Before the wedding period began, in my head, I knew my mom would get mad at me about something inane and ridiculous within two days of the wedding happening. And the sad thing is that I was actually spot on.

Two days after the wedding on Sunday, I called her to see where she and my dad were. The caterer was quite nice and packed up all of the leftover food for us to take home despite their standing policy on not doing this in fear of violating health codes or getting sued for people who could get food poisoning. I had forgotten about the food that the hotel offered to store for us in their fridge until Chris remembered it. By that time, our farewell brunch had long ended, and my parents had already left the hotel, so we kept some of the food and also gave some to remaining family members and some bridal party before heading up to LA. My mom was furious about this and said that I should have taken the initiative to reach out to her to ask her first. “It’s up to you to ask me, not for me to ask you,” she admonished me. “Why don’t you ever think about your parents first?”

Was that really necessary, and does that question really need an answer?