Ugh, we had one of those nests a few years ago. Luckily I didn’t get stung, but the guy who does our lawn was NOT happy. He did manage to eliminate them, but it required some nasty chemicals and filling in the multiple entrances. Not to mention a bill commensurate with his aggravation.
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I feel you. The stripey yellow things started to just jump on us and sting so they’re gonna have to go. Don’t want them attacking unsuspecting visitors or the person who cuts our lawn.
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So I moved my 84 yo mom across country last year and she lives in a very nice retirement community about 5 miles from our house. We had plans today for me to go over for lunch and watch a movie in the onsite theater. She called me about 9:30 and disinvited me! Too nice a day to stay indoors watching a movie and she has some social plans.
I mean, I’m glad she is having fun but still…
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Aw, sorry. Maybe look at it this way: she’s made good social connections after having been moved away from her old ones, and she’s healthy and active enough to do things with them.
Unless you have a bad relationship with her in general, I wouldn’t take it too personally <3
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Hard to believe if she moved mom to be closer and wants to spend a holiday watching a movie with her 
But why mom didn’t invite her to join them . . . 
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I won’t try to read either’s mind.
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Oh, we have a great relationship, she is a very cool lady. We’ve lived on opposite coasts for more than 35 years so this impromptu weekend visits are fairly new. Honestly, I’m very glad she is happy there and making friends. It’s just a bit odd for your aged mom to tell you, um, sorry, I’ve got a better offer, LOL
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My 95 yo mom lives with me. I honestly look forward to the days she has a better offer 
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It used to happen to me in my 30s and early 40s.
I would often choose to stay home with my dog on New Year’s Eve, and my parents would go out to party with their friends. 
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I always ask for the Ramones - It’s not an option. I’m severely claustrophobic and If they don’t agree to proper amounts of sedation I explain that I’ll hit the panic button and waste everyone’s time.
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Around here we have them and they do make colonies or nests in the ground. I was rebuilding a fence gate and (unknown to me) a nest of them were planted down in the ground next to the fence post about 3 sections down.
I guess the vibrations traveled enough to irritate them. One kept buzzing around me and I’d back off, he’d back off and disappear. Then I’d start working again and he’d be back. Then he got down my shirt and stung me 3 times. I finally figured out where they were coming from, but not before I got tagged 5 or 6 more times (they were coming out in more force apparently, as someone told me, because the first guy had tagged me with “enemy pheromones”).
Luckily I’m not allergic to bee/wasp/fire ant venom.
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On my mind - people you really don’t look forward to visit with. They’re coming on Thursday and thankfully leaving on Sunday and they’ll be gone. My husband’s only living sibling in a dysfunctional marriage to an opinionated up-tight Brit who acts like he’s related to the Crown. All the two of them do in their retirement is play golf and treat wait staff badly. I usually want to crawl under the table when we dine out with them, and dine out we do at the finest of places with reservations well in advance - he insists on ordering the wine, makes a fuss at the first bottle or two and we’re obliged to split the exorbitant bill. We hold back and offer apologies and cash to our servers on the way out. I do feel sorry for my sister-in-law. He’s a self-important embarrassing man to be around. Coming to my neighborhood soon.
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So you have your own version of Independence Day next Monday?
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Worst part of it is, I have to get my house in order before they get here. It’s a detestable task for unlikeable people. My DH worked on a NATO defense project for many years. We had a French Army Lieutenant visit us on Cape Cod - he was from Brittany and they met at a NATO facility in Belgium. He loved our seafood and our beaches. The perfect gentleman and insisted on washing the linens from the guest room and helping me put it back together. Our next guests were this brother and sister in law, and I made a point of telling the Royal PIA that his bed had been dressed by a Frenchman. He was not amused, but I was…
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Maybe if you leave the guest room unmade they’d get a clue?
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One of the weirdest things about them is they don’t let their cleaning services change their bedding or wash their towels. When they stay with us they use one towel, one time - fingertip, hand or body sheet and keep plowing through them. **BUT they stay in hotels between CT and FL and go on cruises. **
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Your husband is a lucky man . . . I hope his family doesn’t visit too often.
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She’s his only sister. He is a sentimental man, and has kindness in him. I respect his connection to her. I just take some Ativan, drink some bourbon and try to keep my mouth shut.
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Sounds like a perfect coping strategy!
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