On my dad's side of the family, one of my aunts always seems to cause family drama. Her name is Jane. At every holiday get-together, she always makes a scene and says that she is not going to come because no one wants her there. This causes my dad to always have to leave the family gathering and pick her up at the other side of town and literally almost have to drag her into the car. When she gets there, she constantly talks about her ex-husband that divorced her 13 years ago and complains about how poorly he treated her and how he was such a bad person. To top that little part off, she still lives in the house that they bought together when they got married.

I remember this one time when I was in elementary school, my parents were not home and I had a few girlfriends over to spend the night. Aunt Jane called and asked to talk to my mom and after I told her that she wasn't home, she started talking to me, knowing that I had company, and she would not stop. This phone conversation, that was completely one-sided because I could not seem to get a word in, lasted for a complete half hour. After the half hour mark, I couldn't take it anymore and said, "I'm sorry Aunt Jane but I have to go," and I hung up before she could say anything. I know it was rude but I couldn't listen to another word about how terrible her life is and memories about her and my 'ex-uncle.' However, after she realized that I was no longer on the line, she called back and told me that her phone must have disconnected her.

Aunt Jane always seems to cause some kind of uproar with our family and is the butt of the family jokes. We don't do this to be mean to her and she knows that we are just joking when we are making fun of her because deep down, she knows that she overreacts and dwells on everything.