My husband's nephew, his wife, son and mother-in-law were in town from Florida this week and came over for dinner lastnight. Now, I've never met the mother-in-law of our nephew's wife until just that night and this was about 10 minutes into us just chatting back and forth......
Mother-in-law: So, you show dogs huh?
Me: Yes, we've been showing for some time now.
Mother-in-law: Ahh, well I was just telling the kids here that since they got their new dog they could make some money. ( Nephew and his wife roll their eyes and attempt to divert old mom which she wants no part of. )
Me: Oh, hows that?
Mother-in-law: They got themselves a rare Boston Terrier and he isn't fixed.
Me: Oh really? What makes him so rare?
Mother-in-law: He's one of them there Brindle colored dogs, you don't see them often in those Bostons and the kids need to be studding him out to make some money!
Me: Well, I'm against breeding dogs that don't even meet the breed standard so maybe it would be a good idea to just drop this subject and talk about something else.
Mother-in-law: Umm, ok ( long pause of silence here as I continue to stare her down and the nephew and his wife sink lower into the sofa ) well, how about that grandbaby of mine whatcha think?
