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To think that they should shut the fuck up

390 replies

KatMcGee · 07/08/2016 20:03

I don't like DH's family.

They don't like me.

We've been together for 5 years, married for 2, we live in London whilst DH's family thankfully live way up north.

I'm not the easiest person to deal with but I'm not horrid, I keep to myself, I don't really do nature or cooking or anything that takes me away from a mobile signal

DH has a massive family and every summer they all meet up at his parents property, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins which is in the middle of nowhere.

I did this once 4 years ago and I hated every bloody second of it, they go hiking at dawn, they have family sports days, which is just grown men kicking a ball around whilst the women cheer from the sidelines , tend to kids etc Hmm

I've managed to avoid it ever since but this year DH wouldn't relent and he managed to talk me into it.

It's day 2 and I'm ready to head home. It seems that all of DH's excuses over the years weren't believed and I've been assigned the role of the evil daughter in law.

Everyone keeps giving me snide comments.

They were up at dawn for their fucking hike yesterday and I crawled out of bed to join in and not be a spoilsport and I was bombarded with snide comments

SIL: "Oh dear, if you can't keep up, you shouldn't have come along"

A random aunt: "those boots look brand new, I hope you're not throwing DH's money away" I work, I earn more than DH, I don't hike, so I had to buy boots and when I told this to random aunt, she looked at MIL and said "you were right about her"

Yesterday afternoon when all the woman were cooking in the kitchen, I was in the bedroom as I can't cook but another SIL called me down and so I went down.

"Oh why'd you bring her down" said very fucking loudly by MIL "I mean she won't be much help, girl can't even cook"

I ignored her, went on my phone as they were going on about little Barnaby (not his real name) teething and not coping well with all the noise/people.

I sat their thinking, why bring a teething toddler to this mad house but kept my mouth shut.

BIL walks through the door, joins in the Barnaby talk, looks at me and says "you'll be dealing with all this soon" I pulled a face, it was a natural reaction, lasted only for a second

MIL pipes up "Oh didn't you know, Madam over there doesn't want children, she's too busy with her career" it was said with a smile but with so much fucking venom.

I smiled and said "DH, can't stand the little brats either" then bombarded DH with texts. He walked in five minutes later and I've refused to let him leave my side.

He didn't go out to the lake with all the boys this morning and sat right next to me throughout this afternoons barbecue. This has only led to more comments, if I hear one more snide remark I'm going to tell them to shut the fuck up and then leave.

I won't survive till Friday, I'm thinking of faking ill tonight and leaving in the morning but DH refuses to play along.

OP posts:
pookamoo · 08/08/2016 09:51

Glad you managed to escape. It all sounds very American, though!

SpecialAgentFreyPie · 08/08/2016 09:52

Fantastic Kat! Glad everything ended up well.

Never again though Wink

ProcrastinatorGeneral · 08/08/2016 09:56

Superb result!

I hope your sister in law does manage to visit you in October, sounds like she's someone you could have a decent family relationship with.

FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 08/08/2016 09:56

I'm with you OP. I can't actually see how making rude comments is in any way the same as joining in (however reluctantly) with a trip that you know you would hate.

The only thing I would say is you should help with the cooking. But your DH should too.

Otherwise, it sounds like my idea of hell as well.

FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 08/08/2016 09:57

And that's what you get for not reading the full thread!

Well done op, good result.

KatMcGee · 08/08/2016 10:09

SpecialAgent NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN!!

MrsRyanGosling, agree, why on earth should I cook & clean, even cut up a bloody cucumber when DH hasn't been asked to life a finger

OP posts:
KatMcGee · 08/08/2016 10:11

And I'll call a child brat as children can be bratty!!! I love how only one poster commented on the Madame snide, they attacked me in every way possible, they were downright awful & anyone who grins & bears shit like that is a fucking idiot!

OP posts:
NoahVale · 08/08/2016 10:14

well you could have joined the menfolk as you object to being in the kitchen Hmm
you sound like a brat tbh.

KatMcGee · 08/08/2016 10:14

Rant over! I'm off to enjoy the rest of my holiday Grin

OP posts:
NoahVale · 08/08/2016 10:16

can I ask, What brought you to mumsnet in the first place??

BuzzzyBeee · 08/08/2016 10:23

I'd have left too or bought several bottles of wine and spent from now until Friday in a permanent state of half cut.

Fuck that for a laugh. Enjoy your holiday! Wine

pictish · 08/08/2016 10:28

I maintain that you sound like a difficult person.

MrsRyanGosling15 · 08/08/2016 10:29

Noah maybe it was all the nasty sexist attitudes and childish name calling?

PrivatePike · 08/08/2016 10:29

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IsItOnTheTrolley · 08/08/2016 10:30

Noah I did think the same.

honeysucklejasmine · 08/08/2016 10:41

Eugh Op, I would have left too! I quite like the outdoorsy stuff but the 50s gender roles would have made me livid. As for the "just go sit in the garden with the boys"... I can only imagine how uncomfortable that would be!

So disappointed with this thread. If this were in relationships, you'd have people shouting "red flag" and telling you not to put up with this outrageous bullying behaviour.

Absolutely i would remove myself from the situation, as you did, if I was treated so badly. And "remove" does include retiring upstairs as well as leaving on the train.

Anyone who honestly would go away for a week to be abused and just take it needs to have a look at themselves and get some self respect. Who cares if it's your DP's family, they were behaving like arseholes.

Floozie66 · 08/08/2016 10:52

Sounds like me. Have nothing in common with ils. Think very tradional 1950s gender stereotypes, constant small talk about people i dont know. Always feel the outsider and never know what to do with myself when we visit, would prefer an activity to do but they just sit the house so it gets really claustrophobic. Thank god fir mobile phones/ internet think its slightly less rude than a book which i have tried before. Thankfully only ever have to do two days max. They are nice people but we dont fit and i think when you only ever il family occassionally and for an intense period it highlights the gulf between you. After 14 years i think i am learning to bite my tongue when i get the snide passive aggressive comments . Also children are a good distraction Smile

ProcrastinatorGeneral · 08/08/2016 10:56

pictish the OP said that in her initial post. However, the in-laws sound far and away more foul. The OP was upfront that she hates the fifties bullshit and the famous five antics, but they bitched and were snide anyway. She couldn't win, so she left. Pretty fair really.

SpecialAgentFreyPie · 08/08/2016 10:57

So disappointed with this thread. If this were in relationships, you'd have people shouting "red flag" and telling you not to put up with this outrageous bullying behaviour.

Anyone who honestly would go away for a week to be abused and just take it needs to have a look at themselves and get some self respect. Who cares if it's your DP's family, they were behaving like arseholes.

Yup. But if OP had lost her temper at one of the other numerous nasty jibes, she would have gotten a lot of support. But she dared to lose it about a child, so therefore she deserves everything she got, her DH should leave her, and it's all her fault.

boo2410 · 08/08/2016 11:06

Kat, so glad you're back with OH, enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Oh, and regarding the boots, surely that shows you made an effort by buying some in the first place?

Oh finally, glad your SIL is going to meet up with you, perhaps the message will get across that you are not unreasonable, although probably not on second thoughts!!!

DesolateWaist · 08/08/2016 11:12

can I ask, What brought you to mumsnet in the first place??

Are you fucking kidding me? So the only people to post on Mumsnet should be mothers who are happy to conform to gender stereotypes?

NoahVale · 08/08/2016 11:19

can I ask, What brought you to mumsnet in the first place??

seeing as OP and her DH refer to children as Brats and think teething toddlers shouldnt be there. there are other forums.

SpecialAgentFreyPie · 08/08/2016 11:20

Desolate, it's all about the brat comment.

Kat, sorry but I'm extremely entertained by this thread Grin

BlackeyedSusan · 08/08/2016 11:20

glad that you are home safely. enjoy the rest of the holiday.

Notimefortossers · 08/08/2016 11:21

Not the happy to conform to gender stereotypes bit but I do wonder why non-parents use Mumsnet. The clue is in the title. There are loads of online forums, why use one tht is 'by parents for parents'?

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