to think that 'we're free in the afternoon'....

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...does not mean 'arrive at 12.07'?

Dh has just had emergency surgery and is laid up. Have dd (3) at home. Pils have invited themselves over. Not the best relationship at the best of times because they are such selfish arseholes

So dh said 'we're free in the afternoon' so that I wouldn't have to cook for everyone and lo and behold there they are on the doorstep at sevenminutes past noon. FFS

So have just made a sodding frittata for everyone. How do you even spell frittata? Grrrrrrrrr.

And yes probably AIBU. But they brought a fucking cucumber with them. Who turns up at their child's house after he's just had a fucking operation with a fucking cucumber?

It might prove a vegetable temptation too far...

Arf at the cucumber. Perhaps you should have just sliced it up and offered them that for lunch

A cucumber?

Despite the strain, you have maintained your sense of humour, very funny post :o

Yanbu a broccoli was clearly the apropriate cegetable to bring.

The fools!

I want to know more about the cucumber and did they walk round a supermarket, thinking "what can we get them?", so bought a cucumber.

lol at cucumber! Did they explain why they brought one? Maybe they shouldn't bring something that can be so easily inserted into someone should they prove to be annoying!

Well it is afternoon...

I guess you need to be more specific in future!

I'm sorry, but you are a comic genius.

I know what I would want to do with the cucumber, and all.

I think a gritted-teeth-bright-smile and 'oh, goodness, you are prompt would've soothed my nerves, but clearly you need to spell things out to them another time.

To be fair I suppose if your DH's had surgery they are probably pretty worried about him.

Oh shit: you are all right to focus on the cucumber. When they went to visit DBIL a couple of weeks ago to meet DBIL's newborn they took (wait for it), two packets of mini cheddars and two sausage rolls.

So dh photographed the cucumber to send to DBIL and as he was fiddling about with our new tablet the picture of the cucumber somehow appeared in the middle of DD's episode of Show me, Show me'

Oops I think they might know we're taking the piss...

Oh no, busted! You'll be lucky if you get a bag of sprouts next time.

did they grow it themselves?

You would think they'd be worried wouldn't you? But no not much.

Must remember WE ARE ALL DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

Repeats mantra over and over feverishly..

Id of prefered the mini cheddars and sausage rolls.

Yabu it is afternoon you should have said we are free after 2pm or whenever.

But everyone knows "the afternoon" doesn't include lunch, so you shouldn't turn up at a lunchy time if invited for the afternoon.

Mind you, they probably ate lunch between 12.02 and 12.05.

Laughing so much at the photo of the cucumber. :o

Hope your DH is okay, maybe use your PILs as free childcare while you look after him?

Op, terrific posts

just had the same although my visitor now seems reasonable having arrived at 12.29...

why do people do that - i even mentioned that i had people round in the morning for tea but should be free in the pm.

Showed them out and walked back to kitchen to hear door bell ring - with a big cheery, it is the afternoon (v lucky not to be punched)

They ate lunch when I put it down in front of them at 1pm. At 12.55 MIL came into the.kitchen where I had been preparing food for half an hour and said 'do you need any help?

We did get sprouts once. As she handed them over she said 'These were two for one so I've brought you the free ones'

YANBU but next time say "We are free after lunch"

Of course then they would show up at tea time wouldn't they!

Italics fail. sigh

At least MIL gave you the free sprouts. She could have said 'these were two for one...that'll be one pound ninety please'.

Your Pils sound hilarious.
Better than boring normal Pils surely?!