DEAR ABBY: I’ve been an novice astronomer for 25-plus years. I all the time go meteor watching in addition to observe any celestial occasion. This yr I invited my brother-in-law and his spouse to look at a meteor bathe with my husband and me. Since we each have campers, I reserved and paid the deposit for 2 tenting websites at a pleasant location, near among the finest night time skies. The reservations had been made greater than a month in the past.
My sister-in-law, who I dearly love and have been good buddies with for greater than 20 years, referred to as me yesterday to let me know my BIL had invited three of their preteen granddaughters. Abby, I assumed they understood it will be an grownup occasion, as we’ll be up half the night time and touring half-hour to get to the darkish sky website. I do that yearly.
I instructed my SIL that my BIL ought to’ve requested me first, since I invited them and made all of the preparations for this occasion. We talked on the telephone for 90 minutes earlier than I instructed her my BIL was improper for not asking me first if it was OK.
Moments after we hung up, she texted me and stated to cancel their reservation as a result of they might not be attending. We are driving 90 miles to this campsite. They reside half-hour from it. Was I improper to inform her I ought to’ve been requested first, since I’m the hostess for 2 days and nights? — STARRY-EYED IN THE WEST
DEAR STARRY-EYED: Your brother-in-law mustn’t have invited anybody alongside with out clearing it with you first. What they did might have been well-intentioned, however it was additionally impolite. If any of these ladies exhibits an curiosity in astronomy, sooner or later, you may select to ask them for this sort of occasion. But their presence mustn’t have been sprung on you the best way it was.
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also referred to as Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, California 90069. Copyright 2024, Andrews, McMeel Syndication.
