Mum's Boyfriend

Bweh, why the hell not? I'm not gonna sleep, anyways. XD

So, here begins a rant on my mum's boyfriend, namely Monty. You don't have to read it, I just want to get it out (the purpose of blogs, non?). First off, and obviously, I despise him. Not the kinder 'dislike' I use in other contexts. Despise. He is my opposite in so many ways, and everything about him drives me absolutely mad. First off, he's a cheap-arse, and very selfish. According to mum, he's a 'depression baby', in other words, a family previously effected by America's Great Depression, but back on the money track now--but still very tight about money. It only makes things worse that this man will spare no expense on my mum, but will give me and my brother a lousy $50 per Christmas/respective birthday. Hate to sound money-selfish, but c'mon--he spent $300+ on my mum. And he knew we were aiming for laptops! But that's only the most superficial fault of him. He's also a 'derk-a-derr' American redneck type (yet claims his family's Polish), opposing my family's usual 'manners, correctness, and elegance' (btw, I hardly find myself any of those, but... at least I try!). He has no manners what-so-ever. He wears redneck hats indoors, openly releases gas from both ends, publicly shows gross affection for my mum (whether it's Wal☆Mart or a fancy restaurant), and plenty of other things. And, sorry for the again superficialness, but he's very physically unattractive as well--unshaven, and with 'muscle-flab' (used to have muscles, but got lazy and lost them--but not the excesses skin). Plus his redneck attire--simply atrocious. He makes weird gestures towards my brother and I, as well, including some ridiculously loud munch+breathing noise and fake biting our heads. In public. And that had caused me to finally tell him to quit it. Which he did, for all of a couple months. One more thing that drives me mad is he is super-mega-ultra Catholic. Now, I'm not saying I don't like Catholics... a few good members of my family are... but he is 'up-your-ass' Catholic. He is always bugging us into going to church (luckily, my mum has gotten him to quit making it an every week thing). Seriously, even though I've never out-right stated it, how hard is it to figure out I'm atheist (or Haruhiist)? He practically forced my mum to do some stupid summer-long programme where she had to be accepted into the church (which, even though I doubt she's atheist as well, I know she didn't like it--and my brother and I had to attend these as well!). And worse, he wanted US to do it the next year (which, again, mum got me out of--good thing she's at least on my side when it comes to religion). Which brings me to how he's ridiculously open about his every opinion. He's a 'die-hard' (or whatever the hell) NASCAR fan, along with American football. I have nothing against the two, again, but still... no need to very publicly show your 'fan-status' when attending places with his generally upper-class ('cept me and my brother, kind of--but again, we at least try to be) family-to-be. And anything he doesn't like... even more ugh. He has the worst sense of sarcasm, always making a cliché, or simply poorly thought, sarcastic comment on anything he sees he doesn't like (example: every time we pass a seafood restaurant--which I like--he says, "Mmm, let's get some fiiissshh." with the stupidest 'trying-to-be-funny-with-sarcasm' tone ever). He also will try anything to convince my brother and I, which hasn't worked, to move to nearly empty states like Wyoming or Nebraska. Pardon this, but fuck no. I've made it very clear that I'm used to, and very much prefer, a city lifestyle (perhaps interspersed(sp?) with a littlevcountry). But no, he only wants to think of what he wants... To be a cattle farmer (which I'm also openly opinionated against, it's so evil and heartles--raising an animal only to have it killed... for money). And the fights between him and my mum... beyond ridiculous. New Year's fight, btw, was because he promised not to act tired on New Year's eve, which he did. Mum then proceeded to bring up all of his bad points, as did he. Both were proposing preposterous arguements. Their cycle is OK-Fight-Make up-Make out-Make love. Which, despite what they think... my brother and I are completely aware of! Ewww... And then, there are other minor things, things that I could deal with if it weren't for the rest of his faults--such as vastly different music interests (and he knows my views on his music choices), lifestyles (such as foods eaten, how/when/where, etc.), and a bunch of things I either already typed or can't remember. But yeah, I can't stand him, and I wish they weren't -technically- financially tied (they bought a few horses and a truck together--much to my disdain, as I forsaw this long ago). Also, especially recently, I've not shown as much happiness around him, as a sort of "Look people, I don't like him!" manoeuvre... mum's kind of gotten the hint, but not entirely... and he's completely clueless. Oh yeah! That's another thing. His improper education gets to my very last nerve. Terrible, stereotypical Western grammar, inability to function without technological help, and (yes, I realise how mean this is to say--please pardon it) coming from a family where they seem to all have half a walnut for a brain, and the most likeable one is a non-grad (highschool). The only two seemingly smarter smoke (and are trashy otherwise)! Family night with them was hell. I could feel my brain begin to melt being surrounded by the lot of them.

...Well, I'm going to stop now. If you have any of those traits, I do hope you're not offended. I can deal with most of them independently, it's just... together, they make what I view trashy, embarrassing, and torture. Plus, there's others I can't quite remember. So, it's unlikely you're as unlikeable as him. Plus, you're likely a Pokémon fan, so, at least there's something in common. So yeah, this was a massive explosion of steam, held up for a period of nearly six years (four of which the two have been engaged). Again, please don't feel offended, and if you still do, just tell me. I'll try to make amends! :3

Blogging away negative emotions sure feels good. I can feel some tension released just by typing this. But, I don't think I will too often. I don't think you (the reader) will enjoy my life's unhappiness--the reason I usually bottle it up. This'll do, I feel much better. =D
∴Kaitlyn~♥

(Long post, lol. Guess I must really hate him. But I feel oh-so-better. And now, I hear mum up, getting ready for work. So I definitely gotta go!)