Sort of a spin off of my other thread-LOL!
Anyway, I was raised that when you go to someone's house for dinner/whatnot, you bring something. That is proper etiquette on your part. In turn, proper etiquette on their part is to actually put out what you brought.
So, Cheapo SIL has a bar-b-q. Her son (not the one told to bring beer for 16 people-her other one), comes with his family (his wife and 2 children-her only grandchildren). They had just been strawberry picking and brought a ton of strawberries.
So, time for dessert comes and Cheapo is bringing things out-but, not the strawberries. I go to help Cheapo and while helping ask "is there anything else to bring out?". Cheapo says "no-i am not putting those strawberries out, I am tired and dont want to deal with washing them, cleaning them, etc." I tell Cheapo's DIL this when she asks where they are because her daughter, Cheapo's granddaughter had wanted some.. Cheapo's son hears this and says "oh-well-I will just go in the house and wash and clean them if she is too tired and bring some out".
He brings out a small plate of strawberries and puts them down for his daughter to eat (again Cheapo's granddaughter). A little while later, Cheapo comes stomping out of the house, comes right up to her granddaughter, snatches the plate right out from under her-all the while yelling "I said I wasn't putting the strawberries out G------it!" and then stomps off into the house with the plate.
Crazy or a normal family bar-b-q scene?
(It comes out later that she didn't want to put the strawberries out because the next day her mah jong group was coming over and she wanted to put them out for them)
Anyway, I was raised that when you go to someone's house for dinner/whatnot, you bring something. That is proper etiquette on your part. In turn, proper etiquette on their part is to actually put out what you brought.
So, Cheapo SIL has a bar-b-q. Her son (not the one told to bring beer for 16 people-her other one), comes with his family (his wife and 2 children-her only grandchildren). They had just been strawberry picking and brought a ton of strawberries.
So, time for dessert comes and Cheapo is bringing things out-but, not the strawberries. I go to help Cheapo and while helping ask "is there anything else to bring out?". Cheapo says "no-i am not putting those strawberries out, I am tired and dont want to deal with washing them, cleaning them, etc." I tell Cheapo's DIL this when she asks where they are because her daughter, Cheapo's granddaughter had wanted some.. Cheapo's son hears this and says "oh-well-I will just go in the house and wash and clean them if she is too tired and bring some out".
He brings out a small plate of strawberries and puts them down for his daughter to eat (again Cheapo's granddaughter). A little while later, Cheapo comes stomping out of the house, comes right up to her granddaughter, snatches the plate right out from under her-all the while yelling "I said I wasn't putting the strawberries out G------it!" and then stomps off into the house with the plate.
Crazy or a normal family bar-b-q scene?
(It comes out later that she didn't want to put the strawberries out because the next day her mah jong group was coming over and she wanted to put them out for them)
