Ho Ho fucking Ho! Come and dump your minor, not life changing Christmas winges here.

[OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow]

And I’ll send them up the chimney.
I’ll start.
Shitloads to do, so dh decides today is the day to sort out “his corner”, looking for a specific cable. Came back from walking the dog to find the lounge in a right state.
I know it will be sorted, but why today?

@EllebellyBeeblebrox

I am a Christmas grinch. We’re hosting tomorrow for Dh’s family, which will be another 9 adults and various teenagers. I hate hosting, the stress levels, the extra cleaning, finding the emergency chairs, there’s not enough room, I’ve got loads of wrapping still to do this eve, my head hurts and I’ve spent most of the day in tears (first Xmas since my darling brother died suddenly in June). DH only finished work yesterday, and have struggled to get through this week and try and prepare stuff.If it wasn’t for the kids I would hide in bed all day and let it all go on without me.

Then why are you hosting? Let someone else have the stress

@herestoyoucolinrobinson

I'm so tired. Not decorated yet. Finally got tree up at least. Have so much tidying and cleaning to do. Got two people coming tomorrow who keep going on about things being wasteful and I'm pre-fuming already as for them not to "be wasteful" I had to buy extra stuff. I've decided I prefer boxing day.

Don't put the tree up. No need to have a pristine house and serve the smallest dinner possible and if they complain say you were trying not to be wasteful. If they don't like it don't bother coming next year

@thinkfast

Mine is that our boiler just broke. It was making a funny noise so we got it serviced on Wednesday. Apparently nothing wrong with it.

Of course there WAS actually something wrong with it. So no heating or hot water until Tuesday at the earliest.

Oh shit that is a bad one. Sending and

I can't say this in real life but I've just had it land on me that my partner wants his dd to come for a few hours on boxng day-I've had no choice but to say it's fine even though I'd rather yank my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon and eat them

We don't get on-she thinks I'm wrong for not giving up my job and having her dad pay my way and I can't stand her as she's lazy,rude,spiteful,two faced and nasty

She has only gone to uni so she can find a rich man to smooth her way in life

Her mother is a looney who swings one way and then the other,which means that we'll get shit if we have her and shit if we don't(I don't say it lightly-she is evil)

Sling in my much loved mil who's staying with us and really wants to see her granddaughter (fair enough-she only sees her twice a year as she lives almost 200 miles away) but is scared something will go wrong and I'll get upset

I'm counting down the days until I'm back at work as boxing day is going to be a washout

I cannot bear to be around this spoilt brat and I'm being forced to be nice to her-even though last time I saw her she smeared period blood all over my bathroom wall,smashed the family laptop and swung for me before stomping out and breaking the front door (I asked for my front door key back)

Ugh-i hate christmas

@OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow

And I’ll send them up the chimney. I’ll start. Shitloads to do, so dh decides today is the day to sort out “his corner”, looking for a specific cable. Came back from walking the dog to find the lounge in a right state. I know it will be sorted, but why today?

I feel you OP. Three babies under 3, two teething, one at peak tantrum, SIL poorly (non covid) so can't host meaning I got volunteered - losing my turn for a lovely relaxed Christmas dinner with my family, surprise having to clean and make up beds and guess how DH decided to spend his day?

He called in the badger man. The badger man (Badger's Trust ecologist advising on whether a sett was in our garden or elsewhere) was lovely. DH did not need to spend three hours standing in the garden nodding man-ishly about trail cameras.

Ran out of time to hoover the stairs. Ffs.

Next year I’m getting a cleaner at Xmas. Even as a one off. Three of us didn’t get through it in between the rest of what we had to do.

@WhenwillIlearntoadult

First Christmas as a separated parent. Feel like the world’s biggest failure. Autistic children who never want to leave the house or do anything! I know they can’t help it but I just wish they would want to do something. When they were little it was easier make them do stuff! I know they prefer to be indoors but I feel like I’m not doing enough. No immediate family of my own. All my family was his but he’s an abuser. We are better off out of it. I just feel like I’ve failed.

Not a failure in the least. Leaving an abusive partner to provide a safe environment for your children is heroic! Merry Christmas to you

Forked out over £100 on vet fee's this evening - small cat has a huge open wound, is now in a cone of shame. Elder cat doesn't recognise her and has attacked her 3 times tonight.

I was feeling amazing today. DD first Christmas, all was going well, I was working on some photos I took on my DSLR while DH was doing something else less fun….
I was thinking to myself, wow, I’ve not felt this high in so long. (A lot of family issues, I’m not involved but impacted!) he gave out to me about spending time on my photos, told me he doesn’t care about them like I do, while we headed for a Christmas walk. He was so cranky and mean. I cried.
He’s been cranky and mean a lot, has major mood swings of late.
Can be quite negative. He’s a great dad and husband, just a cranky fucker at times.
He is very sorry to be fair. I just cant get past him spoiling my christmas eve. he was ill all week, so today was the start.
Now i'm in bed crying. I'm terribly hurt by his behavior today. i never catch a break. he took it away today. Fuck him

My littlest won’t wear his Christmas onesie!

String some lights round the cone of shame and make a festive feature of it.

Not nearly as bad as some of these, but discovered when wrapping that the Lego online shop have sent the wrong item for my DS main present. I should have opened the outer box to check when it arrived but didn't think it'd be wrong so just chucked in the present pile until today

It's not a set he'd like (ordered "The Child" ie baby Yoda, received some sort of Pride rainbow model ) so it'll just have to go back...

Luckily he's a sanguine kind of kid, I've said what's happened and he's fine, but still!

@YnysMonCrone

I've made pumpkin soup for lunch today and the blender exploded it all over the kitchen. There is liquidised pumpkin literally EVERYWHERE in my kitchen. DH is a knobhead.

I've helped both a goid friend & my SIL after pumpkin soup/blender disasters!! Never fucking cauliflower soup is it🤣🤣

Got all 4dc here this Christmas, quite likely last year we can all spend it all together (dc1 will be working over Christmas in future, and dc3 has joined army). I've been uncharacteristically organised, everything going to plan, until I woke up in agony early hours of this morning. Visit to gp and hospital, DVT ruled out but diagnosed with superficial thrombophelbitis. Feeling very fed up and sad 😔

@SpanielsAreMyLife

(((hug))) you're not the only one with a dysfunctional family! Don't feel like you are xx. & in contrast to mine who are dysfunctional I've also video called with my BF who is in NZ & shared their lovely Christmas morning! I know where I'd rather be!!

Cuddle a spaniel or 2, I miss my girl a LOT!!
Hope you enjoy your day tomorrow, zone the other buggers out!! X

@Seasidemumma77

Got all 4dc here this Christmas, quite likely last year we can all spend it all together (dc1 will be working over Christmas in future, and dc3 has joined army). I've been uncharacteristically organised, everything going to plan, until I woke up in agony early hours of this morning. Visit to gp and hospital, DVT ruled out but diagnosed with superficial thrombophelbitis. Feeling very fed up and sad 😔

I have superficial thrombophlebitis - have done for over 20 years now. No need to be sad, I don’t have many flares since I worked out what causes it. Try and keep your legs elevated when sitting/lying down and take anti-inflammatories if you can. I have to be careful not to be too sedentary or to stand for hours on end anywhere.

@WouldIBeATwat you've had it 20yrs?!?!?! Doctor told me that the pain wouldn't last more than a couple of days, and within a month he expected the skin to return to normal.

I didn't get cheesey footballs. Sold out everywhere around here.

I dgaf.

My gravy has Lumps

Every year for decades i have spent the week before Christmas cleaning, shopping and cooking myself into the ground, this year i have said to hell with it all. I haven't baked a single thing, other than normal every day cleaning i haven't bothered my backside. Today i went to the pub for an early dinner, dragged my backside back home and will spend the rest of the night eating chocolate. Tomorrow i will cook when i get round to it. Life is great when the kids have left home.

I take back the root canal being the worst thing this Xmas. My oh had just tested positive for covid so Xmas is cancelled.
Didn’t get to do it last year as live in an area where we went to tier 4. Was so looking forward to being with my immediate family again.
Lots of tears had this afternoon which hasn’t helped my sore mouth!

There could be many reasons for your friend not being in touch. Does she usually send cards? It could be that she's really struggling and doesn't know how to reach out. Why not pop a note in the post to see if she'd like to go for a walk or some other low effort, non busy activity. I can put a face on things but in truth am severely struggling with MH have lovely friends but am paralysed with anxiety about reaching out. For many reasons your friend maybe just can't at the moment. Hope it works out for you.

I suffer with really bad insomnia, praying I get at least 3 hours and 17 minutes sleep to help cope with my 'D'M tomorrow.
If I don't it could get messy.....

Oh and I have lost the PILs Christmas present. Well DH has but apparently it's my fault.

My parents are staying with me, and leaving on Sunday. They are terribly ill and have been for the entire 2.5 weeks they visited.

I made Christmas dinner yesterday and my cooker completely died about 20 minutes after I put the turkey in. I ended up cutting it into two pieces, one for the air fryer and one for the instant pot (surprisingly, it was judged that the latter produced the better result).

These may not even count as minor...