The father-in-law in his 80s on the first day of the New Year lost his temper, and no one could coax him, and he really couldn't take this stubborn old man [cover his face]
The thing is, on the first day of the New Year, my husband and brothers and sisters drove to their hometown to worship, and the father-in-law and niece (the daughter of the husband's brother) also went with them. After arriving at the hometown, a group of people burned incense in front of the tomb to worship, the niece and son-in-law drove from another place at this time to pick up the niece to go to his relative's house to pay respects, the niece and son-in-law in their early 30s did not expect to go to the tomb of my grandmother (my deceased mother-in-law) to worship, directly picked up the niece and drove away.
After the father-in-law returned from his hometown, he thought more and more angrily, thinking that this granddaughter-in-law was too ignorant, simply disrespecting the granddaughter's family's performance, so when he had lunch at my house, he complained to the eldest son and daughter-in-law, the son and daughter-in-law originally thought that this matter did not need to be too assured, the brother said, the young man did not believe in these, nor did he understand etiquette, he was also like this to his own family, let alone the people here. My father-in-law said that if he hadn't gone, I wouldn't blame him, but he obviously went there, and it wasn't a matter of worship in front of him, just a matter of a few minutes.
My husband and I both advised the elderly not to think about this matter, people probably did not think of it, rather than deliberately do not pay attention to it, after all, my mother-in-law has been dead for more than ten years, and it is not a big mistake that others do not care so much.
But the father-in-law is not an easy to be persuaded ah, in the evening, everyone at the brother's house dinner, the niece and son-in-law also went, the niece and son-in-law opened a cigarette for the father-in-law to smoke, the father-in-law with a straight face does not say a word, does not reach out to take the cigarette, in front of everyone to throw the cigarette aside, but also nagging this granddaughter-in-law does not understand etiquette, the mouth also scolded a few words, do not know whether the granddaughter-in-law heard or not, saw no. Make other people very helpless, big New Year's Day, no one wants to make a bad deal out of it.
After dinner, the husband drove the old man back, and on the way the old man was still talking about it. My husband said to his father, on the first day of the New Year, you should say less, what is the point of worrying about this? Different ideas of the ages are always different, the things you value are not necessarily valued by others, is it interesting for you as a grandfather to calculate with him?
I also think that my father-in-law sometimes talks and does things too subjectively, if others do not pay attention to the things he attaches importance to, he will chatter for a long time, and his temper is also big, he can't listen to advice, the key is that he is still unchanged, stubborn, such a character will not be liked by others, and it is not good for himself.
Of course, the matter of the niece and son-in-law is inappropriate, but this may also be the number of etiquette that their generation lacks, people in their 30s and people in their 80s must be very different, not to mention that the niece and son-in-law lost their father in their teens, and lack of teaching in this regard, we had better be confused and tolerant, anyway, as a person in the 70s, my thinking is definitely different from that of my father-in-law, what is the need to be angry about this matter [cover your face]