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2004-11-23 - 1:16 p.m. I just got off the phone with my mother who made it crystal clear that Chris is not welcome at their house on Thanksgiving. Because his sisters are married and split the holidays with their spouses’ families, his Thanksgiving is going to be a brief dinner. He knows that I would love for him to be by my side, presented to the various relatives that he hasn’t met, so he volunteered to drive all the way out to Darien Center (a good 40-45 minute drive) and he doesn’t like driving or being in the Lion’s Den (a.k.a. with my family.) I was sure my family wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to examine him more closely for faults, and I’d have my Baby with me. However, my mother suggested that we arrange that Chris meet the relatives (namely my super-cool Uncle Tom) on a different day, away from the house. She didn’t want to promote our relationship as something, “right,” to my siblings, or infer that she was okay with us being a, “couple.” Basically it would look bad to the rest of the family if she just accepted us for what we are and it might seem like she had resigned herself to the fact and given up fighting against the wrongness of us. Wow…I thought they were softening a bit…
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