OT: the in-law holiday rant

[velomonkey]

Ahhhh Thanksgiving!!!! One of my favorite times of the year. Except for the past 14 years I've had my in-laws at my house. They come on Tuesday and leave on Saturday. Try as i might, these people drive me to drink.

So, as drunkcyclist says - whiskey is my yoga.

I'll be drinking Bulleit Burbon - might splurge and get their 10 year.

What about you?

[GregL]

I am one of the lucky ones who hit the jackpot. Mother-in-law, father-in-law, brothers- and sister-in-law are all wonderful. I feel honored to call them all family. Through the in-laws, I have met even more great people from the extended family. Getting together with all these great folks makes the holiday season special. Can't wait to see two brothers-in-law tomorrow!

-Greg

[donevwil]

Bulleit = yummy = any excuse to drink

[Cicli]

The difference between inlaws and outlaws?



Outlaws are wanted.

[Nooch]

I love my in-laws, and they're much easier to deal with sometimes than my own family.

That being said, I don't need to host them for extended periods of time, but have vacationed often enough to figure it wouldn't be a big deal.

No, the issue I have is the fact that both my wife's and my parents are all divorced, and 3/4's of them re-married. And we're the only people with kids, so it's a cluster every holiday seeing everyone.

And don't even think about trying to host them all in the same room. If the volume weren't the issue, the conflicting personalities sure would be...

[christian]

I'm blessed with great in-laws. My only question is if I can sneak in a night of winter camping in Harriman over the long weekend!

[rePhil]

For the first time in our 40 year marriage the wife and I will be alone. We have so much to be Thankful for. It's our favorite holiday.
It's by choice, and it's a good thing. All the stars seemed to line up and the two nearby families and 4 grandkids are well taken care of by the other halves families. And while we have been repeatedly invited we decided to spend it just the two of us. Even the ones in Michigan have asked us up.Besides, at Christmas our home will be like Grand Central Station.

Our turkey will be special. Our 3 year old grand daughter won it on what most likely was her last Strider race. She is moving on to mix it up with the 5 and under kids.
Life is good. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[don compton]

At 63, I lost my wife's parents years ago, but they always treated my kids and myself like gold. I miss them dearly.

[ultraman6970]

I bet the problem the OP is having is that the mother in law is taking control of the f.. house and makes his wife behave like if she had like only 10 neurons moving around, plus the tension created in the house... sucks. Better alone than with bad company or who you dont want to be with.

Don't drink... grab your stuff and go somewhere, ask for extra work, out of the blue work in another city? anything works to run away of PITA inlaws.

Bet the OP is counting the years left... I'm...

If I could tell publicly... crap!

[Louis]

^^^^ Hmmm. I'm single, but somehow I don't think that's the most constructive way to address the problem.

[sworcester]

Originally Posted by Tihsepa

The difference between inlaws and outlaws?

Outlaws are wanted.

Nice!

[T.J.]

*****

[ultraman6970]

Outlaws are wanted. <--- totally agree...

The problem that many have is that mom and daughter are always close and mom knows wife will have the last opinion about a subject and thats what they use to take control of some homes.

Anybody feels their wife gets super stupid like with 10 neurons when the mother shows up?? My wife gets just... yes that word, its insane.

[sg8357]

One brother in law's bike is stored in the front room,
the other brings his in the team truck.

Then we all go for a ride.
Holidays are good.

[Cicli]

Originally Posted by sg8357

One brother in law's bike is stored in the front room,
the other brings his in the team truck.

Then we all go for a ride.
Holidays are good.

That I could do.

My BIL is a damn OC yuppy.