The Phone Call
Yeah, so it’s been a while since I made the phone call (related to this post). I didn’t want to write this post right after making it because I was SO pissed off, and a little confused too. And now it’s so late that nobody cares, but I figured I’d write something anyway because it’s either that or I have to do some real work.
Anyway, I called my SIL and told her what her 10yo said, and her first instinct was to WAY downplay it. When I went through word by word what her daughter had told me, and that in essence she’d scared her daughter by telling her to get in the car with a drunk driver, the story changed to “well, that’s not what I meant.”
So apparently what my SIL meant was that my BIL was perfectly fine to be driving, but he’d been drinking at dinner and if the cop even smelled alcohol near the accident he’d be able to put him in jail for drunk driving. Because the laws are so strict, you know. And the legal limit is so low it’s ridiculous, because he’s totally fine to be driving after a few beers.
So see? It wasn’t at all telling her daughter to get in the car with a drunk driver. She just wanted her daughter to get in the car with a guy who may have smelled like alcohol and probably would have failed a breathalyzer test.
ARGH!
I wish I’d thought to ask her if it would have been okay if the 10yo got in the 17yo’s car after the 17yo had a beer, but I didn’t come up with it in time. After hearing her thinking, I couldn’t have been more stunned if she’d reached through the phone and hit me in the face with a frying pan. I must have blinked about a million times, stammered something out, then she told me she’d have my BIL talk to their daughter about it. We made small talk for a while after that, and I haven’t heard anything since.
Wait. I’m missing the first part of this story.
See the previous post. I guess I left the transition out, huh? LOL
This whole thing is scary and insane. I bet she really does feel that way…justifying everything. I so very hope that it isn’t a common occurrence. Or, you know, occurs at all EVER.
You did the right thing by confronting her about it. Obviously she is taking no responsibility for her actions. What an ignoramus! I’m really stringent about drinking and driving. I WILL NOT get in the car if the driver has been drinking. Good for you dadonymous! You tell that SIL!
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