The Wedding Toast Gone Sour: When My Aunt Insulted Grandma, I Served Up a Dish of Cold, Hard Truth
My cousin Sarah’s wedding was everything you’d expect: beautiful venue, flowing champagne, a slightly tipsy uncle attempting the Macarena. But the saccharine sweetness took a sharp turn during the gift opening at the evening reception. My Aunt Carol, ever the picture of polished perfection and subtle condescension, had been making pointedly impressed noises at the…