Everything She Wants. . .

At the risk of being labeled as strange; I have a confession to make. Everyone in my life has a theme song. . .yep, they do - it's like a soundtrack that plays whenever I see them/think about them. This is the theme song for my brother's fiancee.

This holiday season she did several things to reinforce my soundtrack selection for her.  I'll give you some background information on the two of them: After dating for three years, this summer my brother proposed to her. . .he presented her with a beautiful TWO (yep, 1-2) carat engagement ring and all she could do was complain that she wanted at least a three carat ring *sigh*.  Needless, to say things went down hill from that point. . .I watched the classy, intelligent, witty woman he proposed to transform into a needy, materialistic, unreasonable, manipulative beast. 

My brother works full time, goes to school full time, has a part time job, and yet another full time job (which is taking care of her needy ass!) - she gets her hair done, nails done, goes shopping and works out with a personal trainer four days a week (that's it - no job, no school).  Oh, I should also mention that my brother cooks, cleans and takes care of all the house hold responsibilities. Nothing is ever enough for this chick. . .she always wants more, more, more, more, more!  My "little" brother looks overworked, severely stressed, drained, lifeless, and just plain tired - his fiancee seems to notice none of these things.

Once upon a time she was a graduate student. . .but after the proposal she dropped out of school, decided that she wants to be a stay at home wife, and said she was going commit to planning her wedding full time. (to avoid a profanity-ridden-rant I will keep my thoughts about this to myself).  I will say, however, that I think this is a rather quixotic plan for someone who grew up in a lower-middle class Midwest family and has neither the skills nor finances to support "her plan".

This morning my brother called me with bittersweet news: "I quit my second job and broke off the engagement"

                                                                                     "What!?! Are you ok? What are you going to do?"

                                                                                     "I'm going to take a nap, I'm exhausted!"

I guess that says it all. . .