Apparently, other than “money”, “Christmas” is the most dangerous discussion that a couple hoping to stay together can embark upon. If they choose to have this conversation whilst in the car park of IKEA, they are well and truly fucked, to the extent that initiating the conversation may be considered inflammatory and grounds for granting custody.
Anyway, Wife and I DID embark on the conversation this week: her half-sister has invited us, and my sister has invited us. On the one hand, I haven’t spent Christmas with my family for the last three years, given that they were in New York. On the other hand, we have never spent Christmas with any of her family (although her parents were divorced very early on in her life and lived entirely separate lives, so it’s not as if we were turning our back on a Rockwell-style offering) and so it could be argued that the time has come.
We haven’t resolved it yet: what IS clear is that we will manage to get to both families on “The Day”, with the handy deployment of the “Drinks” and “The Meal” being taken as two separate events – but we need to get clear pretty swiftly, out of respect for our two hostesses, one of whom is going to have to find a piece of meat that serves somewhere between 16 and 20…
Hmm I’ll avoid commenting on your Christmas post, as it’s too near the knuckle.
I’d like to tell you that I went to a nice ‘Director’s Insight’ evening last, where Deborah Warner talked to about 15 of us after we had seen MC and been given drinks before, during and after… I then went to see MC again this afternoon as it’s closing tonight. I also saw the Alan Bennett chit-chat with Nick this evening which was loads of fun.
Next stop Waste Land and then definitely the Press night for London Assurance, as our Lovely Lady sure looks fetching in breeches…
Oh and I know my username is mis-spelt, ie it’s spelt phonetically if you happen to be Greek.
Are you a member of the NT? I was introduced to so many people last night and ended up wondering if one of them might be you!!
xxx fff xxx
I AM a member of the NT – but I am a long way off being Greek, so your spelling is absolutely fine with me… E.x