Can we start a CF Christmas thread?

[AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley]

Because:

I need some light relief

I'll start. DS (nc now) once texted me on Christmas Eve to tell me (not ask) that her and DN were coming for Christmas...and staying for three weeks!

There was a list of instructions with the text, including:

I'll be sleeping in your room, and you, DH and DN can all share with DD, because I've had him all year alone and need a break. (She actually told me she was giving me a chance to prove that I was a better aunty than a sister!)

There'll be none of that (insert horrible racist word beginnig with P) shit that you normally cook. I'm allergic to hot food.

DN wakes up at 5.30. He needs breakfast within a half hour of waking, or else he won't be able to poo later in the day.

I need picking up at 6.00 at the latest, so you can give him tea.

Then she had the nerve to text DH and tell him I'd agreed to it, and she was ready to be collected! DH left work, and it wasn't until I'd been waiting in the rain for him to pick me up as arranged, and called him, that I dound out he was halfway to where she lived! (30 miles from us).

I'd just ignored the text.

He came straight back, I sent a "lol, dream on!" text, cue months- MONTHS- of PA fbk statuses about family not being everything, etc, etc...

Anyone else?

*Imbroglio
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How very dare you do something selfless and make them look bad! Cheeky fucker right there

Agreed- Imbroglio you selfless beast! 😅

Posting just to place mark more than anything but I do have a CF sil.

Every Christmas andbirthday she spends the 'shopping' period telling us what her kids really really want for Christmas. You know the big present? The one that costs the most? And she plays dumb that she doesn't know where to buy them. What she is actually trying to do is get us to buy them whilst she spends as little as possible.

A week ago she asked which shop her DD might like vouchers for for Christmas. I see her DD maybe 3 times a year usually when giving her presents anyway I suggested a few shops popular with teen girls. Even sent some links to clothes she might like. Two weeks later - can you send me those links again.

One of my suggestions was converse. She is in her 30s and her response was "I don't have a clue where to get converse from".

My Monster In Law.....I mean MIL is a CF.

It’s also her birthday on Christmas Eve. Every year, EVERY year without fail in August/Sept time she starts with the “I’m not bothering with my birthday this year, hate birthdays anyway so don’t worry about getting me anything”

To which we reply “don’t be daft!” (This is the woman who goes totally overboard with everyone else’s except DH and our dc think trips to NYC for nephews 13th, weekend away in Europe for ‘D’Sil.....)

So last year we’d had an expensive year with buying a new house then having to pay out lots for maintenance, new baby, saving for our wedding etc.....soooooo I dared to suggest that we do as my family does and just buy for the kids....and all get together to spend time together as a family, obviously only if they wanted and explained that we were a bit skint.....alternatively I said f not then we will be having to cut down.

Well, if you’ve ever seen a grown woman throw a full in strop, throw herself, literally, on the floor and start wailing then you’ve seen her. She said that we would RUIN her birthday & Christmas if we don’t get her anything, we were to spend the normal amount and get her specific vouchers. It would not be Christmas without this! Followed by weeks of texts and abuse saying we were nasty people.

Then when we suggested that we were staying at home Christmas Day just us 4 as new baby was only a few weeks old she decided that we were to be excluded from all family gatherings.

Oh but could we drop her birthday & Christmas presents round on the 23rd?

Omfg! Tell me you're sticking to your guns...

The one thing that kicked me into growing a pair (besides SZ) was the thought of my DC seeing their tough-as-nails mommy being shat on. They both take after me, personality-wise, and I was setting SUCH a shite example to them!

I couldn't have faced the thought of sitting them down on my birthday and saying "yes, you'll suffer, your room will be wrecked, and you'll be packed in like sardines because mommy can't say no".

'And we always have to get vouchers for her and FIL and she specifies the type of vouchers and the amount we should spend.

Do I win?'

You win Mug of the Year. Stop pandering to her.

She is in her 30s and her response was "I don't have a clue where to get converse from".

LMGTFY... (or should that be LMGTFH...)

No good with acronyms drspouse but yes she is forever on FB so I'm assuming she can manage the internet just fine.

LMGTFY is an excellent website for when people are being particularly dense about the internet - do follow pp's link!!

I actually clicked on that too...can I steal it please? 😅

I actually just used Google but lmgtfy.com/?q=Converse is ace.

Public domain, no stealing involved!

Oh I love that second one!

It is truly passive aggressive gold.

Great thread. I received an M and S scarf one year from an elderly aunt. It wasn't my taste, but not wanting to offend her I secretly took it back to exchange. The cashier explained they hadn't stocked the scarf for a number of years and wasn't able to help blush

That happened to DS this year. Nana gave him a hoodie for his birthday and because he's 13 and it wasn't branded he didn't like it so I said I'd bring it back and exchange it. They didn't recognise it in the shop and had no record of that style in the system.

Wow, I don't know if it's just me or are these two posters pretty thick and entitled?? So, you're both calling these relatives CFs for not getting the latest, in season, branded items for your gifts??

I don't think they're the CFs!

Wow, I don't know if it's just me or are these two posters pretty thick and entitled??

Yeah, ungrateful fuckers. Most of us would be happy if relatives just wrapped some dog poo in a paper bag, stapled it shut and gave us that. My kids go nuts for it too!

CherryChasingDotMuncher

If a relative gives you some dog poo in a paper bag, then, yeah sure I'd be on your side and call them CFs.

But what's wrong with an M&S scarf and a hoodie for a 13 year old? Maybe Nana and elderly aunt could only afford those things from a charity shop (new and with tags on clearly but from previous years)?

I do call that entitled.

I agree with you Pippa in those chases.

I am on the fence about taking back presents. Some people are almost at the returns desk before the present is opened.

However, we have had some very much spare present gifts from sil over the years, some rather elderly. My best was the jumper from... C&A. C&A had been out of business for at least ten years by then! Nothing wrong with C&A, I still have a very nice pair of Yessica evening shoes! But this jumper must have been in moth balls for a decade.

Pippa i don’t completely disagree with you, and actually the consensus on MN is that regifting is a good thing to do. But saying thick and entitled was a bit uncalled for

Lady had she been to France at all? C&A is still open in France (or at least it was 5 years ago when I was last there) I love that I have C&A clothes in my wardrobe thanks to that

It doesn’t bother me if people return gifts, I want them to have something they want! I never do, but only because I CBA to drudge into town in the midst of Boxing Day or new year sales!

Just

CherryChasingDotMuncher

But clearly Nana's hoodie that fits a 13 year old boy was hardly a regift. She must have gone out to buy it, and because it wasn't 'branded' and 'this season' she was called a CF.

Maybe, saying 'thick' was a bit harsh (it means something slightly different here in Ireland than in UK), but they're definitely entitled and ungrateful.

temptation oh yes, I remember!

Hi Radley!