Petty Holiday Vent thread 2022

[Anonymous]

Just arrived at my parent's house for the Christmas holiday, and my parents are already concerned that we have "too much" food in the refrigerator. I am here with three hungry teenagers, went to buy more food, and my mom keeps muttering about "wasting" food under her breath. Not leaving until the 26th!

[Anonymous]

We received our annual terrible gift from MIL in the mail today. We got a ceramic candy dish with a lid on it, with decorated in birds, with fake gold plating. It looks like it's circa 1982, and purchased from a thrift store or swap meet. Plus a ziplock bag of tootsie rolls. I'm LOLing as I write this. It's just so bad.

Husband has told her that we don't like knick knacks - what does she send every year for his birthday and Christmas? Knick knacks. Terrible, ugly, knick knacks.

[Anonymous]

My in-laws keep parking in my driveway. We have absolutely no parking issues on our street. Plenty of spots yet they choose the driveway. Directly under my son’s basketball hoop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My in-laws keep parking in my driveway. We have absolutely no parking issues on our street. Plenty of spots yet they choose the driveway. Directly under my son’s basketball hoop.

Teach your son how to ask his grandparents if they can please move the car so he can play basketball and then delete this post. This is a really dumb vent, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We received our annual terrible gift from MIL in the mail today. We got a ceramic candy dish with a lid on it, with decorated in birds, with fake gold plating. It looks like it's circa 1982, and purchased from a thrift store or swap meet. Plus a ziplock bag of tootsie rolls. I'm LOLing as I write this. It's just so bad.

Husband has told her that we don't like knick knacks - what does she send every year for his birthday and Christmas? Knick knacks. Terrible, ugly, knick knacks.

I have a box in the basement for this shit and it will be thrown out as soon as Aunt Susan dies.

[Anonymous]

Teach your son how to ask his grandparents if they can please move the car so he can play basketball and then delete this post. This is a really dumb vent, PP.

The thread isn’t titled “Seriously Heinous and Appalling Vents.” Bring on the petty!

[Anonymous]

DH communicates with his parents about exactly what we are making/providing and what we’d like them to bring (they offer), and he also reminds them that fridge and counter space are very limited.

Here they come again with their full-ass cooler of random, half-expired crap. They got pissy when DH told them flat out no, you can’t store an open can of Snapple in our overstuffed fridge; all this half-eaten stuff can stay in the cooler in the garage. Why they always feel the need to bring a small container of expired sour cream with one tablespoon remaining is beyond me. But at least he puts his foot down.

[Anonymous]

We’re at my SIL’s. I’m a coffee addict and usually power up with several shots of espresso during the first couple hours of the morning. SIL has two options for coffee: (1) single-cup pour over, which takes 7 minutes start to finish for one measly cup at a time, or (2) a $900 espresso machine you need an engineering degree to operate. I feel like the Goldilocks of coffee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My in-laws keep parking in my driveway. We have absolutely no parking issues on our street. Plenty of spots yet they choose the driveway. Directly under my son’s basketball hoop.

Teach your son how to ask his grandparents if they can please move the car so he can play basketball and then delete this post. This is a really dumb vent, PP.

Your response to PP was really dumb. Go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH communicates with his parents about exactly what we are making/providing and what we’d like them to bring (they offer), and he also reminds them that fridge and counter space are very limited.

Here they come again with their full-ass cooler of random, half-expired crap. They got pissy when DH told them flat out no, you can’t store an open can of Snapple in our overstuffed fridge; all this half-eaten stuff can stay in the cooler in the garage. Why they always feel the need to bring a small container of expired sour cream with one tablespoon remaining is beyond me. But at least he puts his foot down.

This is the content I’m here for. 😂😂😂😂😂

[Anonymous]

We invited MIL to come over and spend Christmas with us, but she announced that husband number three invited all of his adult kids so we need to come squeeze into his trailer with all these acquaintances. "Think of the hole you will leave" if we don't come, she said. Mind you, we're the only people with grandkids so you'd think she'd want to see them.

If this was your desire all along you could have let us know before we made our plans and invited you to join us, no?

Christmas is a really important holiday to me, and spending it crammed in a small space with people I hardly know while we all infect each other with the flu or COVID does not sound relaxing. If I am somewhere for Christmas I want to be in my PJs lying on the couch.

[Anonymous]

My mom is refusing to host Christmas because I’m not speaking with my sister (we are 32 and 29 years old).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom is refusing to host Christmas because I’m not speaking with my sister (we are 32 and 29 years old).

It cut off before I was done. So my grandparents are hosting Christmas, but they are ordering pizza. I’m pregnant and very emotional over this. My husband and I have decided to have our own Christmas feast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We invited MIL to come over and spend Christmas with us, but she announced that husband number three invited all of his adult kids so we need to come squeeze into his trailer with all these acquaintances. "Think of the hole you will leave" if we don't come, she said. Mind you, we're the only people with grandkids so you'd think she'd want to see them.

If this was your desire all along you could have let us know before we made our plans and invited you to join us, no?

Christmas is a really important holiday to me, and spending it crammed in a small space with people I hardly know while we all infect each other with the flu or COVID does not sound relaxing. If I am somewhere for Christmas I want to be in my PJs lying on the couch.

say no. Then go visit in the New Year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We invited MIL to come over and spend Christmas with us, but she announced that husband number three invited all of his adult kids so we need to come squeeze into his trailer with all these acquaintances. "Think of the hole you will leave" if we don't come, she said. Mind you, we're the only people with grandkids so you'd think she'd want to see them.

If this was your desire all along you could have let us know before we made our plans and invited you to join us, no?

Christmas is a really important holiday to me, and spending it crammed in a small space with people I hardly know while we all infect each other with the flu or COVID does not sound relaxing. If I am somewhere for Christmas I want to be in my PJs lying on the couch.

Please say that you are NOT going to spend any time in this trailer. Please tell me there’s a backbone somewhere between you and your spouse.