I changed my mind, I want to vent. First, a disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: If you are one of the parties involved and you feel offended by my opinion, I do not apologize. Do not bring up anything I write here. Although this is a public weblog, it is a private forum. This weblog is my way of venting and expressing myself. I do not in anyway mean to create rifts. But I do want my opinion known and I do want to know what others who are uninvolved think.
Bottom line: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
Yeah, that should do it.
My husband’s sister (let’s call her SIL [sister-in-law]) decided to have a party on the very weekend her parents would be out of town. The party was to be held at the house in which she rents a room. When the e-invites went out sometime after Halloween, the party was revealed as a birthday celebration for her.
For whatever reason, the owner of the house decided that she didn’t want a party at her house, so SIL had to either cancel the party or move it. She talked it over with her mother, who offered her house (even though she would be out of town and WE were going to be housesitting), if it was okay with my husband (since WE were going to be housesitting). When my mother-in-law talked to my husband, she mentioned that SIL would probably talk to him about it.
Wednesday of this week, I (along with all the rest invited by e-invite) get an email saying that the party has been moved to her parents’ house. Am I surprised? Well, yes. And can I say slightly ANNOYED?!
So let’s recap. The husband and I are housesitting for his parents. His sister is going to have a party in the middle of our housesitting time here at the house we are housesitting.
Does that make sense?
I guess this is where I vent.
First off, I do not at all mind housesitting for my in-laws. This house is closer to my work and my dogs get to socialize with other dogs. Always a good thing. And it’s the very least we can do for my in-laws, who have been a tremendous support in our lives. So what they do with their house is not up to me or my husband.
Second, I understand that my husband is not going to say no to his mother. If she wants to offer her house to her daughter, cool with him. He gives up responsibility to the house for Saturday night.
What I do not understand is:
1) why schedule a party knowing her parents are going to be out of town and the party is for her birthday?
2) why can’t she have the party at her own place or at someone else’s place?
3) why avoid her brother after the updated e-invite has been sent out? Shouldn’t she coodinate with him on the details for Saturday?
4) why am I the only one in this family who thinks it’s a bunch of crap that she’s not the one who’s housesitting? Wouldn’t that make sense? She has a party, she can housesit.
Of course, being the person that I am, I will not bring this up to her or her parents. As I said, her parents can do as they please. I did bring it up with the husband and we had a “lively” discussion about it. Bottom line for him is that you just have to do things for family. Even if it doesn’t make sense.
READ ME – a disclaimer better said…
[note: I did write this post AFTER the previous post, but it shows before the post because I’m weird like that.]
