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To think 'SNOW' is a shit excuse for not being able to come for christmas

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shinyshoesandglitterypoos · 26/12/2010 16:40

I know the snow was bad. We were snowed in for a week. But my MiL has yet to appear because apparently it's too snowy where they are. And yet friend who lives a mile away says 'nah it's fine, I've just driven back from Newcastle and it's absolutely fine - the roads are all clear' Angry

I cannot plan my week in case they decide to honour us with their presence. DH is silently fuming and refusing to talk to them in case he yells and the kids want to know why there are presents under the tree they can't open yet (because they go with the things MiL has got them - ie we've got a train track and she's bought the sodding train).

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FairyTaleOfNewYork · 26/12/2010 22:04

my street is an icerink. i like near southeastra. a lot of the streets round here are like that Sad

mercibien · 26/12/2010 22:09

Why can't you go there?

swanandduck · 26/12/2010 22:22

Why can't you open MIL's present and put kids on the phone to say an excited 'thank you'. Really don't see the problem there.

GiddyPickle · 26/12/2010 22:27

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shinyshoesandglitterypoos · 27/12/2010 06:47

Morning all. Sorry if this was not clear. We have the track and she has the trains. To make it worse, I have DD's present from her because I had to buy and wrap it as she was too busy to buy it sitting under the tree and DD has read the label and can't understand if it's for her why she can't have it. :(

In terms of side roads, yes the side roads are bad which is why I had to dig for two hours to get my car out to go pick up food so they could come for christmas dinner. I get that - but if they are so bad, how come they can make it to the sales eh? But not to the dual carriageway which is 100 metres away.

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shinyshoesandglitterypoos · 27/12/2010 06:48

Agree with those who say they don't want to come TBH :(

It's becoming something of a joke in our house, esp. as my parents made it (from further away).

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shinyshoesandglitterypoos · 27/12/2010 06:49

Oh and we can't go there because we have to be here because we are looking after neighbours pets who - ironically - are stuck in various airports round the world trying to get home for christmas because they do have snow.

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diddl · 27/12/2010 09:07

If it would be there & back in a day, why can´t the animals be left?

TheFeministParent · 27/12/2010 10:28

Go and buy a cheap couple of trains, let them unwrap and tell MIL that the children wouldn't be expected to wait.

Katisha · 27/12/2010 11:06

Absolutely. I wouldn't make DD wait any longer.

MIL has a slightly strange attitude to Christmas as well. Thinks the DCs get spoiled and have "too much". Well they are the only children she actualy knows, and if she met a few more she would see that in the scheme of things, what they get is pretty conservative. Annoys me that she just does a blanket write-off of Christmas being over-indulgent and doesn't have the imagination to see what it's like if you are actually a child.

Anyway - we still haven't seen her. But like you I had to get and wrap her presents to her grandsons so they have had them.

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