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?

I went out for forgotten clementines for the stockings and managed to prang my car and another while parking at the supermarket !!! My excess is £300 the only good thing is the woman was really good about :-(

Oh shit, I haven't made the pumpkin pies and now I'm too tipsy and tired!

My dad, never really been a father to me, but groans on and on about being a grandfather, still the same letdown to DD as he was me.

He is FULL of comments, seemingly that he disapproves (I've had 3 birthday cards from the man in my entire life, including one which my husband bought and rook him to have signed last year for my 30th!)

So far I've had "You've not bought DD much this year"
Well she has
£1000 ipad
£129 apple pen
£200 Dr Martens
£90 ipad case
£70 loungefly bag
£50 loungefly purse.
2 jumpers
A reeses hamper
A make up set
Face mask set
Hair styler
Fragrance set
-so not exactly left the child with nothing to open.

Then I told him I've just finished wrapping the last bits.
"That's late. Maybe you should be more prepared in future"
I replied "it's perfectly normal for parents to be wrapping presents until the early hours of Christmas"

Oh and, despite him having the view that I've not done enough for DD, he couldn't be bothered to drop a gift off to her for Christmas.

Just an annoying gripe. He does nothing for anyone, yet has the audacity to pick all the time.

jamie8

Hope your heart is OK

Late to the party. I'm at work. Hoping against all hope my new DBS for new job comes thru very soon so I can quit here and never come back!!

Very minor, but DH and I have had bad financial issues the last few months so haven't got each other anything for Christmas at all, and haven't been able to get DS much either. Makes me a little sad DH and I have nothing to open tomorrow

I decided to all the prep today ( yesterday now) so I’m just going to bed 🤦‍♀️

Merry Christmas everyone 🎅

Dh drank 2 bottles of wine, been smoki g, he reeks, and I'm so annoyed I can't sleep and come ownstairs, tje room with tree and presents reeks of cigarettes so I am sat up with room window open to get rid of the smell and freshen the room, as our house faces into the road so an open window on ground level on Christmas eve won't end well...

Ho fucking ho indeed.

More neighbours came round with sweets. When did this become a thing?

@Atmywitsend29. Hope next year brings better things for you.
Happy Christmas.

And that is why punctuation matters.

I read the OP as an invitation to dump a child!

[quote Gretaburley]@Atmywitsend29. Hope next year brings better things for you.
Happy Christmas.[/quote]
Thank you @Gretaburley, that's lovely. Merry Christmas to you too!

We are close contacts and had to isolate today. Grandma and grandpa, who were at the same event and tested negative, invited themselves over. Because we thought we were going to be alone, we were just going to do scratch it for lunch, but ended up having the only food I had prepared before hand; roast potatoes and cauliflower Bake. That's it; that's all we had for Christmas lunch

DH is now refusing to open his (expensive) gift from me because I am apparently ungrateful and selfish for not liking the pajamas he got me (not the ones I asked for).

Tried to move on by wishing him a Merry Christmas and giving him a kiss and cuddle but he's in full moody stroppy silent treatment mode.

Merry Christmas indeed

@heelforheelandtoefortoe

I showed DH what jammies I wanted and dressing gown I wanted.

He's bought cheaper imitations.

I'm really hurt by it and feeling guilty for feeling hurt. AIBU?

I buy all the presents for everyone, including his family, and he goes for the cheapest easiest option of what I wanted and can't understand why I don't look impressed and thinks I'm being ungrateful.

DH has always hated spending money, except when its on the things he wants.

I feel your pain. This has happened to me this morning. Tight arse...

We bought the DC a games consol for Xmas. I have been nagging for weeks for him to set it up so they can log on and play on Christmas morning knowing they would be excited.

He said he did.

But he still doing it now while the kids are under his feet desperate to play and he is shouting at all of us.

My DC won't get out of bed. Apparently it's too early.

I’m sorry that so many of you are having a shite time. But, it’s one day. If it’s the day when the scales fall from your eyes, it’s a good day. Breathe deep and in your mind repeat this calming mantra...
FUCKOFFFUCKOFFFUCKOFFFUCKOFFFFFOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Imbibe enough of your tipple of choice to take the edge off.
All cares and woes now up the chimney and scattered to the four winds.
I wish you all the very best.

@heelforheelandtoefortoe

DH is now refusing to open his (expensive) gift from me because I am apparently ungrateful and selfish for not liking the pajamas he got me (not the ones I asked for).

Tried to move on by wishing him a Merry Christmas and giving him a kiss and cuddle but he's in full moody stroppy silent treatment mode.

Merry Christmas indeed

As he doesn't want his gift, send it back and get yourself some great PJs! oh and ignore the sulking. Just go about your day.

If it’s the day when the scales fall from your eyes, it’s a good day.

Amen to that!

Instead of me, DH and 3 young adult DC buying lots of gifts for each other, we each took an individual to buy one main gift for, with me going stockings for the DC. I was to buy for DD and she for me. Except she didn’t, and has been isolating since the 23rd. Dropped her gift and stocking off last night. Could have asked DH or her brothers to get even a token gift so I’d have something to open this morning., but didn’t.

Fingers and toes crossed, but no disasters here (yet!) 2nd solo Xmas since divorce. I'm disgusted by all the OHs that aren't being helpful.

Spent a long time last week sourcing a particular kind of smoked salmon that I love, to have for breakfast this morning with blinis.

MIL also turned up last night with a pack of slimy "value" smoked salmon.

Came down for breakfast this morning after dealing with toddler DD to find my PIL already munching away. Guess which of the packs has all been eaten?

@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?

DH- not now. We need to do x, t, z.

There.

A major work project due to have been finished by last July has been delayed on numerous occasions outside the control of me and my team. As in, we've killed ourselves to make ridiculous deadlines and I've done many, many post-midnight workdays (in a 9-5:30 workday). In the past week, a further delay meant we couldn't at least send it to others for views on final output and not have it on our desks over a much deserved Christmas Break. So instead, I was meeting our Attorney General (yet again!) on Thursday morning, and sending out pretty hefty things late into Thursday evening. I logged in yesterday to clear some necessary admin when I should have been off, and 5 minutes after I logged off, got a call to talk through some problems and arrange a meeting (for 1st week January).

So Xmas has been manic getting organised, and I had a very passive aggressive call from DSis on Thursday evening as I was trying to craft diplomatic language for "get your finger out you little sh*ts and do your f###ing jobs" (while trying to make sure they work with us in January to get it done). So I am in trouble because she was already on her holidays and full of the joys of spring.

Teen dd has at least been making an effort to not be the same horrible brat that completely spoiled last Christmas but we are still walking on eggshells around her delicate mental health as COVID very negatively impacted on her adhd and ASD.

So we are doing a turkey breast dinner and made a conscious choice to have a simple day. I am about to turn on tv and find some kind of thing I can lose myself in for a few hours (for the first time in months!).

@immersivereader; Thanks for your good wishes,
I have had it years ago and treated with tablets so not expecting 'issues'.
Hearing it on phone worried DW, she not usually like that. Just caught her wrong.
Have a Good Time over next few days.

Stuck in bed. No presents. Been in and out of hospital since my covid jabs. Haven’t eaten or drank since august. Complete white out from family. As I won’t have my booster and my gp agrees.

Hate my family hate Christmas.