That's a perfect example of a "carriage retort" -- if I'd thought of it, I'd have gladly used it, but I didn't, so I had to make do with something else.
Instead, I just made sure that Betty got to come along and sit in the car watching while I brought Alex on a pilgrimage to her grandmother's graveside. Dad came along too, although he wasn't feeling well enough to get out of the car. Still, he saw that it was important enough to me to take time out to visit the gravesite with him, and to bring Alex along, too. Betty got to watch him watching us, and I feel certain that she had absolutely nothing to say during that time. If that was hard for her... tough fucking shit, I meant for it to be hard for her.
I went to the cemetery for me, and to bring Alex to her grandmother's grave, and to have a chance to go there with Dad. I'd have done it without Betty coming along, or without Dad... but having them both there, especially at the same time, was just icing on the cake. It was especially sweet to see the look on her face when I asked Dad when he'd like to arrange it for he and Alex and I to go, and when Betty squawked about him going out "in his condition", we opined that she could come along if she would like to.
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Date: 2006-12-28 02:35 am (UTC)Instead, I just made sure that Betty got to come along and sit in the car watching while I brought Alex on a pilgrimage to her grandmother's graveside. Dad came along too, although he wasn't feeling well enough to get out of the car. Still, he saw that it was important enough to me to take time out to visit the gravesite with him, and to bring Alex along, too. Betty got to watch him watching us, and I feel certain that she had absolutely nothing to say during that time. If that was hard for her... tough fucking shit, I meant for it to be hard for her.
I went to the cemetery for me, and to bring Alex to her grandmother's grave, and to have a chance to go there with Dad. I'd have done it without Betty coming along, or without Dad... but having them both there, especially at the same time, was just icing on the cake. It was especially sweet to see the look on her face when I asked Dad when he'd like to arrange it for he and Alex and I to go, and when Betty squawked about him going out "in his condition", we opined that she could come along if she would like to.