People I am close to have been arguing almost non-stop with others I am close to, and I did what I thought was right. I satyed well out of it all. It was not my concern.

But then, oh, the horror. One of these people call me up looking for one of the other people. I say they are not here, quite content to leave it at that. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be left at that, it seems.

~Transcript~

"What did you say??" he asks.

I reply, "Nothing, really. She asked me what happened when you came around that night, and I told her."

"What?? That I was storming through the house, and in a shitty mood??"

I reply, "Well, yeah. That's what you did."

He says, "I said hello to you, I'm pretty sure I did."

I reply, "No, you didn't. You walked in, without knocking, and stood in the doorway and asked where the hell they were. There was no hello. You made three phone calls, bitched about them not taking their mobile phones with them, then said you weren't fucking waiting around here, and you left."

He says, "Look, just stay out of it."

Now, I am not one to get riled up easily, but this just had me snap. I replied, "I WAS out of it. I had nothing to do with any of this. I was asked a question, and I answered it. This is none of my concern."

He says, "Good. Keep it that way."

Now I'm well and truly pissed off. I reply, "Yes, sir!! Or how about this?? Instead of you threatening me over the phone, you get the sac enough to come talk to me face to face. I'm sick of you morons and your fucking childish behaviour fucking around with people's lives, emotions, and I'm now getting dragged into it?? Not gonna happen, sunshine. They have to be nice to you, placate you, and basically bow and scrap to your every demand so that they continue to see their grandchildren. I'm a bit more of a heartless bastard in that respect, because, right now, I don't really give a fuck. I'd be happy enough never seeing you people again, if this is the type of shit that's gonna keep happening every fucking week. I won't be pushed around by you, and I sure won't be threatened or ordered around by the likes of you. Am I understood?? So take your childish fucking behaviour outside and play a nice game of hide and go fuck yourself. And if you're upset in any way about any of what I've just said, you come talk to me, don't go crybaby and bitch to everyone else about it. You man up and come see me. You know where I live. I was staying out of it, but if you wanna drag me in, then I'm more than happy to stand my ground. Got any more threats you wanna hand out there?? Any more demands or orders you wanna share??"

Nothing but a broken connection. As I hang up the phone..."Hmm, I guess not."