@LTT1 wrote:
@Effie54 @on the bay @haddon9 @Bookplate @Shelbelle
No, it wasn't fun...but I've learned my lesson!
This group I joined because my DD invited me.
I didn't want to embrace her in front of her friends, but I did go sit in the car until she paid our bill and joined me outside!
I can eat the "cream cheese wontons" (of course they are fried and nothing particularly nutritional about them.
Next time DD and I agreed that we would order just the won tons ...at least I will.
DD used to roll her eyes at me when I would tell her I couldn't at certain things. Now I guess she believes me! In fact, she too me he felt nauseous after eating her order last night too!
[imo...this restaurant is having trouble staying in business. I think competition and lots of food spoilage are important problems hindering restaurants these days. I have had a couple of bad experiences with this restaurant's food in the past which is too bad because when I first moved here I purchased their salmon sushi at least once per week
but stopped because when I picked up my order it was room temperature and not chilled.]
"DD used to roll her eyes at me when I would tell her I couldn't at certain things." Don't you find it annoying when you tell people something about yourself and you just feel like they don't believe you?
My brother who used to live in the Midwest moved this past year to live closer to me. He's now 10 minutes away. His spouse (he's gay...not that it matters but it does add to the story since his spouse rarely went home to visit family because of this in the Boston area) passed away last year.
So his spouse's family (sister & brother in law) really wanted to do a religious service and burial. So I supported my brother by going up to the Boston area with him last June. My brother's close friend also went and Bob drove 90% of the way there and all the way back. bob likes to drive. My brother is not a confident long distance driver.
Now my brother wants to go up & visit (along with delivering two large tubs of china dishes that his spouse had) to this sister and brother in law in the Boston area.
These people refuse to pay for shipping (it's very expensive but they are not poor...they just moved to an exclusive over 55 and also have a beach house on Cape Cod) and wants to know if I would like to go sometime in early November with him...we were invited!...umm not really!
All I can imagine is a miserable 6+ hour drive there and then we get to spend money by staying in a local hotel for two nights.
I told him that I CANNOT share in the driving. I physically can't drive for more than 1 1/2 hours. Something to do with my sciatic nerve. He probably thinks that I'm making this up and says we can take our time getting there...umm that would take forever and I don't think he's keen on the long drive himself.
So why is he keen on this drive? Because he's a do gooder wanting to please others by delivering the promised china dishes while not realizing it affects me as well.
I can't drive nor do I wish to spend a few hundred dollars if I were to pay my half of going up there...then there is the issue of watching his dog. My husband can do so but one should just not assume..
I also thought at the very least it would have been nice if this sister and brother in law "invited" us to come up during the summer season so we can spend an afternoon on the beach in Cape Cod. It's seems like it's more convenient for them to have us come up after beach & fall foliage season, but before the holidays....anyway this is my perspective!....and I am annoyed!!!
Sorry for this long vent but it's really starting to bug me. Yes I can refuse to go but I really don't want him driving that distance up there himself...Hopefully his friend Bob might be interested in going.
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