lol. tell her to **** off jamj
Lucky us - I love my in-laws (just as well as they live next door!). Just need to keep off the subject of brexit over the dinner table and all will be well in the house 😀
And so to A&E, 87 year old with suspected fractured femur at hip end.
Sorry to hear that Murray. Fingers crossed for you and your mum.
Been her for just over a day, babysitting tonight so we can go out for a meal, babysitting later on next week so we can go for cheeky road ride. Brought loads of wine and tidy up after themselves, excellent houseguests. Do eat a lot of snacks though.
Just bumping this thread as it's my favourite thing to read at xmas.
Trying hard to explain to MIL that we haven't had the house turned upside down, it's always been this way........ and no, the furniture is just the same as it's always been. Mrs Scape gets fed up trying to correct her, I just roll with it and try to keep track of her rambling. Genuine comedy moment when son was telling her about his new girlfriend whose father owns some vast estate in Wales, then asked me a question about the caravan I stay in when I'm working in North Yorkshire, at which MIL got it into her head that the girlfriend is from the travelling community. That took a bit of disentangling.
When I married Mrs Z her mother had died. No MIL for me. The FIL, now he's another thing. Luckily he lives abroad so our paths never cross. Barely had a civil word from him in nigh on 40 years. He's the same with everyone so I don't feel put out.
We arrived at the MIL house on the 19th, and we leave on the 2nd. My other half is Polish, so its Polands 'turn' this year!
Honestly, its fantastic! However none of my partners family speak any English, and my Polish is OK, but not great!
Therefore they could be slating me left right and centre! I just sit and laugh along most of the time!
Trouble is, I'm not a drinker, and they seem to treat Vodka like water over Christmas!
Foods utterly amazing though!
My parents are here. And so far p20 has been asked to do maths involving prosecco (for a recipe)! 😆
Mine has just arrived. She is a bully and sets my partner on edge constantly telling her she is a bad daughter etc I don't like her and hence every little thing she does annoys me.
Currently eating via massive slurping and eating with mouth open.
Mine arrived yesterday, and apart from reading the Daily Mail they are lovely people. MiL does tidy up to Olympic standard without realising it which can lead to the odd WTF has that .... gone!
This being a non English speaking past of the world I'm of now to the GF's folks place for the afternoon & evening. It'll be boring AF. Me trying to be sociable with people with whom I have nothing in common. I feel like I'm leading a double life when I'm there. Her folks are very conservative. Her sister has the personality of a floor mop and her kids are screechy. The old man is a domineering busy-body.
Still the, the blessing is that it is just the evening. Not going to drink much as I don't want the red wine to loosen my tongue and have me trying into a discussion that I'll later regret.
TTFN...
Guys. Really. Just all move to Australia. Christmas cake on the beach and not an inlaw in sight.
Failing that, just make Christmas your day and extended family duties can resume on Boxing Day or whenever.
Nah... You get sandy cake. Hate sand in my cake.
MiL was the nicest person I ever met but unfortunately she passed away 2 years ago. FiL is a selfish **** who I loath more than anybody in the world. He’s still with us but I don’t have to see him until next Saturday
But it'll take years off her to see my little fella
Takes her back to bath time?
Currently eating via massive slurping and eating with mouth open
Is that you or your MIL? 🙂
MIL and FIL will be at ours from 12noon tomorrow until around 6pm. The FIL is a compulsive liar who has done everything. His lies include coming 3rd in the Tour of Ireland (wife has never known him own a bike), starring in the Lord of the Rings and running the huge company he worked at (he was a cleaner).
The more he drinks the louder he gets and the bigger the lies get.
Glass of sherry and peeling parsnips while listing to kings carols.
Escaped with mild rebuke for dirty hydration pack in laundry sink so far - got off lightly
Wish my old man was still here.
My MiL is a superstar, FiL good value as long as he is given an airing outside once a day. My mum on the other hand, deep breath, nightmare. Her and Mrs NZCol engage in open kitchen warfare. She sulks a lot when my daughter dares speak to anyone else, doesn’t really play with her and mains about everything. I’ve retired to the sofa contemplating a gin after a hard 2 hr zwift session. Brexit and independence came up earlier so I left given we have 3 leave voters moaning about pension drops and costs rising. WTAF.
And breathe
I’ll have a gin.
Just gone. It’s very quiet......
Both my parents are now dead, so I was looking forward to a Christmas with microwaved Iceland curries, then I met someone I’d not seen for twenty-one years, her relationship had broken up, she was living with her mum, which was strained, so she ask if she could stay with me for a while. Two months on she’s living with me, and her mum is staying over Christmas! Faux-MiL owned pubs all her life, and looked after the food side, g/f was born and grew up in pubs, hung out in the kitchens and learned to cook there, both of them are out in the kitchen preparing today’s and tomorrow’s dinners, so I’m looking forward to what might be the best Christmas I’ve had in donks!
Have a great Christmas everyone.
Oh, and I get on great with the faux-MiL as well. 😀
Mine is in Ulster and can no longer travel to us. This is a source of sadness to both of us. Next year if MIL is spared we're going there,hiring a cottage and will host the day. This will give the in-laws a year off and we can have a proper hooli. Logistics could be difficult and I see a long hard drive in my future.
Mine arrived this morning. She looked after the wee one while we took the older one to a show.
She is mental though and drives her daughter up the wall. Butters her toast on the counters then brushes the crumbs onto the floor, puts things away in random places so we can never find them, doesn't listen to anything you say so she'll constantly ask questions that you've literally just answered etc.
3 kids this Christmas!
The most boring day ever. To make it worse I can hear next door, family and friends party of 12 having a great day.
Well here we are at the in-laws at 3:17 awaiting our 2pm Christmas dinner.
Having not eaten since 7:30 the kids are complaining, I'm feeling wasted on 3 beers and it's kicking off in the kitchen.
Butters her toast on the counters then brushes the crumbs onto the floor
Oh dear GOD!
Has the mother-in-law arrived yet?
Today I've cleaned and tidied the garage and swept up the leaves around the house.
I got divorced, so.. at least that's one bonus.
I have cycled, drank beer and changed the wing mirror on my car
I've been out on my bike, fed her wine, waiting for her to sleep or go home.
Going to the pub tonight to get over it.
A couple years ago my girlfriend's mum fell asleep after eating Christmas dinner so we smeared cream all over her glasses, she woke up later on thinking she had gone blind 😆
One yelling session so far. Not too bad. Could have been better but we managed dinner with no more arguments by not talking to each other.
I’m all about the silver linings just now.
They’re here, they’re good people really. Also I have happy kids, and coincidentally a very tidy garage.
And they’re leaving soon!
My mil is fine, think I prefer her to my own mum sometimes as she can be hard work.
FIL is ok , helps with DIY round the house,BUT he does monopolise the TV and ****g hell he has bad taste, carry-on, top gear marathons.
Just had to sit thru the tedium of skyfall for the nth time!
Still been playing with the kids Xmas Lego and drinking port, so it's not all bad!
We've had MiL here for near on 3 weeks now. She always means well, but old age doesn't come alone so it's not always easy. Anyway, we'll miss her when she's gone and hope to see her next year.
My dad's been here since the day before yesterday, he's great and gets on well with the wife and kids. So no complaints there.
The MiL will be turning up on Wednesday in time for NY... she's a traditional Spanish housewife and wouldn't dream of letting a man do anything around the house - I don't have any problem with her but I imagine the girls + wife will be extremely glad to see her go when she heads off on the 7th 😆
Mil is fine, has been the aunt in law giving parenting advice that has been the irritant this evening
No MiL but FiL is getting forgetful.
He remembered he normally buys a box of wine at Christmas (mail order), but forgot he already had!
Currently we've got 3 boxes, and expect more in the new year!
We’ve had our first Xmas at home for about 10 yrs. FIL is here. He’s pretty good to be honest apart from being a fully paid up member of UKIP and banging on all the time about politics. That I can cope with but not having descriptive voice text on all the Xmas telly. He’s deaf not blind. Man walks into shop. We know that because we can see it FFS. Do you want subtitles on “no this is fine thanks” ?
At the FIL/MIL. He's great (two polypins, loads of whisky) but she's very Daily Mail ("so and so is gay but quite nice", likes Mrs Brown's Boys). And my nephew eats pasta with ketchup... Yes, I sound like a snob but you have to draw a line somewhere.
