To think I cannot wrap all presents for the ILs in 90 minutes

[manchestermummy]

I have this afternoon off work. By the time I get home and have my lunch, I will have 90 minutes before I need to get the DC from school as I'm taking them somewhere this afternoon.

DH has requested that I wrap ALL his family presents in that time: several boxes of biccies; wine (which to be fair just needs bagging but because he nicked one for an unexpected present I am now short); five childrens' presents; his sister's gifts.

I haven't had any time to replenish wrap/ribbon etc. That's was tomorrow's job when I have the whole day at my disposal.

He took the day off the other week to "clear out the garage" but actually spent the day drinking tea watching Netflix. Which is absolutely okay by me (the garage was done at the weekend in the end) as we all need time to ourselves.

He just wants to avoid bothering taking these gifts to his very local family and as he's seeing him mum tonight, has decided presents are to go to hers later.

I'm cross.

He's not normally this thoughtless but 90 minutes!!! That's IT. I was intending to drink tea and watch Netflix, thank you very much.

I quite like sitting wrapping presents in front of the tv so usually wrap and buy all of DH's presents for his family but I would resent being expected to do it! which is why I start buying his family's presents in October and wrapping as I go

90 mins would be plenty to wrap all my presents but I don't faff about with ribbon

I don't necessarily agree with his family, his wrapping. Presumably it was OP's garage too but DH gets to clear it. Jobs are shared in a relationship, but if the goalposts have changed and you don't have time to it to the new deadline, then he'll have to deliver them another time.

I'll come do it for you! I like putting on a Christmas film and wrapping presents because I prefer the lead up and preparation for Christmas than the actual day itself.

Handy tip for odd shaped presents - make an envelope plenty large eought for the gift, pop it in and seal the end.

Don't do it! He can bag the wine and just take stuff unwrapped if he can't be arsed to wrap it himself. Men often just don't do things they don't want to without worrying what their wives will think or want them to do (over-generalisation, but you know what I mean). Women often worry too much that once they have been asked to do something it becomes an obligation. Just tell him to stop nagging you!

I hope you told him to get stuffed.

As an enabler, who has bought and wrapped all the presents and written all the Christmas cards except the one to his mother than I DICTATED, don't do it. Please, stand up for people idiots like me.

Yes, I married a man-child, yes it's my own fault, and yes, I'm spending Christmas on my fecking own next year (well maybe I'll bring the DDs, they're pretty cute).

You watch your Netflix and buy an extra sodding box of mince pies to eat while you do it.

Said child eats mince pies dried fruit first, pastry last. Oh you should see the crumbs and mess :o

Ooops - wrong thread!

Invest in some gift bags.

Well, he decided in the end that he couldn't be bothered to take the presents round so he has until Sunday to wrap now.

I tend to wrap because he is amazingly bad at it. He has been known to wrap things in tin foil.