Christmas 2022 moan thread…

@doomanic That puts it all into perspective. My condolences to your wife, you and all your family.

Well I’ve had a bit of a shit day. Went to bed early feeling crap last night. After the kids did presents I went back to bed and slept for two hours. Then I had another two hours in bed sleeping at 4. Not just a post dinner snooze either, a proper head on the pillow out like a light kip. Now I’ve got a nose full of snotters and a headache. 🤒😖
This black barrel Jamesons is making me feel better. The Christmas dinner I made was also fantastic, everything hot and cooked.
If you’re feeling down or with reason then my thoughts are with you. My love from my family to you and yours. 🙂🥴🥃

@doomanic So sorry for your family’s loss at this time. Just be there for your wife and let her and you grieve as much as you can.

Apart from the famous getting a mention its a terrible time for a death. Sadly I know of 4 family friends in the last week. Not old either.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people can reach adulthood without acquiring the ability to tell toxic shitbags to f*** off.

he is the most racist homophobic angry man i have ever known.

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Th bad bit is so is my racist, bigoted, conspiracy-theorist, billy-no-mates, gammony, Farage/Trump/Tory supporting bore of an uncle.

Tell them. Wait until you’re on your own together and do it with a big cheesy grin on your face. “Look mate. Literally everyone in this house thinks you’re a c**t. The only reason you’re here is guilt. Now sit the **** down and shut the **** up. Another mince pie, Brian?”

@doomanic Sorry for your loss, terrible time for it to happen.

Not a bad day for me, nor a good one either..just ‘meh’ like I am most Christmas’s. Always struggle with mental health issues/negative thoughts this time of year, dunno why TBH.

Fairly quite one this year just me, the wife and my mum with some extended family popping by briefly. Nice food, few drinks and some telly. Round 2 tomo with the inlaws (who I get along with great TBH, so should be good)

Well today was actually uneventful, but more in a completely boring and unjolly time than just good. The problem uncle was on decent behaviour for most of the afternoon until he’d had his food, then he started to go on his usual rants etc but by then he was getting sleepy so it dulled the effect down somewhat. The only issue all day was my mum running out of energy 3/4 the way through the cooking so she needed a lot of support to get through that but we managed it. A bloody lovely leg of lamb was devoured and the present side was pretty good too. There just wasn’t any particular joy or energy for the whole day though so it was a slog to get through it. Just a product of the year we’ve had as a family I suppose. The get-together on the 29th for my birthday and a second xmas meet with my sister and her family will be much better as her two kids will provide all the relentless energy we all need so there is that to look forward to.

@doomanic – condolences, it’s a crap time to lose a loved one. I lost my nan on the 27th just over a decade ago which put a dampener on christmas and my birthday (on the 29th) so sort of know how much it hurts. Definitely take the time out for grieving and supporting your wife, especially as we head into the fun that is January.

Tell them. Wait until you’re on your own together and do it with a big cheesy grin on your face. “Look mate. Literally everyone in this house thinks you’re a c**t. The only reason you’re here is guilt. Now sit the **** down and shut the **** up. Another mince pie, Brian?”

Tried that a few years ago, didn’t make any difference and all I got was a ranty lecture about how I should respect my elders from him. He didn’t like my position that respect is earned not a right at all!

Tried that a few years ago, didn’t make any difference and all I got was a ranty lecture about how I should respect my elders from him. He didn’t like my position that respect is earned not a right at all!

You didn’t try hard enough. It’s difficult to rant when you’re escorted to the street with a foot up your arse.

🤷‍♂️ I don’t know, I guess I sympathise to an extent, I have to bite my tongue occasionally because Her Family (amongst others, a conspiracy theorist and a racist) so I appreciate that sometimes you have to play diplomacy if you’re hoping ever to have sex ever again.

On my side though, hard pass. I have few relatives and I long since binned “friends” who existed to make my life worse. Why should you tolerate that crap? Moreover, why should you tolerate that crap under your own roof, by invite? Bollocks to it. Bollocks to them, they can go be brexity about immigrants elsewhere, send them back where they came from.

Concessions made in the name of domestic harmony aside, I’m well past through with putting up with other people’s crap. Is your presence in my life a net gain or a net loss?

Cougar you sum up Xmas in a nut shell 👍 As I said in my previous post I put up with it for far too many years eventually saying enough is enough.

Spent most of yesterday pretending I wasn’t ill. Succumbed and went back to bed around 4pm. The worst part of it is that my ennui is trivial compared to others in this thread so can’t even have a Proper Moan in good conscience.

Tell them. Wait until you’re on your own together and do it with a big cheesy grin on your face. “Look mate. Literally everyone in this house thinks you’re a c**t. The only reason you’re here is guilt. Now sit the **** down and shut the **** up. Another mince pie, Brian?”

Concessions made in the name of domestic harmony aside, I’m well past through with putting up with other people’s crap. Is your presence in my life a net gain or a net loss?

Good advice. Posting both as a reminder to myself more than anything else. We cut one of the family out this year because he can no longer be arsed to acknowledge his niece a nephew, and I think one other will have gone by the end of next year.

Concessions made in the name of domestic harmony aside, I’m well past through with putting up with other people’s crap. Is your presence in my life a net gain or a net loss?

As a family who struggle with the sheer amount of “stuff” in our lives / this house, we endured somewhere between 3 and 4 hours of present opening yesterday. Care of my wife and MIL.
I had a small list, and got everything gloves, shorts, air fryer, that I wanted. And when asked / pressured for more I said (as I have done for a few years) I don’t want anything more.
Cue a hamper of food and drink assembled by MIL:
Red wine, jam, jelly babies, crisps, caramel snacks.
I’ve been diagnosed diabetic and have very high cholesterol; all of which I’m trying to control through diet and exercise.
Maybe she’s trying to tell me something. 😆

I did think jesus that lot is going to take some opening! When I was round yours the other week 😮

And I guess the MiL brought more, and more of the bad stuff 🙁 Snot fair is it Rich I make you look like a Pol Pot camp survivor and don’t have a problem with either?

Snot fair is it Rich I make you look like a Pol Pot camp survivor and don’t have a problem with either?

My present to you is a block of iodine for you to lick 😀😁😂

Today, no. 2 misplaced Crocky who is a small cuddly crocodile, resulting in us turning the house upside down until found. FML.

Mrs B tested positive for the ‘rona on Tuesday so our Christmas plans were cancelled. Christmas day itself was quiet but nice with just the two of us.

She had a really rough few days but was feeling better (but not ‘right’) by yesterday lunchtime so thought we were over it… And I’ve just tested positive, what a treat.

bails – see the positive; lock doors, close curtains, disconnect landline, turn mobiles off, turn lights off.
Take care of each other.
Perfect!

Spending 4 days stuck inside a summerhouse in Denmark with the inlaws. 11 people uncluding 5 kids is extremely claustrophobic, especially when the weather is so bad. At least I can’t understand what they are talking about.
Disappeared for a few hours this afternoon to get my head down only for my wife to tell me I might as well drive home to the uk as I’m so miserable.
No shit, this is the worst Christmas blues I’ve ever experienced. Can’t imagine what it would be like without Citalopram.

dovebiker
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First cold I’ve had in three years…but

Went to the beach to walk the dog and then popped into to see a 90-year old woman who lives on her own in a remote cottage – feeling very virtuous.

given your post on the cold thread, still feeling virtuous…

Somehow missed this thread and an opportunity to moan.

People who view all makes and models of a given type of product as mutually interchangeable. They have the good sense and generosity to ask me what I’d like as a gift, then proceed to buy something similarish at similar or even higher cost. To them, all cycling gloves are the same, all hex keys and bit sets are the same, and all LED torches are the same. These things aren’t groceries!