Post by hannahl201477 on Dec 23, 2015 23:02:38 GMT -5
I've got some holiday drama we came to stay at my grandparents since we would be coming over first thing for Christmas eve breakfast since our power was out and we didn't see it coming on anytime soon due to all the tornado damage that was all around us. My parents and brother are also staying here since they live out of town. We were laying Mal down and my brother talks SO loud and woke him up. I asked him to be a little quiter then went to another room and he came barreling through and knocked me into the wall. Apparently my dad said something to him about it after I left and pissed him off. HE IS SUCH A LITTLE SHIT!!
Post by carolyngrace on Dec 23, 2015 23:46:26 GMT -5
Just arrived at DH's family's house. They are so damn quiet and passive aggressive it makes my skin crawl. Seriously the ONLY time it's enjoyable is if everyone has a few drinks. But that happens hardly ever, since they're good Christian folks.
Just arrived at DH's family's house. They are so damn quiet and passive aggressive it makes my skin crawl. Seriously the ONLY time it's enjoyable is if everyone has a few drinks. But that happens hardly ever, since they're good Christian folks.
It sounds like they just need some good old fashioned pot brownies to loosen them up.
4pm on Christmas Eve here. We have completed our first Christmas event - brunch with my Dad's side of the family. All went well except my cousin's Swedish wife (who I've only met once before - they live there) was very intense (she has a baby boy born early June) and my Dad asked us both more than once when we were going to wean except 7 champagnes in he was telling the babies "No more boobies" [in heavy Dutch accent]. Super awkward!!!
So awkward! I kind of just pictured your dad as the soup nazi saying 'no more boob for you!'
Post by wegrowsheep on Dec 24, 2015 4:38:27 GMT -5
So I'm wide awake (see sleep thread) and wondering why the hell I EVER mentioned to DH the remote possibility of staying with his parents for Christmas Eve. Originally, we were going to go see them, do the Christmas eve service at their church (ours doesn't have one), then eat dinner, open some gifts, and come home. But then he tells his parents that we can stay the night (which they love) and plays it up with the kids (who are so excited) and I'm just kinda meh about it, and not thrilled with the idea of our house being empty that night. And MIL does stockings for everyone, so I feel like my stockings for the kids are pointless. At first I was planning on leaving no gifts here, then I was thinking of taking some of them, and now I want to leave them all to open when we get back sometime near lunch that day.
Clearly, I am overthinking an obviously first world problem. But, nonetheless, STRESS..
Also, since DH works tomorrow, I get the high honor and privilege of getting myself and all 3 kids ready for the church service on my own.
Pretty sure I'm going to create drama by not putting LO in her marshmallow of a Christmas dress my mom bought. But...it's too fluffy for her car seat, it's hard for her to move in it, she eats it and ingests a ton of glitter, and it's going to be 70 degrees today and there are a ton of people at my mom's smal house and it's got a furry top. I just think my kid will be more comfy in her little Christmas onesie/tutu pants combo. Or her Christmas jammies. She took pictures in her dress!
Post by pghtruelove on Dec 24, 2015 8:21:11 GMT -5
Just found out MIL and FIL invited themselves here for Christmas because MIL "will NOT miss her granddaughters first Christmas". I'm sorry we already have FULL plans starting today ending on Tuesday(when they are leaving)!! My brother is in town and I never get to see him so the can eff off. I'm so annoyed right now.
So its not really Holiday related but it is family drama that happens to fall on the holiday...
My FIL surprised everyone 7 years ago by emailing his kids and his now new wifes kids telling us that when they were in Israel in two days they would be getting married... Fast forward to last Friday night, we get an call saying that their lawyer noticed that the legal paperwork for the US was never filed and thus they haven't been married this whole time. They have a friend who is a Jewish Judge who agreed to perform the civil ceremony on Friday (Christmas Day) and want all of their children to be there. We told them that we already had plans but if it was before x and x time we could be there, and my FIL said well if it doesnt work out with your plans since it is last minute that's fine. Well 4 days go buy, our plans change and we need to be someplace 3 hours earlier then we had originally told them. My FIL is now pissed at us because his wife's daughter and son in law have to come into town (they live in Frederick which is 45 minutes away) 5 hours earlier then they would of for their usually Friday night dinner. So my DH is getting yelled at for A our plans changing and his dad waiting until Wednesday to schedule his new "wedding". SOOO happy we will not be able to be there, his new wife is nice, but she was also the mistress that caused the divorce.
So its not really Holiday related but it is family drama that happens to fall on the holiday...
My FIL surprised everyone 7 years ago by emailing his kids and his now new wifes kids telling us that when they were in Israel in two days they would be getting married... Fast forward to last Friday night, we get an call saying that their lawyer noticed that the legal paperwork for the US was never filed and thus they haven't been married this whole time. They have a friend who is a Jewish Judge who agreed to perform the civil ceremony on Friday (Christmas Day) and want all of their children to be there. We told them that we already had plans but if it was before x and x time we could be there, and my FIL said well if it doesnt work out with your plans since it is last minute that's fine. Well 4 days go buy, our plans change and we need to be someplace 3 hours earlier then we had originally told them. My FIL is now pissed at us because his wife's daughter and son in law have to come into town (they live in Frederick which is 45 minutes away) 5 hours earlier then they would of for their usually Friday night dinner. So my DH is getting yelled at for A our plans changing and his dad waiting until Wednesday to schedule his new "wedding". SOOO happy we will not be able to be there, his new wife is nice, but she was also the mistress that caused the divorce.
So its not really Holiday related but it is family drama that happens to fall on the holiday...
My FIL surprised everyone 7 years ago by emailing his kids and his now new wifes kids telling us that when they were in Israel in two days they would be getting married... Fast forward to last Friday night, we get an call saying that their lawyer noticed that the legal paperwork for the US was never filed and thus they haven't been married this whole time. They have a friend who is a Jewish Judge who agreed to perform the civil ceremony on Friday (Christmas Day) and want all of their children to be there. We told them that we already had plans but if it was before x and x time we could be there, and my FIL said well if it doesnt work out with your plans since it is last minute that's fine. Well 4 days go buy, our plans change and we need to be someplace 3 hours earlier then we had originally told them. My FIL is now pissed at us because his wife's daughter and son in law have to come into town (they live in Frederick which is 45 minutes away) 5 hours earlier then they would of for their usually Friday night dinner. So my DH is getting yelled at for A our plans changing and his dad waiting until Wednesday to schedule his new "wedding". SOOO happy we will not be able to be there, his new wife is nice, but she was also the mistress that caused the divorce.
lol. that's a hot mess.
It 10000% is a hot mess and i am soo happy we will not be there for it. Sorry that the Rabbi never filed the paper work, but Karma is coming back to bit you for cheating on both of your spouses, and trying to run away and marry each other without telling your family. Im all for eloping, but to tell your kids about it in an EMAIL 2 days before you leave for another country is just shady as anything. After we hung up the phone we both starting busting out laughing.
Oh my god, my mother. "She's been fussy since Friday!" No, she woke up from her nap fussy. "She's going to pop a tooth any day now!" No, actually, there aren't any teeth yet. "She's so hungry; you need to feed her more!" I nursed her, she had avocado, and then my mom made me smash banana for her. She puked shortly after. I also got shit for not wanting to feed her what we were eating.
She also was opening all of her presents and shoving them at her. Poor girl was so overwhelmed.
Post by wegrowsheep on Dec 24, 2015 21:47:45 GMT -5
DS1 is going through a shy stage. He doesn't want to be in the. Same room as BIL (DH's brother), so he's eating dinner in the kitchen. I'm on the couch in nap jail while everyone eats dinner.
First gathering done; four more to go. DH decided since O seemed happy we could stay until meltdown. We left almost 2 hours past bedtime which left me with a very overtired baby who fell asleep around 1030. Then I made breakfast for tomorrow. My family is getting here at 9. Hoping for a Christmas miracle of sleeping for a long time.
Post by wegrowsheep on Dec 25, 2015 2:08:36 GMT -5
Poured myself some adult eggnog. Drank the first half in about a minute. Hello, happy feelings. Maybe T will get some longer stretches tonight. Waiting til he finishes eating to finish my drink. I got my 15 mo niece some frilly pink leg warmers, and the smile on her face when she opened them tonight was awesome. Her daddy didn't open the plastic they were in, so she ripped it open with her teeth. I love that kid. She and my DD are the most girly of the group, and they get excited about opening clothes. DH is in a weird mood. Hopefully he doesn't pout when no one gets him the PS4 he wanted.
Your brother can't be bothered to drive 70 miles to see me but he can drive to Arizona to visit a friend. For three days. If he can't talk to me what does he think he;s going to talk to his friend about for three days?
(Right after baby woke up from only a 20 minute nap when she came in. As she stood glaring at him from across the room and not attempting to talk to him at all.) He's scared of me because he doesn't know who I am. I live 10 minutes away but he doesn't even know what a Grandmother is. (note that I invited her over every. single. weekend. the entire college football season and sometimes she came, sometimes she didn't. And I can't even remember the last time she initiated seeing us.)
To DS1: Well I haven't seen you in a long time becuase your mother keeps letting you go to your Father's house. She also referred to DH as his "actual" dad so many times we were all uncomfortable. DS1 is the one who finally corrected her.
After talking non stop for five straight minutes, after I paid attention to the baby for a fraction of a second, while she was still going. You know, when someone is talking the polite thing to do is listen to them.
Oh, you picked DS1 up at noon? Why did you tell me to come at 2pm then?
Talking about her new Hispanic piano student. Well she comes from an educated family. They aren't like most Mexicans.
I could go on, but she's finally gone after only being here three. very. long. hours and I now needs to get drunk.
@jimbobcooter, wow I hope you weren't playing the "take a drink every time a family member says something rude" game 'cause you'd be all sorts of shitfaced. She sounds aweful!
@jimbobcooter I could not handle that at all. Hope you have lots of booze after that one.
DH got a gun from my step-dad (and mom, I guess). I got pot holders. What in the actual fuck. Thanks guys.
***STUCK IN A BOX***
DH gave me pot holders one year. But there were earrings in one of them. Sorry that's a big fat fail!
I forgot the part about my mom giving us big bag of chocolates and a little holiday bowl and then telling us that they were re-gifted. Why mention that part?
My brother and SIL made us all wait till 7pm to open presents so they could skype us from Korea and watch. It was super awkward. This is the brother we had to kick out of our house in May for being an asshole so when he asked to do a Secret Santa we were surprised. My DH got my SIL (my brother's wife) and was annoyed because we're still mad at them. But he decided to be the bigger person and actually went over the $75 price point that my brother set to get her nice gifts(then her gift cost $60 to ship...grr). My SIL picked me and sent me two things: 1) a poster about forgiving ppl and letting go of the past and 2) a tiny vial of Taylor Swift perfume. Now in case I sound gift grabby, I have no problem with not getting gifts for each other. But if YOU suggest a Secret Santa, YOU set the price point and YOU mandate that we all make Amazon lists to buy from, then you spend half the amount that YOU picked on passive-aggressive gifts that weren't on the other person's list, I have a problem with that. If this is me just being a baby, please tell me before I bitch about this to ppl IRL. I'm probably more offended than I should be because of everything that happened with them in the spring...reality check?
Tell me you're more disturbed that shahoi 's H got a gun for Christmas (?) than the fact she got pot holders. DNW a gun. Gimme all the pot holders!
DH got a gun from my dad today. Nbd here. I got a book about parenting strong-willed children, and kitchen towels. But in their defense, I already have a gun, and he didn't ...
My brother and SIL made us all wait till 7pm to open presents so they could skype us from Korea and watch. It was super awkward. This is the brother we had to kick out of our house in May for being an asshole so when he asked to do a Secret Santa we were surprised. My DH got my SIL (my brother's wife) and was annoyed because we're still mad at them. But he decided to be the bigger person and actually went over the $75 price point that my brother set to get her nice gifts(then her gift cost $60 to ship...grr). My SIL picked me and sent me two things: 1) a poster about forgiving ppl and letting go of the past and 2) a tiny vial of Taylor Swift perfume. Now in case I sound gift grabby, I have no problem with not getting gifts for each other. But if YOU suggest a Secret Santa, YOU set the price point and YOU mandate that we all make Amazon lists to buy from, then you spend half the amount that YOU picked on passive-aggressive gifts that weren't on the other person's list, I have a problem with that. If this is me just being a baby, please tell me before I bitch about this to ppl IRL. I'm probably more offended than I should be because of everything that happened with them in the spring...reality check?
I'm going to assume you guys aren't talking about a hunting rifle as the guns you get for Xmas? My Canadian ears (er, I guess eyes in this case) can't even fathom someone getting a gun for Christmas. Like do you mean a legit gun that a police officer would have kind of thing? This is all so strange to me. (But yes no debate I'm just saying how out of this world this is to me)
My H and step-dad love to shoot and hunt. They went out to shoot at all the targets and stuff that my step-dad has set up on their land, and then afterwards gave H the gun that he's been drooling over that my step-dad had. It is a deer rifle. I have no problem having guns in the home at all because they are all locked up. The problem isn't what he got. It's the damn potholders. At least they were new and not 2nd hand, I guess. Lol
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