Good Day

Well yesterdaydidn't go too badly at all. I had some problems with some software that I loaded on to an old machine but it was resolved. What happened was that My package of Office 97 was abandoned long ago in favour of new stuff but Tall One was having compatability issue. Anyway the story is in the previous post so go check that. The problem was resolved with a patch from Microsoft. Apparently it was an issue with some of the application suites at that time. So I am happy. Everything is up and running. The Tall One has one part of his IT SBA due and in discussions with his teacher, he has met the requirements already. She has also advised that she will continue with explanations of the parts he does not understand when they return to school after the mid term break which starts tomorrow. So he seems to be on his way. How do you deal with it when friends and family feud. I have a very good friend. She and I have been close for as long as I have known wifey. The friendship has been good and like any relationship we have had ups and downs but I value the friendship very much. Now the problem is her husband's attitude to everything. To cut to the story, yesterday her daughter attended extra classes with my sister, who teaches at her school. The husband asked my sister if the child could pick up her brother (just a short walk away) and return to stay at the house until he was able to pick them up. She apparently told him that it would not be convenient as she had other things to do and babysitting did not factor into the picture. Knowing dear Sis she was a bit more emphatic than I write since she isn't into the babysitting thing at all. She doesn't even sit for family. Anyway I don't know what transpired but my friend's daughter and son turned up at Sis's house (which is actually the family house). Guess who was not amused. She called the husband to find out what the ra$$ was up and words got heated with him telling her to speak to my friend and hung up on Sis. All hell broke loose and the daughter is no longer welcome at extra classes and since my friend is also at all family gatherings it now becomes Sis or friend. How di baxide mi get inna di middle of Sis's preckay...ask me nuh? Wifey asked me what to do and my response is leave it alone. My intention is to leave it alone and extend my invites as normal.If Sis comes then fine if friend comes then fine. I have no intention of trying to choose side because I think both are wrong. The persons who should be saying whether the kids could stay or not are my parents and I have not heard them say anything. At the same time since the essence of friends daughter being there is the extra class then Sis's request not to have the "babysitting" situation should be observed. I know my friend was called and appraised of situation but I don't know what is the verdict. Personally some of it is friend taking advantage of friend generosity as under normal circumstances they would have been welcome to stay at my place but I had supermarket yesterday evening. Friend's husband needs to realize that friend and friends's family are two different things. We may live in the same area but we have different ways of handling things. I await the outcome of this battle royale. Have a great day all.