Then one dark stormy Sunday morning 4 years ago in the back row of Church one member of the family Brenda met a man named Dave. Brenda and Dave hit it off right away and got married rather quickly. Suddenly this crazy family had a new member in it. Where will Dave's crazy fit into the family's crazy?
Dave is one of those blow hard, know it all, crush the other person with verbal abuse kinda of people. One day tried to tell Karly what it was like to be pregnant... yes DAVE tried to tell KARLY (mother of 5) what it's like to be pregnant. When Karly questioned his credentials on what it's like to be pregnant she was put down and treated with much disrespect. Karly quickly decided she would no longer engage Dave in nastiness which only pissed him off more. Dave not only creates arguments he does his best to win them and be right by doing his best to put the other person down and make them feel stupid. Karly is amused by Dave... and very much so.
Seasons changed and Thanksgiving rolled around again. Karly showed up for dinner with her usual and delicious Sweet Potato Casserole. Did I mention this was a family favorite? When Dave showed up he saw Karly's Casserole and very upset. It seems that Dave always did the Casserole for his family. In an ever so loving attempt to fit in with the family crazy Dave immediately threw a temper tantrum that Karly had already brought one. Dave believed that since he took care of this for his family that the whole universe should have known this was HIS dish. Karly somehow missed the memo. After a verbal lashing from Dave, Karly questioned why she shouldn't bring the Casserole when it's been her thing for 10 years and Dave hadn't even been around for 1! Trying to not make waves Karly decided she wouldn't bring it the following year. Family members protested and insisted that Karly bring her specialty dish to the dinner table every year. Since she is always willing to please she agreed. She politely sampled Dave's dish and complimented him on it. Dave then went on to tell Karly at length how superior his dish was to hers.
Every Thanksgiving that passed tension was building... Dave was resentful of Karly for continuing to bring this Casserole. It could not go unnoticed that Karly's Casserole was disappearing quickly while his remained with a few polite spoon fulls taken out.
This Thanksgiving Karly went about her normal business and made her Casserole to bring to dinner. Upon walking in Karly saw Dave and smiled, wished him a Happy Thanksgiving and asked how Dave was doing. Dave gave a nasty look to Karly and just walked away. While in the kitchen Karly was putting the finishing touches on her dish and noticed Dave was standing in front of the oven. Karly asked where the pot holders were so she could remove the Casserole from the oven before it burned. Dave snapped at Karly that he ONLY knows where the pot holders were at HIS house. Karly found the pot holders and went to open the oven but Dave wouldn't move. He wanted her Casserole to burn. What Dave didn't know is Karly doesn't get walked all over and knows how to stand up for herself. After saying excuse me with a smile and Dave not moving Karly simply opened the oven door forcing Dave to jump out of the way as to not get burned.
Dinner is over and Brenda and Dave are getting ready to leave. Karly asks Brenda if she is going shopping tomorrow. Dave speaks up and says "NO, I have to work tomorrow!" First off Karly wasn't even speaking to Dave. She was pretty sure Brenda was able to go shopping all on her own. Secondly, Karly wasn't impressed. You see Dave has had issues keeping a job. Karly's husband works his ass off working 2 jobs to provide for his family. Karly simply smiled and wished Brenda a Happy Thanksgiving. Another dirty look and more tension and hatred hurled at Karly from Dave's spirit and they were gone.
Karly is now home with her family and curled up on the couch with her best furry friend Bonkers. However she did notice before leaving that once again her Casserole was gone and Dave's Casserole remained on the counter to later be tossed in the trash... and that's even AFTER everybody took home leftovers. Only 364 days until the next battle of the Sweet Potato Casserole.
Disclaimer... Any resemblance to situations or family members past or present of Kellybean are strictly coincidental.... ;)
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