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Winners and Losers



I just came from my family's weekend trip to the Northern region of South Korea- 경기도. My sis-in-law and her family arranged a ski trip (Daemyeong Resort- Vivaldi Park) with the whole family. It was really, really fun but tiring... really. This is my second ski experience and I found it to be very interesting and worth the hurt... Ouch~

So I thought of those good things that money could do to make people happy. We stayed there for three days and two nights (thanks for my sis-in-law's membership benefits~) and although staying there is quite fun, money is what you'll always need there.

Then I thought of my fellow teacher who just luckily won in lottery (320,000,000 won approximately around 338K USD) and thought of the good things she could get.... She told me before she left the school that she'll travel around Europe with her family, buy a new new house, buy an imported car and give some cash to her family... Hmmm... I'm very green with envy!

I went first by an express bus because of my work. My work starts at 1 p.m. so, I had to leave Chloe with my in-laws and my husband drove all the way from Kyeong GI Province (it takes around 6~7 hours of driving). So they came home first.

So when I got home the atmosphere was different, my two sister-in-laws along with my husband was discussing about a serious issue. With a glass of beer and some chicken in front of them, my husband told me that Chloe was sleeping and I may sleep with her early because there were things that they had to discuss with my sis-in-laws.

I got a little upset about it, 'coz I always thought that I am now a part of his family. Should there be any discussion that may be in our house, I should also be there participating or the least, listening about the matter.

SO I stayed in our room with Chloe.

Maybe it was curiousity that pulled me to eavesdrop on their conversation (I know it wasn't right-.-) and found out that my other sis-in-law has been all the while consulting at a psychiatrist about a childhood trauma.

I don't know exactly when and what happens but according to what I've heard, she had given much love to her family (my husband's family) and had shown much care to them but that love hasn't been recognized neither returned. Instead, the more they asked from her thinking, "anyways she kind and she'll understand" things like that makes that pain grow more and more over the years... She therefore doesn't meet her friends, her lifestyle too peculiar and much more she hasn't much to offer to her own family (Don't get this wrong, she loves her own family but in the other way she can't truly, naturally do it the way she wants it).

I felt a little sorry, It was indeed an issue of the family. I never wanted anymore to listen so I went to the bed and lay beside Chloe.


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