To throw SIL's Christmas card straight in the bin?

[StillNoFuckingEyeDeer]

SIL puts glitter inside every card she sends. She's particularly fond of booby-trapping greetings cards with a mixture of fine and superfine glitter that seems to linger for ages. (I was still finding glitter all over PFB months after she sent a new baby card.) I'd be marginally less irritated -not really- if she used eco-glitter, but it's just so wasteful, unnecessary and annoying. I thought she might stop after she had DC herself, but if anything it seems to be worse. I've tried opening cards over the bin, but the glitter still explodes everywhere. WIBU to just throw her card straight in the bin without opening?

Glitter. The herpes of the craft world.

Came here to say exactly this!

Tell her cards are yesterday's technology and that you'd prefer a whatsapp message in future. Sparkly gifs not accepted.

Like the idea to bring it round to hers and open it there over her carpet (her actual carpet, not a metaphor for anything else, though a glittery vag would be very festive)

Put it in your handbag. Next time your at hers. Say oh I forgot to open this and open it all over her house. That may stop her. 😂

Or, brings 'crafts' to her house to do with her kids. Give them a vial of glitter each and make sure that when you open yours' the lid is a bit stuck and as you open it, it flies out all over the place.

I love glitter but as micro-plastic it ends up in our seas, polluting the bodies of animals, including us. I’ve switched to eco glitter, about time plastic glitter was banned- now that plastic beads in face wash are no longer acceptable, i don’t understand why glitter is still used. Pretty yes, but also an environmental distaster.

Can you open it outside over your large garbage bin?

I’ve been trying to find a revenge tactic for a while. You’ve just found it. Thank you.

So the card arrived today. I opened it over the wheely bin and, as expected, glitter exploded everywhere, despite me trying to be careful. I read the card and then dumped it, since it was still covered in glitter. There's glitter all over the inside and outside of the bin, all over the yard and over me.
I've decided to get a load of eco glitter just so I can load up a card to send back to her so she can appreciate how annoying it is.

Oh no, how annoying! I thought that fad had died out a long time ago. I’d be tempted to send her one with a shedload of glitter inside and feign ignorance if she complained... “but I thought you loved glitter in your cards?”...

@SirVixofVixHall
I genuinely had no idea it was so bad for the environment. Makes perfect sense, but it never occurred to me.

Was there money in it though?

May I suggest one of these?

Blunt, in fact offensive, but neatly gets the point across

I fucking hate glitter.

Have you told her not to put glitter in the cards for you?

Can you print out a close up of a bird-eating spider or whatevs, and stick it to the inside of her card on a spring?

Put it in your bag and open it at her house 🤗

I thought the glitter in envelopes thing was something you did to people you hated? Your SIL is a dick, glitter is almost impossible to eradicate once it's entered the home. DP used to work in a primary school and would always come home with a sprinkling of glitter in his hair.

I’ve never told a single soul this but about four years ago I glitter bombed my horrible boss. She is a thundering bitch so I sent her an envelope filled with about 20 quids worth of glitter. It was the best thing I have ever done and no one would ever suspect me. I’m feeling better for getting that off my chest.

MN is the perfect place for a confessional Poodles, and glad it helped!

I'm trying to read this without my glasses, clicked on the link and was most taken with the Potato in a box. I thought it said "your missing heart" on the potato, dark but good. Actually says "your message here"

Glittery shit should be banned- surely first order post-Brexit?

Don’t ban glittery shit. You never know when you need revenge.

The devil's dandruff.

Open it under water.

I remember my boss opening a christmas card at his desk that was full of glitter. She was so pissed off she walked over to the woman who had given it to her and emptied her hole punch over her head. It was marvellous.

StillNoFuckingEyeDeer

I support kingscorn's idea.

every single time.

and if you live too far away, I would save them up and make a special trip and open them all up at the same time, all around the house.

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Send her this 👆