Barred From Festivities

Dear O'H dear, Lovely Tea Jenny and The Mini Princesses,

I went to see Mary Doll today. She was telling me that one of my aunties had called to say that she’ll come and visit at the end of the week and they’d also been chatting about their respective Christmas plans.

“They are going to your cousin, Jilly’s, but Jilly’s in-laws still won’t be there. Not since THAT Christmas.”

I was interested! “What Christmas?”

A couple of years ago, Jilly was hosting Christmas for her parents and in-laws. There has always been a bit of friction there. Unfortunately Jilly’s MIL suffers from a severe case of ‘No-one is good enough for my children’ and Jilly has done a lot of tongue biting over the years (for the sake of her equally exasperated husband) to keep the peace.

But Christmas is a time for family and they had a lovely meal with a fair amount of wine. The evening was gently winding down but Jilly’s MIL insisted that they had to open the bottles of wine she had brought and then proceeded to get tucked in.

Which ended up with her vomiting all over the table. And herself.

I can see why they haven’t been invited back!

C

PS To add insult to injury, although she was staying overnight at Jilly’s, she hadn’t brought a change of clothes which meant Jilly had to do a load of washing.