Kasia’s mother begins her letter by saying that she couldn’t wait to become a grandmother. When this happened, she hoped that Filipek’s parents would organize a baptism right after his birth, as soon as they recovered and felt well. Unfortunately they delayed. When they finally started preparations after many months, she was happy and immediately offered her help. However, everything was far from her imagination.
The modern organization of baptisms is significantly different from the way our mothers and grandmothers prepared them
Due to her quite large family, my grandmother insisted that the reception be held in a restaurant after the mass. Everyone can fit in and eat without any problems, and there will be no cleaning. The parents will be able to return home with Filipek and rest. Unfortunately, my daughter decided that the party would only be for 10 people plus Filipek, so everyone could easily fit in the house. The woman offered her daughter help. A party at home also costs money, she didn’t want her daughter and son-in-law to have to bear all the costs, so she gave a thousand zlotys for the preparations.
Apart from them and my husband and I, there were to be six other people. Everything costs money these days, so I wanted to contribute, I didn’t want them to have to pay for everything from their own money.
The family gathered, the godparents ate, everyone was hungry
The mass in the church was beautiful. Grandma liked everything very much. Everything changed when they arrived home. Hungry like wolves, hoping for a warm dish and a filling dinner, they saw two salads, breadsticks and cookies on the table. “I thought that maybe they were just snacks before dinner, so I went to Kasia and gently suggested that maybe it was time to serve something more specific. But she said, what do I mean, it’s all food. Believe me, my heart stopped. How can you invite a family who comes from far away and treat them like this? I was boiling with anger. We live in the countryside, everyone lives traditionally here, when you invite a guest, you show him what you have in the fridge, the table is full “I knew we would be on people’s tongues.” – writes Kasia’s mother. Finally, despite her daughter, the woman picked up the phone and ordered 5 large pizzas. She didn’t want everyone to be hungry. Now her daughter is angry with her. The woman explains that if her daughter had told her right away what kind of party she was planning, she would have taken the family somewhere for dinner. Now she doesn’t know how to talk to her daughter and what she should do. Who overreacted in this situation?
Source: Gazeta
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