What are your guests doing that is doing your head in?

[rainywinterday]

For me, my mum is sat next to me and burping around every 5 seconds or doing some sort of mouth smacking noise. Pointless calling her out on it as she'll just say it's because she's got a cold (it's not). I want to gouge my ears out.....

What is everyone else putting up with in the name of family merriment?!?

Farting 😡

I think people farting in company is beyond the pale. Such bad manners!

We have 12 for lunch tomorrow. Then 25 for a kitchen supper and then panto the day after. Then we have 4 staying over after that and lunch for 10. And on and on.

We have been relatively quiet up to now, we just had 13 for a kitchen supper.

Constant burping can be a sign of something sinister. I would encourage your Mum to see her GP asap.

Constant clacking of dental plate.
Spouting Tory prejudices.
Needing everything repeated, yet speaks in normal voice from the next room and expects me to hear.

Condolences to those who’ve had less than convivial guests. I think the key is short time frames. Most behaviours can be tolerated for a few hours so sorry if you’ve had guests for more than a few hours

I had constant burping. I had a stomach ulcer. Your mother needs to see a GP and be tested for helicobacter and possibly have an endoscopy to see if she has an ulcer.

Talking about the ‘Japs, Gooks, Polaks and Krauts’ Well into his 80’s though so I think any hints to stop being such a vile racist are literally falling on deaf ears.

Bringing a bottle of champagne "to go with lunch" then having been served said champagne announces they much prefer a cup of tea with lunch.

Turning up hours late.... Because they went shopping instead.

I should have said, the burping thing is forced, bit like a tic. She's done it my whole life but I always forget until we stay in the same house. Highly doubt there's anything sinister (I'm medical as well) but pointless having that conversation either,

Other things getting on my nerves.....leaving crumbs all over the sofa, clutching at chocolate wrappers in the palm and rustling them when everyone is trying to watch tv, talking through tv programs. I love them all but my god it's getting annoying!

My adult children just revert back to childhood and do absolutely fuck all.
I felt.loke a right bloody martyr with dh over the last few days. It's literally a cycle of preparing food serving food and clearing away food.
Interspersed with picking up wrapping paper and toys.
I didn't even have much of a space to sit down even when I could and DD 17 tutted when I asked her to put her legs down so I could sit 😠
Next year I'm seriously rethinking this. It seems a lot.of work for the odd moment of enjoyment.

I think that's a good idea @Ledkr. Christmas isn't supposed to be non-stop work for hosts and parents. Take it a bit easier next year.

She got the hump when dd2s gift was better than what she got her DS. So spent all day criticising DDs present. Googled the price, reviews and kept going on about how shit she thinks it is. DD loves her present.

How fucking rude. Did you not bollock her arse after the first comment?

I would love to go away next year. But in laws would miss the DC and the DC would miss them. Any mention of taking them with us leads to what do we do with sil.

Take them with you or invite them but not sil. She’s not your responsibility. Will you be doing this for the next 40 years??

My adult children just revert back to childhood and do absolutely fuck all.

So give them jobs. I’m fed up of the Christmas martyr threads this year. You brought them up, surely you trained them up to behave better than this?

MIL is in to woo big time. I think believe what you want and live and let live but it’s constant. Any comment e,g Brexit is met with well it’s because Jupiter is aligned in a way with Uranus via mars or something. DS is older now and said yeah fuck Jupiter eh Granny, she doesn’t understand sarcasm thankfully.

Also if anyone does anything negative it will be because something was rising planet wise when they were born or their a fire sign, no it’s because their an arse. Her ex my FIL was a horrible bully and she uses this to explain away why he treated her so badly, poor woman.

She isn’t a bad person but it’s wearing after a few days.

That's interesting about the telly commentary. BIL is single and I was going to thump him when we were watching a film as he kept describing / anticipating what was going to happen. I wonder is it to do with watching it alone mostly.

Also tv too loud. I left the room after commenting twice it was too loud.

Putting wrappers back in tin

Not my guests as at uncle's house but my SIL and her husband palming their kids off on anyone and everyone.

BIL handed his 12 month old baby to my 16 year old DD and announced that he had a present in his nappy for her. He was expecting my DD to change his baby's nappy because he couldn't be arsed to do it himself and SIL was in the shower.

The two of them have let everyone else look after their kids for 2 days, including putting them to bed, changing them, feeding them and taking them out for some fresh air. The baby was plonked in a playpen to feed itself with a bottle at one point.

The children are 12 months and 3 years. It's really upsetting to be part of.

Everyone else's annoying habits have paled in comparison. #silverlining

Have day guests only .

Fuck that having people stay.

I couldn't cope with it. Any of it.

My hat goes off to those of you that do, and have, guests staying at your house.

As for burping mother, op, that would drive me nuts.
🍷 for you..

cherrysoup I'm not being a martyr as I'm changing it up for that very reason.
I posted on a thread which asked for what ones visitors are doing to piss them off. Not for frigging parenting advice thanks love.

My 24 year old nephew knows EVERYTHING (or thinks he does). Drove him and DC for 20 minute car journey with him yapping non-stop. At end of journey he said it was clear I was a new driver (passed a year ago) and offered to park for me (I said no and parked just fine) then told everyone again at dinner yesterday that it was quite obvious I’d not been driving long. I told him not to patronise me. Reeeeeally annoying

Ps he’s here to til 7 January..... (sigh)

Not a complaint because I love him dearly but dfil does very antisocial things when we go there for Christmas Day dinner (we are invited over and are very welcome as we’re close to in laws and dmil hates it when we aren’t there because she’s fab 💕). Dfil has turned all the lights off when he is finished eating (just tv left on) and we couldn’t see a thing that was last year and this year he left the table to curl up on the sofa and fall asleep I’m beginning to think he’s not a fan of hosting.

DameofGnomes I think you are in my house. Step dad spent all last night flicking his dental plate with his tongue. I was trying to watch Corrie but it was drowned out by constant clicking and the occasional slurp when spit got trapped. horrendous!
Insisted on having the tv extra loud and subtitles on too. I had my fingers in my ears most of the evening.

Going home today so I've sat on the sofa while he packs which involves taking home any food or drink he brought which didn't get eaten and trying to engage me in conversation as to whether he should go on the m6 or m6 toll road.

He's just driven off and I had a pang of guilt wondering if this will be the last Xmas he will be able to drive.

My uncle sniffs roughly every 45 seconds. I don't think he even needs to blow his nose, it's just an infuriating habit.

MIL putting BBC News on at top volume while playing with my 5 year old - just what all small children need to be seeing/hearing; endless plane crash deaths, drownings, shootings etc. She gets annoyed about being asked to turn it off because 'he's not even listening to it'. Hardly the bloody point