My parents are having their 50th wedding anniversary soon and my brother and I planned to do something for them. Some how this has become the celebration that at Chicago. Not only that, but my brother and his wife have almost totally cut me out of any of the decisions. It is somehow becoming this fancy big dollar affair which we have no say in but are expected to pay half of.
Well that isn't true. My sister-in-law told me that we didn't have to pay for any of it; that she and my brother were planning to take out a loan to pay for it. We didn't need to worry if we couldn't afford it. When I told this to my husband he became more angry than I have seen him in a long time. The only thing he would say though was "Oh they'll get their money or we'll never here the end of it."
Yesterday I told my husband that I was planning to get a job for the Christmas season so that we wouldn't have to worry about it. To phrase it the way the boys would, "That met with real success, (not!)" He managed to maintain his patients with me, (this is a sore spot with him right now,) and told me that I wouldn't be able to do all that I have on my plate and work too. That he would take care of it.
I don't know what his plan is because when I say I don't under stand how we'll be able to afford it without taking out a loan ourselves (who takes out a loan to pay for a party?) all he'll tell me is that, that is because I don't understand what he is going to do but that I will. Men can be so frustrating at times. The one thing I'm glad of in a way is that I'm not my brother because he is not my husband's favorite person at the moment.
On the other hand he is my brother. I do love him. I hate being the rope in a tug of war game and I most especially hate trying to maintain peace between the two of them.
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Bless your heart sweetie, I will be praying for you. I love you.
It will be my in-laws 50th in January. We are planning a party as well, but it will not be a big fancy thing and there are 3 couples to split the cost so it won't be too bad. We all sat down together and figured out how much each of us could kick in and then we planned our budget around that. If somebody dictated to me how much was going to be spent without checking with me, I'd tell them have fun paying for all that.
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