Posted on 08/29/2011 7:18:08 AM PDT by Jewbacca
Last night, my wife, who is normally a lovely American-born Jewish girl, made me go to dinner with her judgmental, annoying, hyper-orthodox, cousin.
They dissapprove of my Israeli sharp toungue, IAF-inspired language, and occasional lapses in what they consider proper bearing and behavior of Jewish people.
Think: the "Church Lady" from SNL, but Jewish.
Anyway, they made my bride nervous. They make me nervous. I showed up in a seperate car because I had to work Sunday.
Well, my wife is on pins and needles, jumpy and worrisome because, well, they're mean to her, dissaprove of me, disapprove of our daughters, and dissaprove of pretty much everything.
Dinner was, suprisingly, OK. I killed a lovely bottle of kosher meritage over a 4 hour period, remained quiet, cussed only occasionaly (and in Yiddish, and when talking about Obama, which was OK). And, as everyone knows, if you can't say something nice about someone, say it in Yiddish.
After dinner, the in-laws's car would not start, which was discovered after I left with the kids and my wife was about to leave, necessitating "jump," which further discombobulated my wife.
(The in-laws car would not start because, well, they are idiots and left everything electronic on in their car and have a 6 year old battery in said car.)
After the jump was performed, I left with the kids.
Mrs. Jewbacca left at more-or-less the same time, and, because the SUV was parked funny to perform the jump, promptly backed into a poll, doing upwards of $2,500 to the rear end of my new Lexus SUV.
She called.
I told her "no big deal. Happens." I was not remotely mad at her, even though SHE WRECKED MY CAR.
As I was driving home, Jewbacca, Jr., asked me why Mrs. Jewbacca was acting so funny. I told Jr. (very gently)that said inlaws make Mama a little crazy and nervous.
Well, this was repeated by Jr. to mama later when we got home, probably in response to leading and angry questions, designed to get a response to have something to fight about.
And, suddenly, I am told I am a bad father who belittles my wife, and a complete Israeli putz with no manners.
Again, SHE WRECKED MY NEW CAR. And I was cool about it. And yet somehow, this was all my fault.
I should have married that crazy Lebanese chick with large tracts of land. ;-)
Oy vey
That ‘aint’ funny..
“Helen” is a poor example. She was ugly from the get-go. Some Lebanese women are gorgeous.
Blame shifting seems to be a very human thing.
But it is a sign of character is to bear up under false blame for the sake of peace. Blessed are the Peacemakers as someone said.
So, as a fellow male sufferer of female false blame, I salute you!
Backed into a poll ??????????????? S/B Pole
Exhibit A
Whats a JAPS (~Jewish American Princess’) three favorite wines?
1) Hurry up, we are going to be late for dinner
2) I wanna new car
3)
Well bless your heart!
:)
That’s what I was wondering!
LOLOLOL.
You are a love! You are a treasure!
$2500 of car damage later but you’ll never have to see those horrid people again!
When people identify themselves by their religious and/or ethnic background and not as a human being, they should be prepared for conflict!
Jewbacca, all women are like that, not just the JAPpy ones.
Women are from Venus.
Guys respond to conflict by focusing, by and large. Guys first instinct is to push back, almost reflexively.
Women don’t focus, women stress. Your lady was about at maximum stress. I suspect even if she hailed from Tel Aviv, the only difference would have been, she would have spoken Yiddish.
Bad, no-win situation you described there. I agree with the poster who suggested a quick climb-down. Not because you’re wrong - you’re not wrong.
But she needs that.
Q: What's the favorite position of the JAP?
A; Facing Bloomingdale's
Q: Why do JAPS love Chinese food?
A: WON TON spelled backwards is "NOT NOW" Q: Lateset JAP horror film?
A: Debbie Does Dishes
..lol, true.
;-)
Helen was known to be a rocket reflector...
Should have fudged an answer to your little one to avoid the explosions.
How long have you been married?
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