I lied to Mom and Mom-in-Law

[mount_oregano]

True story. Almost 25 years ago, when my now-husband and I were planning our wedding, we thought it would be good if our parents met ahead of time. We invited them to come to our home for dinner.

I knew my parents and my future in-laws well. The men would do whatever their wives told them to do — but the women had very different ideas about punctuality. So I told my mother to come at 6:30 p.m., and I told my future mother-in-law to come at 4:30 p.m.

Everyone arrived, as expected, at 5:30 on the dot.

Comments

[cmcmck]

:o)

We both admit to being punctuality freaks but many of our friends are not!

[mount_oregano]

Sometimes I have to plan to be late to accommodate my friends.

[larryhammer]

Heh heh heh.

[zirconium]

Brilliant!