We brought a new car and gave the old one to my mum. She couldnt afford to buy her own or insure it etc so we did all that, so she just pays for the petrol.
Unfortunately the car has a ridiculous private number plate on it (it's a bloody old ford focus) but my in laws brought this number plate for dh when he got his first car.
When my in laws found out about my mum having the car I was told it was wrong for my mum to have it and they want it back .
Bearing in mind it's only on the car because when we brought it they absolutely insisted we put this bloody private number plate on because they had to pay for it yearly when it wasn't being used.
This is all fine, if it means that much to them.
My grandad (mums dad) died today. My in laws knew this. So fil calls to say he's sorry about my grandad (good start) but he needs my mum to get a new number plate for her car, sort all the forms out and give back his number plate THIS WEEK.
Wtf?
She's pretty busy organising a funeral. Seriously?
Surely he could have saved it for another day. Is it that urgent?
I'm now expected to go and seet grieving mother tomorrow and somehow slip in that she needs to get a new number plate for her car, sort out all the paperwork and return the old number plate to us to give to my in laws.
I can't help but be a bit miffed.
I'll get over it but I am a little concerned that my in laws as lovely as they can be are living on another planet to us.