My Aunt knew that until fairly recently my Mom drove herself to the bowling alley. It was all city streets and no big deal. This past year her teammate Gladys drove her. She would give her gas money or pay for a game etc, because my Mom is considerate like that. My Aunt decided that since she could not get Mom to drive her she would annex Gladys and have her drive. So far she had not been able to get to Gladys because she did not have her number and we were not giving it to her.
Problem #1 These ladies are all in their Eighties and are not in the best of health. Problem #2 My Mom & Gladys live one block from each other and the bowling alley was a fairly easy trip. Problem #3 My Aunt is never satisfied!
While out at the local bank with Aunt Mary we saw Gladys. My Aunt immediately latched on to her and let her know the plan about lunching together. Poor innocent Gladys did not realize what was going on and agreed to drive. On Wednesday August 12, 2009 they went to lunch. Did you hear the sonic boom? It was really My Aunt, my Mom & Gladys!
Gladys picked everyone up and drove them to a local family restaurant. Aunt Mary ordered pancakes. They turned out to be two big fluffy pancakes. My Aunt said she could not eat that because it was too big. They suggested she eat some of it. She then played with her food, messed around and complained. My Aunt did not take her hearing aid so every single thing said had to be repeated at least once if not twice. It drives my Mom crazy that Aunt Mary will not wear her hearing aid. My Aunt yells which is stupid because she is the only one who is deaf, we hear just fine. My Mom & Gladys were eating fish, so Aunt Mary decides to get a Catfish sandwich. She wanted fish, but she did not want to get the same kind of fish they were eating. The Catfish sandwich shows up at the table and it is, "Too Big. I cannot eat all this, Waah Waah". My Aunt Complained the entire time! Somewhere along the line they read that this was "Not a Take-Out restaurant". So they assumed they could not take their leftovers home. OYE!! I am sure they would have figured it out if my Aunt was not driving them slowly insane. At the end of it all Aunt Mary did pay for everyone's food like she said she would.
My Mom called me Wednesday evening to tell me this story and said that she was more tired being in Aunt Mary's presence than bowling 3 tough games.
Just to make this better, my Aunt calls me the next day to chat. That worried me, but I listened. My Aunt fussed and said, "She drove where she wanted to drive and ate where she wanted to eat and that Gladys sure is a talker, but my Mom was okay." I was totally shocked. I should not have been. My Aunt has proven time and time again that she is the most self-centered person on Earth. I just do not see how you can be mad that the person driving...drove. She had no idea where an iHop was and even if Gladys did, my Aunt still would have complained about the pancakes. Then my Aunt had the nerve to tell me not to tell my Mother what she said. So I waited 2 hours to calm down and then called my Mom. My Mom was flabbergasted. She said that Gladys was super patient with Aunt Mary. That she repeated what she said because my Aunt could not hear. That Gladys was what kept my Mom from going off on Aunt Mary right there in the restaurant.
This is yet another reason I do not go out of my way to take my Aunt any place. She would only complain about the experience in some way. There is always a "but" with my Aunt.
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