Ds is now 3 1/2 months old and myself and my oh are thinking of getting him christened. the only thing that puts me off it dp's family (parents in particular) are huge drinkers whereas my family are very quiet and hardly drink. theyve both been together before and while they appeared to get on fine i overheard in laws telling someone how boring they all were for not getting pissed!
both in laws are huge drinkers, ive posted about there antics before,a nd the past few months they have been a nightmare, family events in there family involve hiring a local back room of a pub, hiring a dj, putting on full food, sometimes they have a photographer or someone in fancy dress costume for the kids - like mickey mouse etc or bouncy castle. while all this sounds lovely in reality the whole family gets as drunk as they can and makes a show of themselves, mil in particular, she has been known to try dancing on a table fall off the table and now has a metal plate in her leg. i know for a fact certain cousins of his take coke, whether theyd do this at a christening i really dont know, 2 others have police records and always seem to end up in a fight, 1 is out on bail right now.
in reality we also cant afford all this but they are expecting it so they can invite all their friends to show off, my own family are more interested in just going to the church maybe a few coming back to our house but for obvious reasons i wouldnt invite all his family back to our house as i know they would ruin something. last xmas we had his parents round his mum managed to break the bathroom sink off the wall by trying to sit on it to do her shoe up and also knocked over a door by falling into it drunk. they are a nightmare and the thread about marry the man marry the family scares me to death! they didnt always used to be like this but they have got inceasingly worse since all the children left home in recent years.
wibu to just got get him christened with just a few people and not tell all his family?