Let me clarify. I didn't know Gno's sitch when I made my statement. I was merely looking at this one interaction with an outsider's objective eye. And my thoughts parallel iwantittowork's.

And if this is a 2x4, so be it.

Gno, you complain that SIL made you late, but then say you're plenty early, arriving at 7:30 PM for a 8:00 PM show. Which is it? Then, even though you don't have a cell phone to stay in touch, you chose to leave the group to go have a smoke. At that point, it's YOUR responsibility to catch up with the group. They did the smart thing and went inside and SAVED YOU A SEAT. Sounds pretty considerate to me. And quite honestly, my church holds a lot more than 1000 people and I can find someone saving me a seat in oh, two minutes or so.

No ticket you say? It's a church event, I'm sure if you went to the counter and explained that your party was already inside while you were parking the car/smoking they would have let you in. And you didn't need money for a ticket, they were taking charitable food donations as you stated.

Instead, you chose to stay outside and pout. Then picked a fight.

There are two sides to every story.

I'm a stubborn SOB too, but I'm working on it .....

We all have to own up to our relationship faults or we are doomed to repeat them.


Everybody hurts. It's part of life. Don't miss the good stuff.