The In-Laws
They are my former in-laws now…and they came to visit a couple of Sundays back.
It was really good to see them. The last time I saw them was in my mostly empty new flat back in January of 2010. Since that time, we’ve exchanged greeting cards for birthdays, holidays and their anniversary. My father-in-law was diagnosed late last year with aggressive prostate cancer (which is now in remission) and I was really happy that MIL kept me up-to-date with what was going on.
In any event, they stopped by, examined the new house and proclaimed it to be like ‘a dream come true’ for me and we sat and drank tea and ate cake and got caught up with all kinds of things. Including the fact that I’m now divorced from their son. We talked very briefly about that and then went on to other things. No point in beating a dead horse.
In a way, their visit was kind of sad. It brought home the realisation that my niece and nephew (the ex’s brother’s kids) have grown up a lot since I last saw them and I most likely will never see them again. I don’t even know if I’ll ever see these two again, but I’m not going to worry about that.
We hugged and kissed good-bye with the promise to ‘keep in touch’, which I expect we will do through greeting cards once more. I’m satisfied with that. Must make a note in my diary – their 50th wedding anniversary is coming up in January – that’s worth sending them a card.
13/10/2011 at 9:00 pm
did they tell you anything about the (H)ex?