Steinbach, MB – After briefly perusing the menu at a local Italian restaurant, Irene Everett concluded her adult son would probably like the risotto best.
“I know my mom means well, but I’m a grown man who can read a menu and decide I want the risotto for myself,” said 30-year-old Aaron Everett. “And yeah, of course, I wanted the risotto. It looked delicious!”
The Everetts were out to dinner to celebrate Aaron’s successful PhD dissertation defense. Joining them were their entire extended family, the members of Aaron’s doctoral advisory committee, and his new girlfriend.
Irene, seated three cousins and one professor away from her son, read the complete description of the risotto loudly enough that everyone at the table felt obligated to pause their conversations and nod in agreement.
“I could tell Aaron was mortified when his mom told him what to order in front of me,” said Aaron’s girlfriend, Denise. “Then again, he didn’t have any issue drinking from her water glass, or storing everything from his pockets in her purse, or asking her to book his next dentist appointment.”
In a brave act of defiance, Aaron ordered the shrimp scampi instead of the risotto. It was the wrong choice. Thankfully, his mother gave him half of her risotto, because “the portions at this restaurant are absurd” and she “couldn’t possibly eat all this.”
As of press time, the family was about to order dessert.
“I know what Aaron is going to pick…” said Irene the moment she opened the menu, forcing her son to guess what she was referring to so he could order something else.
