Petty In-Law and/or house guest vents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want but I better not see a thread started by you about how lonely you are! You either learn to deal with people's idiocyncracies or you deal with loneliness.

There are a lot of intolerant, messed up, control freaks on this board. Good grief, I sincerely hope my kids are wise enough not to marry someone like these posters.

Relax. The OP conceded that this is petty and a vent. If it's too much for you, go over to politics or something.

[Anonymous]

This is just a no-stakes place to let off steam. Vent away! It helps you react appropriately IRL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my inlaws (both parents and all of the sibs) always sit on the furniture with their feet curled up under them - not just resting on the furniture but really digging and rubbing into the fabric. Gross!! We don't do shoes inside the house so this is their bare skanky feet rubbing into the upholstery (shoes doing this would be worse of course but both are totally unacceptable in my view). who does this???

My MIL does this, every evening. She rubs her bare feet back and forth on my sofa. She is very critical of others' tidyness and organization, so it is odd that she things this is ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You bitches have issues

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when people (my in-laws) put bags, like handbags or backpacks, on furniture. I know you had that on the floor of the bathroom at the airport and now it's on my new;y upholstered chair? Who doesn't put a bag on the floor (or a chair without fabric)? Does this make me crazy?

No, you're not crazy. I never set my purse or backpack on the floor (yuck!), but I never set my purse on the furniture or table either. I have a shelf by the door where my purse stays at all times when I'm not home. There are hooks on the back of the door for people to hang bags and backpacks and a basket for Dh to drop all of his stuff when he comes in after work. I always thought it was odd that my mom left her purse on the kitchen counter (but I never asked her about it.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my inlaws (both parents and all of the sibs) always sit on the furniture with their feet curled up under them - not just resting on the furniture but really digging and rubbing into the fabric. Gross!! We don't do shoes inside the house so this is their bare skanky feet rubbing into the upholstery (shoes doing this would be worse of course but both are totally unacceptable in my view). who does this???

Humans. Humans do that. Including me and pretty much everyone I know. The reas question is who doesn't do that.

Yuck. I would never do this on any furniture except for my own. I have never seen a man or grown woman sit like this. Just college girls.

I sit like this all the time on my own furniture. I'm really short and it's the only way I feel comfortable on most chairs and sofas. But I would not do this on someone else's furniture except in an extremely casual setting.

BTW, never heard of peep eye.

[Anonymous]

just a few...

I hate how my MIL constantly talks in high pitch baby voice to my kids

and that she always adds salt and pepper the food before tasting it - regardless if I cooked or we did take out drives me bonkers

and that she ALWAYS throws out our reusable coffee filter

[Anonymous]

My MIL says "warsh," "Warshington," and "Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee," etc. She is nice, educated and well-meaning, but it gets me every time. She was a guidance counselor. I can't believe an EDUCATOR would not correct such obvious mispronunciations!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL says "warsh," "Warshington," and "Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee," etc. She is nice, educated and well-meaning, but it gets me every time. She was a guidance counselor. I can't believe an EDUCATOR would not correct such obvious mispronunciations!

It's called an accent, moron.

[Anonymous]

If you call low-class an accent...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just a few...

I hate how my MIL constantly talks in high pitch baby voice to my kids

and that she always adds salt and pepper the food before tasting it - regardless if I cooked or we did take out drives me bonkers

and that she ALWAYS throws out our reusable coffee filter

Baby talk...yeah, that would get on my nerves. S&P...wouldn't bother me in the slightest; if she overdoes it (which I guess doesn't happen), then she'll learn to be careful. Coffee filter...just get the coffee ready the night before for her so there's no need to throw the filter out. Just a quirk.

[Anonymous]

Why all the judgment or justification on a post that's meant to be "petty venting"? Just let people get it out! If you don't relate, just move on and don't say anything. It's better for people to say what bugs them here and get it off their chests than to react to small annoyances in real life.

[Anonymous]

MIL and SIL just left today.

1. Going to the bathroom and then washing their hands in the kitchen. No, we don't have decorative towels. Just your typical Homegoods $5.99 ones.

2. Telling DS not to play with his toys outside of his playroom because he'll scratch the floors. Didn't realize you could make the rules in my house.

3. Telling me you were coming to visit in order to "help" (DH had recent medical issues) then waiting for meals to be served to you.

[Anonymous]

Ugh to all of the above! "Didn't realize you could make the rules in my house." EXACTLY!

Glad it's over. Hope you get to relax and husband feels better soon!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when people (my in-laws) put bags, like handbags or backpacks, on furniture. I know you had that on the floor of the bathroom at the airport and now it's on my new;y upholstered chair? Who doesn't put a bag on the floor (or a chair without fabric)? Does this make me crazy?

I have NEVER in my life put my bag down on the floor in public. Not on a restroom floor, not on mass transit, not at work, not anywhere. On the occasion I wind up in a public bathroom that doesn't have a hook on the back of the door to hang my purse, I awkwardly hold it, or if the strap is long enough, I've hung it around my neck. Now that I think about it I don't even put my purse on the floor in my home. It either goes on the bench by the front door, hung on the railing, or on the top shelf in my closet.