Raina and Revathi

The Whomptons play board games a lot, and we are eager to have anyone over who will play games with us. Usually that means we bribe said individuals with dinner, we put Raina to bed, and then the adults stay up all night playing. A few months ago, we tried this with Mini, Manoj, and Revathi. Unfortunately, the evening was an unmitigated disaster, because Raina and Revathi did not get along at all. Or, more accurately, Raina showed a completely selfish "this is mine and you cannot play with it!" mentality that escalated as the evening wore on. It was disgusting and awful and we've feared inviting them over again (although this doesn't happen at all when we go to their house).

We finally risked a second attempt this weekend. We prepped Raina, like always, and she assured us she would "be nice to her." Playtime was fine, dinner was fine, and Raina went to bed fine. We had a completely successful evening, and I have no idea what made this one different from the previous. But it certainly gives us hope for the future, especially because we had Revathi go to sleep at our house so her parents could stay even longer. (Playing Battlestar Galatica takes a very long time!) It was brilliant and wonderful and Raina slept in the next morning, which was even better.

When we complimented her the next day on her behavior, she acted like it was no big deal.