Nancy Reagan throws party weekend of JFK assasination and forbids any conversation regarding same...

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11. I grew up in a Republican family.

Both my parents were die-hard Republicans.

When I came home from school and asked my mother--and her mother who was visiting us at the time--whether they'd heard the news and then told them that JFK had been assassinated, my mother said, "It's about time!". Her mother, my grandmother, was appalled.

I was the only person in the family glued to the TV that weekend. Everybody else acted like it was a normal weekend.

When Ronnie became president, my mother had a photo of him hung on our kitchen wall. I could hardly stand to be in the house by that time.

My brother has continued to be a die hard Republican. He supported the orange one. I no longer initiate any communication with him. Fortunately, it's easy since he lives in California and I live in North Carolina.

His children tell me that the reason he refuses to ever support anyone but Republicans is because of "taxes". It's all about the money with him and I believe it.

When I moved my father here (from CA) after my mom died I asked him if he would like to join me in a gift of money to the one aide in the nursing home where he lived (he had a post operative dementia and needed 24 hour care) who was always so nice to him--and his personal favorite--my brother declined. My brother never once--in almost 18 months my dad lived here before he died--came to visit him. Not once. And he traveled a lot for work. It wouldn't have been too difficult for him to stop over occasionally to see him. My brother once was making plans to come see me (years after our dad died) when he found out it would cost him an extra $900. to change his ticket and he told me "it wasn't worth it". I can't tell you how many times I flew at Christmas to visit him and brought one of our boys with me. I'm sure it cost me more than $900. over the years.

I can believe it. All about the money. Greedy.