I think I win the Thanksgiving 2023 petty vents already
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Anonymous
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My ILs just showed up 9 hours early. They were supposed to arrive “a little before dinner time tonight,” so we were thinking around 5 p.m. DH and I are both working from home today, with lots of meetings. We were each going to take care of a few last-minute things around lunch time, like putting sheets on the guest bed and laying out tables. The house is fully cleaned, but we were finishing up laundry and that includes the guest sheets which are currently in the dryer. So rude for them to show up hours early, mumbling about how they were worried about traffic.
We were also planning on each eating some leftovers for lunch. The fridge was fully cleaned yesterday, and we do have extra food for sandwiches and stuff, but we weren’t going to produce a full lunch. I just took a bagel and coffee upstairs and shut the door. I am not dealing with them until 5 p.m. as planned. I’ll pick up the kids a little early from the child care center (after care center that is open on school breaks) so that they can see the grandparents a little earlier, but not until after my final call, which ends at 3:30. I’m not dealing with them a minute more than I have to. So rude. |
Anonymous
| Do they expect you wait on/ host them? Just explain that you are working, but they should make themselves comfortable. Let your husband take care of any of their needs. |
Anonymous
| I hope they are good at entertaining themselves. Good luck, OP. Tell them they need to go out for lunch. |
Anonymous
| They didn’t call before they left or from the road to give you a heads up? Strange. |
Anonymous
| Wow, that is so rude of them! I would’ve actually started laughing when they pulled up. Full permission to UberEats yourself a good lunch for having to put up with that. |
Anonymous
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Yea, I get it. OP is soooo busy that she doesn’t even have time to log onto the internet and compose a long diatribe complaining about her in laws . . .
Oh wait. |
Anonymous
| Ok yes, rude. But whatever. I wouldn’t care that much. It isn’t like they showed up 9 days early. I wouldn’t be at all bothered that they have to sit around while I worked, cleaned, and got rooms ready. Maybe they will offer to help. I’d give them their sheets out of the dryer, they can fix their own beds. |
Anonymous
| Yes, you win. |
Anonymous
| They’re close family, not guests. Give them the sheets, tell them you are working, and carry on. No big deal. |
Anonymous
| I need some more information. So they showed up at 8am? How far away do they live that they were worried about traffic? |
Anonymous
| I love a petty vent thread! |
Anonymous
stfu |
Anonymous
OP here. They live 2 hours away. So hardly a huge trek. They did not text or call to say they had decided to get moving basically right after they woke up. That still would have been weird, but not as weird as our doorbell ringing right after DH had left to drop the kids off at daycare. A text would have been nice. I am planning on staying up here, working, getting myself and only myself lunch when I need to, and leaving them to entertain themselves. DH has the office that’s in a more central location, so he can deal with them. My “office” is a corner of our bedroom. Now that business hours have started, this is my final post about my situation, and I cede the thread to anyone who has a petty vent! |
Anonymous
| Annoying. Sorry, OP. |
Anonymous
| Yup, you win. |