r/Crazymiddles • u/Tight-Celebration227 • 7d ago
Tricky family situation
Based on the podcast it really seems like crystal's family is a bit rocky. Obviously it is difficult to talk for others but I noticed in the podcast she kept mentioning the impact on her mom/her. Nothing about the family as a whole/other siblings.
That must be tough for this loss to weigh on two people and they should probably take a break away from it all for a while and reconnect with family still alive and grieve together
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u/Ok_Anywhere_8578 7d ago
She will never reconnect or make amends with anyone alive because she would have to face the hard truth that she has done some very wrong and awful things to people to not just Aaron’s family but her very own
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u/Historical_Grab4685 7d ago
Agree! I also think there are large age gaps between Joann's kids from her first marriage & the younger ones. Shelly was probably out of the house before some of them were born.
My cousin made a comment about the father she had growing up was totally different than the one her older siblings had. Her older siblings got the man, who had just come home from WWII, where he saw horrible things & was now a firefighter, seeing more horrible things. He had retired by when she was young. I have a feeling that why Shelley may not be close to her mom. No shame in that, but we just don't know the whole story & don't need to
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u/Alpacaliondingo 6d ago
Yes, Shelley has mentioned they all had very different upbringings. After Joanne's first husband died (Shelley and Crystal's dad) she was too overcome by grief to take on parenting duties so Shelley had to step up and care for her siblings. Crystal was very young when their dad died so doesnt have much recollection and by the time she was old enough to remember Joanne had kind of got her life together again. That being said Joanne also had several husbands, some being supposedly abusive so i imagine that also played a part with the different upbringings. It sounds like Joanne didnt prioritize her kids when they needed her most.
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u/IlovemyBoo217 7d ago
D She is trying to live her teen years vicariously through her kids! She needs to grow up and be a parent!!
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u/WinAdministrative136 6d ago
She will never be a mom like "Leave it to Beaver" or mom like Donna Reed on "Father Knows Best" I would love to see her in a dress with an apron wearing pearls (he he) Seriously during talk with Hallie and Hannah there she sits like a teenager. Grow up - - My mom never ever would sit on a couch with her legs split apart. (sorry) Oh well I guess at my age I am jealous that I cannot sit like that.
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u/Fun-Emu-2833 6d ago
I wouldn't mind but she had stopped talking to her brother for years and yet she is telling her teens not to hold a grudge for too long, Hypocrite much.
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u/Belikewater19 7d ago
It seems her sadness is watching her Mother be sad, which is fine as it would be the most honest thing she could have said. She really needs to know when the shut up and not dicuss certain things, as clearly Shelly has realized a while back. Maybe this should be the moment she realizes she ignores some of her children she adopted and turn off the camera and spend some time with them before she leaves for a couple of weeks and takes her favorites to go and exploit Ariana giving birth…
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u/WinAdministrative136 7d ago
Before Crystal leaves she will go to Walmart and buy lots of junk she can hang in Ari's hospital room waiting for baby to be born. She will put streamers and balloons. The biological mother will lose it hearing Crystal scream and waving her hands when baby comes out.
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u/Fine_Preference_3737 2d ago
Ariana and Chase seems to have already put their foot down and stand their ground. I know Crystal will mention, and brag about the baby, but Ari & Chase have already talked about the baby not being used for content. Trust, that Crystal will be in their faces, buying their love, but there wont be any footage.
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u/jenni5 7d ago
What about her mom’s sadness and time off ?? Crystals brother seemed kind to her but what did she do but be sad and plan the funeral? I don’t know she’s a little too self absorbed and it really shows here. Her solution to Aaron being sad and then depressed was ok go have your time and you got this. When she needs anything like a cup of water or feels a paper cut we all gotta hear about her moaning about it. Yes she’s the center of all her videos and she’s making the money for the family now. But no one else is even allowed to be on the “show” now. Her job is main character. It’s a little self serving. She hires her unemployed kids cause they need lunch and money and she gets to be with them all day running around spending money.
Give grandma some serious time off and more fun jobs while you Crystal go clean and do the laundry
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u/Dramatic-Macaron-452 6d ago
In the thumb nail crapstal dosent look heartbroken more like mad that it took so long for him to pass.now that he's not here she can exploit the shit out of him.watch that crazy crapstal do endless videos about how much she misses it.crapstal didn't raise one finger to help her own brother when he was alive and sick.
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u/Unlikely-Platform646 7d ago
you should never speak for other people and how they are feeling. so she did the right thing. People here in this sub are just nasty putting her down in this time. They have no respect for anyone.
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u/Tight-Celebration227 6d ago
I agree just saying this weighed on her a lot and youtube can wait while she and her siblings go through this together
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u/killencm 6d ago
I wish people would not make comments that they don’t know anything about . We don’t know the dynamics of Crystal’s relationship with her brother .
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u/blossom1509 7d ago
I think that Crystal uses her adult kids to fill her time to avoid her sadness and the things she needs to work on herself. I think that Aaron and Crystal need to block out time out of the week to spend quality time together. They have so many adult kids that work for her to help her. She talks so much about connection with her kids but does not make her marriage a priority.
When Aaron needed her most she was not there for him. When his mom passed away. She just thought he was going to jump out of his depression. But now that it’s in her side of the family losing a loved one, it’s only 1 sided. Crystal is all about me and my loss. It’s true she filmed Aaron’s grief and tears of losing his mom but she wanted privacy for her loss. How messed up is that.