Original fiction about the relationship nobody chooses and everybody has an opinion about.https://worldofcurious.com/en-auhttps://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-5/https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-5/Part five of five. What changed after the christening, what did not, and the two times Sandra stood on the step in the rain.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMTMother-in-Law Storiesfictionfamilyin-lawsEditorial Teamhttps://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-4/https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-4/Part four of five. The reason the neighbour had been moved to the top table was not the one Priya had spent all morning being angry about.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:00:00 GMTMother-in-Law Storiesfictionfamilyin-lawsEditorial Teamhttps://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-3/https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-3/Part three of five. Priya had nine versions of what she was going to say. She used none of them, and asked for something she had not planned to ask for.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:00:00 GMTMother-in-Law Storiesfictionfamilyin-lawsEditorial Teamhttps://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-2/https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan-part-2/Part two of five. Dan arrives with the cake, and the gap between him seeing the room and understanding the room turns out to matter more than the cards did.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMTMother-in-Law Storiesfictionfamilyin-lawsEditorial Teamhttps://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan/https://worldofcurious.com/article/the-christening-seating-plan/Part one of five. Priya arrives to put the flowers out and finds eighty name cards in the wrong order, and works out who has a key.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMTMother-in-Law Storiesfictionfamilyin-lawsEditorial Team