Bushy light brown brows came together in a frown. His expression, as always, said; "What now?" Events considered mundane by other people astonished him.
The man's mood was forever swinging from joy to anger and back again.
This time, his daughter informed him that she had chosen a husband. He frowned as usual and asked, "Who is the gentleman?" not expecting an answer that would remove the grimace from his face.
As he had expected, the man was married with two children, but he planned to get a divorce. The future mother-in-law, a slim, good-looking, practical lady, said, "Bring the man so that I can judge his sincerity."
The father-in-law struggled to maintain family tradition in the face of new-fangled ways in the ever-changing modern world. He wanted things to stay the same, but conditions were forever changing.
His son-in-law's attitude to life differed from his own. He wanted to keep things as they were in the days of his father and grandfather before him. The son-in-law did everything opposite to his parents.
With his daughter married to this adventurer, the father-in-law waited to see his pessimistic expectations fulfilled.
To his great surprise, he became a grandfather for the third time. The grandchildren respected and loved their grandparents and often enjoyed spending time at their house.
The in-laws were happy, and Grandpa, who always expected the worst, received the best.
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