I firmly believe if one cannot handle a discussion, DON'T start one!! Wouldn't you agree?
We had an interesting phone conversation today with one of my husband's relatives. It started with text messages going back and forth (not initiated by him) and finally the phone rang and the conversation began. J was in one of his more pleasant moods today so he was joking around and trying to keep the conversation light while God and the Bible were being preached to him over thousands of miles. I finally got the phone and announced that it was pointless preaching the virtues of God and religion to an atheist. Well, that didn't go over very well and I was instantly asked how the kids were doing. I then made my second mistake, I told her.
After discussing them and the hows, whys, wheres and whats about their new school, she said "Oh so this means you guys are really settling there and have no wish to come here."
Hmm, so I told her that yes we were settled here (we live here FFS) and that we don't really think about going anywhere since the whole "immigrate to the US" didn't work out (long story). So she THEN implied that WE were responsible for it not working out. Yeah right, WE'RE the ones who hired the lawyer there, were supposed to send the approved documents across and handle all the details THERE. Not them who promised that all we had to do was submit a few required documents and then sit tight, which we did... for THREE frickin YEARS.
I don't think she liked when I politely mentioned that we were still waiting the approved documents she was supposed to send us a year back. She got all snotty and said something which sounded like "that's not true, the fault is not ours." Then she said well I don't want to talk about this, I don't see the point. Well, next time don't bring it up lady. I have NO problems not discussing years of deceit and crap with the people who dished it out to us, what I do have a problem with is them constantly mentioning stuff which they have no business mentioning, and then become pains in the asses about it.
But I cannot really blame them... it's In-lawism, no cure yet and no available island with all communication cut off to send them to.
We had an interesting phone conversation today with one of my husband's relatives. It started with text messages going back and forth (not initiated by him) and finally the phone rang and the conversation began. J was in one of his more pleasant moods today so he was joking around and trying to keep the conversation light while God and the Bible were being preached to him over thousands of miles. I finally got the phone and announced that it was pointless preaching the virtues of God and religion to an atheist. Well, that didn't go over very well and I was instantly asked how the kids were doing. I then made my second mistake, I told her.
After discussing them and the hows, whys, wheres and whats about their new school, she said "Oh so this means you guys are really settling there and have no wish to come here."
Hmm, so I told her that yes we were settled here (we live here FFS) and that we don't really think about going anywhere since the whole "immigrate to the US" didn't work out (long story). So she THEN implied that WE were responsible for it not working out. Yeah right, WE'RE the ones who hired the lawyer there, were supposed to send the approved documents across and handle all the details THERE. Not them who promised that all we had to do was submit a few required documents and then sit tight, which we did... for THREE frickin YEARS.
I don't think she liked when I politely mentioned that we were still waiting the approved documents she was supposed to send us a year back. She got all snotty and said something which sounded like "that's not true, the fault is not ours." Then she said well I don't want to talk about this, I don't see the point. Well, next time don't bring it up lady. I have NO problems not discussing years of deceit and crap with the people who dished it out to us, what I do have a problem with is them constantly mentioning stuff which they have no business mentioning, and then become pains in the asses about it.
But I cannot really blame them... it's In-lawism, no cure yet and no available island with all communication cut off to send them to.
