She does it often and it is so annoying!
Yesterday my mil and sil came over at 4.55pm - our dinner was cooking and was going to ready in 15 minutes.
She isn't the sort of mil who you could turn away as she would get really funny and hold a grudge for years a long time. You would have her saying "I just want to see my grandchildren but i get turned away at the door," (she is good at twisting things to make herself a victim).
Thing is she knows we have dinner between 5 and 6pm and does it everytime. What made it worse last night was her and sit didn't offer to go and sit in the lounge while we ate, they sat there watching us and talking. It felt like an audience! I hate it. She never phones first either, she just turns up at dinner time. I also feel embaressed because i don't have enough to offer any dinner to them and it makes me feel rude.
My dh was annoyed as well and said he is going to talk to his sister about it but i have a feeling it is going to give mil bait to start making comments. Mil would be the first one to moan if you turned up at dinner time and watched her eat.
In the past i have put dinner on hold for me and dh and just fed the kids until she has gone but then me and dh end up with ruined dinner that doesn't taste right re-heated.
She must know it's dinner time and her generation in particular (she is 70) should know it's rude to turn up and not offer to sit in the lounge while we ate?
My mother says her gran used to hook people out the door at dinner time and turn people away. With anyone else i think i would but with mil it's difficult.
Does anyone else get this?