Who does that?

Last weekend I invited a friend over for dinner. She was anxious to see my (sort of) new house, so I thought a nice evening with dinner and some board games would be a good time. The evening started out fine. My husband made a delicious dinner, and we all seemed to be having a good time. This good time severely diminished between my husband and I as my friend proceeded to get plastered at our house. The wine drinking began early in the evening, but it was no big deal because my husband and "Mary", we will call her, shared a bottle of wine, so two glasses at most for both of them. The night from hell got worse as Mary thought it would be a grand idea to open another bottle of wine! After my husband politely refused to share another bottle, Mary contiuned on her drunken adventure. Who does this? When the hostess or anyone else refuses the idea of drinking, I think its safe to say that the guest should also stop at that point, but nope, Mary had to indulge, this is just one of many mistakes Mary stumbled upon throughout the night. The biggest and most important one is who gets drunk the first time being invited over to someones house whom you don't know all that well?!

The night proceeded to get worse and worse. She got more drunk, louder, and much more abnoxious while adding every profanity into the mix! I was sitting across the table from her staring at her, embarrassed for her, thinking WHO DOES THIS?! My husband who could not handle it any longer left me and went upstairs. Alone with her, all I could do was sit and listen to her loud and abnoxious rants about dating, and how I should proceed to run my life as a mother (which by the way is not a status I own at the moment), how many kids I should have, all down to what kind of career I should get at the end of school! Again I ask you Who does this?? I know who does this no one I know. Yes I know Mary, but let me assure you she is not a close good friend, and there is a large chance she will never be asked back to the old homestead again!

Now if this was someone whom I was really good friends with, knew for a long time, I would have not cared, but this evening was not to be engaged in a drunken stupor. There was no mention of a few beverages being consumed before hand so I think its safe to assume that Mary lacks in the etiquette department, and I think encounters with Mary should be in small doses, perhaps over lunch in the middle of the day.

One thing I forgot to add, the weirdest thing of Mary's drunken rambles, is she asked if she should come and kiss me!! NOW WHO DOES THAT?! I am telling you, if you are going to invite someone over for dinner establish the drinking rules ahead of time. Perhaps make sure they are mentally in check with reality, and make sure you have an escape plan. I did not do any of these things, and it lead to a disappointing wasted Friday night!

Thank You

I applaud those professors who understand and realize the finiancial burden of students by not making us spend a sickly amount of money on books that may or may not get read. To all those understanding profs, as a student, we applaud and appreciate your efforts in trying to save us money that could be spent on better things, like food, shelter, and transportation rather than some book that we probably will end up throwing out, or selling back for a 1/3 of what we paid for it.

Thank You!