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Festive family fury.? Don't bottle it up. Let it all out here.

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Mincepiedermama · 20/12/2006 14:24

Families and Christmas eh?

What have they done?
How has it left you feeling?
How do you plan to move on from here?

So far I've had the usual torrent of advice from my MIL mixed with observations about our handling of ds's diabetes. (She knows nothing about diabetes. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!)

Got that feels a little better but there's more to come.

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ImMcDreamyingofawhitexmas · 20/12/2006 14:27

Just feeling generally pissed off at the moment - Ils staying and have just completed the second round of collecting all the f tea cups from all over the house

happystory · 20/12/2006 14:31

I'm looking forward to 'Come and sit down, love' when the kitchen looks like the Battle of the Somme and no-one else is considering giving me a hand.
I will exempt dh from my wrath though as he will have just cooked the dinner

ComeOyeFaithfulVeneer · 20/12/2006 14:35

The hell that is my life atm means I am looking forward to 5 days of festivities family fights and all.

Mincepiedermama · 20/12/2006 14:39

I know that one happystory. 'Come and sit down'. As if...
My ILs actually sit around in the kitchen drinking endless cups of tea and talking non stop over each other not noticing me trying to sweep around them.

I'm going to have to start getting more stroppy like my Aunty Batty (god rest her). She'd boot everyone out of the kitchen at cooking time, then again at clearing up time. If you're not helping, and let's face it 'help' is usually not worth having, then keep out of my way.

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moondog · 20/12/2006 14:39

Great thread title!
I would welcome a dingdong even.All my family are scattered far and wide.

JessaJingleBells · 20/12/2006 14:42

Am SO looking forward to christmas with my dad visiting us...he is, um, "socially challenged"....painful to try to hold a conversation with him 90% of the time.
Has known DH for about 10 years and still only ever asks the same 3 questions:
1- How is your work?
2 - How is your car?
3 - How is the band?

DH really struggles as he is quite chatty and dad is like Eeyore!

happystory · 20/12/2006 14:46

All settling down in the happystory household to watch something we all like, (Catherine Tate, The Office, Extras) Mother rustles her Daily Mail a lot and says 'Do you find this funny?'

CarolTheAncientYuletideTroll · 20/12/2006 14:50

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 20/12/2006 14:51

At least this year I won't have my MIL sneaking up on me in the kitchen with a tiny bottle of Evian saying, "this is for X i.e my BIL (who at 43 still lives with them) to drink". My water's not good enough evidently.
BTW I gave him tap water later on.

I am having a quiet crimbo season this year.

moondog · 20/12/2006 14:55

Caro,this has to be the year you stop prviding childcare for yuor slothful sil.

CarolTheAncientYuletideTroll · 20/12/2006 14:58

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Sugarfree · 20/12/2006 14:59

Happystory,do we share a MIL?! That is exactly what mine does,Daily Mail and all!
Can we keep this thread bumped? Mine doesn't arrive til Friday.

moondog · 20/12/2006 15:00

Get staggeringly pissed and yell 'Yourrafeckinlazycow' before passing out in the turkey.

My dh is home tomorrow.I haven't seen him for 7 weeks.
Will be us four and my parents.

moondog · 20/12/2006 15:01

That's great,the Mail rustling matriarchs.

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YeahBut · 20/12/2006 15:06

Actually, we got ours over and done with at the weekend. A lovely weekend at the PILs. They hadn't got any food in for us or the kids for the weekend on the grounds that they (the PILs) don't eat much so why would we want to? MIL has all sorts of food and eating issues and tries to foist them on everyone else. FIL backs her up for a quiet life then spends the entire weekend in the kitchen scoffing ALL the stuff that we buy from Tesco. MIL constantly stresses about the noise (they're children and pretty good kids at that) and the mess (forever telling the kids not to play with things and stop making a mess). And then keeps telling anyone who will listen that we don't come often enough!!! AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH

liatHoHoHo · 20/12/2006 15:09

MIL gets here in 2 hours.

She is the most tedious human being I have ever met & spends all day moaning about how miserable she is and how she'd just like to be "looked after".

She is staying for TWO WEEKS. And I'm pregnant so can't even consol myself in alcohol. So lets keep this thread going, looks like we're all going to need it !!

liatHoHoHo · 20/12/2006 15:11

Console, even.

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santasdoingtheironing · 20/12/2006 15:14

Every year my mum goes into a Festive Huff dont know why and threatens not to turn up on Christmas Day - -oh if only!!

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moondog · 20/12/2006 15:16

Liat,that is outrageous!
How is it that people are so insensitive as to assume that people are happy to have them for that amount of time???

Even my dearly loved sisters wouldn't come for anywhere near that long.

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Carmenere · 20/12/2006 15:26

Dp is going to collect his rude, racist and malodourous mother who is coming to us for Christmas on Christmas eve. He then has to tell her of the suprise 'gift' I have organised. That she is staying in the local hotel for three nights

moondog · 20/12/2006 15:27

Brilliant Carmenere!

liatHoHoHo · 20/12/2006 15:35

Damn fine idea, Carmenere. Do let us know ho she reacts .

MIL keeps dropping unsubtle hints that she'd like to move in with us.

Over my dead, decomposing maggot-ridden body will she.

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