Very anxiously awaiting my brother and sister-in-law's arrival with their 3 kids. This is the perfect family, and we all have a huge, long history, which I won't go into cause I'd be typing until tomorrow. Super successful the whole lot of them, and she's the only one I've ever known that could out drink me (not bragging here-it's just in the genes). This is first time they've been up here in years-we usually go their house, and they are huge entertainers. So you get the picture-perfect hosts, perfect family, perfect perfect perfect. Except SIL can be a very mean, tactless, controlling woman, and that's when she's sober . Now, she's on my turf, and at first I'd made all the plans the way I thought she'd want them. Then I realized I had everyone driving all over tarnation just to make it work (logistics are complicated, but it involves my mom's house, my ex-husband's)...My mom doesn't even stay with them anymore when she goes down there cause there's usually a late-night argument.
So, I've changed all the plans, and I told my mom that they're on OUR turf now. They're having dinner here, and I've made the house look as presentable as possible and we've laid in a gallon of white and a gallon of red vino. The rest of the weekend will involve wine tasting per their request, but it will be where we want to take them, and a couple of other changes that makes so much more sense to me and my mom. Please pray for me-the serenity prayer comes to mind. This may sound petty to all of you, but there is no one in my life who I let affect me more than her, and have done so for 25 years now. We've all matured a bit, so it is much better, but still, now it's at my house, so it feels very different. She can be so charming, and so much fun, then turn on you like a snake. You don't even hear the rattle.
So, I've changed all the plans, and I told my mom that they're on OUR turf now. They're having dinner here, and I've made the house look as presentable as possible and we've laid in a gallon of white and a gallon of red vino. The rest of the weekend will involve wine tasting per their request, but it will be where we want to take them, and a couple of other changes that makes so much more sense to me and my mom. Please pray for me-the serenity prayer comes to mind. This may sound petty to all of you, but there is no one in my life who I let affect me more than her, and have done so for 25 years now. We've all matured a bit, so it is much better, but still, now it's at my house, so it feels very different. She can be so charming, and so much fun, then turn on you like a snake. You don't even hear the rattle.
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