Christmas at McDonald's
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Anonymous
Pretty sure they're thinking of the McDonnells. |
Anonymous
MIL's weak attempt to derail: FAIL. |
Anonymous
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10:02 - you are trying to scrutinize something that may or may not exist. Give it a rest.
Who said the MIL was in her 70's? Why are you making up facts that are not there? Who are you trying to corner? Again, give it a rest. |
Anonymous
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Apparently, the husband has unmarried brothers in their 50s, so that would make the MIL most likely in her 70s.
OP- how old are you and your husband? Is he the youngest in the family? |
Anonymous
If that is the same mother of DH as it is of the brothers. 
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Anonymous
| People the entire story is MADE UP! Except for McDonalds, that is a real restaurant. |
Anonymous
Nope. |
Anonymous
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Not the OP, but why do people think this story is made up?
My family behaves in a very similar way, and my Mom would have been soooo happy if none of us had every gotten married and she could control us until she died. Glad OP and her SIL made some changes that worked this year. |
Anonymous
+1 This MIL absolutely has control issues. |
Anonymous
There's no such thing as McDonald's????!!! |
Anonymous
| I started to read all of the thread, but ran out of time. Can someone please tell me why they are told to arrive later than others? I understand that is why the food is gone. I just don't understand why they are told to arrive late. Thanks in advance. |
Anonymous
No, OP is told to arrive at a certain time and she does, trying to be punctual. My guess is that the rest of the family apparently is invited to come and help cook or set up and so they arrive early. Since OP and family travel a few hours to get there, my guess is that the rest of the family is local and OP's branch of the family is a distance away, so the local family is invited earlier to come and help cook and set up and OP is given the "dinner time." The local family come early, help set up, then eat when they want, which is before the official dinner time and so food is gone when OP arrives. OP should leave a little earlier, get there earlier than the advertised dinner time and blame it on "wanting to leave extra time in case of traffic," and should plan on bringing something that her family will eat as a contribution so that if the food is gone, then there will be enough for her nuclear family to eat when they get there. It sounds like there won't be an issue with too much food even if she brings a substantial contribution. |
Anonymous
OP was never very clear about this. IDK |
Anonymous
It is never stated. No one knows, except MIL. Which is why it was never stated. |
Anonymous
| This is the most bat shit crazy thread I've ever read. |