To be sick of being married to the grinch

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Why are you bothering making Christmas puddings for everyone,isn't it easier to buy one? Why are you bothering to make miincemeat, isn't it easier to buy it? Why are you putting the Christmas tree up we are going to your dad's for Christmas? Why did you pay £30 for the tree? That works out at xxp per day. Why are we bothering to put decorations up at your dad's we are only there for 2 days (df just moved into care home so last Christmas at family home before he has to sell to pay for care)

Blah, Blah, Blah.

My response is because I fucking want to you total twat (in my head)

I know LTB

I'd be saying it out loud by now.

Out loud. Loudly.

I hate this type of crap, my brother does the same - moans about the cost, the pointlessness of decorating, how it's just one day....bloody hell, it makes me mad just thinking about it!

I end up telling him straight and pointing out that he comes across as a real miserly tightwad and an arse. He's right, is it just one day but he doesn't have to shit all over it and make it miserable for those that want a good time. I suggest you spell it out to your DH as well.

DH. If you can't say anything nice, shut the fuck up.

All year round or just Christmas?

YANBU

DH is being like that too!

He isn't here next Christmas. Tonight he said " I hate Chrsitmas! I don't know why we have to have it. The kids are old enough for us not to bother now!" I have had enough of his miserable fucking antics about it, so I snapped "well, go somewhere else then, and next year you can do what the fuck you like and me and the kids can enjoy it!"

I know I shouldn't have said it, but he does nothing for Christmas. No shopping, wrapping, cooking, veg prepping, nothing and he still bloody moans! It gets right on my bloody wick!

And breath!

Tell him. Loudly. with a stick to wave menacingly at him

A bit miserable about most stuff that doesn't directly interest him. I am loving the answers. The dc's and I sang "here comes Mr Humbug, here comes Mr Scrooge" from muppets Christmas carol tonight. No response. Not even a Bah humbug!

Dp doesnt get overly excited about christmas but doesnt sound that bad. Me and the dcs more than make up for it. carry on along your merry way and leave him to it

My DH is like this too.

He doesnt moan about the cost so much, but complains relentlessly about the effort involved - he hates shopping (I've done 99% of it online), he finds the christmas tree annoying, he's bored of Christmas films already, it's just a 'roast dinner', why all the fuss, etc, etc. On and on (and Ariston)

He's a miserable fucker

Jokingly call him scrooge every time he says something?

Doesn't that make you want to go more OTT ?

That's a good idea, Donkeys. Make it your mission to cover the house in lights. I don't just mean all the windows (although that's a good starting-point) but the roof and any trees/shrubs/plants outside too. Don't stop until it could be seen from space.

Yeah Im with Donkeys Id have to go totally OTT in response. Sew baubles onto his slippers, remove all non red and green items from his wardrobe, cut all his food into festive shapes, screech along to xmas songs all day.

Go on OP ... I dare you

My df is like this

So one year we didn't do Christmas - no fancy dinner settings no fuss etc

He complained at that too

The next year Christmas as we know it was restored!

He is now known officially as grinchy funsucker. As a household we have entered Christmas film season which seems to add to his grumpyness!

We are going to elf ourselves on giff gaff and buy Christmas jumpers.

We have also had the it's just a roast dinner comment. Boo Hoo and up yours is what I say.

You have all made me giggle. Tbh it was starting to get me down but now I have a whole new hobby. Thank you.

Oh god, can't be doing with people who think anything they don't care about is therefore pointless and incapable of imagining that other people might get joy from something they dont.

It's as if they begrudge your enjoyment because they aren't enjoying something, so are being deliberately annoying to try to ruin it/ make you see how stupid it is so that you aren't having fun either.

Spot on dontmind. I am trying to rise above it. With the suggestions on here I think I will make it to the big day without inserting the turkey baster right up his miserable arse. Sideways.

My DH wouldn't bother with Christmas if he lived alone. He'd go to work on Christmas Day if he could.

But he doesn't moan about any of it, and always appreciates my efforts with presents, food, keeping his mother and my father at bay, etc.

Primark have an exceptional selection of Christmas onesies. Just sayin. Who can be grinchy in a onesie?

My DH is a grinch.

We went to choose the Christmas tree this evening and he moaned and huffed about it. He moaned and huffed while the kids and I decorated the tree. It's like he doesn't want us to enjoy ourselves.

I told him in no uncertain terms to stop being a misery-guts.

Mrsdevere well done you. He has been advised there will be no presents for him under the waste of money tree. Just shrugged. I do have to say he has offered to cook Christmas dinner. Maybe once we've eaten it I could just say thank you for a lovely meal but it was in reality just a roast dinner wasn't it?

I was going to say "Hi Mum".

However df wouldn't complain tht the Christmas tree cost £x. He's be complaining it cost y shillings and z old pence per inch...