s/o Tell me about your weird family members.

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Anonymous wrote:My DH had an uncle who is into the survivalist craziness. He made us each gigantic solar ovens last Christmas.

Hope you enjoy them!

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Crazy step MIL who cant remember my name. DH called on Thanksgiving and she asked him what my name was and what our child's name was. She doesn't live in the area, but still. Been married for 8 years, and she was married to FIL way before DH and I got married, so neither of us are new to the family. Last time she came to visit, I was in treatment for cancer. We were all in the car together and she blurted out loudly "did they chop your breasts off?" Umm, yeah, I guess you could say that. Then she went on and on about her heart problems. Then she asked when we were going to make another baby.

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Anonymous wrote:My DH had an uncle who is into the survivalist craziness. He made us each gigantic solar ovens last Christmas.

You won't be laughing at him when the zombies come.

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My now-deceased FIL would buy all of his Christmas presents at CVS: a tin of butter cookies for me, nylons for his daughter, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom and dad live next door to each other because when they split, they wanted to make it easier on me, and there happened to be a house on the market right nearby. Both still single, their pets keep them company. My mom has some cats and a dog, my dad has a few dogs of his own. On the weekends, my dad takes my mom's dog for a few hours so that my mom can "relax" and enjoy time with just the cats, since they were there first. He also mows her lawn and cleans the gutters. It's just the way it has always been, so it never has changed. While they are not hostile, they aren't exactly "friends" either and certainly won't ever reconcile in any way. I think they're both just kind of quirky and not overwhelmingly social, so they kind of "get" each other but aren't compatible as friends and certainly not as a couple. Nuts.

Hugh Hefner lived next door to his ex, not sure if they got a divorce, so he would be around his sons as they grew up. But who wants their sons to grow up next to the Playboy Mansion? Well, maybe for them it's okay since their dad is Hef and their mom is a former playmate.