Trouble in Paradise
doglove
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ECB
How did yesterday go?
Re: ECB
It was o.k. I wish I could paint a realistic picture of his parents.... they are nice people, but they have "succumbed" to being old. his mom convinced herself years ago that she was DH's "old ma" and while she does have many valid health issues, there is also an element of "assumed disability" too.
I just feel like they don't think. There is no natural flow of conversation with them. You can't bring up anything topical because once you do, his dad takes it off on some weird tangent that you end up not even close to where you started. And then the conversation just dies. I tried to bring up the save the date we got for a relatives wedding, thinking that maybe we can talk about that. It lasted literally all of 30 seconds before we were onto something else and then..... nothing.
And their interactions w/ DS. Grrr. Well, I will say that MIL actually made more of an effort than I've seen in a long time to play w/ DS. Which was great. But FIL - he spent 10 minutes staring at our generator and looking at all the specs instead of coming out back to play w/ DS like DS wanted! I'm like "DUDE. What's important here?!?! The f-ing generator or your grandson? Who you whine about not getting to see enough of?!?!?!?!".
We're supposed to spend part of a week in March w/ them at the ocean. I know DH will be on the same page, but when it gets closer, I'm telling him I'm not spending more than 3 days there. 3 hours was PAINFUL. I really can't imagine 3 days.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
A week! Yikes. That does sound very frustrating. Your MIL sounds like my mom. She doesn't really think anymore and just reacts to everyone. Although the only thing she likes to talk about is other people in the family and friends. I hate that we have such a craptastic relationship, but I do not like talking about other people and she never has anything else to say.
At least it's over with .....for now!
Oy. Many lessons learned about what I DON'T want to do when I get older.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10