"Early in the afternoon, Chad asked if he could have a slice of pie. Alyssa told her brother that it was going to be served with dessert and that he needed to wait. He seemed to accept that, but less than 10 minutes later, Lorna comes storming into the kitchen demanding that Alyssa let her brother have some pie immediately."
"For once, my wife told her mother no, that Chad needed to wait, but that there were plenty of other things he could have in the meantime. Lorna began berating Alyssa, finally bursting into tears and accusing her of ruining Christmas! Fed up, I told Lorna to shut her mouth, that Chad was an adult, not 5, and could wait for the pie to be served to everyone at the proper time like a normal person."
A mother-in-law, Lorna, intervened when her adult son Chad asked for pie before dessert and demanded that Alyssa give him a slice immediately. Alyssa told Chad he needed to wait; Lorna berated Alyssa, burst into tears, and accused her of ruining Christmas. The son-in-law told Lorna to shut up, calling Chad an adult who could wait, and Lorna left with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law. Alyssa was devastated and the holiday atmosphere suffered. The son-in-law refuses to apologize to Chad; the appropriate response is to put a foot down, express sorrow to the spouse, and not apologize to the adult who caused the conflict.
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