My family and I have always had a complex relationship. I’m the youngest of three siblings, and somehow, I’ve always been the odd one out. Whether it was family dinners, holiday plans, or now, a cruise, they always seemed to forget to include me. But this was a new low. Not only did they plan a vacation without me, but they also had the audacity to use my card to pay for it.
I fumed as I pieced it together. My card was on file for emergencies, and it seemed they considered this cruise an “emergency.” I could almost hear my mother’s voice, soothing and dismissive, as if this were a trivial matter. But this wasn’t trivial. This was a violation.
