Petty Holiday Vent thread 2022

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH went out to buy the ONE singular gift he was assigned to buy (for his mom, but I told him what to get and I got his other family gifts!!) and I miscalculated how much butter to get and asked him to grab some while he was out. I specifically said “make sure it’s real butter, not margarine”. What did he come back with? Margarine of course.

Why are men?

I was at the Geriatric Giant (the one in McLean) and literally every male over 60 from the surrounding area was there trying to find stuff their wives had sent them to find.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH’s parents insist on mashed rutabaga in addition to all the actual good sides of a turkey dinner, so my house presently smells like dirt and ass.

LMAO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH’s parents insist on mashed rutabaga in addition to all the actual good sides of a turkey dinner, so my house presently smells like dirt and ass.

Thank you, THIS is the sort of petty vent I'm here for! Not the kind that could easily have been prevented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH went out to buy the ONE singular gift he was assigned to buy (for his mom, but I told him what to get and I got his other family gifts!!) and I miscalculated how much butter to get and asked him to grab some while he was out. I specifically said “make sure it’s real butter, not margarine”. What did he come back with? Margarine of course.

Why are men?

I was at the Geriatric Giant (the one in McLean) and literally every male over 60 from the surrounding area was there trying to find stuff their wives had sent them to find.

I was at Safeway and some guy was asking the cashier where things were. Best part is it’s a Safeway that has the friendliest but not best employees. So the cashier he asked said one thing. Then I hear another cashier correct her. Who knows if the second one was right or if the guy is walking in circles as cashiers yell out random aisles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH’s parents insist on mashed rutabaga in addition to all the actual good sides of a turkey dinner, so my house presently smells like dirt and ass.

Thank you, THIS is the sort of petty vent I'm here for! Not the kind that could easily have been prevented.

+1
Thank you first PP
for your sacrifice.

[Anonymous]

I am grown. I don’t need a gift (and don’t have a lot of wants currently that I’d ask my parents for due to mainly cost).
Apparently my mother decided last week that my not having a gift under the tree was unthinkable and started texting me multiple times a day because a check/card is omg she can’t think about that.

Finally on tuesday I pinged her that Starbucks is doing their tumbler with free coffee everyday in January (I live two city blocks from a starbucks).
After asking if she could get it at the Starbucks kiosk in their neighborhood grocery store and me not being 100%, sure asked me to “pick it up and she’ll write me a check”. They have a corporate (stand-alone) starbucks in their neighborhood too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am grown. I don’t need a gift (and don’t have a lot of wants currently that I’d ask my parents for due to mainly cost).
Apparently my mother decided last week that my not having a gift under the tree was unthinkable and started texting me multiple times a day because a check/card is omg she can’t think about that.

Finally on tuesday I pinged her that Starbucks is doing their tumbler with free coffee everyday in January (I live two city blocks from a starbucks).
After asking if she could get it at the Starbucks kiosk in their neighborhood grocery store and me not being 100%, sure asked me to “pick it up and she’ll write me a check”. They have a corporate (stand-alone) starbucks in their neighborhood too.

Classic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH went out to buy the ONE singular gift he was assigned to buy (for his mom, but I told him what to get and I got his other family gifts!!) and I miscalculated how much butter to get and asked him to grab some while he was out. I specifically said “make sure it’s real butter, not margarine”. What did he come back with? Margarine of course.

Why are men?

I was at the Geriatric Giant (the one in McLean) and literally every male over 60 from the surrounding area was there trying to find stuff their wives had sent them to find.

Lots of inadvertent fat-free sour cream coming home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH went out to buy the ONE singular gift he was assigned to buy (for his mom, but I told him what to get and I got his other family gifts!!) and I miscalculated how much butter to get and asked him to grab some while he was out. I specifically said “make sure it’s real butter, not margarine”. What did he come back with? Margarine of course.

Because it's like that Far Side with the dogs. He heard blah, blah, blah, blah, margarine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL lives with me temporarily due to some health issues. She began baking cookies three weeks ago. She left out one cookie per person after baking, then put the rest in tupperware and stored them in her room. I assumed she was saving them to give to friends or something. Low and behold, she brought them all out last night and declared that I don't have to bake any cookies for our Christmas Eve family & friends gathering because she has dozens of (rock hard, not very interesting) cookies. I'm still going to make cookies, but I'm trying to figure out ways to tell the guests to avoid the old cookies.

Ah nothing like good old stale cookies that haven’t been stored safely. Will you just break a tooth, or will you also get food poisoning?!?! It’s the worst Christmas present!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH went out to buy the ONE singular gift he was assigned to buy (for his mom, but I told him what to get and I got his other family gifts!!) and I miscalculated how much butter to get and asked him to grab some while he was out. I specifically said “make sure it’s real butter, not margarine”. What did he come back with? Margarine of course.

Why are men?

I was at the Geriatric Giant (the one in McLean) and literally every male over 60 from the surrounding area was there trying to find stuff their wives had sent them to find.

Lots of inadvertent fat-free sour cream coming home.

PP here with the margarine DH and this made me chuckle! I also informed DH that he inadvertently bought margarine and he admitted he actually didn’t know the difference between butter and margarine. So many issues here… he’s FORTY TWO and doesn’t know the difference between butter and margarine and also he should’ve admitted this before he went to the store.

Also margarine keeps auto correcting to both migraines and margaritas which about sums up where I’m at right now lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am grown. I don’t need a gift (and don’t have a lot of wants currently that I’d ask my parents for due to mainly cost).
Apparently my mother decided last week that my not having a gift under the tree was unthinkable and started texting me multiple times a day because a check/card is omg she can’t think about that.

Finally on tuesday I pinged her that Starbucks is doing their tumbler with free coffee everyday in January (I live two city blocks from a starbucks).
After asking if she could get it at the Starbucks kiosk in their neighborhood grocery store and me not being 100%, sure asked me to “pick it up and she’ll write me a check”. They have a corporate (stand-alone) starbucks in their neighborhood too.

Omg I’m sorry but this is hilarious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I generally like my in laws, so here's my tiny petty complaint. My nephew is a picky eater who doesn't eat a lot and grazes instead of eating meals. When I host, I have plenty of breakfast food options--muffins, bagels, English muffins, etc. My nephew will ask for a bagel. My SIL will say "do you want half?" (Why does she even ask?) he immediately demands a whole bagel. She gives it to him. He takes 2 bites of it (not exaggerating). Then they leave it on the table for hours because "he might come back to it later" HE NEVER DOES. Repeat for the next meal. I wish she would just give him a quarter of it or half so someone else can eat the other half and it doesn't go to waste. They stay with us for a few days and so much food is wasted because this kid demands something whole, they give in, and he never finishes it.

So talk to her. Tell her to “please only give him half, and then whatever he wants if he finishes that, to avoid food waste. Also, I will be cleaning the kitchen about 20 minutes after we’re done eating—I want any uneaten food to be put in a container in the fridge, not left out.” Just talk to her.

I definitely have put away/thrown away his food and they just grab another bagel--more to waste. I asked once and she said "he'll eat more if he has more in front of him"...which obviously isn't true. I'll try again, but I'm not really feeling this battle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High maintenance sibling is coming for Christmas for 2 days. Super appreciate the purchase of the flight ticket, not super loving the long list of things I am required to have to host this person. I had to go to three different stores to find the specific liquid, no-sugar, no calorie sweetener drops that are needed for coffee, plus coconut water but not the kind that’s only the shelf, only the kind that’s in the fridge? Plus specific type of soap for showering and about 12 different organic fruit and veggie requests. I have 4 kids and am planning meals for 12 people, is regular sugar or Splenda really not sufficient for two mornings worth of coffee??

You’re too kind and accommodating, no way I would do this!

I would tell her to bring her own sweetener - I always take my own so I don't have to ask the host to buy some on my behalf.

[Anonymous]

Very minor but it’s a pattern with any event we host. We are hosting Xmas eve dinner. Mom always asks repeatedly how to help / what can she bring. Asks if she can bring wine or dessert. I finally say well we have everything but maybe bring a fruit based dessert or pie. She says “ well I don’t have that on hand but have some chocolates someone gave me. So just bring them! Clearly I’m not assuming I have anything on hand why ask if u weren’t planning to stop by somewhere. Why the multiple texts asking! Arrrrg.