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Omg such anality from pil. Come and share your anal behaviour stories (lighthearted)

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ledkr · 05/01/2013 11:04

We are with pil at present and they are very sweet but so bloody uptight about everything.
Bil has been away for a week so he left car with pil so that it "wasn't left in the street" it has a steering lock on and fil takes it for a drive each day! The car is an old banger worth about two hundred quid.
Kids can't even eat a banana without a table cloth,mat and plate Hmm
Leaving the house to walk to shops is a major ordeal. Costs hats gloves change of shoes everything switched off at the wall last minute run upstairs for wallets. I could have been there and back.
So I'm asking you to entertain me with similar stories to help me through the day.

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elizaregina · 06/01/2013 11:03

oh dear DH has a dishwasher method too - and it doesnt matter if the whole house is a tip - he will go back and re do - my slap dash get it all in and washed approach...infact sometimes i put stuff in the dishwasher just to get it out the way..

i dont think we could fall into any of these regimented things though as we get older, i try to put " systems" in place but forget about them a week down the line, i bet if we could though we wuold be alot better off.

rechargemybatteries · 06/01/2013 11:09

My parents are aghast and horrified that sometimes I put the dishwasher on when it isn't completely full. Like, if it's three quarters full after lunch and I know there's going to be a full house at dinner time, I'll put the dishwasher on because I'm lazy. But that is just wrong. Wrong. The dishwasher must be full before it goes on.

edam · 06/01/2013 11:18

wanda, I know what you mean - this thread has made me feel very nostalgic for my ILs when I first knew them and sad about the fact FIL is dead and MIL is too confused and frail to worry about which of her extensive range of tupperware is best suited to a single stem of broccoli.

But I think it's a very affectionate thread - everyone is recounting stuff that drives them batty but is endearing. No-one is being nasty, there's a real tone of fondness here.

bigbadbarry · 06/01/2013 11:18

I've got a gravy boat! I use it at Christmas Blush

greenhill · 06/01/2013 11:19

I love this thread, thanks to all the contributors Thanks

EggRules · 06/01/2013 11:26

I have a gravy boat that we use every time we have gravy. Blush Angry

I iron bedding and don't put the dishwasher or washing machine on unless they are full.

3birthdaybunnies · 06/01/2013 11:27

I think though there is scientific evidence for manuka honey, kills 85% of bacteria, they apply it to wounds etc. I also have a method for the dishwasher and find it annoying when dh stacks it incorrectly and puts it on half full, but that's only because he puts things on top of each other such that to clean them would defy the laws of nature and it is annoying when he puts it on blatently ignoring all the pans in the sink, the cups in the sitting room and the bowls on the table. OH NO, I'm becoming one of THEM!

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ledkr · 06/01/2013 11:30

I'm like a proud parent the way this thread has bloomed.
Just wanted to say laqueen we have mammoth goodbyes too it dies my head in. Fil has been known to ask us to pop the bonnet as we are ready to drive away. We often do the first part of our journey home in silence as I silently seethe and he feels protective of pil as knowing I'm seething.
I have a two car drive so one always blocked in but plenty of room on the road. They will park on my drive come hell or high water. I have lost count of the times I've had to ask then to move and I feel as if my head will blow off.
They have the thickest skin too. Will happily sit on the sofa when just given birth I'm clearly ready for them to go. Running around at 7 o clock Sunday night tutting and eye rolling about having so much to do for work/school. Dh and I have to make up lies so that they leave earlier.

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dawntigga · 06/01/2013 11:35

as to the aerolised poo germs, if pressure = force per unit area, wouldn't keeping the loo seat shut create greater force, the germs out at greater force and therefore increased velocity, going further and covering more. Also, wouldn't leaving the seat up make most of the poo germs simply go upwards and back down into the loo and wouldn't this mean that this is the best way of flushing?

It's a slippery slope this isn't it?

I've just started calling Mr Tigga Dave when he does his ocd type things.

Oh and my genetic donors were filthy, instead of wiping the side down after making tea if there were spillages they use to use a tea towel in the area you made it and leave it there for months, it was welded to the counter ::Shudders::

MightHaveOverThoughtThisABitTiggaxx

NorksAreMessy · 06/01/2013 11:41

Please can the following mumsnetter reveal herself, as this STILL makes me giggle to myself....

You have a military DH and a cellar full of labelled boxes, one of which has your childhood toys in it. The label on the outside has a list of all the toys that are IN the box, including bear,teddy

It's the comma that gets me every time I think of it. Funniest punctuation EVER :)

HyvaPaiva · 06/01/2013 11:46

shesariver, I love all that detailing by your FIL ...mine is SUCH an amateur! Grin

MumVsKids · 06/01/2013 11:47

Can I suggest this thread for classics? It's brilliant!!!

MumVsKids · 06/01/2013 11:48

Can everyone ignore my last message?? Seems I'm a bit behind!!!
Also explains why I couldn't find it in chat Blush

toomuch2young · 06/01/2013 11:56

Have just sat here in tears with this thread - brilliant and so relatable!!
My fave is my DGPS obsession with the weather. Every evening the weather is studied after the news to see if a trip may commence the next day, or indeed if any washing may be done - as it may only be dried outside regardless of time of year. Cue phone call to DM to see if she has heard any conflicting weather adivce. On the following morning if the weather looks fairly good the barometer and pine cone will be checked, if the washing machine will be duly loaded, they will then sit in as the washing machine may not be left unattended. They will have tea at 11 and unload and hang washing at 11.30.
They will then prepare and way lunch for 1.
Around this time they will discuss popping out, but non the less have to decide against it due to having to be present to fetch the washing in.
Also on days when a trip out in the car may go ahead, forward planning with 2 umbrellas, driving shoes, and maps must be undertaken - even if driving 5 mins to town in the summer!!

IvantaOuiOui · 06/01/2013 11:59

My parents go on holiday to the same guesthouse every year. There will be no deviation from this. Before they go, my mother will pack practically every item of clothing she owns and write down everything she has packed in a small notebook. Despite not being allowed in the house until 3pm, they will pack the car to bursting and leave at 5am for the four hour journey. My dad will write down the time they left, how many stops they made and time of arrival, plus mileage. He is also obsessed with toll roads and how much shorter they can make a journey, but that's another story. When there my mother will write down everything she has worn every single day and where she wore it - she will change clothes at least once. Hence lots of notes like "blue tshirt w/check skirt & strappy sandals/light mac for TEA ROOMS evening red floral dress w/cardigan and smart jacket DINNER OUT.' When she gets home she will happily make lists if what she wore and what she didn't wear.

LiegeAndLief · 06/01/2013 12:00

I thought my parents were fairly normal. However, I've just realised:

When they came for Christms they each brought a pair of slippers.

They cannot bear to have a bottle of ketchup on the table, they hav a special little pot into which the ketchup is decanted. My mother bought me a fancy teaspoon for my ketchup pot once. I have never used it.

My dad is obsessed with keeping the car clean and often nips out to give the wheels a quick wash. My car, which I have hoovered once in two years and is full of important twigs and children's artwork which never made it into the house, disgusts him.

Doingakatereddy · 06/01/2013 12:25

My MIL insists on keeping a pair of slippers at our house, which winds me up beyond belief.

In addition, MIL refuses to cook - I mean totally refuses. She's only late 50's. She'll happily invite us & other family members over then spring on us 'is it going to be chippy or indian', now days she is way way more cunning & asks me how difficult it would be to bring 'that nice sausage / chicken dish you make over'. I dutifully, make food & deliver hot or cold to her house, serve & then wash up. I tried to cook in her kitchen last year, blunt knives & a look of horror when I asked for a chopping board. bless

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ledkr · 06/01/2013 12:26

My sd cannot abide a near empty fuel tank. I once gave him a lift and he was beside himself as I was in the red.
Not enough however to not lead me on a wild goose chase to avoid traffic.
Yes my parents will drive miles out of their way to avoid traffic lights and tricky right turns.
I swear I am not lying.

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BadDog · 06/01/2013 12:31

i have a mate who's H had experienced some kind of house fire as a kid and when she was lying in bed she could hear him going around all the plugs downstairs going "off, off , off " out loud.

h and I do affectionately occasionally and lol a little

CailinDana · 06/01/2013 12:32

I can see how manuka honey could kill germs in a cut but how would drinking it help?

LRDtheFeministDragon · 06/01/2013 12:34

SPB - sorry about your dad. It's not all funny, at all.

On that note, about hearing aids - my gran hated hers, constantly let the batteries run down and then told us suspiciously it wasn't working, twiddled with it to produce that mega-annoying shrill scream, etc. etc. For about the last five years of her life she would refuse to admit she couldn't hear and would get very grumpy if it became obvious she wasn't keeping up with the conversation/you were repeating things louder for her. Then she got diagnosed with brain cancer, they put her on steroids, and her hearing back back. We felt really awful, as if we should have known, but then her doctors said we couldn't have known. I keep wondering if it's something that could have been picked up sooner.

Her house was amazing - decoration vintage 1970s down to crazy, dark green-and-brown lozange-pattern wallpaper all over the hallway. I'm not sure what the people who bought it thought! She'd also kept receipts going well back into pre-decimal and I found report cards she'd kept copies of from children she'd been teaching in the late 50s and 60s.

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CailinDana · 06/01/2013 12:37

Why are older people so reluctant to admit they can't hear? My dad's as deaf as a post but totally denies it. The tv is so loud i can't watch it with him

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ledkr · 06/01/2013 12:38

I popped into the shop the other day leaving my fit feisty mum in the passenger seat. When I came back I was locked out of my car. Apparently cheltenham is full of car jackers Hmm

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