Dissed at Christmas dinner. What would you have done? (wife, father, husband)
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This thread has been entertaining for sure, but what a waste of time for people hoping to provide actual advice. Critical details were lacking for literally days and pages of posts. As I said about 600+ posts ago, "not that big of a deal."
There is no advice to be given the dear Taco Belle was just following her father's directive. It sounds as if the OP needs to have a discussion with her hubby. They need to communicate.
there's a big difference though, in the USA, they'll let the dysfunction enact in your face within context of a group setting. example, the lewd fat drunk uncle tickling young girls, the daughter in law with a obvious big frown in the middle of dinner, the goth son with black lipstick. american culture shows in holidays when the culture is so about disrespect, about "schoolin you", about "how much better i am than you." in europe, though dysfunction exists (it's universal), they will do their best to at the very least try to show it doesn't exist and enact fake politeness, with cheek kisses so as to not ruin it for everyone.
another big difference between americans and europeans is there is often general consensus against american attitudes and behaviors. americans on the otherhand tend to worship the old country as if that's part of their cultureless heritage.
And you have spent how much time here, and which area? The US is HUGE. We have different cultures, subcultures, and outlooks in the north, south, west coast, east coast, Hawaii, Alaska......
Do you have any idea how different those areas are? Obviously you don't, because your post was downright funny!
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What are you doing? Please don't mention the dreaded and despised Mword.
Holy ____ on a shingle, what was I even thinking? Don't blame me - I'm nothing but a clueless American. And I eat ham. So I can hardly help myself.
The really weird thing about Europe is this, speaking of ironies and meat: Thanks to my stint of living across the pond, now I can't give blood, and you know why? Because I might have gotten mad cow disease from the beef I might have eaten while living there. How weird is that?
My head hurts. Feels like it has holes in it or something.
There is no advice to be given the dear Taco Belle was just following her father's directive. It sounds as if the OP needs to have a discussion with her hubby. They need to communicate.
My mind is fried. At least this thread has been such a ham.
Whoa. I didn't see that detail, and I've been paying attention!
How can it be an issue when it was her husband's idea?
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And you have spent how much time here, and which area? The US is HUGE. We have different cultures, subcultures, and outlooks in the north, south, west coast, east coast, Hawaii, Alaska......
Do you have any idea how different those areas are? Obviously you don't, because your post was downright funny!
Right because everyone knows there are no pedophiles in Europe, no one ever frowns at dinner, and adolescent males never wear any weird looking clothes.
Well, maybe people DO do those things in the Land of Europeans, but if they do, it's in secret. And that makes it ever so much better.
Hell, I ain't even had that much schoolin' but even I know that Europeans do everything, even pedophilia, with more panache than Americans.
Did you make the comment about the Taco Bell in front of your husband? Because I wonder why he didn't just say, "I told her to pick something up on the way."
And I thought my parents were bad at communicating.
FWIW, I didn't create any drama at the meal. I made a little comment about the Taco Bell, but said nothing about the seat thing. That's why I came here....to vent! Little did I know this thread would take on a life of its own.
And good thing I didn't make a big deal out of it bc guess what? It was all DH's fault! He's notorious for not providing details. In one of her texts to him, she asked what all we were having for dinner, and guess what his reply was? He said, and I quote, "Ham. Stop & get yourself some fried chicken or something."
And, she did! Lol. Guess she wasn't in the mood for chicken so she made a run for the border . No wonder, considering her dad's descriptive text!!!!
Oh boy.
This wasn't your husband's fault! You're the one who thought the worst of the kid and dissed HER all over the Internet.
And you don't even say you're mortified, or sorry, or that you feel bad, or stupid, or WRONG.
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. No wonder, considering her dad's descriptive text!!!!