08-11-2016, 05:18 AM
Yesterday was Day 3 with family. This post will just cover interactions with my brother's wife.
Went to my folk's house to swim with my son, niece, and nephew. Sister-in-law didn't get in the pool. I also brought over The Force Awakens. She saw the movie, and asked what it was rated. I said, "PG-13." She immediately locked down, "I don't want the kids watching that, then." Immediately irritated me. I said, "It's no different than any Marvel movie, they're all PG-13, and you let the kids watch all of those. Didn't you see this movie in the theater?" "Yes, but I don't remember it. I don't want them to watch it." I left it at that, shook my head, and I'm sure the look on my face let her know I thought she was a little nuts. I'm not a fan of their parenting-style. It's rainbows and butterflies. I understand protecting your kids from harm, but they want to shelter them to the point that one day they'll be overwhelmed by the real world. They won't have any coping skills to deal with any negativity or hardship, because they were sheltered from it all.
I digress.
After that interaction, she started to kiss my ass. "How is this, how is that, oh awesome!" It was a total 180 from the prior 2 days, and the first part of the morning. While swimming, she sat on one of the lounge chairs in a way that framed her crotch. Knees-to-chest, feet shoulder-width apart and flat on the chair, knees-together.
Later, after my son's nap, we came back for dinner. My wife was working, but joined us after as we were finishing up. I had been sitting next to my sister-in-law, and my wife sat on the other side. I said something that made my SIL laugh, and she grabbed my arm as she laughed. At that point, my wife started to make comments to take me down-a-notch. To avoid an argument in front of family, I made a comment to shut it down and walked away, seething. That left my wife to talk to my SIL, and my brother came with me. He (correctly) said that she shouldn't talk to me that way, and that she took her comments way too far. He was surprised by it. Of course, after I thought about it later, it makes sense. My wife felt threatened and attacked me.
We're all headed to the zoo today, and then we're going out as couples tonight to dinner and a concert. Report back tomorrow to hear all about it!
Went to my folk's house to swim with my son, niece, and nephew. Sister-in-law didn't get in the pool. I also brought over The Force Awakens. She saw the movie, and asked what it was rated. I said, "PG-13." She immediately locked down, "I don't want the kids watching that, then." Immediately irritated me. I said, "It's no different than any Marvel movie, they're all PG-13, and you let the kids watch all of those. Didn't you see this movie in the theater?" "Yes, but I don't remember it. I don't want them to watch it." I left it at that, shook my head, and I'm sure the look on my face let her know I thought she was a little nuts. I'm not a fan of their parenting-style. It's rainbows and butterflies. I understand protecting your kids from harm, but they want to shelter them to the point that one day they'll be overwhelmed by the real world. They won't have any coping skills to deal with any negativity or hardship, because they were sheltered from it all.
I digress.
After that interaction, she started to kiss my ass. "How is this, how is that, oh awesome!" It was a total 180 from the prior 2 days, and the first part of the morning. While swimming, she sat on one of the lounge chairs in a way that framed her crotch. Knees-to-chest, feet shoulder-width apart and flat on the chair, knees-together.
Later, after my son's nap, we came back for dinner. My wife was working, but joined us after as we were finishing up. I had been sitting next to my sister-in-law, and my wife sat on the other side. I said something that made my SIL laugh, and she grabbed my arm as she laughed. At that point, my wife started to make comments to take me down-a-notch. To avoid an argument in front of family, I made a comment to shut it down and walked away, seething. That left my wife to talk to my SIL, and my brother came with me. He (correctly) said that she shouldn't talk to me that way, and that she took her comments way too far. He was surprised by it. Of course, after I thought about it later, it makes sense. My wife felt threatened and attacked me.
We're all headed to the zoo today, and then we're going out as couples tonight to dinner and a concert. Report back tomorrow to hear all about it!
