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MaryJanine · 70-79, F
My sister-in-law can't have that because of the medicines she's on and she's crabbing about that. I told my brother to buy her one of those fancy Welch's grape juice, give her a glass and tell her to close her eyes and pretend.
Brianthesnail · 56-60, M
@MaryJanine did it do the job?
MaryJanine · 70-79, F
Yes and no. Welch's makes two kinds (red and white) grape juice. The red looks like regulation wine, the white (to me) tastes better. He gave her a glass of the red like I suggested, and she crabbed that it didn't TASTE good. I told him, okay, then, she'll have to go WITHOUT. The doctor told her no liquor and a few of the foods he suggested she eat she doesn't like. (She has a heart condition and just had a colostomy a short time ago, and every time she doesn't like something, she brings it up as an excuse. But she doesn't need liquor, either.)
Brianthesnail · 56-60, M
@MaryJanine I am truly sorry for her
MaryJanine · 70-79, F
'Preciate your sympathy, but she can be a PAIN. I am nice to her because she is married to my baby brother, but there are times nothing you do makes her happy. The doctor suggested (and I have to agree) that medicine can alter the taste of things you eat or drink, and even something you loved before surgery and medicine can "turn" on you. She is thirteen years my junior, and if she would stop smoking (she's like a chimney)maybe the medicine wouldn't be necessary. Oh, well...such is the life of a elf.
Brianthesnail · 56-60, M
@MaryJanine elf?
Well. If it's any help, I used to smoke 20 a day for close to 20 yrs. I quit on maybe the eleventh try - thanks to yoga. And I haven't smoked in18 yrs.
Now, if I would have to give up wine. . . . .I do t believe I could
Well. If it's any help, I used to smoke 20 a day for close to 20 yrs. I quit on maybe the eleventh try - thanks to yoga. And I haven't smoked in18 yrs.
Now, if I would have to give up wine. . . . .I do t believe I could
MaryJanine · 70-79, F
Yes, elf..it's better than saying "nosy sister-in-law". There are times when my brother is on the phone (not only with me,either) and she's yelling something in the background...whether or not it's relating to the subject.
I'm glad yoga worked for you on smoking. Her doctor has recommended that she quit and my brother and her son have both tried to get her to stop(I stay out of the discussion because both my parents were heavy smokers until their hearts were suffering because of all that nicotine and they each ended up in the hospital for different reasons and different times). Anyway, the landlord has gotten after her for not keeping the blinds clean from all that puffing - more than once - and I am embarrassed for my nephew when he has smoking friends over and she cadges a couple off THEM! Not politely, either...she asks outright and never offers to return the favor. She tried the patches after the times she was in the hospital (twice) and then when she finished, she figured it was "too expensive" to go that route. I'm glad I never took it up, and neither of my brothers did. I would see my older stepsister with an occasional one after she got married, and then when she was pregnant, she stopped, too.
We all have our vices. Mine is Diet Coke - and my other brother says it's "too expensive" and he doesn't like the taste. Well, I pay for it, not him.
Enjoy your wine, my friend...and have a good holiday weekend.
I'm glad yoga worked for you on smoking. Her doctor has recommended that she quit and my brother and her son have both tried to get her to stop(I stay out of the discussion because both my parents were heavy smokers until their hearts were suffering because of all that nicotine and they each ended up in the hospital for different reasons and different times). Anyway, the landlord has gotten after her for not keeping the blinds clean from all that puffing - more than once - and I am embarrassed for my nephew when he has smoking friends over and she cadges a couple off THEM! Not politely, either...she asks outright and never offers to return the favor. She tried the patches after the times she was in the hospital (twice) and then when she finished, she figured it was "too expensive" to go that route. I'm glad I never took it up, and neither of my brothers did. I would see my older stepsister with an occasional one after she got married, and then when she was pregnant, she stopped, too.
We all have our vices. Mine is Diet Coke - and my other brother says it's "too expensive" and he doesn't like the taste. Well, I pay for it, not him.
Enjoy your wine, my friend...and have a good holiday weekend.