Christmas Day with the inlaws

[avoschmado]

Can we have a survival thread??

They're coming at 10.30 (infuriatingly early) and they're staying over. Mother in law especially is the most irritating, obnoxious person on the planet.

Well I’m working today so won’t see them at home but they are coming to my work for Christmas dinner!

Spent time with DH's paternal family today and his aunt showed me MIL's Christmas letter-mentioned her DC and DGC extensively but not me at all and I've been in the family 26 years. She sent us a separate card "To dear son at Christmas" and when her GC received their gifts from us she called my DH to say "thank you for the gifts" not thanks to both of you for the gifts. I do all the gift buying. I don't have value in her eyes. She's been very upset as I didn't work enough hours in her eyes in the past despite me caring for our severely disabled son. I've worked evenings and weekends as an RN and per diem never full time. Anyhow it was refreshing to spend time with nice people for a change

I dumped my in laws with their dick of a son 3.5 years ago!!! Utter utter bliss! I’ve never seen them since, perfect

Can I join?? I get to spend five whole days with my French in laws tomorrow! That means leaving ridiculously early to get the Eurotunnel on Boxing Day morning with 8 month old DS in toe.
MIL will spend the whole time crying about how joyous family is and how emotional it is to see her grand children. Will grab on to DS for dear life and not let go whilst showering him with plastic crap. Doesn't bother the rest of the year 🤷‍♀️
FIL will not say two words and get pissed
SIL will cook rubbish food and will have next to no conversation even though she does speak English. Will probably lecture my DH on things he should and shouldn't be doing and constantly compare her DS to mine.
BIL is actually ok so no complaints
GranIL will spend the whole time trying to teach me French history and possibly tell me again about some French woman marrying into English Royality.

Oh and then we will have to see every god known relative in the north of FRANCE who I swear aren't even real relatives.
My only saving grace is I don't speak French so won't have a frikkin clue what's going on.
On paper they don't sound too bad but in reality it's my idea of hell.

I don’t have to deal with in-laws at Christmas luckily. My own family though are pretty tedious.

My Christmas gift to him will be sparing his life

You’re spoiling him

Oh and congratulations on your new-ish found freedom! 🥂

My Christmas gift to him will be sparing his life

No more shitty ex gf to survive with her equally grim xhusband. They loathed each other, and all the rest of their family were estranged or basically claiming utter poverty and didn't talk to one another.

I had a fantastic day with my family, my friends, a super bottle (or 6) of red wine, enough chocolates to keep the Swiss economy ticking over for the next 3 mnths, and none of the utter complexities and sheer miserable bs that was undoubtedly coming my way.

being single is sooooo underrated :)

We actually toasted the loss of a pain in the ar** today!

"To xxxxxx..... may she permanently bugger off and find some new sucker"...

cheers!