Glad to not have a mother-in-law today

My heart goes out to everyone who had to spend Christmas with the in laws - particularly the ones you don't like.

Today I was glad to not have in laws. The last Christmas day I had to spend with my mother-in-law was one for the book of bad Christmases. She didn't even like Christmas, she just wanted people to come over and humor her. The only decoration was lights on her silk ficus tree and the only warmth in her house was the flame from the glittery candles.

Instead of taking me up on my offer to bring a ham, veggies or just about anything, she told me to bring a salad. That's all. Against her wishes, I brought bread too since we can never consume too many carbs on Christmas. The funny thing was, the other three guests brought salad. So salad was all we had to accompany the frozen Stouffer's enchiladas and lasagna she served. For Christmas dinner. Oh, except for the bread I brought (and got scolded for bringing because she doesn't eat bread). The bread basket was empty by the end of the meal.
No judgment on Stouffer's frozen entrees. It's just not what I would choose for Christmas dinner. I guess people needed to fill up on bread and the salad bar to make up for the lack of anything else good to eat.

We could never visit the right length of time for her liking or please her with the right gift. The gift part was always amusing to me since her gift to me typically still had the free "gift with purchase" sticker on it.

Since my ex was getting more and more like his mother, I'm glad to spend my first Christmas as a single girl in a very long time. And it was a white one.

Love to the single girls,
Addison