tell me what's odd about where you're staying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sleeping on a twin bed in a metal box. Have to go outside and walk through gravel to get to the toilet and shower. Same food at every meal. Grumpy people everywhere.

I'm deployed!

Would rather be at mi ILs with my family instead of 6000 miles away.

Thank you for the perspective! Best wishes to you. Hope you are able to stay safe and come home soon.

[Anonymous]

This thread is amazing. Found soy milk in my MIL's refrigerator that expired in 2012.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will start this by saying I absolutely adore my in-laws, especially my MIL. However, brief litany of minor things to report:

1. Ants. Ants in the kitchen, the bedrooms, crawling around the Christmas tree. The infestation gets worse the longer we visit. They claim they have no ants except for when we are there and that the kids leave crumbs everywhere, causing the problem. Not possible unless the head ant is throwing up a semaphore when our Uber pulls into the driveway each December.
2. Temperature. The room DH and I sleep in is roasting, but the kids' room has icy condensation rolling down the windows into the beds all night long. Each kid sleeps with long underwear and several blankets even though we are visiting a western state.
3. Soap. There is never soap in our bathroom when we arrive except for one little rose-shaped cake that's been there for years (yes, I bring some with me, but it's odd to have to fly cross-country with bar and hand soap).
4. Shower. The guest shower has an incredibly open shower head that dumps an entire 50-gallon hot water heater in about 5 minutes. Nothing you can do with the one knob to reduce the flow. Plus, the kids can't manipulate it well because it sticks. FIL grouses about how we use too much hot water while we try to get all four of us clean in record-setting fast washes! We've mentioned this off and on for the past 15 years. Nothing changes.
5. Coffee. Can't understand it, because he buys amazing beans, has a great Krups machine, and measures everything right, but my FIL makes the worst coffee! And he's so genuinely happy to make it for us every morning, pouring cream, setting out specialty sugar, pre-heating the cups. It's wonderful ritual, spoiled only by the wretched brew itself. I've given up trying to diagnose the problem and just drink a cup or two each morning, keeping the grimaces to myself.

I really do enjoy our visits, but thought I could add a little fodder to the thread!

That last one is odd. I wonder if it has something to do with his water. Are they on well water? Either way, I'd buy some bottled water and rave to him about the newest trend in the greatest coffee: using bottled water. If he uses specialty sugar, he'll probably go for it! It will likely make a difference.


As for my ILs, we are also in rooms with ice on the window. It's always so cold in there. Even when DH goes and messes with the thermostat, it finds it's way back down to 62. 62! In December! In New England! So, it's that and we can't use the washing machine because FIL claims we flood his basement every we do (septic). Lots of rinsing out shirts/socks/underwear in the sink.

[Anonymous]

Hey you, go home already! Holidays are over.

/love, Grandpa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will start this by saying I absolutely adore my in-laws, especially my MIL. However, brief litany of minor things to report:

1. Ants. Ants in the kitchen, the bedrooms, crawling around the Christmas tree. The infestation gets worse the longer we visit. They claim they have no ants except for when we are there and that the kids leave crumbs everywhere, causing the problem. Not possible unless the head ant is throwing up a semaphore when our Uber pulls into the driveway each December.
2. Temperature. The room DH and I sleep in is roasting, but the kids' room has icy condensation rolling down the windows into the beds all night long. Each kid sleeps with long underwear and several blankets even though we are visiting a western state.
3. Soap. There is never soap in our bathroom when we arrive except for one little rose-shaped cake that's been there for years (yes, I bring some with me, but it's odd to have to fly cross-country with bar and hand soap).
4. Shower. The guest shower has an incredibly open shower head that dumps an entire 50-gallon hot water heater in about 5 minutes. Nothing you can do with the one knob to reduce the flow. Plus, the kids can't manipulate it well because it sticks. FIL grouses about how we use too much hot water while we try to get all four of us clean in record-setting fast washes! We've mentioned this off and on for the past 15 years. Nothing changes.
5. Coffee. Can't understand it, because he buys amazing beans, has a great Krups machine, and measures everything right, but my FIL makes the worst coffee! And he's so genuinely happy to make it for us every morning, pouring cream, setting out specialty sugar, pre-heating the cups. It's wonderful ritual, spoiled only by the wretched brew itself. I've given up trying to diagnose the problem and just drink a cup or two each morning, keeping the grimaces to myself.

I really do enjoy our visits, but thought I could add a little fodder to the thread!

That last one is odd. I wonder if it has something to do with his water. Are they on well water? Either way, I'd buy some bottled water and rave to him about the newest trend in the greatest coffee: using bottled water. If he uses specialty sugar, he'll probably go for it! It will likely make a difference.


As for my ILs, we are also in rooms with ice on the window. It's always so cold in there. Even when DH goes and messes with the thermostat, it finds it's way back down to 62. 62! In December! In New England! So, it's that and we can't use the washing machine because FIL claims we flood his basement every we do (septic). Lots of rinsing out shirts/socks/underwear in the sink.

Might need to run white vinegar through the coffee maker.