Always baseball

For the past 10 years my parents have missed holidays and special occasions devoting everything to my little half brother’s baseball games. He’s been on a traveling team, school team and and indoor team.

It’s caused so many fights in the past because my Dad has three other kids plus him. My Dad and stepmom travel on special trips for him all the time. But they say we can’t be jealous just because my parents are able to afford things for him that they couldn’t with us because he’s the only child at home and has been his whole life.

So my daughters first birthday party is in two weeks. We planned it for after her birthday and I figured since my brother’s high school season is over it would be fine. He’s a senior this year and I was looking forward to truthfully all the crap to be over with.

My Dad came over to tell me that they won’t be there because my brother got an invite to play a game in Florida and they’re going to that instead. Because even though he got a college scholarship already, that this game might have some major league scouts at it. So he says he doesn’t want me to be mad. I’m not mad necessarily but it’s ALWAYS baseball. ALWAYS. He told me that they’re treating it as a special family vacation while they’re there. Normally I’d be like “eh this happens all the time and there will be other occasions” but even my inlaws are coming into town special because it’s her birthday.

I think I’m just a new level of disappointed because it just shows how much he’s the favorite in the family.