you know you're being unreasonable when...

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A thread for those of us strung out by the festivities who would like to vent in the full knowledge they are being utterly U!

I'll kick off... you know you're being unreasonable when you're annoyed that your house guest had the audacity to use the waste bin in their bedroom and didn't think to empty it themselves on their departure!

Ha ha,
I am fucking fed up of standing on Nativity playmobil figures. Unseasonable because I know it isn't little plastic baby Jesus' fault that he is so sharp underfoot.

When you think fuck it and take the decorations & tree down a week early , then Ds 5 spent the entire evening crying but at least the tree is down

In the back or your mind there is a buzzing "yabu"

One of the children eats their own Crunchie bar from their Christmas selection box and you think "but I wanted that one!"

You sneak into the fridge while everyone else is in bed to nosh on the turkey leftovers knowing there won't be enough for the curry everyone was looking forwards to tomorrow

Yes the fricking playmobil nativity with all the bloody stupid bits of plastic... That I bought.

When you choose to work the entire Christmas period with the family you nanny for (in America no less) and then get passed at everybody complaining about trivial Christmas stuff when you are thousands of miles from your family, working 14 hour shifts and got no presents

pissed not passed!

When DD's 18th birthday falls on December 27th and you decide its not worth celebrating after the last few days partying

When you tell dp off for giving your four year old 4 a handful

ProudAS

My DH has his birthday on 27th too. Usually we don't manage to celebrate but this year I organised a party and last night he was moaning he was too tired after all the celebrations!

Oops...giving her a handful of Celebrations which makes her hyper and unmanageable for an hour, and to cope with this you hide in the utility room shovelling chocolate orange in your mouth.

When you get the DCs all excited about pressies then wonder why they can't get to sleep on Christmas eve.

When you put your dd to bed half an hour earlier than normal because you want to eat chocolate but don't want to share as it is too late in the day for her

... when you read ...to cope with this you hide in the utility room shovelling chocolate orange in your mouth and are insanely jealous that you live in a country where there are no chocolate oranges.

ElleBellyBeeblebrox, hardly shovelling it in if it took you an hour!

No chocolate oranges?!! I shall think of you in sympathy later when I'm finishing it off!

It didn't take an hour, she was manic for an hour. I demolished most of it in under five mins!

Taking an an alcoholic and a nice soft drink to dinner at friends' house cos you're not drinking and seething through all three courses as only offered tap water. Decided iwnbu to be a little disgruntled but definitely u to be internally raging!

When you've had enough of seeing people, making conversation and pretending to have fun when all you want to do is go back to work for some peace and quiet!!

When you have a tantrum that your ds aimed a nerf gun at you despite the fact you bought it him and let him get extra ammo.

When you buy too much stuff that needs wrapping and moan at your DH that he's no bloody help despite the fact he's only got one hand and has been putting everything away as you wrap and bringing you tea. Sorry DH totally irrational of me that one.

When you buy the girls wreck this journal and on Xmas day you see one of them pouring coke on their journal you say "don't bloody wreck them".