Okrahoma! where the wind comes sweeping down the plains - 10 / 10 thread

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Sorry it has become a saga!!!

Fran, they all (MIL, FIL and SIL) moved to USA about 16 yrs ago.

3 yrs ago they decided to move back, sil now is married and has 2 children.
It has taken them til now ot actually do it though for various reasons.
However, BIL is staying there for the time being (v odd). He has 2 other children and doesn't really want to move here (he is USA).

So the rest are moving here, SIL will live with ILs til her dh moves here.
They have all osld their houses over there at the smae time.

Some of them were divine, others will be divine when cooked.

LR, self preservation is very important.

Well at least none of you think I ma mean and nasty or anyhting

100, that's actually quite a good wording to use.
I iwll see what MIL replies ot my queries and then use that.

I must warn you all, I iwll be wailing ofr weeks.

Oh, and they estimate that they will be here on 18th June.
I may hide in one of yuor bags at the meet!!!!

Thing is you are not being a nightmare because you actually CAN'T fit them in. They are used to the USA, they are used to huge houses and car ports and basements and all the rest. They have forgotten the squeeze. You must remind her.

god eyar, look up some short term rentals and offer up sunday dinner every now and again.....

Yes, assertiveness and all.

But they will say, oh that's fine, we don't mind a squeeze.
And i iwll msile and say oh that's fine, through clenched teeth.
And then hiss at dh.
God, we will end up divorced over this

If it was school hols even, that would be beter as it wouldn't matter about sleep for girls etc. So they could all bunk in together or something.

LOL at mean and nasty
i would leave dp before i allowed this to happen for ONE WEEK

WELL don't say 'it's fine' then.

Re-word the email. Say 'I can't figure out where you are going to go - even if we all say it's fine, we don't mind a squeeze. There's a difference between a squeeze and 2 people having to sleep in the garden, isn't there MIL? Har har har. It's not going to work. I'm going to check out some short term rentals for you. You can be here as much as you like - we'd all love that - but there just isn't room for you all to stay. Let's make a new plan.'

I'll tell her for you if you like. If you don't state your case Mrs, then you can't complain when they do move in.

Oh, LR, there is a remote possibilty that I may be back in the UK on the 18th of June. I'll come and stay with you, shall I?

Er, no way is what I would say, LittleR. It's completely absurd. I can't believe you have to consider it.

They must rent somewhere clearly, there are enough of them to share the rent.

oh yes do what Anne says

ahundred is very good at diplomacy yet being firm. I like that.

Don't be a patsy LR

lemur
we like sutton hoo
last time we went there was a person using an electric wheel chair to get up to the top bit of burial mound and when he got out to walk about, the sheep all climbed on it

Be a pastry

IS ANYONE GOING TO DISCUSS MY PAINTING? I was doing it until 11.00 last night fgs.

do you mean a pasty?

Don't be a pasty patsy

Lovely painting, ahundred!

Thanks SB, thanks so much for noticing, really, it means a lot. Thanks so much.

what paiting? [dim]

Did you paint a chair?

And upholster it too?

Have you been watching Kirsty?

Fuckin hell.

I have painted a chair AND I have made a freaking cushion cover out of an old pillowcase. I have painted the downstairs toilet/utility room. I did that. ME. Painting. Things. Long hard work it was, think Cistine Chapel.

She painted her utility room. FFS, does nobody pay attention?

Thank you SB. Thank you. I am going to shower you in stickers, and then invite you into my utility room where I shall keep you for about three hours pointing out the tricky areas where I had to employ cunning, and INSISTING you compliment me every 3 seconds.

It'll be great. Then you can go round to LR's and move in with her relatives and leave meat products around.