To be totally looking forward to Christmas because I get on with all my family and love my future pil

[overthehillmum]

Love my family, no hassles, my mum is a bit of of a pain, in a purely oldie over 70 way, but we all just muck in and suck it up, love my pil's, how unreasonable am I?

Shortest thread on AIBU? Enjoy them all :)

I know, just wanted to post a jolly Christmas thread!

But they're your future PIL, not actually your PIL yet?

Come back in a couple of years and we'll see!

Ach been with him 6 years, no chance of any kids, they love me, they are in their 80's, I am totally safe. Having ex outlaws from he'll I totally appreciate them.

YANBU, love my mil, never had a pil but he sounded lovely!

YADNU. Enjoy it while it lasts.

My pil are no longer with us but they were lovely and it isn't a fore gone conclusion that every dil will grow to hate her in laws.

I love christmas but this year will be low key as my dad only died a few months ago but i will still do extra food just in case my husband bigs any strays back from the pub with him on christmas day.

brings

Cant that's really nice, does he often bring people back who've got nowhere to go on Christmas Day?

My future pil's are lovely, they are both in their late 80's, my parents are in their 60's, but we are a big family and all get on really well. We are having a big family party at mines and I am so looking forward to it, even though my mum can be a bit demanding. We all just laugh and get on with it!

For the last 2 years we have had the same extra guest. We always invite him as we know he is on his own but he always refuses to come but then my husband finds him in the pub christmas morning and he just sort of drags him home with him.

I always cook enough food to fed a small army so he could safely bring home 6 or 7 strays before i would start to worry if i had enough food.

I dont really enjoy Christmas I do not have children. Ive always worked. I found the logistics of spending time with my divorced parents and new families plus PIL a nightmare.

However this year Im actually looking forward to it. Im off except on call one day. I have managed to arrange a sensible timetable that does not end up me rushing about. Have agreed with several people not to buy this year so not so concerned about money.

(Im also secretly hoping it will be my last childfree so intend to enjoy it as such)

It what you make of it plus PIL xmas dinner is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I too am looking forward to most of Christmas this year!

Going to play FC on Christmas eve as per, shipping gifts up and down our beautiful peninsula to various family and friends eating as many mince pies as I can get my paws on

We're doing our now traditional Inlaw Eve dinner (Which basically invloves us taking a sled load of gifts up to them and coming home in a car chock full of goodies) and seeing all of the Christmas lights through Liverpool on the way home (after a massive warm-up-for-Christmas-Lunch-roast-dinner) then we're going to my Mum and Dads for the main event and even though one of my uncles who I might have to ignore the whole day is going to be there, it will be lovely because my DS is 2 and will be amazed by the whole thing! Then we'll be slobbing out until around the 15th of January when I go back to uni

AAAAAANNNNDDDD I've vowed not to enter into the drama that is New Year in my friendship group, after last year being a massive mistake ending in a huge am-dram fight ... This year I'll see it in fasto with DH

I'm excited!

Overthehillmum. I thought mine were nice before we got married and for the first few years. Then the MIL forgot about "best behavioiur" . I hope your present status quo lasts but even if it doesn't at least they are in their 80s.

23 years on and my "honeymoon" is totally over. PIL is dead the old bag MIL has put his ashes in the shed under the old lawnmowers and I have no illusions about MIL's two faced smarm nastiness. "wellll, SIL1 had twins naturally and breastfed until they were turned one - so pleased she can perform". I was expecting dd (5th pg), ds2 died a few hours after being born at 27 weeks.

Hope your pil live up to your expectations.

Enjoy while it lasts...I loved my MIL to bits once (she took me to an emergency gynae appt and held my hand through it, that's how close we were). Then I had DS and it all changed and now she slags me off to DH and tells him how she can't wait for the times when it's just him and her alone together. I don't know what I did to make her not like me any more but it makes me sad.

Disgraceful. Leave them all....

That is too outlandish to be for real. You must be a troll.

Lol, love my first ever "your a troll" miette, (want a kiss emotion)

YANBU, we are having people for the whole long weekend, there will be 15 people sleeping in my house on Christmas Eve.

My MIL will probably be first up and will bring me a cuppa in bed, because she is wonderful.

Ages will span from 3 months to 86 on Christmas Day.

Then most of us will upsticks to my sisters for Boxing Day.

I adore my family, we are all royal PITAs but we are each others PITAs.