Dave Smith wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:44:45 -0500, "jmcquown" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Then later when it was time to clear the table and wash dishes <G>
>>> That's when she wanted help.
>>
>> That's the alternative, but future family members should never park
>> their butts on the couch and act like a guest before or after dinner.
>> Pitch in and help until shooed off and don't act stupid on purpose.
>
>
> It looks like my son is getting pretty serious with his latest girl. She
> will be coming down for the weekend with him for the third time in two
> months. She is always asking to help. How different she is from one of
> my sisters in law who never helped my mother with dinner and cleanup
> before are after she married my brother. Hell, she took her mother and a
> visiting aunt to visit my parents a few days after my mother got home
> from the hospital with a knee replacement. She suggested that her mother
> and aunt would like a cup of tea and never offered to help, leaving my
> mother to hobble into the kitchen on crutches.

Even when I am a true guest, and not a family member, I have a hard time
being waited on. I pitch in in any capacity that I'm allowed to
participate in.

Your mom on crutches and trying to wait on me? Not on my watch. If
anything, it's likely I would have made dinner at home and brought a
bunch of it over.

Bob