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Our Family Dinner Turned Violent

It was Gloriously Immature

Claire Franky

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It began in a civilized manner. Photo by Bohdan on Unsplash

A few years ago, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I visited his family for a long weekend.

This is why marriage is a bad idea.

We were visiting my sister-in-law and her husband. My mother-in-law showed up too.

Because apparently, I’ve been an asshole in a previous life.

When my husband and I arrived, we checked into our hotel.

(Because there was no way in any kind of monkey fucked universe I was staying with those tossers.)

And headed over to my sister-in-law’s house for dinner.

Which is the equivalent of having bamboo shoots shoved under your fingernails.

Upon entering the house, we were greeted with the usual hostility and judgemental looks by my mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Unfortunately, I forgot to get bombed in the car.

As usual, I gave my sister-in-law a bottle of wine. As usual, she opened it, poured herself a glass, and offered me water.

Rhymes with bunt.

As usual, my mother-in-law made comments about my eyeliner being slutty.

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