Things have become too dramatic

I was talking to a friend yesterday, and she was acting oddly strange and moody. I said, “what’s wrong?” She said, “my mom wants me to be someone I am not, I am almost 26 years old, all the attention goes to my younger sister who is engaged. I just can’t stand anything anymore.”

I was like wow. In my family, if I had a younger sister, well I do, but she is 14.5 years younger than me, so no way she will be married before me, but having a sister who is 3 or 4 years younger and getting engaged and probably married before you is not a good thing.

I asked, “what can you do to please your mom?” She said, “my mom thinks I am just a devil and I need to be closer to God and just pray and be good and put hijab, blah blah.” I said, “wow, what’s wrong with religion?” She said, “I prayed day and night, my life just got worse, where has it gotten me life?” I didn’t know what to say, so I wanted to be logical and said, “we are all born with a certain destiny, our life is set, religion is just our guide for morals and ethics and making us good people, but everything about us is set and done since the moment we are born.”

She said, “well my life is just bad and everyone ignores me. I can be sitting in my room all day and no one asks for me and sees if anything is wrong with me. Nothing.”

Wow.. I thought to my self poor girl. In my house everything is so different. My dad or mom keeps asking where we are and how we are doing. My mom keeps coming upstairs and asks how am and how is work and life. My mom can be too much of a mom and drives me out of my mind, but never ever neglected me or ignored me. She just drives me nutz! It gives me something to talk about.

I then told my friend, “are you just afraid to not get married soon?” She became a stubborn Capricorn her self and said, ” I will be alone forever!” I told her, “you know what, I am 26 almost 27, I have a job, I am older and wiser, so I have a better selection of guys to choose from (if I felt like liking a guy ever again), a guy who is A LOT better than me and wants me because I am educated and not a lazy girl who has an education to work at the mall or desk job.” She said, “meh, whatever, I will be alone forever, that’s my destiny. I would rather shoot my self now and no one would care.”

How can you reply to a manic depressed bi-polar Arab girl? I just gave up and told her to do what she likes.  :roll: It was just too much drama for me to deal with at night.

They said what?, Whatever!