My weekend... Good for a laugh

[Pooh]

Men need to deal with their FOO issues before proposing marriage. I would run like the wind if a BF was still tied to his mommy. It would only bring misery to be the one blamed for taking him away.

In my situation I feel it was dishonorable for DIL to pretend she liked us, planning all along to make her FOO the main event.

Pen, I have to agree with the girls here.  If my DH had a clinging family, I would have still married him because he is a wonderful person.  Yes, I would have had prior knowledge that his family was going to be hard to deal with, but as long as I saw it was them, and not him....I would marry him in a heartbeat.   You can't pick your family.

[AnonymousDIL]

You can't pick your family.

Which is a bummer, although Pooh would be realted to everyone! lol

[LaurieS]

Actually my dh's family was soooooo traditional, very very straight laced.. my dh was the nut in the family, the bad boy, the everything that I loved.  Besides, people do evolve the family you married into today is probably not going to totally resemble the one that you will see 30 years from now.

[overwhelmed123]

So maybe there is hope yet!!

[AnonymousDIL]

Besides, people do evolve the family you married into today is probably not going to totally resemble the one that you will see 30 years from now.

Very true, a whole bunch of them will be dead in 30 years.... Sorry, couldn't resist lol

[holliberri]

ADil,

Do you take anything seriously? LOL.

[AnonymousDIL]

Yes, Raquetball.... And Vampire Diaries.......

I've always been like my dad, make a joke to lighten the mood. 

I can be serious when I need to be though. 

[Pooh]

Laughter is the best medicine, in my Xanadu world.

[LaurieS]

Are there Klingons there as well?

[Pooh]

There is now!  If I'm going to accept ADIL as my adopted DIL, I have to except the Klingon part of her as well......live long and prosper.

[AnonymousDIL]

Well, those are Vulcan words, but..... "Peace and Long Life."

[Pooh]

Seriously, that's about the extent of my Star Trek knowledge.  Seen all the movies and loved the show growing up...but I don't speak Klingon or Vulcan.  I can say most dirty words in three different languages...does that count?

[holliberri]

Maybe I'm the only one that is confused, but I started a low carb diet yesterday, so I'll stand corrected if I am. I need some clarification on the Klingon thing, b/c well, it's been an hour and I'm still thinking about it.

Did you think "dishonorable" was a good term to use for someone that behaves one way towards a set of parents and then after a wedding immediately behaves another way? Is that what you loved about it? I think it's a good term to use for Pen's situation.

I'm honestly asking b/c I think that sentence could be taken one of two ways, and I do get a tad overanalytical when I'm hungry. I got myself in trouble with the "love" word on here recently, and I'm no trekkie (a star trekkie told me the correct term was trekker once?), so I don't see the analogy. I'd really like feedback, especially b/c "LOVE" tends to be used as a sarcastic punchline around Philly. But, we also say jimmies and "gotta go tap MAC" when we go withdraw cash from an ATM, so maybe it is just me. 

[Pooh]

I must have missed the whole "love" thing. 

I think dishonorable was a very good word for Pen's situation.  I can't claim that my DIL presented herself in a different light while they were dating and engaged.  She has been the same through everything.  But Pen's DIL pretended to be someone she wasn't.

[AnonymousDIL]

Holli, I honestly didn't really analyze it's use by Pen. I'm just a mega-nerd who loves words lol.. some of my other favorites are "indubitably," "avuncular," and "loathesome." I really just think the word "dishonarable" is cool and can't be used very often. lol