Parents who use Father's/Mother's Day as a second Christmas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every year my perpetually dieting and overweight MIL demands this fancy brunch, where she proceeds to gorge herself in pastry and breakfast meat and potatoes, washes it down with liters of sugary juice, then proclaims it’s nice to treat herself once a year.

Wow. You are mean!

[Anonymous]

I’d laugh and say I’d keep that in mind after I win the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year my perpetually dieting and overweight MIL demands this fancy brunch, where she proceeds to gorge herself in pastry and breakfast meat and potatoes, washes it down with liters of sugary juice, then proclaims it’s nice to treat herself once a year.

Wow. You are mean!

+1. Someday your DIL will say mean things about you.

[Anonymous]

OP, I'm just curious, did they give lavish presents to their own parents? If so, was it their choice or do you think they felt obligated?

[Anonymous]

My MIL is a peach. My DH told me about a time when he was young and made his teenaged single-mother a card in a scrap paper and sealed it in an envelope he found in the trash. She criticized him for giving her a “garbage card”. I truly believe she is stunted emotionally because she’s just as judge mental about any and everything to this day.