Best Winter every with my wife’s relative’s

Part one, the spoiled vacation trip


It was the day before Christmas, Stan and his wife Amber had just gotten back early from their winter vacation in the Caribbean, they were only there for two weeks when Amber’s mom and aunty decided at last minute to spend Christmas with them. Amber had lost her dad two months ago and the vacation was in part to help get her mind off of it, but since her mom didn’t have anyone else to spend the season with we agreed to cut our vacation short and help to get her in the spirit of Christmas. Her sister-in-law had come down from Canada to visit her but after seeing how down she was they both decided she needed to get out of the house and a change of scenery should do the trick. After a few phone calls Amber’s mom finally got in contact with us and after a brief discussion we were able to find a flight out unfortunate the day before Christmas. For any of you that has traveled during a holiday, you know it aint fun.

Not wanting to miss out on the Caribbean vibe, Stan got some of his favorite liquor’s at the airport to bring along with him, he figured if he was going to spend the Christmas with his in-laws he could at-least get wasted doing it. Feeling guilty for leaving the Caribbean earlier than he intended, Stan unconsciously bought a dozen different bottles to take along. It was already after 6:00pm when they finally arrived at their house, Stan and Amber hurriedly got the bags out of the car and into the house since one of them had to go and get her mom and aunt from a friends house across town. Amber realized that Stan was not in his usual jolly mood from the time they got on the plane, she gave him a big hug and a kiss on the lips

“thanks hun, having you here means alot to me. I know you would prefer to be on the beach right now but I had to be there for my mom”

“I know you do and I am happy to be here for you mom also” I responded with a not so happy smile

“How come you look so down then?” Amber asked

“When we got on the plane, I realized instead of us coming back we could have had them come down” I fired back with a bit of frustration in my voice

At that moment he could see that she was realizing the same thing, “that would have made everything easier for us” Amber said as she looked up at him “I tell you what, you help me make it through this and I promise to do anything you want me to for a whole week”.