aem wrote:
> I'm already pouring my pre-dinner libation when, "Oh, I forgot to
> mention that So-and-So is dropping by for dinner." "I hope she's not
> expecting anything special, it's leftovers tonight." "Is that all we
> have?" "When is she coming--there isn't time to go shopping, (mutters)
> even if I wanted to, is there?" "I know you'll come up with something.
> You know how she likes to talk."
>
> So there's the pitch. The unspoken but well-understood message is,
> Don't Embarrass Me. And I was looking forward to an effortless prelude
> and accompaniment to the Dodgers game. Instead, it's going to be me
> scrambling from behind rather than the team. Well, what to do?
>
> You've all been there, right? How did you cope with the last minute
> challenge?
>

Nope, never been there and if I were it would be the first and last time
because I'd kill him.

It was bad enough when I was working and my high-school son would invite
half the socer team over to lunch on frozen pizzas. They cooked,
cleaned up, and the only way I knew they'd been there was the stack
of empty pizza boxes in the trash and the big empty space in the
freezer. ;-)

"Forgot to mention" that someone is coming to dinner?
Not on your life.

gloria p