A thread for anyone already sick to the backteeth of their relatives

[AnnaMagnani]

My DM is spending Christmas with my and DH. This is lovely as she has been v poorly and has been too unwell to visit for 2 years.

However she is currently on a mission to remind me why I had 3 years of fucking therapy to remain on speaking terms with her.

'You have put on weight'
'Don't swear' - I wasn't but I might start
'That's not a small piece of cake'
'Whatever happened to my shy quiet girl?'
'I might go home if this is what you are like' - please do
'I'm only teasing, you are so sensitive'

DH joined in. We had words after she went to bed and he has stopped on pain of divorce.

Today she has announced that she would like a nice slice of the pork we had yesterday in a roll while I am cooking Christmas dinner. Unfortunately I am not a mindreader and the pork is now in the freezer.

'Oh, but you are so disorganized I assumed it would be there. Where is my nice pork now?'
She got hurt when I pointed out I wasn't disorganized. DH is now in my corner.

Anyone else want to share?

Justbwaved goodbye to MIL who has left in her pre arranged taxi. would like to say we're relaxing now but thanks to the stress that her presence brings, on top of illness for DH (he's been getting worse all day) and me being knackered as I'm only just recovered from being ill, it's all too late to save today. Got to do it all over again tomorrow with more family. Then I'm back at work. Looking forward to next week as I have time off and we will do fun stuff that we want to do. Feel guilty for not enjoying time with extended family, I know we're lucky to have them.

And we're off again.

All going so well, but DM has just announced that PTSD doesn't exist. You should just use your stiff upper lip.

I love her, I do really but roll on tomorrow when she goes home.