My entire family is pissing me off

[Annon1234]

We’ve had a lovely morning unwrapping presents playing with toys etc But now I’m getting ready im just getting irritated. I’ve picked up wrapping paper 20+ times today while my husband has sat and watched. He’s been playing with the child but that’s it,Asked him to hoover round while I get ready, I can here him and he’s still sat on the sofa, oh and teaching our child how to ride a bike inside. Mum called and wants extra chairs bringing, last minute he’s moaning about going int the garage for them. Off to parents for lunch which is the same Specticle every year, I help with dinner when I’d much rather be spending time with my child, if it was upto me we’d go out for food, dads getting drunk, there’s always maddens at the table because he’s drunk, he goes into the living room falls asleep and that’s the end of it. I just feel generally harassed by the day as I’m making sure next year all be different

yuck sounds very unpleasant

Hooray for being a single and loving a tiny very chilled Christmas with my children

You have one child?
You’re going to your parents for lunch?

face value doesn’t sound too stressful 😂

Stop stressing about hoovering and pour yourself a drink - it’s one day , your parents would have had their homes strewn similarly when you were little , it’s just one day

Sounds like you, your husband, child and mum need to go to a restaurant or hotel lunch next year. Don't do it to yourself any more, no one should have to sit at the table at lunchtime with someone so pissed they fall asleep. What kind of Christmas is that? Sounds horrible. Your dad needs to be told that his manners and behaviour are terrible, maybe being let home alone will bring him to his senses!

So many people would love you Christmas. Husband playing with child, teaching how to ride. Dad gets pissed and then falls asleep for hours. Really, count your blessings and chill out.

For future I can thoroughly recommend having Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve. It means all the major food preparation and cooking is done the day before, then on Xmas day you can just chill and open presents at leisure and enjoy watching the kids with them. Honestly, it's a game changer

Thank you for all your replies. On reflection I may of seen my arse a bit this morning. The tv was on so loud, child screaming dogs walking over and through the room filled wrapping paper, I think it was a bit sensory overload. Having read some replies maybe I do need to chill out anL little, my dad is normally my biggest gripe at Christmas and I think I preempted the day but I have to say the day has actually been lovely. No drama, well not much. Not too much alcohol from my dad, it’s one of the best we’ve had for a while. My mum did say she’s staring to find cooking to stressful so may decide to do something different next year. Hope everyone had a good day!

We’d be paying for ourselves, I know it’s expensive but needs to be planned months in advance so can put to one side over the year

Didn’t sounds harsh at all, sounds like your having a rough time of it and I hope your day hasn’t been too awful

I'm glad you were able to settle into the day OP and had a nice time.

For what it's worth, we go out for Christmas dinner every year to a nice restaurant on Christmas Eve. Can't recommend doing this enough.

The decorations are gorgeous, we eat a Christmas dinner with starter and a pudding, they have crackers on the table, open fires and Christmas music. It's wonderful. No preparation needed or washing up afterwards. Then on Christmas Day we do nothing other than laze about opening presents, watching Christmas movies and eating treats. For dinner we have a curry. We might go for a walk if we can be bothered. It's very relaxed.

And yes, there is wrapping paper everywhere.

That sounds absolutely lovely! And much less busy on Christmas Eve I would imagine! We actually spoke about going for a curry next Christmas Day. My mum and dad are quite traditional but my mum said she may go to to my brothers next year so would leave us totally open

@Annon1234

Definitely shake things up next year and see how you like it!