I pride myself on eating everything that's put on my plate. When I was young I didn't do that at all, and so my parents beat me until I did.
So it wounded my pride when I was told by my sister-in-law to throw away the rest of my dinner even though I was showing visible signs I wouldn't make it. And I didn't. Sure, I finished the prime rib. But there were still green beans, Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes I wanted to finish, and I frantically picked at them until my sister started commenting, and then I threw it away. Didn't want to do it because that's wasting food, but (shrug)
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Another thing. I was nursing several drinks during the course of the visit. I had a few glasses of wine, a Cherry Coke, and some water. Oh, and I had a cup of tea, too.
After dessert we walked over to a different room to play board games. I had the cup of tea that I was able to drink, but I thought about all the other drinks I had, namely the water in the red Solo cup and the stemmed glass with the wine that I bought for about $35 that still had, oh, three sips in it. But the game were going to play involved throwing dice, and I didn't want to spill the glass of wine. That glass and cup were going to be just fine on the dining room table.
No, it wasn't. I got up after the game to sip the wine ... and the glass, as well as the cup, was gone. And I saw two glasses in the shape of the wine glass I was using all afternoon and evening next to the sink, empty.
My sister-in-law's mother -- which makes her my ... aunt-in-law? -- probably did the Asian thing and cleaned up even though no one asked her, and even though I wasn't done with that wine.
Dammit, there was, like, three bucks' worth of wine I still wanted to drink.
So it wounded my pride when I was told by my sister-in-law to throw away the rest of my dinner even though I was showing visible signs I wouldn't make it. And I didn't. Sure, I finished the prime rib. But there were still green beans, Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes I wanted to finish, and I frantically picked at them until my sister started commenting, and then I threw it away. Didn't want to do it because that's wasting food, but (shrug)
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Another thing. I was nursing several drinks during the course of the visit. I had a few glasses of wine, a Cherry Coke, and some water. Oh, and I had a cup of tea, too.
After dessert we walked over to a different room to play board games. I had the cup of tea that I was able to drink, but I thought about all the other drinks I had, namely the water in the red Solo cup and the stemmed glass with the wine that I bought for about $35 that still had, oh, three sips in it. But the game were going to play involved throwing dice, and I didn't want to spill the glass of wine. That glass and cup were going to be just fine on the dining room table.
No, it wasn't. I got up after the game to sip the wine ... and the glass, as well as the cup, was gone. And I saw two glasses in the shape of the wine glass I was using all afternoon and evening next to the sink, empty.
My sister-in-law's mother -- which makes her my ... aunt-in-law? -- probably did the Asian thing and cleaned up even though no one asked her, and even though I wasn't done with that wine.
Dammit, there was, like, three bucks' worth of wine I still wanted to drink.
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