You Bastard

This post will be a vent about how much I dislike my uncle and putting it in writing will ensure I will always remember this.

The bastard had the gall to demand that I pay for his boys airfare to Fiji, and then the nerve to actually tell me off for not doing it.

Way before the wedding date was set, I made it clear to him I wanted one of his boys as page boy and I was willing to pay the airfare.  I also asked him if he would attend.  He made no committment.  After the date was set, he still made no committment.  I even texted him in July asking if he was going to attend.  No reply.

My father stupidly spoke to Lucy over the weekend and said I would be paying for Peter's airfare while Oy would pay for Jackson's.  And if we weren't willing, then my father would pay both.  This is becasuse my father really wants a page boy.  The siblings and I managed to talk him out of the crazy idea and told him there is absolutely NO WAY any of us should pay their airfare. 

That same night Lucy got Jackson to ring to ask me to pay for his and Peter's airfare.

On the next day, Lucy came over with the boys.  I told him we would NOT be paying for his boys airfare, the best we could do was 1 child, 1 way.  He said that wasn't good enough.  I told him that was final, was he still coming?  No reply.  He just sat on the couch watching tv.

Then yesterday he actually called Anthony and asked, nay yelled, the insane question, "Am I invited to the wedding?".  Not only that, he asked who was paying for his boys.  Ant put him in his place by saying, 'we offered to pay for 1 boy; how did boy turn into boys?'

Then he rang me while I was still at work.  He was yelling about how my father said we would pay for his boys and now we're changing our story.  Naturally I yelled back - people were staring as I made my way to a private room.

The offer was made to you in July with no response; you can't ring us 3 weeks before the wedding and expect us to pay when fares are so high now you bastard!

I asked him what kind of uncle he was to take advantage of his niece this way. Why should I have to pay for your kids airfare when everyone else is coming from overseas and paying their own way.

He then said he wanted me to book his and Yen's tickets and that he would pay me back.  So I did that.  He came to pick up the tickets last night and made some excuse about having to pay me in instalments because of the $1000 per day limit on eftpos withdrawals.  I told him I expect the money by Friday 9th before I leave because I have to pay off my credit card.  Otherwise I will cancel the ticket.  Because I would rather lose the cancellation fee than the the au$2000+

While he was over he also tried to get Peter to ask me to pay for their tickets. 

What a bastard.