I probably am BU but I would be grateful if you could give me some tips on how to manage this better.
When we meet for family gatherings there are usually around 15 of us from 3-4 "nuclear" families. In my book, the family leaving should discretely pack their bags into the car and then 15 people spend 5 minutes in the hallway doing the quick peck on the cheek before the departing family leave.
What happens with DH's family is that as soon as we make initial moves to start our journey home one of them will rush over an start talking to him about something totally irrelevant. The process of packing the car then gets dragged out over about half an hour. They will start the pecking on the cheek business outside on the drive and as there are lots of us it can take ages. Whilst waiting for the people that haven't yet had a kiss, one or two will go to their coats or find a present that they had intended to give us dragging it out any longer, ad infinitum. once it took 3 hours and I am not joking
I can just about cope with this in summer but today, it was bloody cold so I thought I would try a different technique as we were the hosts.
When the departing family had kissed everyone in the hall, I said goodbye and then shut the front door leaving them to faff around packing the car on the drive. It felt a bit rude but the alternative was the possibility of having the front door open for a further hour whilst they messed about.
How do normal families manage this?
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QuestaVecchiaCasa · 20/11/2016 16:29
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