My grandfather in law came round on my sons birthday.
The only problem is - its midweek and we took him out in saturday to celebrate.
I wasn't expecting him and was in a bathrobe right about to get into the bath (with all the kids which is a job in itself.)
I usually cowar and hide if anyone knocks but i thought it was dp as he was supposed to be back at that exact time.
So i went to the door pissed off, stomping, annoyed that id had to get the baby and the kids out of the bathroom to open the door for him... why cant he use his key ect.... when it was gfil!
I was only in a short thin bathrobe and i was holding the baby (who was trying to breastfeed while i was holding him- literally pulling my breast out at the front door)
I just had to take the card and present and shut the door in his face! My pants and bra and clothes were on the floor by the door (thanks kids)
And i was so embarrassed.
The thing is- gmil and gfil do this quite often, well not that often as we dont see them that often, but most times the pop round its unannounced.
I have 3 LOs and the house is usually a mess unless im expecting a visitor.
They even popped round whilst i was Konmrie-ing and had dumped the conents of a massive cupboard on the floor and had piles of stuff and bags for charity and dump etx everywhere. I didnt know how to explain the state of the house (also dumped the kitchen cupboards out to sort thRough bowls and cups but it must have looked like a pile of dishes that needed doing (ALL THE DISHES!) )
Dh doesnt have a superclose relationship as we have only just started seeing them a few years ago.
I like them loads they really are great but i dont know how to tell them to call first. Dh doesnt really know them that well anymore (moved away as a child and mum cut the contact so its been about 10 years and we only started contact when we had dd1) so its not like a "his family his problem" because they are both about the same to us- familiarity wise
Just what do i say to let him know i wasnt being a horrible evil old cow? And how do i say 'please call first' in a nice way. It will be me saying it. Dp wont