Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!

[Anonymous]

So it begins . . . trying to make my brine before leaving to catch my train this morning, but wait, my father-in-law wants coffee, so my mother-in-law is at the sink, at the stove and generally in the way. Why can't she wait 15 minutes until I am done and gone to work?

[Anonymous]

Seriously, people want breakfast and coffee in the morning? The nerve. And in my house, my guests are expected to cater to my needs, not the other way around.

Wait . . .

[Anonymous]

Have you considered a simple "Excuse me, but I'm just trying to get the turkey brining before going to work. Can you wait about 10-15 minutes to start the coffee? That would help. Thanks."

[Anonymous]

OP sounds like my in-laws. I think they want me to know that "they were there first in my husband's house". Drives me crazy. However, I would never leave the house with my in-laws alone in it.

[Anonymous]

Sympathy. My FIL only likes to wash his hands in the kitchen sink during events, preferably while we are in crisis mode in the kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.

[Anonymous]

Well you can always do a little pay back with emptying the dishwasher when they go to bed or get up really early if they sleep in and make as much noise around the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.

Not for me. It's the time to be with family, drink wine, and make note of the funny/annoying/outrageous things that get said and done, to re-enact for friends later

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.

You must not understand how nasty family can be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.

Not for me. It's the time to be with family, drink wine, and make note of the funny/annoying/outrageous things that get said and done, to re-enact for friends later

+1

[Anonymous]

OP, I feel your pain. My MIL is incapable of talking to someone unless she's right up in your face. So when I cook, she stands in front of the sink or stove or wherever is right in the way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.

Not for me. It's the time to be with family, drink wine, and make note of the funny/annoying/outrageous things that get said and done, to re-enact for friends later

As long as you don't mind being the subject of their later reenactments . . .

[Anonymous]

I am usually a very gracious hostess but over the summer we had a houseful of people, I had just finished cleaning up from a dinner for 16 people (some friends helped thank goodness), was starting to get set up for breakfast for a dozen people, when my BIL came in to ask for coffee. I said I just couldn't deal with getting more dishes dirty. Not very generous but sometimes family does bring out the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am usually a very gracious hostess but over the summer we had a houseful of people, I had just finished cleaning up from a dinner for 16 people (some friends helped thank goodness), was starting to get set up for breakfast for a dozen people, when my BIL came in to ask for coffee. I said I just couldn't deal with getting more dishes dirty. Not very generous but sometimes family does bring out the worst.

Really? Wow. That's harsh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.


You must not understand how nasty family can be.

If they're so bad, don't spend the holiday with them.