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Surviving Christmas with relatives... . TEDIOUS RANT ALERT

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ForgivenessIsDivine · 24/12/2018 22:48

Pull up a bar stool and pour yourself a large gin and add your moans to mine!

Staying with the inlaws and being slightly underfed and underwatered. I ordered a G&T with a meal yesterday, MIL said 'isn't she driving?'. I pointed out that I could have one G&T and still drive. .. 'Well, I would just say it isn't something we would do.' Hurrumph

They live 30 minutes from a beautiful cathedral with a no ticket carol service. They used to sing in choirs / ring bells so not athiests. We live abroad so we're looking forward to a real English carol service, MIL didn't want to make the effort to travel all that way so we ended up at the children's services down the road and then she spent the evening telling me about all the wonderful things they have been to at the Cathedral.

They have a 1970's tupperware snack dispenser which holds about a third of a small bag of crisps in each section so we have small quantities of stale crisps to share between us.

Both in laws and my DH huff and puff and tut about EVERYTHING!!! Usually I can cope with DH but dear god with three of them!!!

If someone asks about something... they ask stupid obvious questions. . Where is DS's jacket? The red one? HE ONLY HAS ONE JACKET!! And there is a constant telling everyone what you are going to do. The world nearly ended when I ruined the planned activity of planning the tasks to do tomorrow by actually doing half of them already.

Constant ranting about plastics while unwrapping things they have bought covered in plastic..

This evening's piece design resistance, the discussion about whether to have one glass of the good whisky! !

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clairebear31 · 24/12/2018 22:51

Hahaha this made me laugh! My dad will be moaning about my dog tomorrow and saying strange things at strange times too. Then in-laws will be miserable or fake look at Me I’m mad me fun on Boxing Day

Costacoffeeplease · 24/12/2018 23:11

And....? it doesn’t sound awful. How long are you there for?

ForgivenessIsDivine · 24/12/2018 23:18

Oh it's not too bad.... usually we spend a maximum of 5 days together so it's fine! This time it's a week plus the addition of everyone wanting Christmas to be slightly magical.. and I am running out of patience.. I was only looking for some kindred spirits!!

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ForgivenessIsDivine · 24/12/2018 23:26

I am quite fond of them really!!

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mummmy2017 · 24/12/2018 23:31

Food... I always pack a lot, and run up to eat if hungry.....
Nothing like bar of chocolate to improve your mood...
This year kids doing it all, this should be fun, told they want to show me they can cook.

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