 Closing Statements
I hope everyone had a very good holiday! To those of you who were going through the same troubles, I am very sorry but thank you for comiserating, and thank you to all of you who gave me your input on how to handle the situation.
We stayed home, the three of us, on Christmas Day. My fiance's mother was needless to say, quite miffed about it. However, when we called to wish everyone a Merry Christmas his sister and I had a long chat (I even cried) about the whole thing. She was VERY understanding and frustrated with her mother for being difficult for no good reason, and said that she is happy I'm marrying her brother.
I understand where everyone who told me that I should go and why I should go was coming from and how not going because of a dog made me look a little nutty and as though I wasn't trying to be part of the family. Sooooo, I invited my future MIL (his father has already passed away) and my future SIL and her husband (and puppy) over for a big happy New Year's Day brunch.
His sister accepted, but his mother graciously turned down the invitation because she has a bridge game. Anyway, I made my peace.
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE! |