Reply #13: I could host dinner on Christmas day [View All]

[Love Bug]

But I can guarantee my daughter won't show up if my sister is there and my sister won't show up if my daughter is there. I think what I'll do is "respect" my sisters wish to spend Christmas alone with her man and host dinner for my daughter and her family and make the best of it.

Yeah, I don't understand why they can't just be "together" on Christmas morning. I know how if feels when you're in a new relationship and want to spend all of your time together, but you can't go around acting as if other people's feelings don't count. The one person I'm really concerned for in all this is the man's daughter. Her mother is the first wife, who lives in another state. He got custody of her this summer because the mother was caught giving kids alcohol (!). The poor kid, after getting used to wife #2 and a new school for a short time, has now been uprooted again to move here. She and I have talked quite a bit (she is now friends with my grandson, who is the same age) and she is a sweet and smart kid, but mighty confused. She is the one who is going to suffer for this in the end.

BTW-- I forgot to mention, they are moving into a townhouse ACROSS THE STREET from my daughter's place. More, fun, eh?