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Yes its that time of year when we celebrate by spending time with people we can't stand and that can't stand us - yes the mother in-law, sister in-law etc etc.
I have a repieve this year with an inlaw free Christms Day, but they are coming on Boxing Day 😯
My main strategy for coping is to be the good son in-law and hit the kitchen hard and cook, wash up and generally be busy and avoiding the need to be remotely sociable 
Urgh I have to deal with the infantile step father again. My tactic (same as every year) is to be a model guest, not proffer my opinion on anything, not rise to any bait etc.
Tomorrow however I'll be on the champagne all day with my mum so anything could happen.
Yep, Nasty Monster-in-law + idiotic sister-in-law coming for Christmas lunch..
The Nasty Monster-in-law has already p****d me off over this by threatening to bring her own turkey when I mentioned that I was going to give it a miss this year, and cook something different. (I hate turkey, my wife is a veggie, my kids have already had multiple Christmas dinners at School/etc)
The idiotic sister-in-law just annoys me with her total failure to discipline her 8 year old son, who is fast becoming a total monster + her constant bullying of my wife into helping her look after the monster child.
I've just come back from 3 days at Disneyland with wife/Kids, so Christmas is done for me anyway.
Happy days..
Dissenting voice here: I'm without parents and get on very well with the Outlaws. This year it's a nice break, as they're hosting and I've just taken over a contribution for the drinks selection tomorrow to help cover the 11 - 7 session.
Wishing everyone here the best possible Christmas/Festivus/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/whatever!
It'll soon be boxing day 😆
Last year this thread was a form of therapy!
MIL has been here since Monday. She's said the "don't pay road tax" classic while complaining of cyclists coming through her village.
Still, two new patios will be nice when summer comes round...
Just get really. really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really pissed!
Then wake up tomorrow with a hazy recollection of an some shouting, and everyone glaring at you.
Since getting divorced I find I no longer have to dread christmas, and putting up with my awful lemon-sucking, sour-faced, whining, tutting MIL, and her bland, anodyne, patronising, bigoted Daily Mail reading 'conversation', and her belief that having more than one small sherry made you an alchoholic! And my FIL (who was actually an ok, long suffering bloke) surreptitiously raiding my lager stash while trying to make it look like he wasn't constantly topping his glass up. Christ! If I'd put up with her all my life, I'd be drinking heavily too! Poor bastard! 😀
I like my inlaws, they're staying with us for 4 days over xmas....
I have lovely inlaws, so I don't know, but surely you can have a good couple of days sport winding these bastards up? Just out bastard them.
Mine are here already and the (pre-)Christmas dinner is in the oven. Industrial quantities of sausage meat [s]dog food[/s] are ready.
Well, we did the honourable thing and had a massive argument with the in-laws a few months back which has resulted in everyone not speaking and a Christmas off. Winner!
I used to get on really well with my in-laws before they both died, and siblings wives/husbands also really good company, as is Mrs. Pinkster's brother's family (their son can be a bit of demon spawn but we don't see them too much anyway as they live in the Philippines).
Never really understood this problem with them. Perhaps I've just been really lucky know folks who just want to get along?
Have a good few days of celebrating folks, you know you love it really. 😉
I showed my inlaws the Christmas photos of them where they'd stayed with us for a week. They had absolutely no recollection of coming.
I just need to reprint the photobook with a different date from now on... 😈
I'm really, really, really convinced that Binners gets his inspiration from this:
Tom,
You lucky, lucky, b&$7&£d!!!
Mine arrived yesterday and are staying until the weekend 😥
My father in law passed away this year, he was a top bloke and thoroughly enjoyed a glass of red wine with me at Christmas. I'll miss the old bugger, he was a legend.
Be thankful you have family to share Christmas with, and don't let your dislike and negativity take over. It's Christmas, the season of goodwill to everyone after all.
Hope you all have a great Christmas, may your stuffing be tasty and your bird juicy.
Mine live on a little Greek Island with a poor internet connection so a glitchy skype chat is the worst of it 😀
In laws are what Kalashnikovs were invented for
Just waved mine off.
I have the slightly detached situation of having Crimbo dinner at friends with one set of parents (his) and seeing female half subjected to her mother-in-law's passive aggression and be patronised by father-in-law about the health of our babies. It's gonna be awesome. 😀
Staying with the in laws for a week. There will be 28 of us in all here.
Things got off to a tasty start today when one lot turned up 3.5 hours late for Christmas Eve drinks and supper. And then the old dog choked to death on a bone in front of the eleven assembled grand children. You couldn't make this stuff up.
No pressure on me tomorrow; I am in charge of roasting a whole pig for the masses. Just hoping that not too many of aforementioned grandchildren recognise it as Polly who they have been feeding scraps to for the past 9 months.
Farmboy is your surname Griswold?
MiL is staying with us for two weeks. It's pretty good tbh, she has really traditional values and gives the wife a hard time for letting me do any cooking and cleaning.
We live across the sea from ours, but have a mate staying for 10 days. Should be fun as we've quite a lot of climbing and hill walking planned 🙂
tomaso - Member
Last year this thread was a form of therapy!
Coincidentally, I re-read that thread this morning.
My vote for the 2013 win:
oldschool - Member
“Ha amateurs the lot of you. We pulled up at the outlaws, got the dog out who had a pee (only a pee and still outside). MIL not happy flailing arms, shaking if the head at the window. Back in the car and home, not even 1 word spoken and we've fallen out.”
Not inlaws but The Northeners. They will insist on watching anything with ****ing Miranda in it even though they are recording it at home. Then moan about whatever weather we have and for some unknown reason use millions of toilet rolls in the process.
**** off.
You're all lucky. I get to spend Christmas with Peterpoddy 😉 😉 😉
EDIT I don't know why people visit family or allow family to visit that they don't like. Why bother? I just can't see the benefit in it. If they can't behave like normal human beings towards their own family then i wouldn't want to spend time with them. Especially at Christmas, which I love and want to be special for me and my wife. Visit another time for a shorter period or when the weather is nice so you can get away if you want to.
Not inlaws but The Northeners
This year we are the Northern invaders who have brought chaos and strong beer to the southern shandy drinking masses in the south east.
So far my M-I-L has:
1. argued with my wife about what time our children will be allowed to open presents.
2. got the hump with me because I won't be going to church with them this evening.
3. told us all that we couldn't leave the house this morning because we were to gather round the computer to take a Skype call from the B-I-L from Australia. And then got very upset when the call came when she was in the shower and they needed to keep it brief as they were going out.
It's not even her house that we're staying at but the sister in laws!
She means well but......
Aaarggrrrgghhhhhhhhagaghhhhhhhhhhgh
24/7 365 Shift work is often a blessing! 😀
Christmas Day at my folks, then they are coming round here for Boxing Day, so MrsMC will be posting on here then. The two women I love the most really don't get on, makes my life hell.
Next week MrsMC is taking the kids down to her folks. We get on OK, but having to split our holidays to cover the school holidays means I have to stay at home. With my bikes and a lot of beer.
I am inflicting my family on my other half but she seems to enjoy it and talks to them more than I do!
I'm staying with my MIL in Spain & she is just the best & treats me like a king. Rather here than anywhere else. Mmm tapas & vino tinto every day. 8)
Mine are over from the USA. Staying til New Year.
Good so far. Me and the father in law just been out for a roof down blast down some back roads in the MX5, and are off to the local brewery bar shortly.
Although we escape inlaws on the big day we are having Interfering Jim, our octogenarian neighbour with dementia round for lunch. Otherwise he'd be all alone for Christmas and that is about as christian as I get!
Looking forward to Saturday 27th and hopping on train to Staveley for some mountain bike action followed by a session in the brewery and a wobble home on the train. Although the weather is looking cold and wet with sleet forecas, so may not be going up on top.
I like my in-laws, but my ex-in laws were a mare. I cooked Christmas dinner for 8 a few times, and my MIL after arriving at our house, would walk straight from the car and into the kitchen and start poking into my cooking and disapproving of EVERYTHING and tried to force me to do the roast potatoes in her deep fat fryer- even brought the fryer with her after I said I didn't want or need it!
pedropete - Member
I'm staying with my MIL in Spain & she is just the best & treats me like a king. Rather here than anywhere else. Mmm tapas & vino tinto every day.
He's not wrong! Feliz Navidad.
I can't wait to get to the Inlaws tomorrow night. Love them to bits and they are like best friends, no doubt a food fight will happen.
However I'm not looking forward to a day with my miserable parents
Spending xmas with a puppy or a kitten is a million million way better than thoughts of inlaws visiting on xmas 😕 (Cannot find a vomiting emoticon)
I am married ..but inlaws i did not signed up for that shit! So yah im inlaw free xmas for life 😀
Customer told me they look forward to christmas, to see who will arrive or phone, as they usually only keep up with each on via Jeremey Kyle,and similar programes along with Crimewatch,caught on camera etc, they tried for benefits street, but failed as they dont get benefits due to income from fees from the tv shows etc, and being in and out of prison.
Mine live round the corner, have just popped in and left. Seeing them again on boxing day. They're quite nice and we get on OK thankfully. Unlike my sister who decided she didn't want to see me again 3 years ago 🙁
Everyone will be at ours this year, first time we have hosted. My mum and dad are great and father in law is a top guy. Mil is usually ok but SiL can be hard work sometimes. We have a flashpoint for a strop ready to go (next years holiday, SiL not coming, long story) that my Mum and Dad will need to be pre-warned to not talk about! Oh and a set of 90yr old grandparents and my kids are 4 and 18months ready to rock 🙂
If you want me I'll be in the shed with the cat
They're:
And because the northerners are coming the in-laws can't kip at ours so I will have to drop and collect them Christmas day and boxing day and not have a beer.
Ho ho ho everybody.
this christmas will be far quieter than last year...
last christmas one of my evil sister in laws slapped my wife on the doortsep so my wife floored her.
i missed it all but the MIL witnessed it, they havent spoken to the SIL since. she is a bitter twisted evil c*w!
the FIL is mental and i get on great with him he has a very dark sense of humour like me. i still laugh about the time i found a PDF on his laptop of how to make a homemade rocket launcher!!!???... i questioned it and he replied.. "you never know mate, you never know!!"