To think everyone fucking off to eat in the kitchen and leaving me in the living room with the kids is rude?

[LovesBeingAtHomeForChristmas]

So mil & Gil have 'popped' round to bring gifts. I offer to cook tea, think small buffet/carpet picnic food. I come into the living room with food for dd and ds(1) after having set out a blanket for the children to eat on. And they go off to get their food with dh and stay in the kitchen, literally sat at the table. There were 10 ish dishes/plates of food, more than enough for all and they stayed there.

Eventually dh pops his head around the corner to ask if I want some bringing in. Then he fucks off again. There's no way I can say anything without looking like a moody bitch. Just so inconsiderate. And most of the stuff was hot food. If there was a table cloth they probably would have tucked it into the top of their tops like a napkin.

Haha at sausage tools. Oh and I dont think it is unreasonable to expect your DH to direct the guests back to to sit with their hostess. I guess the highchair will be next to him for Christmas lunch tomorrow so you can eat with two hands and keep your clothes reasonably clean.

Were you expecting PIL to sit on the floor in the living room to eat? Because that is odder than them sitting at the kitchen table and eating.

No they were not obliged to sit on the floor, I was just to help some food to make it into ds mouth. Just felt like I walked in from doing the food and they walked straight back out. Btw whilst I was putting ds to bed they left so no goodbye either. Just thought they might like to be with FC or even shock horror include me in the convo

I am so at so many threads on MN like this...why oh why oh why didnt you just say...'oi you cheeky fuckers, come and sit in here with me'??

I would be SO pissed off with my husband if he allowed people to treat me like that.

Basically, they acted as though you weren't there.

Yes, you should have walked into the kitchen and said hmmm, shall I use my invisibility for evil or to fight crime (or something less confrontational, like, there isn't room for all of us in here and I don't fancy being in the other room by myself. Wouldn't it be nice if we all went in there together?)

But your husband should have had your back on this. Said, let's not leave Loves all by herself. Said oh, you're going now, wait a sec, I'll call Loves to say bye...

Why didn't he?

People don't come out of kitchens. They just don't

^ Truth.

Oh you sound like me. Yanbu. Rude rude rude.

I would have shouted to dh and said 'I feel a bit on my in here with the kids can you bring them in here'- straight forward that's me!

I don't really understand this thread.

I like sausages though.