Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I believe I will have the above quote printed up and pasted
in a prominent part of my house where our son-in-law can
see it.
He'll think it's quaint, if he thinks of anything at all. He'll probably
laugh, too, since you went to the trouble of printing it out just for
him.
Quoted message said:He seems to think that family dinner invitations allow him
to bail at the last minute to go do something as urgent as
go to the bars or the movies with his pals. This means, I
have to remove a place setting, which is not that big a
deal, but I usually remove the place setting Very Loudly,
b/c it p*sses me off. I'm giving some serious thought to
telling him, "Oh, btw, I am just going to assume from now
on that you're not coming to dinner with Jen and the girls
unless you telephone me otherwise."
What would your daughter think? She'd probably be more annoyed at you
than at him for bailing. (Or -- at least -- MY SIL would be at their
mother.)
The Ranger
PS: I like your point but that's because I show up when I RSVP yes.