Christmas treats

Oh makes a Christmas cake and always seems to forget to buy a bottle of brandy for it and uses mine, I think it would last us several months but she always insists in giving son and daughter a share, then when they are down at our house she gives them a piece of ours, somehow I think I lose out in that we also buy a box of mixed cheeses which we enjoy after Christmas and this year we have to eat it all by our selves which is most unusual as when either one of them come in their first stop is to have a look in the fridge, I think they forget that it was their choice to get married and move out the house

I think that's only natural behaviour for returning offspring. I remember closing myself in my parents' walk-in pantry until I had sampled all the goodies therein.   Mother would shout 'where's Jennifer' but I wasn't going to cut short the nibbling session.  She soon got wise and looked in the pantry first. Oh for a walk in pantry of my own.