Hi everyone. My family is getting worse as the days go by. I asked my grandmother if she would watch my daughter three evening per week until the end of March. She agreed. I was awarded a chance to go through an entreprenurial workshop for women to start my own business. At the time, I was also looking for a job. I got a job a last Monday! Every evening I pick up my daughter I hear about how my poor father(alcoholic) looks horrible (he has cirrohsis and Hep C), my poor step-father is having hallucinations and is not doing well(he's an alcoholic too), my mother has a lump in her neck, my grandmother is not feeling well, my grandmother says she feels sorry for my daughter because my class ends at 9pm and she has school the next morning, my grandmother feels sorry for my cat because he's home all day by himself, and the list goes on. As soon as I keep the focus on me, my family and their problems come out of the woodwork. They love to tell me I'm selfish, irresponsible, a horrible mother, stupid, fat, too skinny, etc. The night before last my grandmother says, "Are you working late tomorrow?" I tell her that I have class. She yells, "Oh hell!" I'm thinking, "She knows I go to class 3 nights per week, why does she all of a sudden forget and ask if I'm "working" late?" Then she proceeds to tell me that she thought I would quit my classes once I got a job and that I will lose my shirt if I start my own business. I don't say a word and leave. I'm at work the next day on lunch break and come back to find a voicemail message from her that she is not feeling well so she is going to the hospital. My father calls right after that to let me know he has my daughter. He tells me that my grandmother told him that she hopes she makes it alive through the day. I ask him what hospital she went to. He doesn't know. He didn't ask her. I call around and find which hospital she is at. They tell me she is in the ER and hasn't been seen yet. Later, I pick my daughter up at my father's and he tells me my brother called him and my grandmother had to have one more test and will be sent home. Craziness at it's best! So, today I will find someone else to watch my daughter while I attend classes because the emotional drain and drama from my family is too much for me to bear. I'm sick of their drama and manipulation tricks. It's time to sever the chains of guilt and manipulation. I'm choosing to take care of myself emotionally and will have limited contact with them. Today I choose to find a solution to the problem and not get emeshed in their dysfunction. It's about to get worse since I will be doing this. The cruel remarks are about to start. Fortunately I have the option of deleting their messages without listening to the garbage.Thanks for letting me vent!