Alex

Married to a Stranger
2011-11-27 23:02:22 (UTC)

The In-Laws

We met Jessica's parents and step-parents Sunday for lunch. That was the longest two hours of my life. Quite honestly, I can understand now why Jessica did what she did.

Her step-dad is the only "reasonable" adult in the bunch. Lunch bounced between three topics: (1) Jessica is an idiot for running away to get married, (2) I'm a cradle robber for marrying someone almost twenty-three years younger, and (3) Jessica had to come back home. When one was exhausted they moved on to the next. Then they started over once the last item was used up. By the end of lunch Jessica was in tears. I'm thinking the odds of her spending time with her family at Christmas are zero.

She did not give them her new cellphone number or home information. Instead she told them they could call her old cellphone, which she would keep for just that purpose. Plus they have her email address.

What bothers me is that she has been gone now for three weeks, and they never once went to her school. If I were in their shoes, I would have shown up at school that first day and demanded what the heck was going on.




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