If it doesn't give away who you are, I wonder if you'd share it with us somehow.
Oh, I wish I could, but I fear that it might compromise my anonymity if I shared it. I will offer that it takes place in the future and uses a lot of satire that makes fun of current things, much like the novel "Infinite Jest" and the comic "Transmetropolitan," both of which influenced it greatly.
Given that the D is coming up, I thought it might be good to get in touch with my in-laws as a "good-bye" -- I'm not sure when I'll see them again next. I e-mailed W's granny and also FB-chatted with younger BIL. As a final touch, I bought the in-laws a couple of bottles of wine because they're wine fanatics.
I texted my MIL about this, asking if it was okay if I dropped by with the wine tomorrow. She replied back, "Yes! We should be around most of the day. It'll be great to see you. (Don't have anything for you yet -- not that organized.)" Her reply made me feel really good. Clearly, there's no bad blood between us, even with all this stuff going down. I told her that she didn't have to get me anything and that this was more of a cumulative "thanks-for-everything" gesture.
Of course, I knew that this might PO my W, and it did. She texted me much later after MIL must have told her:
W: Why are you giving my parents a Christmas gift? And what is it and why are you doing that tomorrow? 15 mins. pass W: Don't be like this. Just answer my questions. M: It's not really a Christmas gift. More like "thanks for everything." It's just a couple of bottles of wine, nothing major. W: Well you told my mom it was a Christmas gift. So what you're saying is that it's a way for you to feel less like a d!ck for cutting them out of your life. M: I did not tell them that it was a Christmas gift. I told them that it was what I told you it was. [I felt like arguing with her about the second part but thought that it would be a total waste of time, so I didn't say anything about it.] W: You're a jerk. After this just leave my parents alone.
Instead of my analysis, I'll leave it open to others for debate. I'm getting so tired of interactions like this.
