or present.

What does this have to do with anything? Sounds like many people, minus the irresponsible travel. Also, no one is obligated to respond to your Hanukkah card. “Leftist” friends? Wonder if they’d still be your friends if they knew that’s how you referred to them. You sound like a real bitch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just got back from 3 weeks of travel plus tons of office work plus virtual school for the kids. After watching BLM vandalism, curfews broken, arson, looting, squatting and various state houses and US capital infiltrated with protestors over the years trying to stop legislation, I am desensitized.

Plus mass media wasn’t quantifying the crowd outside (usually means smallish) or inside the Capitol (“dozens” they admitted 48 hours later). They were in at 2:15 and cleared by 3:30. Loved the overly dramatic photos of the evacuation protocol and smoke canister “explosions”. Those will get some mileage.

So the unhinged emails from around the states, mainly from leftist friends or relatives were ignored. In fact, many of them still owe us a note that they received their Hannakuh card or present.

What does this have to do with anything? Sounds like many people, minus the irresponsible travel. Also, no one is obligated to respond to your Hanukkah card. “Leftist” friends? Wonder if they’d still be your friends if they knew that’s how you referred to them. You sound like a real bitch.

Different poster here: I think the poster is not a “bitch” but has offered a measured view of what has been going on. Unfortunate that you need to refer to a fellow woman that you disagree with as a “bitch”