The Bipolar Otaku

Well, I took my family out to dinner last Friday and introduced my girlfriend to all of them (she already met my sister). It went well, I think. Afterwards, we went to my mom's house and played mahjongg for a bit, so my girlfriend already knows how to play mahjongg (incidently, my pregnant sister-in-law just learned to play last month because my other sister-in-law made fun of her as not being a "real" Hernandez yet!). My mom gave her a pair of slippers (which is somehow meaningful in a way that none of us children understand) and my girlfriend (and her mom) really likes them (which, too, is meaningful in a way that I don't understand).

The disconcerting thing was, at dinner, both she and I were certain that my sisters-in-law were placing bets... You see, when my brother and his then-girlfriend were going out, we placed bets on when he would propose to her. I have to think this is coming around to bite me.

The conversation we both overheard was the pregnant one (the newer-to-the-family one) yelling "Is this what you guys did to me?!? Well I say 6 months!" and my other sister-in-law flashing her hand with 4 fingers sticking out. Everyone denies this conversation took place, or say that the conversation was actually about when her baby would be born... but that just doesn't make any sense (she's due in July). Now, when my sister talked on the phone with my sister-in-law today, she said "What's in 4 months?" while the sister-in-law tried to explain something about me and my girlfriend but my sister says she didn't understand what she was trying to say... I still think something fishy is going on...