Anyone else have Xmas steam to let off?? What's making you rage?

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I cannot find my SIL present anywhere.
I'm very late leaving for DFs.
I'm cooking tonight.
My pets are furious with me.
No one else seems to want to help.

Anyone else need to let of some steam about anything?

I think I need to find an emergency vet! Oh no!

I went apeshit yesterday and stormed out for a really long walk.They are lucky I came back!

My mum told me in November that she wasn't doing presents for adults this year and then I turned up and she'd got me and DP a present and I hadn't got anything for her! WTF 😡

Having an idyllic Xmas Eve for once. All thanks to the planning from late November onwards. Kids watching Peter Rabbit, Me prepping tomorrow’s veg and bits to carols from the kings on Radio 4 whilst the kitchen is full of Xmas lights. Off to church at 6.30pm for early midnight mass

Only taken 10 years!

Oh no what pets do you have OP?

My rabbits get overwhelmed by Christmas and visitors so we often have to stock up on system mover and fibre just in case.

Post offices closed at 2pm.

Western Union parcel office is closed until January.

Found a DHL agent who were so slow and incompetent I'm not at all sure the parcel will arrive at all, let alone intact.

As long as it gets to where it's going in one piece, I genuinely don't care when it gets there.

The big supermarket which usually closes at 11pm, is closing today at 6pm.

The smaller supermarket which closes at 11pm, is closing at 9pm.

That's just nuts.

Other side of the families grandparents bought way too many gifts even though they spend 20 minutes every other week with the girls and never bought their dad things as a kid 😴😴😴😴 bore off

I was really sick last night so my parents don't want me to go for Christmas lunch tomorrow as my dad has had minor surgery today and I might give it to him. ( I am pretty sure it's not a big and feeling much better now.) I get their reasoning but think it's a bit mean. We get on very well so I know they aren't doing it to be nasty. But it still hurts.

Asked husband for buy 60quid gift card for an expensive local hotel chain for my dad from us, as he had the free time to physically go and get the gift card. He returned with 3 separate 20quid cards....one from me, one from him and one from our pet.....

It has irked me massively....he thinks it's a funny joke as the pet is new to the family and dad recently helped us out with her: I think it looks stupid, especially as when my dad goes to spend them, he's going to need to use all three at once anyway to pay for a meal or put towards a stay at the hotel....

I'm just irritated DH didn't do as I asked and I know my dad will just find it weird,not funny.

I know, I know.. first world problem.

@Toddlerteaplease, that is rubbish.

Can I join? We're at my parents, DM is at the exhausted stage of her chemo cycle so has been resting, DP vanished upstairs a couple of hours ago and is now snoring (SNORING!) on the bed. DF has sloped off somewhere. Attempt to Get Fresh Air was aborted when DS refused to get out of the car earlier. It has been a looong one here.

I am trying to make dinner for six, trimmings for tomorrow, and deal with a newly toilet trained, overexcited, overtired three year old DS (and his wet pants). I am now contemplating which kitchen utensil to stick up DP's arse when I go up to announce dinner is almost ready.

Thank God for DB, who is being a star and has spent most of the afternoon entertaining/being stalked by DS.

My other half has also told me of for telling work that I won't be in tomorrow night as I'll be fine by then. Yes I will. But we have vulnerable patients and the rule is 48 hours.

Where is the fun?
I get told I am a miserable bastard, but really, where is it?
Christmas is just work and guilt. Bah Fucking humbug.

Today was supposed to be me, DP and DS having a lazy family day in our new home watching Xmas films and eating the contents of the fridge. What actually happened was the oven broke last night, need to wait for a part for it so spent the morning pre-cooking meat, roasties, etc, at DM's so I can warm it up tomorrow in the microwave. Got home just after lunch and DS threw up everywhere. Got him sorted and finally sat down only for DP to announce that he hasn't wrapped any presents yet so he was off to sort them. I've been pinned to the sofa by a pukey toddler ever since crying for Peppa sodding Pig.

I am sad, not angry. I worked so, so hard to get everything finished at work to take a full week's leave. Loaded up car, drove X hundred miles to rented country cottage near my family. Then the tummy bug hit. Had to cancel everything. SUCH a shame. We aren't even at home, where we have games and books nearby. Telly on constant for DC who aren't sick as can't leave house. Not the kind of #MakingMemories I had in mind. I know shit happens, but just feeling a bit sad.

Sorry to see you are sick too Toddler...

I am normally the last person you’d find moaning about Christmas but.... We had arranged to host a friend on Xmas eve as he’s had a bad year, and for him to come to my parents with us for Xmas day. Today he has TEXT to say he can’t be bothered and isn’t coming... Seems there is a woman on the scene so we’ve been ditched.

I Wouldn’t mind but I have bought him gifts to open Christmas morning (we don’t usually exchange presents) and extra food/drink to host him, as have my poor parents. Very poor form.

That is SO rude renarde

Slownorris I have rabbits too. One is extremely nervous and gets upset by car journeys but I was hoping as it wasn't an hour to my Dad's he'd be okay. I can't tell if it's early bloat of he's just really full because I keep offering him food to see if he has bloat.

Just made two chuffing great lasagnas and I ran out of white sauce...hope they're okay. Argh, when does the fun start?

I am so tired.
There is so much to do.
I'm usually much more organised than this

Tummy rubs, new toys and distraction always gets mine out of sulk bloat. Hope they’re ok and everything improves for you

That is so rude @Renarde. You and your parents did an extremely kind thing for him. I wish I had a friend like you!

ocelot and everyone sick or looking after sick people or are just pissed off at Christmas including myself 💐💐💐

DH has told the kids their xmas eve pyjamas are from MIL. They’re not so why is he giving her credit?

Not so much a rant as a 'slightly miffed'. Dh was offered to work tonight for double time so accepted despite me telling him and his boss no way to Christmas Eve.

I've done all the cleaning, put DS presents out (and feel like I've let myself down because he's got very little and there's no sparkle or fun on the packaging.) He's two, he won't give a shit. My dad hasn't put together ds best present yet either so that's missing despite me knowing it would be and that being the plan.

Just sat here feeling a bit lonely and flat.

My dishwasher has been having repairs since October, bloody thing isn't working again just now. Worked fine for a week!

Kids are not sleeping and it's nearly 1030 and they have fair too much stuff that's going to take hours, well maybe not but I'm stressed about it anyway.

My mum bought the Christmas food and sent it up earlier. She bought THREE turkeys... who the hell needs 3 turkeys? We already had one with Sandwiches today but I had to squeeze two in my fridge. And there is another in my freezer she bought. I just don't understand. So including the frozen one that's 4 turkeys!

Did I say they kids aren't sleeping.

My OH is a lazy abusive arsehole and has ruined the perfect Christmas I had planned by going out and getting shit faced all day today being nasty and abusive calling me a twat and a dick in front of the kids, making them cry and just generally being a deadwood waste of oxygen. I hate him and I hope I have the strength to kick him out next year. I couldn't bear shared custody and being away from DC half the week though it would destroy me.