Chapter 151 · Month 56 · Starting a Family

The Good News

The in-laws' new expectations

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            Algy
            designer
            08:10
          
Right, so the dog text was me warning her and getting it wrong — she rang back saying she's already knitting something, which at four days is optimistic even for her. And she says she'll be on the eight o'clock call Sunday, since she "doesn't want to hear it secondhand from Robert."

            Penny
            teacher
            08:10
          
She rang back and started knitting, when I've told Chloe eleven and my mum eight. That's three telling-offs before the news is even out — how many is Susan planning to be on, exactly, if you count Sunday lunch?

            Algy
            designer
            08:12
          
Two. Sunday lunch and the eight o'clock, and I can't uninvite her from either without a reason that isn't a lie. Which is fine, except your mum's going to hear the whole thing twice — once from me and once, better, from Susan.

            Penny
            teacher
            08:13
          
Then Susan comes at lunch and my mum gets the eight o'clock, before Susan can hand her a version with knitting in it. Ring yours back and tell her Sunday's lunch only — and book the eight for my mother.

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