Hell starts in one hour

[Wildcard Ky]

Ahhhhh, the Holidays. A time of giving, loving, and all of the inlaws coming over.

They're due to start arriving in about an hour. This is the one part of Christmas that I can't stand.

There's the whack job sister in law with her whack job kids. Two of which I'm sure will be voted "Most Likely to do life without parole" when they're seniors in high school.

Then there's the brother in law that's at church every time the doors are open. He doesn't like to talk about the fact that since he's been married, he's fathered three other children with three different women. Jesus saves though, and that's all that matters.

Then there's the alcoholic brother in law. He's actually the best of the bunch. At least he's consistent.

Let's not forget the Oh so perfect in her own mind mother in law. You can count on her to show up at least an hour early because she's positive that you haven't made proper preparations for the event, so she has to re-do everything to suit her way of doing things.

Ahhhhhhh, yes. It will be the afternoon from hell.

 

[Wildcard Ky]

Right on cue: Not two minutes after I made the post, the Mother in law comes walking in the door. Things are supposed to start around 5:00. She's here at 3:45

 

[impressive]

I'll trade my hell for yours.

Right now, putting up with a whack job family sounds easy.

 

[English Lady]

My in-laws left about 5 hours ago -I win


*snuggles* Imp.

 

[Wildcard Ky]

I have no clue what your hell is. All I can do is offer a hug and a sprig of mistletoe for a warm Christmas kiss

 

[Wildcard Ky]

My in-laws left about 5 hours ago -I win


*snuggles* Imp.

Lucky..................................

 

[English Lady]

Lucky..................................

Yup. Though they're not *that* bad. See, that's the spirit of Christmas talking there

 

[TxRad]

Part of mine arrived last night for a weeks stay.

They are from Florida and brought 36 degree temps with them

I was supposed to go back to work Friday. WTF happened to that.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

See thats why i crossed an ocean Nah we do the inlaw thing on xmas day if the hubby and i make it through the sister-in-laws bossy ways we'll be lucky. Either way I seriously doubt kid will be up to par and i need to call my mom and some siblings and friends so we are going to do the exit early strategy.

 

[tickledkitty]

I was just informed about a half hour ago that my night of hell with the inlaws is tomorrow. Here I was thinking I might be lucky enough to avoid it this year.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Part of mine arrived last night for a weeks stay.

They are from Florida and brought 36 degree temps with them

I was supposed to go back to work Friday. WTF happened to that.

Here's a guess, you did go to work, only it was at home where you could fetch and tote, run errands, and handle all those "honey-do's" sans monetary compensation, of course.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Just-Legal]

Mark is an only child, and his parents rule. Plus, they're addicted to my cooking. So I think its safe to say, I rock.

HOWEVER - I have to work tomorrow 8-12. On the plus side, we're going to the pub afterward, then xmas eve dinner with my parents. We're going for xmas dinner at the pub with his folks on the day, and having a day to ourselves Boxing Day.

 

[starrkers]

Sadly my in-laws are no longer with us. And they were the good bunch - it's MY family that's painful.
We live four hours from the nearest of them. I'm safe

 

[neonlyte]

We managed 10 visitors today between cleaning the house, doing a few urgent repairs and taking a walk on the beach. None of our vistors were invited It involved two 'tea times', a donation of cakes, a frantic scramble to find fresh bread at 7.30pm on a Sunday night and dinner /, just eaten at 22.15pm.

Fortunately, tomorrow and Christmas Day has everything done for us, we are staying at a house with 'servants' and possibly the best house cook in Portugal, though she asked that I take my infamous Chocolate Mousse.

 

[cloudy]

I wish I could enjoy my entire family at Christmas, but we're way too scattered around the country for that.

 

[Katyusha]

Ahhhhh, the Holidays. A time of giving, loving, and all of the inlaws coming over.

They're due to start arriving in about an hour. This is the one part of Christmas that I can't stand.

There's the whack job sister in law with her whack job kids. Two of which I'm sure will be voted "Most Likely to do life without parole" when they're seniors in high school.

Then there's the brother in law that's at church every time the doors are open. He doesn't like to talk about the fact that since he's been married, he's fathered three other children with three different women. Jesus saves though, and that's all that matters.

Then there's the alcoholic brother in law. He's actually the best of the bunch. At least he's consistent.

Let's not forget the Oh so perfect in her own mind mother in law. You can count on her to show up at least an hour early because she's positive that you haven't made proper preparations for the event, so she has to re-do everything to suit her way of doing things.

Ahhhhhhh, yes. It will be the afternoon from hell.

I hope that things are going better than you thought they would. Sometimes (though rarely) family, even the dreaded in-laws, will surprise you and act normal. But in your case, I'll keep my fingers crossed that you survive.

My in-laws are not coming over this Christmas. Instead, we're going over to my husband's in-law's house and having Christmas there.

 

[Katyusha]

I wish I could enjoy my entire family at Christmas, but we're way too scattered around the country for that.

That's what we have too. Some of us (older sister, mother, father and step-mother, mother-in-law) are in the Desert Southwest. Some of us (my husband and me, younger sister and her husband, grandparents-in-law) are in the Midwest. Some of us (brother-in-law and his wife) are in the Pacific Northwest. And some of us (extended family) are in the Deep South and New England.

It would be MIGHTY interesting for this entire brood to get together for one holiday. Particularly if we also brought my sister's husband's family and my husband's sister-in-law's family.

 

[blondedreamz]

Ahhhhh, the Holidays. A time of giving, loving, and all of the inlaws coming over.

They're due to start arriving in about an hour. This is the one part of Christmas that I can't stand.

There's the whack job sister in law with her whack job kids. Two of which I'm sure will be voted "Most Likely to do life without parole" when they're seniors in high school.

Then there's the brother in law that's at church every time the doors are open. He doesn't like to talk about the fact that since he's been married, he's fathered three other children with three different women. Jesus saves though, and that's all that matters.

Then there's the alcoholic brother in law. He's actually the best of the bunch. At least he's consistent.

Let's not forget the Oh so perfect in her own mind mother in law. You can count on her to show up at least an hour early because she's positive that you haven't made proper preparations for the event, so she has to re-do everything to suit her way of doing things.

Ahhhhhhh, yes. It will be the afternoon from hell.

I think a lot of families have relatives they would not like to "lay claim" to. Thankfully all mine are on my father's side and they have thankfully moved out of state.

But your story did make me chuckle, thanks for that!

 

[SlickTony]

They are from Florida and brought 36 degree temps with them

Well, no wonder I could go about in a sleeveless top and capris today. They must've taken those temps with 'em...

Most of my inlaws are gone but for my husband's brother down in Pompano Beach. The two brothers can only take each other in small doses, but our son has somehow become a bridge between them.

As for the rest of my family, I wish. My mother, my sister and her husband and my daughter are in Texas; my other sister is in California.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

It pays sometimes to not be married or have an SO. Not often, but sometimes. I've really gotta work on getting things better for the rest of the time, though. It does... royally... suck.

Regular family is my only real concern, and they're pain-in-the-ass enough. But that's really only three family members on my Dad's side, and they're only an issue for a few hours, depending on when I can find the right excuse to escape.

Other than them, it's just the day-to-day family that I deal with all the time. Not a pain, but not really any different from any other day, either. Not really a big deal at all.

In a way, it sucks that it doesn't suck.

*sigh*

Q_C

 

[Wildcard Ky]

Hell hath officially ended.

It went relatively well UNTIL my mother in law insulted one of my dogs. The old bitty had the nerve to insult one of my dogs right in front of me.

For those of you that don't know........ I love my dogs dearly. They're just more kids in my eyes. However, knowing that she doesn't care much for dogs, I had them outside for the entire time that they were here. That still didn't stop her from throwing an insult at one of them.

It's a good thing for her that her daughter gives me sex about half a dozen times per year, or I would have said something.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

It's a good thing for her that her daughter gives me sex about half a dozen times per year, or I would have said something.

Half a dozen times a year is a good thing? Or is that in the "some is better than none" category?

 

[Wildcard Ky]

Half a dozen times a year is a good thing? Or is that in the "some is better than none" category?

It's a tongue in cheek matter of fact kind of thing.

 

[3113]

There's the whack job sister in law with her whack job kids. Two of which I'm sure will be voted "Most Likely to do life without parole" when they're seniors in high school.

Then there's the brother in law that's at church every time the doors are open. He doesn't like to talk about the fact that since he's been married, he's fathered three other children with three different women. Jesus saves though, and that's all that matters.

Then there's the alcoholic brother in law. He's actually the best of the bunch. At least he's consistent.

Let's not forget the Oh so perfect in her own mind mother in law.

This is why I married a man who has virtually no contact with his sister or father, and who my prejudiced father so disapproved of that he "disowned" me for a while Happily, my brother and sister-in-law, not to mention aunts and uncles are all part of the same nerdy tribe as me and hubbie, and on the rare occasions when we're all together, we get along beautifully.

I consider myself lucky. But I tell you this, if there's anyone in my family that disrespects me or my husband, or anyone in my husband's family who disrespects my husband or me, then they're not family. Simple as that. Life's too short to be with assholes simply because they share some genetics with you.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Well, I will be sharing my house with a son and his wife and son, and a daughter and her husband and daughter. I'm really looking forward to this group. I see quite a lot of the grandchildren, but not enough.