What is the most annoying thing that your relatives do that give you unreasonable rage?

[FiveFarthings]

Following on from another thread of what your partner does that gives you unreasonable rage, what do your relatives do that make you grind your teeth/ want to punch yourself/them/ make you see red?

My in-laws are the loveliest people ever but my god they are incapable of saying good bye and actually leaving! It drives me up the wall! We will attempt to leave their house and they will then remember 100 million things they forget to tell us in three hours we have been there and that they must tell us before we leave. I have learnt now to start making noises about leaving 45 minutes before we actually have to leave, otherwise we can never get out the door!

In my family we just say, ‘Right we’re off, love you bye’ and walk out so my in-laws faffing drives me mad! We see the in-laws every couple of days so it’s not because we hardly see them and they are trying to make the most of it!

What do your relatives do that give you unreasonable rage?

My SIL breathing...

@Chocolatehamper I think you might be my SIL because I know she hates me 😂😂

@hesatwunt if you've spent the past twenty years trying to break me and my husband up because you preferred his ex and have tried to run me over in your car then yep, I hate you!!! 👍

When we organize to meet my in laws, she’ll call me 5 mins before the meeting time and say in an aggressive tone “well where are you?”. Every time!! I’m never late and she knows this but now the kids and I wait for her to call and say it and then laugh

In-laws' obsession with us buying a property. For years and years: "Have you been looking for houses? How much money do you have saved? Have you got enough for a deposit? Well, when will you have enough?" Then, when we finally had: "Which houses have you looked at? Why haven't you put in an offer for that house? What's wrong with that one?" Then when we did put in an offer for one: "When are you moving in? When will you get the keys? Have you spoken to the solicitor/ owner/ estate agent lately? Well can you hurry them up? " Then the endless questions about what possessions we'll have, will we have shelves or a new wardrobe, which brand of fridge/hoover/ whatever. For years it drove me up the wall. I now refuse to discuss anything house-related with them.

@DingDongDenny your description of MIL is hysterical!

My SIL is a late person, the problem being is she doesn’t think she is.
If you are meeting her at 1pm, you will get several phone calls from 9am reminding you not to be late.
I am NEVER late to anything. She will then turn up 1hour + late.
We won’t eat at her house, the last 12.30pm lunch was actually served at 5.30pm as she didn’t even go shopping for the food until 2pm (but still rang us at 8am to warn us not to be late).

DH repeats an answer back to you. His dad did the same, after a while it messes with your head.

DH: what colour is that cup?
ME: it’s yellow.
DH: is it yellow?
This can go on alllllll day...

DSS is incapable of making an arrangement and sticking to it. DP makes arrangements for us to meet with him DGD, and they're always changed in a way that doesn't work for us or cancelled at the last minute.

DP hasn't seen DGD since June.

@Chocolatehamper nope not me!! That sounds like justifiable reasons for hating her-she sounds batshit crazy ❤️ xx

Relatives hardly bothering or acknowledging you all year then trying to dictate how you spend Christmas.

@hesatwunt Yup! That about sums her up!!! I haven't spoken to her in about 7 years - since the car episode! Especially as she did it in front of my then 7 year old dd! Dh gave her an almighty bollocking and only speaks to her when he has to over family issues. Makes for a much more peaceful life!!!

My MIL is the worst present giver ever its normally something she wants herself that she'll borrow of me as soon as I've opened it or something really random, like the time she brought me one, starting to go off, plum tomato home as a souvenir from Portugal. I have to admit I look forward to her presents now to see if any of them can top the ridiculousness of that one.

@WindsorDuchess that trumps my SIL and BIL presents! They buy random shit on far flung holidays and give it at Christmas. One year I got a tea towel with New Zealandburds on it, hankies from Japan and a baseball cap from SA 😂😂. Never worn a baseball cap in my life 😂😂