OMG!!! I feel thankful to have gotten through my luncheon without tearing my hair out and EXTREMELY grateful for my husband being there to literally remind me to let "it go" when my mother snatched the check out of the waiter's hand while my husband was reaching for it :sour:. Then she refused to allow us to get the tip, holy crap was I about to lose it!!:mask:
We had discussed this before hand and I had told her that we would pick up the check this time since we had not been able to get over for Mother's Day. She and I have epic battles over the check that use to amusing but have gotten to seriously contentious leading me to have numerous conversations with her due to her mini-fits in public and ridiculous displays of "needing to do this" for me, then turning around and complaining about not having enough money to pay bills, :meh:.... ......... .............. ..................
Then...yes, more...I come to find out that the entire time sitting there she was pissed off at our waiter because when we first came in she over-heard him bitching that they seated us early in his station, hence the reason she wanted to under-tip him! Pfffffftttttttt, why not handle it at the beginning of service and request another service fortheloveofcryinginthelake??!!?? but oh no, let's sit ALL through lunch and half listen to everyone pretending to have a good time but bitch about the whole thing at the end of it and all the way home!!!
I'm grateful I was oblivious to her and her mini-snit with the waiter, I'm grateful I thought far enough ahead to ask my husband to go with me, I'm relieved it is over and that I didn't go off on her for being the way she is and will always be. She loves her drama and I can't change that.
