Do brothers-in-law have any use?, asked the great Rafael Azcona, an Iberian genius prone to raising the doubts of the human being of the 20th century as confirmed by another of his questions: an honest daughter of a family can fall in love with a sharpener walker?
The brother-in-law or sister-in-law are indispensable at a Christmas table as it should be and if you, dear reader, are one of those who would cut their tongues, you do not know what you are missing.
The gastronomic contribution of the subject to the Christmas table can usually be improved since, in general, it sticks to a very good cava made, in secret, by friendly and altruistic winemakers at a ridiculous price. The other main contribution is a bar of nougat that he likes very much or that he doesn’t like but was given as a gift.
Who recounts a trip through Europe on Interrail in the seventies like him? Who could better describe the new masculinity with its ordinances and its prison regime than a feminist sister-in-law?
When he is about to start the tabletop, he either falls asleep in the best armchair or reactivates the dialogue.
-And you, niece, do you already have a boyfriend or do you still go out with that bandarra from La Pampa?
– Look, you’re fat, but it’s all right…right?
-Who’s making me a coffee with a shot of whiskey?
– We don’t even have men’s football left! By the way, does anyone have a Movistar key that saves them and that’s how I see the league…
The brother-in-law hasn’t written a book about Interrail Europe or the memories of the covid, he hasn’t planted a pine tree or has children, but he doesn’t rule anything out and already shows up to Christmas meals in a tracksuit because that way he doesn’t iron and if it gets stained – it gets stained for sure – it’s not a problem either.
The sister-in-law, on the other hand, is aware of everything, wears a very large Palestinian scarf, has written a self-help book (Today I love myself more than yesterday) and is in favor of young people experimenting and not trying too hard. Apparently, you have a new partner but in Senegal.
What would Christmas be without these political brothers and sisters who demand attention and patience more than a mediator?
