sil is graduating from her masters program in a couple of weeks. she's been bugging ch to attend her convocation ceremonies in spokane.
right off the get go, i was put off. i mean, really...why should we pay over $1200 for a weekend? and i sat through my convocation and was bored DUMB, so why would i want to sit through another one? i'd only know her and it would be her 5 seconds across the stage and then it would be back to test screen for me.
nothing about the weekend appealed: the price, the company, the distance, the reason. nothing. ch has been bothered by her quite a bit to make a decision and i just have told him point blank that he can go and i'll HAPPILY stay here. he wont budge tho. he says that he wont go anywhere if i'm not there.
it seems lately that he's pulling that trick card out of his back pocket, the i'm-not-going-if-you're-not bullshit. you should have seen him back in the day...he'd go and do as he pleased, but it seems in the last few years he's regressed or something and clings to me unnecessarily. i've noticed it the most when summer rolls around and the inlaws are pestering us to go to the laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake and visit them and i will tell him to go and he will stomp his feet and give me the line. in fact, any time we deal with his family that line comes out. it's getting aggravating that he wont see or visit with them unless i'm there.
it's no less enjoyable for me either. christ, whenever i'm there, the fil decides it's a prime time to question me and grill me and tracyyyyyyyyyyyyy me to death about things. his last grilling session was about getting rid of my cats. highly inappropriate. the next one will be about the water softener that he absolutely insists we have in our home. we've fucking lived 7yrs here without it and i think we can go another 7 or 70 yrs lacking soft water. but now that is his latest obsession, which i'm sure will fill another post.
so this grad is coming up. ch has said that he wont go unless i do, and i know my stance, so i guess we're not going. i've told him to tell the sil outright but i think when it comes to upsetting the delicate balance of the family, ch will often pad the landing. i'm sure she will be disappointed that he isnt there. she could care less if i go. probably prefers i stay at home, and trust me, i would do so happily so i wouldnt have to listen to how wonderful she was from her parents all weekend long. oh and dont think for a second that the tracyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ing is geographically restrictive either. it aint.
ch has said that we will "just" take her for a dinner to celebrate instead. i've said PASHAW on that one. ch GAVE, not loaned, her $2500 for school. to me that is a gift enough. he will never see that money. she should consider it a gift.
i'm happy that my streak of not seeing any of the family has carried on for a month or more...i dont want to jinx it by saying it out loud.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
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sil is graduating from her masters program in a couple of weeks. she's been bugging ch to attend her convocation ceremonies in spokane.
right off the get go, i was put off. i mean, really...why should we pay over $1200 for a weekend? and i sat through my convocation and was bored DUMB, so why would i want to sit through another one? i'd only know her and it would be her 5 seconds across the stage and then it would be back to test screen for me.
nothing about the weekend appealed: the price, the company, the distance, the reason. nothing. ch has been bothered by her quite a bit to make a decision and i just have told him point blank that he can go and i'll HAPPILY stay here. he wont budge tho. he says that he wont go anywhere if i'm not there.
it seems lately that he's pulling that trick card out of his back pocket, the i'm-not-going-if-you're-not bullshit. you should have seen him back in the day...he'd go and do as he pleased, but it seems in the last few years he's regressed or something and clings to me unnecessarily. i've noticed it the most when summer rolls around and the inlaws are pestering us to go to the laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake and visit them and i will tell him to go and he will stomp his feet and give me the line. in fact, any time we deal with his family that line comes out. it's getting aggravating that he wont see or visit with them unless i'm there.
it's no less enjoyable for me either. christ, whenever i'm there, the fil decides it's a prime time to question me and grill me and tracyyyyyyyyyyyyy me to death about things. his last grilling session was about getting rid of my cats. highly inappropriate. the next one will be about the water softener that he absolutely insists we have in our home. we've fucking lived 7yrs here without it and i think we can go another 7 or 70 yrs lacking soft water. but now that is his latest obsession, which i'm sure will fill another post.
so this grad is coming up. ch has said that he wont go unless i do, and i know my stance, so i guess we're not going. i've told him to tell the sil outright but i think when it comes to upsetting the delicate balance of the family, ch will often pad the landing. i'm sure she will be disappointed that he isnt there. she could care less if i go. probably prefers i stay at home, and trust me, i would do so happily so i wouldnt have to listen to how wonderful she was from her parents all weekend long. oh and dont think for a second that the tracyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ing is geographically restrictive either. it aint.
ch has said that we will "just" take her for a dinner to celebrate instead. i've said PASHAW on that one. ch GAVE, not loaned, her $2500 for school. to me that is a gift enough. he will never see that money. she should consider it a gift.
i'm happy that my streak of not seeing any of the family has carried on for a month or more...i dont want to jinx it by saying it out loud.
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