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DH thinks he is subtle but I don't fall for it...more from the MIL front..sigh

hangingbyathread6's picture

So my BD15 has her very first school choir concert. She joined choir this year after I convinced her that she needed to broaden her horizons a bit and she is actually quite a good little singer and she loves to sing. The concert is tonight. Been looking forward to it for weeks. Then, DH kinda drops a bomb on me....

DH: Hanging, my mom wants to go to BD15's concert tomorrow night.
ME: blank look, slight shrug of shoulders and non committal nod (while my head is thinking, whatever, who gives a rip, she can do whatever she wants...oh no...that doesn't mean WITH us does it???)
DH: Is that alright?
ME: yeah, I mean why wouldn't it be? She can go if she wants to. (OMG OMG I think he is meaning she is coming WITH us!!! NOOOOO!!!! How am I going to get out of this one without looking like an asshole because you know, poor MIL is really having a tough time. Last week it was the 30th anniversary of my DH's father's death, and then of course we lost SIL just a month and a half ago)
DH: okay, you just seemed a little funny.
ME: (don't remember what I said but it was a quick change of subject)

The bright side is MY mother is coming to the concert...I'm hoping she stops by my home on the way, then I could go with HER and DH can pick up his mother and drive her. Although most likely she will drive herself. That way she can show up, stay for five minutes until it is noticed she IS THERE and then leave. Just like she did at all three hockey games this weekend.

Already talked to my mom, we're stopping for drinks after the concert and to chat.

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hangingbyathread6's picture

I'm very lucky in that respect, but newly so. My father retired a year ago and him and my mother moved to our cottage in retirement so now she's only 20 miles away instead of 100 which was still not too terribly bad in comparison to some, but hard to get together with five kids. I'm loving having my mother close by (and my dad too, especially now with his health problems).