My DH and his daughter have been estranged on and off for 20+ years. She is in her late 40s and has led a troubled life; unemployment, debt, poor housing, abusive boyfriends. Offers of help from my DH (possibly clumsily made) have been rejected or misused. (eg Deposit for a flat put in her bank account had ‘disappeared’ by the time the flat became available). Now she has accepted help, has a job and is out of debt. She lives 250 miles away and I have rarely met her. Now my DH would like her to come to stay. We live in a village and and have a healthy lifestyle, with lots of fruit and veg, country walks etc. Stepdaughter is obese and tells us she eats mainly fish and chips and pizza. Last time we had a meal with her she ate no veg, even scraping the cress garnish off her steak. I am very pleased they are reconciled, but am worried about a visit. I have little in common with her (what shall I talk about?), don’t know what to cook or how to entertain her. My worst fear is I’ll get it wrong and make things worse again. Any ideas welcome!
Shall we reboot our cartoons thread again? 😁