I survived Xmas Eve dinner with the skids! LOL

I was bumming all day on the 24th. Just dreading going to dinner. DH and I made up from our fight the previous day. I decided to suck it up and go to dinner.

SS arrived the same time as DH,me and my BS. It was nice for us to catch up. SS is fine and I actually like him. He was great with BS.

MSD19, GB1, YSD15 arrive. YSD is dressed in ripped jeans and white high heels. WTF. I KNOW DH sent her a text and told her to dress nice.

YSD and MSD sit down and neither acknowledge me or BS. You want to treat me like shit- fine. But what did my 9 year old ever do to you?

DH did tell them to say hi to me and BS and they kind of mumbled under their breath. Yay whatever.

I was starting to get a buzz, so I was feeling a little more naughty (the wine was amazing!)

I would try to engage MSD in conversation and she wouldn't make eye contact with me and would just mumble. So I would just ask her questions just to piss her off.

She was miserable the whole time she was at dinner. She BITCHED about not liking Italian (the resturant we were at) and COMPLAINED there was NOTHING she could eat. REALLY? It was a nice resturant and she could have found something. I had a chicken dinner with mashed taters and roasted veggies. There was steak and seafood as well.

Instead she just ordered soup and nothing for her son. NOTHING. He just ate bread. She also did not bring him any toys to play with it. Oh and the best part. He screamed for half of the time he was there. SS and YSD even seemed put off by the screaming. DH kept trying to get her to take the baby outside and she refused.

Poor guy seemed miserable. I offered MSD some of my mashed taters for the baby. NO! Some of BS's fries. NO!

DH gave the skids gift cards. I dont even think he got a thank you from any of the skids. Maybe a mumbled thank you. They all seemed awkward about it. Really? Its the same gift he gets you almost every year. Of course the skids came empty handed for DH.

Finally MSD left and the rest of us stayed for dessert.

And just like that- YSD started to warm up to me and was nice and engaged me in conversation! So I went with it and was nice to her and even offered her some of my dessert

After dinner we all went our seperate ways. I even hugged SS and YSD and told them Merry Christmas.

Later that night, DH told me how proud of me he was. Ummm okay. I just decided to go with it and smile. I didnt even bring up all of my gripes and the fact that no one thanked him for dinner, etc. I know it meant a lot to DH that I did make an effort. I *hope* that he realized how shitty MSD was.

Some things I learned:

MSD has a new BF and I think he has a kid the same age as her son. I am really curious as to how this is all going to play out. YSD made a comment "Yeah she just wants to leave, she is always with her BF." I know there is some baby daddy drama, so I am sure this will be a Jerry Springer story soon.

When I asked MSD what Santa was bringing GB she looked at me like I was crazy and said "I dont know" all snotty. Umm GB has no idea what I am asking. LOL. So its not like I was spoiling anything by asking that question.

MSD mentioned to DH that the outfit that GB was wearing came from her BF's mom and she left the tags on it and it was VERY EXPENSIVE. Ummm okay.

MSD started a job waitressing. Now if you recall the last time I had dinner with DH and the skids, MSD and I got into a fight at the resturant because she was aguring with me about how much of a tip DH should leave. She was trying to be cheap. I waitressed/bartended for many years....

So anyways I felt like this was my Christmas miracle- hmmmm remember MSD when you told me that you wouldnt care what kind of tip you got, as long as you got something? How do you like those 10% tips now? LOL

I did say "ohhh hmmm guess you will find out now how important it is to be well tipped for your hard work, now that you are in that business, right MSD?"

She also claims that she gets paid $10 p/h PLUS tips. Ha ha ha I dont know ANYWHERE that pays their wait staff that. Umm okay MSD.

I also said "A waitressing job is great for someone who is in school (college). You are in school right MSD?" And she actually she shook her head and said YES! Ha ha Guess she didnt get the memo that I know she DROPPED out of HS and didnt even go to summer school to get her diploma.

YSD also said that MSD had no bedtime for GB and he goes to sleep whenever she goes to bed.

I also made sure to wear the necklace that she stole from me (but I actually got back) and made sure to play with it when talking to her. Probably a bitch move but I wanted her to know, I can play games too if needed.