Jeanette's shower
The baby shower was Saturday and for the most part, it was a success. The day was full, that if for sure.
First off, the shower was at 2 PM. I had placed an order for a cake and meat platter from Walmart, which was to be ready at 8 AM. I arrive to pick them up at 10:30 and my cake isn't done. I had ordered a 1/2 sheet, with a Winnie the Pooh design that said "Welcome Little One" with pink and blue edging. When I went to pick it up, I knew there was a problem when they came out and asked what the design was. I told them Winnie the Pooh. Then the brought out a cake that had Pooh on it and said "Have a nice day" and it had blue edging. Since my SIL thinks she is having a girl, this was not something I wanted.
When I told the girl that this wasn't the cake I ordered, she got really snotty with me. She told me that I didn't specify what Pooh cake I wanted when I ordered, which is a lie. I told them I was getting a cake for a baby shower. I took the page out of the cake book and showed her what my cake was supposed to look like. She said she could change the wording and then said "I suppose you want me to change the colors too?!" At that point I asked to talk to her manager. It was almost 3 hours after my cake was supposed to be done, here I was arguing with this woman, and the clock was ticking, I had a shower to get to. She told me I would have to wait to talk to a manager. I walked over to someone else and asked for a manager and I talked to the department manager on the phone, and told her what happened. She said they would get me a new cake and decorate it and I let her know she was just scrapping off what was there and redoing it. She told me she would take care of it., and I would get a new, freshly decorated cake.
When I went back to the bakery department, the woman was still redoing the first cake. She was making it really messy. When I said that I didn't order a cake a week ahead of time to get a crappy looking cake. The woman threw up her arms and said "I'm not going to deal with you anymore".
In the end, I got the cake I wanted and they only charged me for a 1/4 sheet, but I was disappointed that the department manager never came to address the situation in person. I just called now to do a follow up, and I spoke with the store assistant manager. Yes, they compensated me, but still that employee's behavior needs to be addressed.
About an hour before the shower started my BIL called and wanted to know what time the shower was. I was puzzled, since the excuse his fiance gave for not attending was that they were going to be at their pre-nup classes at church all day. (A lie?)
The shower itself was wonderful. We only had about 15 people show up, but that was OK. It made for a cozy situation, where people could just chat. I was looking forward to meeting the Brian's Aunt Nancy. We started emailing each other about a month ago after she got the invitation. She has a dachshund. She thought the shower was at my house and was disappointed because she wanted to meet the dogs in person (she has seen the pictures online). Of course, she brought me a picture of her little Megan to see.
=)
Just after we finished eating, the BIL and his douche bag showed up. I got so stressed I started breaking out in hives. He came in an handed me a gift. I thought it was for the mom-to-be, so I took it. Then I noticed the card and it was a gift for my birthday. I handed it back to him and said "Thanks, but I don't want anything from you." He walked over to his skank and said I wouldn't take it. They left next to my purse in the other room, but I wouldn't accept it. Later, he had one of his sisters put it in the car.
Jeanette opened her gifts, and got a lot of great stuff. People were very generous. I really hope that they were right about having a girl, or she will have the prettiest dressed boy ever born!
When it was all over,I wanted to stay for coffee but I wanted to leave because they were still there. I decided to stay anyway, because I didn't want to give them the power to ruin my day.
My future Skank-in-law was doing all she could to push my buttons. She was even inviting my sisters-in-laws to go to the party her father is having on the day of my 40th birthday party. I just ignored her and didn't give her the pleasure of a response.
Almost as soon as I got home the BIL called and talked to Joe. He told Joe he wanted me to open my gift because it was something he got me before all this stuff happened and he really wanted me to have it. He also told Joe he wanted to talk to him about things and asked him to meet him Sunday morning at 7 AM to go fishing. Against my advice, Joe agreed. To make Joe happy I opened my gift. Jim called back about an hour later to make sure I opened it, and to confirm that they were meeting at the fishing place at 7 AM.
In the morning, before Joe left at 6:30 I told him I would call first to make sure he was going to show up. He didn't want to call. At 7:30 Joe called me and told me he couldn't find Jim. Calls were made to his cell and home phone, with no answer. Joe then called his Mom to see if she had heard from him. She said that he called her at 6 am and said that he fell off his back porch and was at the hospital unconscious all night long. That he regained consciousness at 5:30 and he was on his way home to go meet Joe. I don't know if I really believe that story, as I am not sure that a hospital would release someone after coming to within 30 minutes, after being out "all night". My MIL told me she heard her in the background telling him he wasn't going, but Jim said he was.
Joe went to their house, and she answered the door. She told Joe that he wasn't going , and that he was at the hospital all night. She didn't let him in the house. Joe said he heard about the hospital and asked why they didn't call him to let him know he wasn't going to meet him. She answered back "Why would we call you, you are unreliable" Joe asked what she meant by that (since Joe is a very reliable person) and she said "You are unreliable and can't even be bothered to go to my wedding" (Notice she didn't say OUR wedding, but MY wedding....I think that says something)
I was against this entire thing. Joe was willing to go talk to his brother today and patch things up. He told me that if asked, he was even willing to be in the wedding again. I told him not to be taken in, that even if things were patched up, it would only last until he got back home. It didn't even get that far. Joe came home and emailed his brother telling him that as far as he is concerned, they are no longer brothers. That he is tired of the crap, and as long as she continues to disrespect the family and mouth off to people, he will never have a relationship, and he also told me that if he calls here to hang up on him.
I wish things could be different, but as long as he allows the douche bag to call the shots and run her mouth, things will never be different. If he hasn't grown a set of balls in 26 years, I don't think they are coming in.
First off, the shower was at 2 PM. I had placed an order for a cake and meat platter from Walmart, which was to be ready at 8 AM. I arrive to pick them up at 10:30 and my cake isn't done. I had ordered a 1/2 sheet, with a Winnie the Pooh design that said "Welcome Little One" with pink and blue edging. When I went to pick it up, I knew there was a problem when they came out and asked what the design was. I told them Winnie the Pooh. Then the brought out a cake that had Pooh on it and said "Have a nice day" and it had blue edging. Since my SIL thinks she is having a girl, this was not something I wanted.
When I told the girl that this wasn't the cake I ordered, she got really snotty with me. She told me that I didn't specify what Pooh cake I wanted when I ordered, which is a lie. I told them I was getting a cake for a baby shower. I took the page out of the cake book and showed her what my cake was supposed to look like. She said she could change the wording and then said "I suppose you want me to change the colors too?!" At that point I asked to talk to her manager. It was almost 3 hours after my cake was supposed to be done, here I was arguing with this woman, and the clock was ticking, I had a shower to get to. She told me I would have to wait to talk to a manager. I walked over to someone else and asked for a manager and I talked to the department manager on the phone, and told her what happened. She said they would get me a new cake and decorate it and I let her know she was just scrapping off what was there and redoing it. She told me she would take care of it., and I would get a new, freshly decorated cake.
When I went back to the bakery department, the woman was still redoing the first cake. She was making it really messy. When I said that I didn't order a cake a week ahead of time to get a crappy looking cake. The woman threw up her arms and said "I'm not going to deal with you anymore".
In the end, I got the cake I wanted and they only charged me for a 1/4 sheet, but I was disappointed that the department manager never came to address the situation in person. I just called now to do a follow up, and I spoke with the store assistant manager. Yes, they compensated me, but still that employee's behavior needs to be addressed.
About an hour before the shower started my BIL called and wanted to know what time the shower was. I was puzzled, since the excuse his fiance gave for not attending was that they were going to be at their pre-nup classes at church all day. (A lie?)
The shower itself was wonderful. We only had about 15 people show up, but that was OK. It made for a cozy situation, where people could just chat. I was looking forward to meeting the Brian's Aunt Nancy. We started emailing each other about a month ago after she got the invitation. She has a dachshund. She thought the shower was at my house and was disappointed because she wanted to meet the dogs in person (she has seen the pictures online). Of course, she brought me a picture of her little Megan to see.
=)
Just after we finished eating, the BIL and his douche bag showed up. I got so stressed I started breaking out in hives. He came in an handed me a gift. I thought it was for the mom-to-be, so I took it. Then I noticed the card and it was a gift for my birthday. I handed it back to him and said "Thanks, but I don't want anything from you." He walked over to his skank and said I wouldn't take it. They left next to my purse in the other room, but I wouldn't accept it. Later, he had one of his sisters put it in the car.
Jeanette opened her gifts, and got a lot of great stuff. People were very generous. I really hope that they were right about having a girl, or she will have the prettiest dressed boy ever born!
When it was all over,I wanted to stay for coffee but I wanted to leave because they were still there. I decided to stay anyway, because I didn't want to give them the power to ruin my day.
My future Skank-in-law was doing all she could to push my buttons. She was even inviting my sisters-in-laws to go to the party her father is having on the day of my 40th birthday party. I just ignored her and didn't give her the pleasure of a response.
Almost as soon as I got home the BIL called and talked to Joe. He told Joe he wanted me to open my gift because it was something he got me before all this stuff happened and he really wanted me to have it. He also told Joe he wanted to talk to him about things and asked him to meet him Sunday morning at 7 AM to go fishing. Against my advice, Joe agreed. To make Joe happy I opened my gift. Jim called back about an hour later to make sure I opened it, and to confirm that they were meeting at the fishing place at 7 AM.
In the morning, before Joe left at 6:30 I told him I would call first to make sure he was going to show up. He didn't want to call. At 7:30 Joe called me and told me he couldn't find Jim. Calls were made to his cell and home phone, with no answer. Joe then called his Mom to see if she had heard from him. She said that he called her at 6 am and said that he fell off his back porch and was at the hospital unconscious all night long. That he regained consciousness at 5:30 and he was on his way home to go meet Joe. I don't know if I really believe that story, as I am not sure that a hospital would release someone after coming to within 30 minutes, after being out "all night". My MIL told me she heard her in the background telling him he wasn't going, but Jim said he was.
Joe went to their house, and she answered the door. She told Joe that he wasn't going , and that he was at the hospital all night. She didn't let him in the house. Joe said he heard about the hospital and asked why they didn't call him to let him know he wasn't going to meet him. She answered back "Why would we call you, you are unreliable" Joe asked what she meant by that (since Joe is a very reliable person) and she said "You are unreliable and can't even be bothered to go to my wedding" (Notice she didn't say OUR wedding, but MY wedding....I think that says something)
I was against this entire thing. Joe was willing to go talk to his brother today and patch things up. He told me that if asked, he was even willing to be in the wedding again. I told him not to be taken in, that even if things were patched up, it would only last until he got back home. It didn't even get that far. Joe came home and emailed his brother telling him that as far as he is concerned, they are no longer brothers. That he is tired of the crap, and as long as she continues to disrespect the family and mouth off to people, he will never have a relationship, and he also told me that if he calls here to hang up on him.
I wish things could be different, but as long as he allows the douche bag to call the shots and run her mouth, things will never be different. If he hasn't grown a set of balls in 26 years, I don't think they are coming in.
posted by Doxiehuahua at
Monday, September 12, 2005
1 Comments:
The shower was a great success and want to give you a great big pat on the back. As for letting your day be ruined I would like to thank you for not letting it ruin Jett's or anyone elses day. My main goal was ensuring Jett's day was a success and something she will have to remember seeing as she will never get a multi-mega wedding. I noticed you didn't comment on the 'new' news that was given that day. I made no mention of it because I was not going to take away Jett's glory.
Way to go Denise for a fantastic day. Hope your hives went away. BTW I thought it was the kiwi.
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