It's cool here and gray and the forecast is for showers. Tomorrow will be a total wash out. We have my niece's 16 year old twins here for the weekend. The kids want to see the Harvard campus and we planned to go the beach and do fun stuff but the weather precluded that. Anyway, our friend's outdoor bbq is now an indoor party and it will be all middle aged people. . It wouldn't be fun for the kids. Hubby took them into Cambridge to wander around Harvard Yard and then they are going to Quincy Market . We'll do a movie and the mall tomorrow. Maybe the Museum of Science. I was debating about going to the party but changed my mind right before I got a call from a friend. Good decision on my part! She's rip roaring mad but still going to the party. There will be a scene of some sort. Would you be upset if either if these two things happened to you? The hostess called our friend and asked her to please refrain from making negative comments about the food. She told her if you don't want to eat something just don't eat it. No one cares why. She said that because our friend is 60 and has the body of a 30 year old supermodel. She works very hard at maintaining. She also eats a very restricted diet. Very little protein, lots of veggies. So, she is constantly hungry. Which she doesn't admit to but she talks about food, in one way or another ALL the time. She has a bad habit of making comments about what others are eating. As she sits with her salad and black tea; she will make comments like. "If I ate that chicken, I'd have to do two hours on my treadmill" or " I'm eating salad today because my pants are getting tight, I' ve been eating like a pig all week" or "if I ate that cake, I'd gain 10lbs". She hasn't gained weight in decades and her size 2 pants are not tight. She keeps at it, never stops. I understand it's her way of compensating because she hungry and feels deprived and wants to eat but won't let herself. But others are losing their patience. And she was also told NOT to say grace. That's something else she does that annoys the heck out of people. She announces that she's saying grace and it would be fine if she just said grace. She gives a mini sermon! She goes on and on and on, until someone (usually my husband) steps in and stops her. She's done it at dinners, showers, weddings. We have talked about this, I have been honest with her and she always says she understands and she'll "watch" herself. So, she's aware of both issues. Right or wrong she's ripping mad abuout the "request" but she's still going to the party. I told her that she really shouldn't go in her state but I think she wants to go just to cause trouble. Glad I won't be there. She is a friend, we all have our "isssues" but this will cause all sorts of problems for our group this summer. I just know it.
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