Petty Holiday Vent thread 2022

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Anonymous wrote:The French toast is studded with currants AND mini chocolate chips and is impossible to tell them apart until I eat them

Love the pettiness of this vent! Hope you got plenty of chocolate!

[Anonymous]

PP and my MIL has Covid. We called to chat with FIL and asked if MIL has a fever. FIL explained that they couldn’t find a mercury thermometer in their house so he went out to CVS in search of one and in frustration, purchased an inferior temporal scan thermometer that doesn’t provide an accurate reading. So, he has no idea if she’s running a fever. We’re going to Amazon Prime them an ear thermometer. ILs are fixated upon the idea that mercury thermometers “disappeared.” We’ll hear this story forever.

Several months ago, DH had Covid with a mild cough. His parents learned of this symptom and urged him to go straight to the ER as they both thought coughing was an unusual Covid symptom.

Maybe this vent doesn’t belong here but another example of how smart people lack common sense. My FIL is a retired chemical engineer.

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever, either it will be done “right” and “on time” or not—it will be done when it’s done, and we’ll eat when we’ll eat. But she’s basically ruined gift opening by saying shouldn’t we have an (unstuffed, not that big) turkey in the oven now now now right now even though it will only take 3-4 hours.

One word for you: spatchcock. It takes 90 minutes. And yes, I realize we're not supposed to give advice on this thread, but as a one-time first-timer for turkey, spatchcocking saved my sanity. (Cooking the whole bird is just torture - the breast dries into sawdust before the legs are halfway cooked!)

One word for you: DH. I have made at least a dozen turkeys over the years, and it is his turn. He has access to Google, the Butterball hotline, and DCUM if he wants advice. My feet are up. He can manage one turkey in his life. Or not. And my whole birds are never dry, never had a problem with them.

I clink my glass to you! And hope the poor ER visitor PP's kids and husband get a similar division of labor!

Thank you and happy holidays! ER visitor, please just rest. Tell them to get their act together. I hope you feel better very soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The French toast is studded with currants AND mini chocolate chips and is impossible to tell them apart until I eat them

Lol, surprise!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP and my MIL has Covid. We called to chat with FIL and asked if MIL has a fever. FIL explained that they couldn’t find a mercury thermometer in their house so he went out to CVS in search of one and in frustration, purchased an inferior temporal scan thermometer that doesn’t provide an accurate reading. So, he has no idea if she’s running a fever. We’re going to Amazon Prime them an ear thermometer. ILs are fixated upon the idea that mercury thermometers “disappeared.” We’ll hear this story forever.

Several months ago, DH had Covid with a mild cough. His parents learned of this symptom and urged him to go straight to the ER as they both thought coughing was an unusual Covid symptom.

Maybe this vent doesn’t belong here but another example of how smart people lack common sense. My FIL is a retired chemical engineer.

Who cares if she has a fever or not? She has a positive Covid test. If she’s feeling achy or chills from a fever, she can take a fever reducer. I’m not seeing all the work necessary to get them a thermometer or be exasperated by this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP and my MIL has Covid. We called to chat with FIL and asked if MIL has a fever. FIL explained that they couldn’t find a mercury thermometer in their house so he went out to CVS in search of one and in frustration, purchased an inferior temporal scan thermometer that doesn’t provide an accurate reading. So, he has no idea if she’s running a fever. We’re going to Amazon Prime them an ear thermometer. ILs are fixated upon the idea that mercury thermometers “disappeared.” We’ll hear this story forever.

Several months ago, DH had Covid with a mild cough. His parents learned of this symptom and urged him to go straight to the ER as they both thought coughing was an unusual Covid symptom.

Maybe this vent doesn’t belong here but another example of how smart people lack common sense. My FIL is a retired chemical engineer.

Who cares if she has a fever or not? She has a positive Covid test. If she’s feeling achy or chills from a fever, she can take a fever reducer. I’m not seeing all the work necessary to get them a thermometer or be exasperated by this.

It’s a petty vent. Thanks for playing along. XO, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP with the flapping MIL and DH cooking turkey, pls post an update. This is hilarious and very much in the spirit of this thread.

So hilarious. And turkeys are very easy to make. Good for your DH for being excited to learn how to make one. Your MIL is ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:PP with the flapping MIL and DH cooking turkey, pls post an update. This is hilarious and very much in the spirit of this thread.

So hilarious. And turkeys are very easy to make. Good for your DH for being excited to learn how to make one. Your MIL is ridiculous.

It’s out and resting. Looks good! DH is like “I’m exhausted, it’s so hard to get the timing where everything comes out at once” and I’m like…yeah. Maybe next time I offer you my timed-out plan, you won’t say I’m “overthinking it.”

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I'm bringing Christmas dinner to my relative's house, who wanted to host. She told me last night 2 more people are coming. It was too late on Christmas Eve to go to the store. We'll all eat a little less I guess.

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We were told we were eating at 3 PM. its 5:15 and we haven’t eaten. There are snacks, but I’m as hungry as a bear.

Don’t tell me to go to a hotel. Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The French toast is studded with currants AND mini chocolate chips and is impossible to tell them apart until I eat them

I feel you. One of the great disappointments in life is biting into an oatmeal raisin cookie thinking it's an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie.

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DH and I made a big, lovely dinner. We spent hundreds on groceries.

ILs are now in the kitchen dividing it all up to take home. Whatever, I’m letting DH handle his people, or not. But I did take over the turkey distribution because I want some to freeze for tetrazzini.

In my family, no one would dream of taking leftovers unless they were offered. It is so freaking rude.

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Among other nicer presents, mil got the kids underwear. Fine, ok, branded with Disney which I'm so sick of, but also now there are too many to fit into their dresser drawers so more mess for me where I need to remove perfectly serviceable clothes to make room for more Frozen everything in our house.

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My husband put a roast in a glass cooking pan and turned the oven to 500 degrees. We have glass everywhere.

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My kid threw up at the beginning of Xmas dinner and now I’m eating Xmas dinner on a paper plate on hold with feta trying to change our flight from early tomorrow morning.