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to share the things my BIL has moaned about whilst staying at our house for the past 3 days?

629 replies

BanKittenHeels · 15/09/2019 15:50

Amazon Prime Video doesn’t have the new Quentin Tarantino film that has just come out at the cinema. Ergo Amazon Prime is a waste of money.

The shower screen in the guest bathroom has a stationary rather than hinged shower screen.

That someone used the loo in the middle of the night and he could hear them flush - his bedroom door was 3/4 open.

We have stair gates, so our children don’t break their necks. “Really inconvenient”

The Thai restaurant sent us too many prawn crackers. They sent an appropriate amount for the number of people, actually.

My deodorant is blue. And what?

We don’t have an endless supply of spare clothes in his size and to his taste.

His hair was still in the shower in his en suite when he went back to use it the next day.

The towels I put out for him are white.

Our front gate is too squeaky.

The planes overhead are too low.

We have too many rugs.

He can hear traffic when in the garden.

Our dogs won’t cuddle him.

Our children wear shorts.

The settings of the seats in the car we lent him weren’t to his liking.

He doesn’t like the preset radio stations on our car radio.

My DH (his brother) “doesn’t wear a hat”??????

We don’t have his very specific music taste available to him on vinyl, although we did think to search out appropriate Spotify playlists for him but “that’s not quite the same authenticity”.

The local swimming pool (in a large city) keeps “provincial, British hours”.

Microwave steamers are “excessive gadgets”. Then 30 minutes later, “I suppose you could steam veg in your steamer, have you thought of that?” No shit!

None of the 3 duvets we offered him were suitable.

I use my inhaler too frequently.

Why do I have rosehip oil in the bathroom, it’s of no use to anyone.

Confused HmmAngry

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MMama18 · 18/09/2019 16:51

This is one of the best threads I’ve ever read 🤣 glad you’re not taking it too seriously OP, your BIL would drive me nuts!
(I’ve got your brisket recipe in the oven currently and I’m so excited!!)

chocorabbit · 18/09/2019 11:48

If he complains like that when he goes to restaurants you can imagine what happens to his food by some staff ......

I hope you NEVER go out to eat with him!!!!!!!

wanderings · 18/09/2019 07:37

@TyrionsNextWife
If he is Adrian Mole, here are some of the things he might say:

The only lavatory is downstairs.
You've given me an iPod, not a Sony Walkman.
There are too many books by Jane Austen, whose books are to be read by brainless cretins.
You don't have an Aga.
The oranges are not Outspan oranges.
Your dog has a name: it's a Mole family tradition that dogs are not given names.
You haven't provided me with a lockable safe for my journal, nor a Mont Blanc pen in which to scribe in it.
Your conversation is dead boring, and not intellectual enough.
The Wellington boots you have provided are not green like the Queen wears, they are dead common black ones.
You haven't provided me with a desk where I can edit my handwritten manuscript, Lo! The Flat Hills of my Homeland.

BanKittenHeels · 18/09/2019 00:01

A bit like when an old friend and his girlfriend stayed with us days after we'd moved into our new home and the next day at breakfast when I asked if she slept ok she said " there was no radio in our so I had to talk to Bob

Grin
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BeaLola · 17/09/2019 23:56

Weirdly I find him interesting in that the comments are so random it's funny. A bit like when an old friend and his girlfriend stayed with us days after we'd moved into our new home and the next day at breakfast when I asked if she slept ok she said " there was no radio in our so I had to talk to Bob " in a very disgruntled mannner

Girlwhowearsglasses · 17/09/2019 22:14

Ooh, it’s a tiny bit endearing and Eeyorish I think. I have a hunch he’s actually quite enjoying himself. Not sure I’d enjoy being on the other end of it though.

As far as I can tell he’s not saying it with a massive agenda? Also he’s not being passive-aggressive. At lest he’s not doing what some of my relatives do - break stuff

PunishmentSnart · 17/09/2019 22:02

This thread has made me proper laugh Grin

theoriginalmadambee · 17/09/2019 21:37

I have begged for this to go into classics.
A positive way of dealing with relatives Smile.

Anyone with me?

MRSsqueak · 17/09/2019 20:45

i kind of feel a bit sorry for people like that imagine being so dissatisfied with life in general Sad
but his complaints are pretty funny..... you have done well to keep your cool with him OP you need a medal.
i wouldnt cut him out either
maybe just say yes victor after every complaint GrinGrin victor meldrew GrinGrin

Lemonbarley60 · 17/09/2019 19:14

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Motoko · 17/09/2019 18:22

Never a next time? OP has said he's coming back tomorrow.

MrsRufusdog789 · 17/09/2019 18:12

Wow ! That surely must be a record for so many moans over such a short time.
I don’t know how you stayed calm ( or did you ? )
Did he invite himself to stay ? Let’s hope there is never a next time .

ListeningQuietly · 17/09/2019 17:49

Amazing thread.

But maybe next time suggest that he writes his complaints into his phone rather than out loud at you Grin

Vivianebrookskoviak · 17/09/2019 17:26

Ha if he thinks he's on Four in a Bed you can only hope he answers to the question 'Would you stay here again?'
is a 'No'! (Circled half a dozen times for full effect)!Grin

Jux · 17/09/2019 16:33

Please don't discourage him; he'll be much funnier moaning than otherwise, and as you do know how to handle him (yes, with humour and grace - big ticks for you and a gold star!) much better to let him carry on while you have a giggle about it.

joystir59 · 17/09/2019 16:18

I'd need a nebuliser after a few hours of him

theoriginalmadambee · 17/09/2019 16:12

@BanKittenHeels
You have the patience of a saint, and I hope saints have your sense of humor, too.

Thank you for your thread, grumpy dbil should be taken in small doses and with your twinkle in the eye Grin.

However, if you decide to bump him, insted of a patio burial, can I suggest you feed him to either zoo carnivores or pigs, soo much neater Wink.

leaserspottedmummybird · 17/09/2019 16:07

Just remind him that he doesn't actually have to stay with you and can book into a hotel if necessary. He's not there against his will

BanKittenHeels · 17/09/2019 15:59

I just want to thank every one who has gone with the spirit of this thread. You’ve all really made me laugh.

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PeachesAndMayo · 17/09/2019 15:44

@BanKittenHeels beautifully said. You might not be on board with his complaints but he stood with you when it counted and you'll not forget that, no matter how much he moans. It's a shame he can't have a bit more fun as a houseguest tho!

PeachesAndMayo · 17/09/2019 15:39

Single, I assume? Just be glad he's not handing his genes on to anyone else.

LaMarschallin · 17/09/2019 15:25

I've heard of English people in Spain complaining about all the "forrin food and where's me egg and chips?"

The father of an acquaintance was treated by his son to a trip to Australia to see the cricket.
They were travelling by SriLankan Airlines.

Said father is very anti foreign food/"mucked about" food/any "food I don't like". Eg pasta, cheese, rice, sauces (except "brown" and "red"), legumes, yoghurt etc etc

So, he rang up the airline to check that "You don't serve foreign food, do you?".

I can only assume they had a quick pause for reflection (umm... curry, sambol, rice) and assured him that, no, it was all good home cooking.

(I know, it makes a difference where the food is loaded from and was probably more anglicised going from London, but still...)

spina · 17/09/2019 15:07

*contents of fridge 🤦🏼‍♀️

spina · 17/09/2019 15:03

Is he a Mr Men character? ( Sorry school run has prevented me from reading full thread but once I am back home, kettles on and DD can help herself to conteentsof fridge unsupervised!)

iklboo · 17/09/2019 14:47

My grandad spent all one holiday in Spain in the 70s moaning he couldn't get that morning's Daily Mirror from the shop and they had no black pudding at breakfast.

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