Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Meeting Future Family ~ Part One

LV and I had been courting for a little more than a year when he told me that his Grandma and some of his aunts and cousins were coming to visit and he really wanted me to meet them. Especially his cousin Emma. He was sure we would be great friends if we got to know each other.

I asked Mom and Daddy permission and was happy when they agreed that I could have a day to go spend at LV's home and get to know more of his extended family.

When the day arrived I took special pains in getting ready and found my stomach all turned into knots at the thought of meeting so many strangers and having them form opinions about me. I was hoping that somehow I would be able to make a favorable first impression.

John hitched Fern to our single buggy and gave me a ride to LV's home. As I got off the buggy LV's Mom came out of the house and John drove down the lane. As I walked over the lawn to the house she came to meet me and said "Emma couldn't come after all and it had been because of her that they had invited me." My stomach twisted and I felt like running down the driveway after John and the buggy. "You can still come on in since John has left already." she continued.

I followed her into the house and as I entered the screen door closed a little too fast and caught the back of my shoe neatly removing it from my foot and leaving it on the porch. I was mortified as I quickly retrieved it and tried to slip it on but it seemed my foot had grown several sizes and it wasn't going to go back into that shoe without a fight. By the time I actually got inside the house everyone was looking at me. I wished I could sink through the floor. Thankfully LV came and rescued me and invited me to come upstairs where he and his cousins were playing a game. I was happy to get away from all the curious, amused stares and followed him upstairs in hopes that I would be able to salvage at least a little bit of my dignity.

12 comments:

  1. How awful!My mom's in-laws where like that to her too.

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  2. Oh my this brought back memories as a child when my younger sister and I were invited to a friends home for a birthday party and once we arrived they seated us in a corner and never spoke to us the rest of day...until my older sister came to retrieve us....People can be so mean...

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  3. LOL! At least you made some sort of impression. :-)

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  4. Good description of your nervous moment. I well remember meeting my husband's family. I second-guessed every word I uttered, worried that it didn't come out as I intended.

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  5. I know it wasn't funny at the time but reading this made me laugh out loud.

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  6. I suppose you could say the door hit you on the way in, rather than on the way out.

    Your shoe coming off and needing to put it back on wasn't nearly as your hostess should have been for saying those things to you.

    I look forward to finding out how you fared in subsequent visits.

    Thanks for sharing a good story, as always. I look forward to the rest of it....

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  7. wasn't nearly as embarrassing, is what I meant to say...

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  8. Wow, way to roll out the ol' welcome mat.

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  9. You would treasure these moments if I shared with you MY personal experience with hubby's Mother ... I now find humor.

    Have a great weekend.
    TTFN ~ Hugs, Marydon

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  10. Wow, way to welcome you over!! It is a funny story now though ~ and the shoe...crack me up! In-laws can be so....ummm...special. ;)

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  11. I just love reading your memories.
    I agree with the above comment it seems a sort of harsh welcome :(

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  12. I would have been a nervous wreck! In fact, to this day I get really awkward and nervous in new situations.

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