"You could learn a thing or two from your cousin, give your brother a hand now and then, so if you ever get a rough patch, you've got a brother to back you up. Today's gals are just too touchy, making mountains out of molehills over domestic spats, think divorce is the answer to every tiff, but hey, which couple doesn't bicker?"
I mustered the energy to give a thumbs up, "Match made in heaven, peas in a pod, you two are a sight for sore eyes, really should have a monument erected in your honor."
Mom chided me with a laugh, and Grandma went from ashen to flushed and back.
She snatched up a decor stick and hurled it at Mom, I sprang up from the couch.
Cross me by insulting my pride or touching my Mom, and it's game over!
What in the world was my cousin thinking, blocking me, hollering about giving the old lady a break.
We should cut Grandma some slack at this gathering.
I sent a slap flying her way, "No face saved here, buy one slap, get one free, you in?"
The sharp slap silenced the room, she covered her face in tears, staring at me.
Grandma too stunned to squeak, my new hubby and mother-in-law silently scoped out the scene at the doorway.