Errr, I hate to break it to you, but they are not urine tests. The swab is supposed to go up your nose, not up your... errrr....
Not that kind of Lucozade willard! The fizzy kind. (er, fizzy drink kind, MY Lucozade will probably have a head on it anytime between boxing day and new year) if you substitute your snot sample for it, you get a +ve test. Don't you remember school kids doing it to get them and their class a day or two off? 🤣
Cougar’s blood pressure.
A great name for a >10% beer.
has NOT been invited to her Boxing Day bash – The only person on that entire side of the family not invited
Has it simply been assumed she has an invite without her prescence being formally requested? lol, it's a possibility.
Either way don't touch the situation with a barge pole.. or casually mention the boxing day do to said person and guage the reaction.
You won't be in the wrong if there's some weird reason she's uninvited, that you've not been made aware of.
Just let sweet ol' auntie know over dinner, the resulting arguments will beat watching old Liz on the telly box and will be fondly laughed over every Christmas for years to come.
We have our own issues balancing 3 families and 3 days of Christmas dinner
I can thoroughly recommend that you visit the Methuen Arms in Corsham. It’s between Bath and Chippenham.
I know it well, I’ve eaten and had drinks there, but I prefer the Flemish Weaver at the other end of the High Street, the old bit that’s featured in a variety of telly shows.
Wait, I know.
Play it cool, then arrive at theirs having kindly given auntie a lift also.
Emigrate.
Anything else is posturing.
Worked for me.
+1
Sadly, my wife's family are here. Hopefully we can **** off further away in the coming years!
You lot are all presuming that Auntie is a clean, polite and friendly older lady who'd offer you a werthers from her bag. The truth might be she's a disgusting old bag who talks endlessly about innane crap, as elder ladies are want to do. Bet she talks at you when you're eating, I hate that.
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She’s lovey and we all get on well so no problem delighted to have her over.
Doesn't seem so! Why would the in laws let her stay over one night, then not invite her to the party.
Does it turn into a singers do once all the family have left, and she's not the type?
It sounds like the sort of vile bullying I wouldn't tolerate in my ten year old's social circle.
best of luck OP.
My wife’s family have 5? set events over the festive period. These run like clockwork and NEVER change (Us taking over xmas day was ‘A Thing’).
The first year we were together, my wife missed one of these events so we could spend a day with my family. Her mum never spoke to her for about 8 weeks as a result.
It’s weird these family ‘Things’…
Does it turn into a singers do once all the family have left, and she’s not the type?
TBH the FIL loves a bit of karaoke, can’t stand it myself 🙂
Maybe she's off-key.
Damn you, stupid thumbs!
My family are of the sort that "Share a surname, but little else" We all live as far apart as we can (far enough away that a day visit is inconvenient) We all do our own thing and all seem to have no intention of ever spending any time with each other at Xmas. My brother for instance lives in the North east, he's coming down to me in Manchester the week before, but is leaving to go back on Xmas Eve...He lives alone. It seems to work well enough though. My partner is Jewish, and Canadian, so that's that covered.
My Xmas's are pretty relaxed it has to be said.
" . . . who talks endlessly about innane crap, as elder ladies are want to do."
Quick, sign her up to STW - she'll fit in well here!
Talking endlessly about inane crap is what families do Jekkyl.
Talking endlessly about inane crap is what families do Jekkyl.
Not mine - mine play games very competitively! This year its a quiz league - each member will do a 20 - 30 question quiz and at the end of the week a winner will be declared! Probably monopoly as well
the whole family ( mum, dad, sis , brother in law nephews and their partners) have hired a house for a week over christmas. Fortunately having established the precedent of not joining them because I have been working over the decades I can avoid this and because of my circumstances this year no one is pressing me to join them. Now love my family dearly but the idea of a whole week of over eating, over drinking ( by my standards) and playing games competitively is pure hell.
I will join them on boxing day for 36 hours I may well take a tent and sleeping bag so I can escape into the garden!
As suggested OP, I’d mention the party to the aunt then stand well back and observe the fall out. You’ve got some way to go to beat the STW record of turning up on the drive before having enough and turning round. So perhaps your partner can have an argument on the phone on the way to the Boxing Day party, so you don’t even reach the destination?
We see my folks/my in-laws alternate years Christmas day/Boxing day.
My family are pretty easy - my Brother died 8 years ago so my Mum and Dad are my only close family - they live 15 mins drive away and are not too demanding - This year They'll come to ours Christmas day for Lunch then we'll pack them off home as we go to a friends on Christmas day night.
The In-laws are a total nightmare - my wife has 2 sisters - both single Mums, early 40s who are basically adult Children - they cannot look after their own feral Children properly let alone themselves.
As neither are capable of cooking a roast dinner or a boxing day buffet they both expect their elderly parents to cater for them on one day, we end up with them all round here every year for the other day.
Which also annoys me as they'll turn up with a bottle of £3 Co-op wine, and proceed to eat/drink all of our posh food/booze.
And don't get me started on their feral kids - poor behaviour, no manners, etc.
...and breathe.
Which also annoys me as they’ll turn up with a bottle of £3 Co-op wine, and proceed to eat/drink all of our posh food/booze.
Don’t buy posh food for their meal and hide your nice booze then. If they are happy buying a £3 bottle then I assume they will be ok drinking something similar.
My wife’s family have 5? set events over the festive period. These run like clockwork and NEVER change (Us taking over xmas day was ‘A Thing’).
The first year we were together, my wife missed one of these events so we could spend a day with my family. Her mum never spoke to her for about 8 weeks as a result.
Can I add to the WTF??? about that one?
KFC Bargain Bucket and a 2ltr bottle of FF Coke . Be right up their strasse. Turn the heating down or off , just say its broken.
For the last 4 years I've been bidding for Christmas trips and then telling my family that I've been forced to work on Christmas Day. No fights, arguments, cooking, or traffic, and everyone at work is cheerful.
Only wish I'd thought of doing it earlier.
I bet if you called Lovely Auntie and told her there was a party that she wasn't allowed to be at she'd say "Yes of course I know about it. Tony will be there, with his wife..." and chuckle.
You can get wine for £3 in the co-op ? Don't believe you !
Gin has been banned after how smashed my 2 BIL's got on it a couple of years ago. Started on it after wine and beers - absolute mess they both worse. I wasn't even there to take the pish !
We're all together this year. Thinking of taking "Exploding Kittens" and "Throw Throw Burrito" for some competitive fun.
You can get wine for £3 in the co-op ?
Probably a 125ml tin, knowing Co-Op prices.
