Not Her Calling
(My husband and I are visiting his mother, who is difficult at the best of times. We’re trying to leave to meet other family for dinner but my mother-in-law can’t find her cell phone. My husband is already in the car downstairs.)
Mother-In-Law: “We aren’t leaving until I find my phone.”
Me: “Did you try calling it?”
Mother-In-Law: *sneering with disdain* “Calling it?”
Me: “Yes…?”
Mother-In-Law: “What will that do?”
Me: *confused by her attitude* “Tell you where it is?”
Mother-In-Law: *sighs heavily* “It won’t work, but okay.” *turns to her apartment in general, cups her hands around her mouth, and shouts* “TELEPHONE! TELEPHONE!”
This story is part of our Mother-In-Law roundup!
