It was pouring with rain today, but even the downpour couldn’t stop my maternal grandparents from joining us for their Mother’s Day celebration at a restaurant. I swear, their go-to move is always eating out - it’s such a cliché! Haven’t they ever considered hosting a gathering instead? Then again, Mom’s foodie gene definitely comes from them. She’s not even supposed to be eating solid food yet. But of course, she ignored my advice. And, just as I predicted, they spent way more time chatting than actually eating. By the end, I was practically nodding off at the table.

It was pouring rain today, but even the downpour couldn’t .......

It was pouring rain today, but even the downpour couldn’t stop my maternal grandparents from joining us for their Mother’s Day celebration at a restaurant. I swear, their go-to move is always eating out—it’s such a cliché! Haven’t they ever considered hosting a gathering instead? Then again, Mom’s foodie gene definitely comes from them. She’s not even supposed to be eating solid food yet. But of course, she ignored my advice. And just as I predicted, they spent way more time chatting than actually eating. By the end, I was practically nodding off at the table. "She’s not even supposed to be eating solid food yet." So you do that out there but you didn't say why?? the problem isn't the grammar. I mean if you were telling me this verbally I would stop you and say why can't your mom eat solid food. And then when you said she ignored your advice I'd say well why does she have to listen to your advice are you a doctor? You were nodding off at the table? Were you tired were you bored were you exasperated were you happy? Just as I expected and predicted and reminded them they spent way more time talking than eating I eventually ended up nodding off in the booth next to my auntie feeling the warmth and the love as they all laughed and chatted and argued about who was going to pay for the food that didn't get eaten.

It was pouring rain today, but even the downpour couldn’t stop my maternal grandparents from joining us for their Mother’s Day celebration at a restaurant. I swear, their go-to move is always eating out—it’s such a cliché! Haven’t they ever considered hosting a gathering instead? Then again, Mom’s foodie gene definitely comes from them. She’s not even supposed to be eating solid food yet. But of course, she ignored my advice. And just as I predicted, they spent way more time chatting than actually eating. By the end, I was practically nodding off at the table. So instead of saying pouring rain we might say pouring down rain to emphasize the amount of rain that's coming down and it's raining very very heavily otherwise pouring rain is fine.. Mother's Day celebration at a restaurant.. usually we would either name the restaurant like mother's Day celebration at jollibee's or mother's Day celebration at Texas Roadhouse steakhouse, but after times we would just say something to make it feel more specific so it would be their favorite restaurant instead of a restaurant a restaurant makes it sound like it's just some random choice, their favorite restaurant or the restaurant around the corner from their house. The restaurant where they first met. Something like that. Makes for better storing telling and it just sounds better. Grammatically what you wrote was fine. "hosting a gathering instead" ? Where? So generally speaking if you're hosting a gathering you don't do it at home so why would that be any different than getting together at a restaurant? Or maybe this is something that being lost cross-culturally I'm not quite getting what you mean why that would be better than just going to the restaurant? Because for me as an American those are basically the same thing unless you're doing it at home But then you would say "hosting a gathering at home" There's not anything wrong with the grammar just feels like things are missing.