.......I'm gay!
Right....Here is a brief lesson to all of those readers who want to impress their mother in law on one of her infrequent visits.
These are all achievable and easy to complete
1. prepare her room with care. Lovely handmade patchwork quilt on lovely clean bed.
2. Fresh Flowers on desk and place own bedroom mirror onto her desk to act as a make up mirror
3. Clean towels set out with slippers
4. Gossip magazine left on pillow
5. Small set of Easter bunnies as bedside gift ( she doesn't eat Easter eggs)
Simples! ......all a bit gay...but it bloody works!
Those wonderful, thoughtful courtesies make you a most gracious, generous, and magnificent host! And anyone would feel first class and elite in your grand and marvelous company! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteRemember the little things
DeleteHey, I am certain she appreciates all this added attention, John. Who wouldn't?!!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend!
2 years ago I organised an Easter egg hunt for her
DeleteI remember that one.
DeleteJohn, you are the perfect host, when can I come to stay?PS I do eat Easter eggs, love em.
ReplyDeleteI do back rubs too
DeleteDo you do Indian head massage by any chance? x
DeleteNo but I adore them given to me
DeleteBack rubs? I'll be right over.
DeleteOh, that's just the service stuff. It's YOU she loves. Plenty of people could do all those things and not mean one single bit of it.
ReplyDeleteYes but the small thoughtful stuff is warming..bet you both did it for the dowager
DeleteYou ARE the best son-in-law ever! You thought of all the best things that make a visit comfortable and fun. But as Mitchell said, I'm sure it's you she loves with or without the extras! Have fun!
ReplyDelete"All a bit gay" ... All a bit sweet and full of love and kindness. imo
ReplyDeleteAnyone would feel loved and special with such wonderful treatment! She's a very lucky woman. 💖
ReplyDeleteToo bloody right
DeleteI'm with Polly, I want to come and stay with you next Easter...and I may not leave!
ReplyDeleteX
DeleteI don't want to wait until next Easter.... next month would be lovely.
DeleteWho wouldn't feel cherished and loved with attention like that?
ReplyDeleteThe Trumps?
Deletebwhahahahaha, john!
Deleteyou really know how to spoil your MIL!
ReplyDeleteYou do have to tailor the treatment to the mothers-in-law, though, and my poor son-law has country hippie lesbians in that role, so his kind attentions are back-breaking. He has reamed out the storm drains, rototilled through quack grass and knapweed in the garden, hauled firewood, reroofed the barn and put up pasture fence. We love him dearly.
ReplyDeleteMy mother in law is easy
DeleteShe is grateful and easy going...
It's not a hard job
Definitely a Perfect SIL John. I'm surprised you can get her to go home! But, the other commentators are right - it's you she loves, for your kindness.
ReplyDeleteOh, you are a dear for preparing such an inviting little nest! Once the hard work of the spring-clean is done, the nest-fluffing is the fun bit. It's even easier when it's for someone adorable who loves you right back.
ReplyDeleteExactly! The Prof doesn't understand " small thoughtful ideas" he sees it as titivating ...
DeleteI'm MIL to three and if ever one of mu son-in-laws or daughter-in-laws did that for me I'd be eternally grateful. Good on you!
ReplyDeleteThankschuck x
DeleteI am absolutely hoping that at least ONE of my grandsons is gay in hopes that I will be cherished in such a way at some point.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely son-in-law you are. And I feel sure that your mother-in-law appreciates you.
She does xx
DeleteIn Yorkshire we call all of that stuff "arse licking".
ReplyDeleteArse licking is quite nice
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That is so lovely, John. You are a very special, thoughtful, and loving son-in-law. I don't think this is because you are gay [or not], it's because you're a very kind man.
ReplyDeleteShe loves yeah, yeah, yeah! Oh, it doesn't hurt to suck up once in a while. lol
ReplyDeleteAny chance of booking in for a bit of TLC?
ReplyDeleteJust like a high class hotel! Points for John :)
ReplyDeleteWell played John....well played.
ReplyDeleteYou value your relationship with your MIL. Very smart of you. It also is a sign of how much you love your husband. He should be grateful.
ReplyDeleteYou've omitted the small glass bottle of poison with 'Drink Me' on the label.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it a bit gay? Sounds just polite and welcoming to me, can't see gay comes into it at all
ReplyDeleteI'm a MIL, can I come and stay. Please take this the right way, but if I want advice on style I ask my gay friends, they are always spot on!!
ReplyDeleteYour MIL is the best EVER. As indeed you are the BEST SIL ever.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like it gave you a lot of pleasure to do. I have niece and great nephews staying, Dillon is exhausted, the cats have scarpered and there is a drama going on with various phone calls to nieces sister . Hey ho xx happy Easter
ReplyDeleteI am taking this as all tongue in cheek.
ReplyDeleteShe deserves it all....and you are a treasure!
ReplyDeleteLovely, and I bet she really appreciates it ❤
ReplyDeleteI have a son who is the perfect house guest. Every time he stays he leaves his bedding folded back neatly so the bed can air, the window slightly open to freshen the room. Used towels he puts on the radiator airer and unused ones folded on the bench, and the bathroom is wiped from top to bottom after his shower. The other son rolls out of bed, dashes down the stairs and just goes on his way bleary eyed. Guess which one is ex-army and which is ex-student 😆😆
Well done, sir, well done.
ReplyDeleteAnd it really is the simple things, isn't it?
You are a good chap x
ReplyDeleteThe fresh flowers were especially a superb gesture of good manners, how lovely.
ReplyDeleteI wish you were my son-in-law.
ReplyDeleteJust simply caring..you're the best
ReplyDeleteYou've cracked the code, John!
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't have chosen a better profession than being a nurse! Your understanding of comforting has no equal. By the way, telling her she raised a wonderful son and was a good mother goes a long way with us Moms too!
ReplyDeleteYou are so thoughtful! It's all I can do to inflate the inflatable mattress! (OK, I'm not THAT bad.)
ReplyDeleteTiny touches like this maketh the host whatever his/her sexual orientation me thinks.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. I see the makings of a book here - "How To Be The Perfect Host and Dazzle Your Guests".
ReplyDeleteAnd a Les Dawson mother in law joke book on the pillow . . . or maybe not.
ReplyDeleteAmanda says 'full marks' to you. She will however require a Landscape magazine or National Geographic 😊
ReplyDeleteYou gay? I would never have guessed.
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