but we've always had an uneasy truce, based on a mutual agreement that unilateral decisions and putting each other on the spot are bad for us.
So tonight we have our seventh grandchild over to spend the night with our third and fourth. We also had an ice cream social for her and the other kids in the sacramental prep programs, to which the whole family was invited. Afterward, g-ma took the other younger grandkids and their mom home. When she got back to our house at 8, she decided that #7 needed to go to bed due to her waking up extraordinarily early today.
Ok: so why didn't she just take her home then? Of course the girl didn't want to go to bed; she was expecting at least a little more time with her cousins.
A little while later, #5 called about spending the night tomorrow. G-ma answered the phone and listened to her, and instead of supplying our standard reply of, "Let me check and I'll call you back," so that we could each openly discuss our own opinion, she says before handing me the phone, "It's okay with me; here, ask grandpa."
I didn't want this, but I couldn't exactly say so now.
And, dear reader, if you're ever wondering why your marriage partner seems upset, the best way to get them to share it with you probably isn't to ask, "What's your problem?" This is especially true if they're too resigned to the status quo to properly yell at you as you deserve for your lack of respect for their feelings, as evidenced by the insensitive phrasing and tone of your query.
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