thanksgiving beginning

see, we have a wedding coming up and I am an irritating, over-involved mother, so......perhaps this will release some turmoil and spare my family.
Shannon (the oldest) is marrying Adam. Adam is self possessed, not overly emotional, and in general....an engineer. Thanksgiving was my first true indication of how this match might pan out.
Thanksgiving is always a great time to bring out the "interesting" sides of family personalities. Shannon and Adam were not engaged yet but the relationship was official enough that he of course was with us.
Lots of cooking with all 3 kids here (Shannon, Patrick, and Meghan),I was a bit more over the top than usual due to losing my Mom 3 weeks prior, boyfriend (mine!) and his mother coming, all in all a good time for wine.
Shannon will be a teacher soon and dresses the part. Conservative and comfortable pretty much sums it up. She dressed for dinner and came out completely unaware that her sister,Meghan, was ready for her. Shannon had on a nice skirt that actually was above the knee and here is the kicker....she had on boots. Yup....boots!
Meghan calmly gave her the once over and said "you look like a prostitute". Meghans aim was perfect and Shannon burst into tears and promptly ran to Adam to tell him they had to leave...immediately! Now you gotta picture Adam. He has ensconsed himself on the family room couch, a bottle of beer in hand, and contentedly perusing Sports Illustrated. Shannon is in full flounce mode and I found it interesting that Adam didn't even lift his head. Since Adam kept his head down Shannon next came to me. "Mom, you have to talk to Meghan and tell her to say she is sorry". Figured that was doable so tiptoed to Meghans room...."sweetie, just tell your sister you're sorry". "She looks like a prostitue" was her reply.
Went back to Shannon and she said "well?". I said "honey I don't think she is sorry but I am".
More of Shannon telling Adam to get up, they are leaving. More of me sippping wine and running back and forth, More of Adam sipping his beer, more of me sipping wine.
Finally I just drank wine. Meanwhile Meghan and Shannon come back into the room and Meghan is discussing the possibility of borrowing Shannons boots at a later date.
It really isn't the boots. It's Adam. Perfect....finally we get someone in our family who keeps his head down! I asked him later how he did it....answered simply "I wasn't going anywhere until I finished my beer".