My mum is 97 next month and having a party, which I’ll be travelling down for even though she tries to start an argument with me every time we speak. However, A won’t be going – which means that B, C and D can’t be there either, because A isn’t on speaking terms with E or F. A used to be shunning G as well but he seems to have been forgiven for whatever the offence was that caused him to join the others in Coventry.
H isn’t on speaking terms with F or B, so she’ll not be attending even though B is going to be absent as well. H is angry with F because A wouldn’t let H’s mum attend F’s father’s funeral, for which she blames F even though it really wasn’t her fault. G will probably not talk to me, because he rarely does, and he’ll be snarky with F – as he has been ever since their divorce. I hope J doesn’t turn up, because since K stopped speaking to L and M, he seems to have cut me off. I’ve not had so much as a text from him since last year.
N and O will be at the party, although they might not stay for long because my mum and O don’t get on. Their son P rarely leaves the house and will almost certainly not turn up. When L and M had their wedding party, O was in such a foul mood with N that it was a relief when they left. When I remonstrated with my mum over the fact that she unfairly criticises mild-mannered N while allowing G to bully her, she accused me of thinking I was God.
F has made the arrangements for the day. I expect she’s been trying to reconcile everybody so that the party is a special one, but there’s no chance of that happening. 10 out of 10 to her for effort, though.
I’d probably stay over afterwards with L & M, but their house isn’t suitable for somebody that needs to get up 2 or 3 times a night so I’ll spending Saturday night in a cheap hotel in Carlisle, relieved that it’s all over and looking forward to arriving home. It might take me a week or two to recover, mind.
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