skygiants

I love that you keep a supply of Emergency Gothics just in case. As everyone should!

Also fascinated by the details of this particular Emergency Gothic! The fun-loving father who is not-so-secretly a jerk, the abrasive mother-in-law who is secretly well-meaning, the... joys of being a suburban housewife? I mean compared to being trapped in Father-In-Law's mansion cooking TWO full meals a day while the men play golf for a living, I can see why Hilda would dream of the good old days in her own personal private home that FIL did not live in.

However, like you, not sure how well she would adjust to the beach hut life. Maybe as long as the counterculture cousin does not allow the beatniks to wander through the beach hut? Perhaps the important thing is not SUBURBIA but PRIVATE DWELLING.