Marital Mondays: The In-Law

December 14, 2009 · Posted in marital mondays, marriage 

Hannibal’s mom is in town this week, because she’s expecting her first grandchild. Yeah … hopefully that happens while she’s here. She leaves Friday. I’m not making any promises.

Anyway, she’s awesome! I mean I met her at our wedding, but you can’t get a full read on a person when you’re chasing bridesmaids and getting your weave sewn in. She’s a Libra just like me. She’s crass just like me. I don’t have to be fake, sugar coat anything, stop swearing, or stop saying balls all the time. It’s all about bonding with the in-laws. Much like Mooch’s other grandma, we just sort of click. We’re both stark raving nuts!

Needless to say, the two of us in the house together is probably driving Hannibal nuts in small doses (he was already half the way there anyway, though). For instance, yesterday, Mooch was playing a Dora the Explorer video telephone game on the television, and when Mooch picked up the phone, I broke into a full out gospel rendition of “Jesus is on the Main Line,” but I replaced the name Jesus with Dora. His mom joined right in! We were foot stomping and hand clapping. Mooch was cracking up. Yeah … Hannibal left the room.

The best parts are our conversations after dark about Hannbal’s teen years (specifically his dating experiences), their crazy family, and Brazilian waxes. Don’t ask. She’s definitely like a homegirl. I’ve got to admit it was fun to trick her with kamut pancakes, veggie sausage, and scrambled tofu. She thought she was eating eggs. LOL! I was gonna tell her, but Hannibal said to wait until she finished eating or she wouldn’t even try it. She threw down, and then I told her. She was shocked. Funny. He was right though, because when I offered her Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese (which isn’t cheese or dairy at all) for her bagel the next morning. She said, “No, I’ll just have some muffins and a banana.” I started to tell her it wasn’t a real banana and that Trader Joe’s makes their blueberry muffins from shredded paper, but I decided against it. It’s probably best.

We’re having fun here.

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