The in-laws are coming. . .

Need I say more?

How about the fact that they’re hypercritical, about my claimed lack of proper manners as a host, and my housekeeping ability, in particular, and after their last visit here they complained, not to me, but to my husband?  (He defended me, but it’s still no fun to be in his shoes.)  Oh, and, what’s more, their life experience is so narrow that they simply don’t understand that German and American manners and expectations are different.

So wish me luck for the next week.  Posting may be particularly light, or particularly heavy, depending on whether I am (or feel) obliged to play the polite hostess all the time, or just give up (and if they end up watching German TV in the evening anyway) and retreat instead.