So are you glad you get to see your in-laws this Christmas then if it’s 3 households allowed to gather ?

[Lardlizard]

or were a lot of you hoping to avoid the mother in law lol

May have to develop a new continuous cough on December 23rd
OOOO now that’s an idea!!!

MIL & my folks - overjoyed. I love the very bones of them.

I’m glad. Absolutely love mine - I always feel so welcomed in their home. Plus this year I will be bringing a very new baby and my MIL was a midwife and is wonderful with children, so I might get some sleep and peace

I am very sad not to see my own family - we usually split the day between the two. But there will be other days and other christmasses.

@SingingSands

We had MIL on the phone tonight, she wants to see us. It would be three households on Christmas Day - us, MIL and FIL, and SIL.

But I would want to see my parents too, which wouldn't be allowed I don't think. My dad had a heart attack in early September and I've not been able to see him due to the "one visitor only" rule, then my DD having Covid plus two lots of separate isolation for my son.

I can't see one set of parents and not the other - it's not fair. But to be fair on everyone means seeing no one.

I'm conflicted

That’s not very fair of your MIL to ask really, knowing that it means you won’t be able to see your dad :(

I’d be saying no.

@ouchmyfeet

Devastated. The in-laws have ruined every Christmas for the past decade, i was looking forward to finally not having to see them.

Me too. I'm so pissed off. May have to develop a new continuous cough on December 23rd

“Hi MIL..The funniest thing has just happened when I’ve been prepping the veg for tomorrow .. I can’t smell any of it! And I can’t even taste my Baileys either! (Cough cough).. anyhoo looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!”

I can't wait to see them. My own parents live abroad and so I won't be able to see them so the in-laws are the next best thing and they are lovely, funny, kind to me and we always have a lovely Christmas together.

My in law is a party animal that will not be happy about the 'no mixing in venues' she won't be wanting to mix with us this year.
Have a feeling she will be in a teir 3 area so we won't be travelling there either

One delightful outcome of Covid is this - not having to endure the casual racism of my elderly in laws at Christmas this year so I'm thrilled! Apparently it's all the fault of the 'dirty' Eastern Europeans and 'the blacks'.
I find it hard to control my disgust actually and managed to skip it last year by pretending to be ill, so the second year on the trot is amazing.
Looking forward to spending Christmas day with my own gorgeous, lovely non racist parents.

"I can't see one set of parents and not the other - it's not fair. But to be fair on everyone means seeing no one"

This is ridiculous. You're not dishing out sweets to a group of kids. These are adult relationships and every single one of these adults is aware that your Dad had a serious health scare just months ago.

"Hi MIL, we'd love to see you but this year we're spending it with my parents."

It really is as simple as that

We’re waiting to hear if we’re being invited over at all they’ve already decided they don’t want us for Christmas dinner/day as they’ve got family members with brand new babies they want to see.
There’s lots of “hopefully see you at Christmas” but I take it with a barrel of salt.
Tbh they’ve been mixing with several households since lockdown #1 and being kept on the sidelines.

*isn’t anything new.

Perhaps Covid having given quite a few people a break from Others they’d rather not see as much

Perhaps more people will say no to things they simply don’t want to do

Red locks surely you a perfect reason to say actually I’ve not seen my dad in ages/months so we will be seeing him this Xmas how about we do something on such and such time

I don't mind seeing them but don't want to visit (house is full of hard surfaces/glass coffee tables/always cold). DH will offer to pick them up and drop them off though so we can stay where its all warm and child-friendly.

They're over 70, we're not risking taking Covid to them.

SingingSands

Id be prioritsitng the person who nearly died myself if I liked and loved them that is .

Just because the Gov said we can meet doesn't mean we should.

@TheRubyRedshoes

Just because the Gov said we can meet doesn't mean we should.

I think everyone is aware of that, thanks. No one thinks they’re going to be taken to their in laws house by armed guard.

Yes because:

A) I love them dearly
B) we've spent the last 20 Christmases with them
C) I have no living parents or grandparents and I'm an only child, so no one else to have me

Coming from a small family I've always found some people's description of Christmas get togethers headache inducing. Never been a better time for Mr Rolla and I to both be only children - us, my parents, his mum. Sorted.

I'm amazed how many adults with children of their own still have grandparents alive. I wish any of mine were still around.