I was originally going to put this in the ladies lounge but I thought maybe the guys would have something to add as well.
So....Im so thrilled with how things went this weekend I'd like to hear your stories too.
Dave had already met my mother many many times and she loves him. Most of you know I wasnt divorced yet from my 1st hubby until earlier this month ...so...my father, in the name of propriety refused to meet him until the divorce was final (he did the same thing to my sister and her 2nd hubby, it took her awhile as her first hubby was in jail for murder and the divorce took awhile).
Daddy and I had a long talk on the day it was final and he said when everything had calmed down from my sisters cancer surgery he would be glad to meet Dave..we were expecting to do it sometime the 1st part of May.
Yesterday I was looking for my mother, I thought she was still staying at my sisters, and I couldnt find her so I called my dad. She had come home for the weekend and brought all my nieces to spend easter with them. I asked her if she wanted to meet dave and I for lunch (we were looking for something to do for the day and they live an hour and a half away) and she said she couldnt because they were taking the girls to some easter egg hunts. Not expecting her to say yes I asked if we could come down an go.
Well she said, if you want to spend your day with screaming kids go ahead, and I said "well I meant me AND Dave" and she told me daddy was going to be there too and she asked him if it was ok....he said yes. She told him, she means to bring Dave as well...he said "So...tell them to come on"
After I picked my jaw up off the floor and stopped Dave's "what am I going to wear" panic we hopped in the car and headed down.
When we go to their house Daddy had already left for the church so we helped momma with the 3 girls, got them loaded in the car and took off.
When we get there, Daddy walks up to Dave and sticks his hand out and says "I'm Robby and you and I need to talk.....I want to know the exact intentions you have for my daughter" Then he cracked a big grin and told him that he was kidding.
We did the church easter egg hunt and cook out with Dave playing with all 3 of my nieces and helping my mom. We went back to their house for awhile and then it was off the the nursing (which is actually about 75 yards from their house....its a REALLY small town). The adults and kids were pushing people around in their wheelchairs helping them pick up the eggs...that was really a lot of fun. My 3 year old niece had decided that it would be easier for the "nana's and grandaddy's" to pick them up if she gathered them all and put them in big piles
so I was busy unpiling things. Every time I turned around Daddy and Dave were talking and laughing and seemed relaxed with each other. That really did my heart good....Im a big daddy's girl.
When we were getting ready to come home daddy told Dave he was welcome to come visit anytime, so I took the opportunity and asked him if he'd like us to come back down today to go to easter service and have easter dinner with them and he said he'd love it.
So we came home (took us 2 hours with traffic) and went back down today to watch daddy in the easter play and had a really good dinner. The two of them talked for long periods of time without me and mother around....we were busy gossiping lol.
Im so pleased with how it went, I knew my dad would like Dave, everybody does....I've never introduced him to anyone that didnt like him immediatly...but its a big relief to me that now we can actually go to family events where my dad is gonna be.
When I got home (on saturday)I called my mom to ask her if Daddy had said anything about Dave and she said that he really liked him and was impressed with what a big help he was with the girls and that got him major points
how did it go for ya'll? good stories...bad stories (If you want to share) I'd like to hear them
