my life, my pace

It’s an awesome place, really. Where you can find tons of useful information instead of having to ask people who don’t like you.

Of course, leave it to my 26-year-old sister-in-law to be so oblivious as to think that it’s okay to come to someone she just gave expired lotion and a men’s grooming kit to to demand information that she could easily find herself online. She’s been harassing both my husband and myself for the name of our super awesome wedding photographer for her “friend.” Normally, I wouldn’t mind giving her name out because who am I to try to keep totally public information to myself. But, you see, my dear sister-in-law has this hero complex and only wants the information so she can play the hero to her friend without giving me or my husband any credit for finding this incredible photographer (which, by the way, took me about three days of intensive internet research to find). There’s no way I’m giving up information that took so much of my effort to find so easily to someone who’s just using me for it. Besides, it’s her own fault for not being resourceful enough to find the information herself. Seriously, how hard can it be? Even so, I just can’t help but be amazed by her audacity. She seriously has no shame at all.

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