On 2019-07-19 12:19 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/18/2019 9:25 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-07-18 3:15 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> Â*I don't like going out for Mexican food with her because she ruins
>>> the chips.
>>
>> Oh you poor girl. If only there was some way to avoid that.
>> Suggestions anyone????
>
> I'll chime in.Â* Order separate chips.Â* Anytime I've ever been to a
> Mexican restaurant the basket of tortilla chips is complimentary.Â* They
> drop it on the table before even giving you the menu.Â* I'm sure they'd
> be happy to give Julie's mom a separate basket of chips to salt.

Good idea, but I am sure that Bove will find a reason that won't work.
I might have suggested taking some before they are salted, or giving the
alleged mother some and letting her salt them to her heart's content.
However, I imagine there would be problems with that suggestion too.

>
> She should really be happy her mother is still alive and able to go out
> to eat with her.Â* She posts about her as if spending any time with her
> is a bother.Â* That's disturbing.

Given her stories about her daughter's behaviour in restaurants, the
mess she makes in the kitchen and refuses to clean up, and how she and
the luckily exhusband don't like anything, I don't think she would miss her.