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IN law rant..

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jampot · 07/06/2004 20:58

My inlaws are due over from Spain on Sunday at landing at 5am. They don't have a car here anymore as it was sold just after they went back in the autumn. They've got a mobile home which they stay in when they come over here now which is about 40-50 miles away. They've always known that they will need to hire a car when they come here but they have called dh this evening to say that they want him to pick them up and take them to their holiday home. He would normally do this but for the fact that he is working some very much needed overtime on Sunday starting at 6am. They then decided they wanted to catch a taxi to our house at 5am and spend the day here until 4pm 'til dh gets home to drive them to their destination, please bear in mind they still will need to hire a car to get around. Inlaws are now ranting at my dh saying he's let them down etc... some of you will already know they are quite manipulative and often give purely to receive... which makes my dh feel completely indebted to them

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Lisa78 · 07/06/2004 21:44

God, what a bloody pain jampot
What are you going to do then? (Hitting them on the head with a blunt object is not an option )
I do feel for you, people like this drive me bonkers

coppertop · 07/06/2004 21:50

Could you arrange for a hire car to be waiting for them at the airport? I don't see why they can't get off their @rses and arrange it themselves but it might at least spare your dh from having to act as their personal chauffeur. Inconsiderate so-and-so's!

jampot · 07/06/2004 22:02

Dh has offered to sort out car hire from airport for them but they don't want it I think they just want their ds at their beck and call. I would prefer to hire the vehicle for them as they quite often use our address as theirs for things like their banking, driving licences, doctors, opticians and general residence things. They even have a bank loan at my address which they haven't told us about (long story but probably on another thread), so I would be more than happy to hire a car and make sure their real address is on the paperwork.

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JJ · 08/06/2004 12:56

I'd go ahead and hire a car for them and leave them to it. Make your husband go to work a little early and then hide in the house if need be (in case they show up..)

Good luck with it. I can't believe they'd insist that he drive them there and presumably drive himself back after a 10 hour day, especially on a weekend.

jampot · 10/06/2004 08:35

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jampot · 10/06/2004 21:17

dh has just accused me of trying to drive a wedge between him and his parents because I've asked him to kindly tell them not to use our address/phone number/email etc BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE HERE!!!!! Interesting that he doesn't see they're in the wrong and if they didn't do things like this then I wouldn't have a problem

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