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Anonymous wrote:Well isn't that something

* said in response to my MIL telling us on great detail her 2 mile commute to work, including every stop sign, light, length of the light, area landmarks (spoiler alert: it was the post office) and the 2 places she parked depending on the weather (she does not tolerate leaves falling on her car)

Dammit! Way to ruin Thanksgiving for me.

Tell me more about exactly where she parks. She avoids leaves, but what about excessive sun? Snow?

PP here, it's fascinating isn't it?
So she parks on the street far enough away from the stop sign to avoid getting a ticket, yet not too close to a maple tree if it's still shedding its leaves. If she gets hung up at the light on West and Elm, Susan from accounting parks there (can you believe she got a new Malibu? Her old one was only 3 years old, I bet it's a lease.) Otherwise she parks on the other side of Elm but the building has 3 steps at that entrance and she likes to avoid those (remember when Phyllis broke her ankle going up those steps? She sued but they said her weight was a contributing factor so she didn't get as much as she hoped **note, no one except her knows who Phyllis is). She got a sun shield for her car but heard that thieves target cars with those so she uses it to get more sun on her tomato plants now. Oh and she eats a banana every morning and cuts it into 3 equal pieces, 1 2 3 (demonstrating with her hands like she's conducting an orchestra)
That's about all I can remember from that painful painful conversation.

You sound like a horrible DIL. MY MIL died, and you should feel bad that you didn't listen to yours more, and cherish every memory. Just remember that someday YOU will be the MIL...

HAHAHA just kidding. My MIL will regale you with stories not only of her vacation, but of the occupations, areas of residence, educational backgrounds, number of children and grandchildren, physical descriptions, and estimated wealth of each and every other couple she and FIL meets on said vacation.

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21:09 estimated wealth! Ha!

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"That's a thought!"

FIL wants us to move near where they live in another state. So, he will say things like, "You guys need to act now if you want to buy a house in ___. You need to be smart about the real estate market!" I nod and say, "That's a thought."

Or my MIL will say, "You should not run your dishwasher so often. You can do the dishes by hand after each meal and save on the cost of running the dishwasher." I nod and say, "That's a thought."

SIL will say, "Have you tried Pilates? It completely transforms your body. My friend did that and she lost all the belly fat!" Me - "That's a thought!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well isn't that something

* said in response to my MIL telling us on great detail her 2 mile commute to work, including every stop sign, light, length of the light, area landmarks (spoiler alert: it was the post office) and the 2 places she parked depending on the weather (she does not tolerate leaves falling on her car)

Dammit! Way to ruin Thanksgiving for me.

Tell me more about exactly where she parks. She avoids leaves, but what about excessive sun? Snow?

PP here, it's fascinating isn't it?
So she parks on the street far enough away from the stop sign to avoid getting a ticket, yet not too close to a maple tree if it's still shedding its leaves. If she gets hung up at the light on West and Elm, Susan from accounting parks there (can you believe she got a new Malibu? Her old one was only 3 years old, I bet it's a lease.) Otherwise she parks on the other side of Elm but the building has 3 steps at that entrance and she likes to avoid those (remember when Phyllis broke her ankle going up those steps? She sued but they said her weight was a contributing factor so she didn't get as much as she hoped **note, no one except her knows who Phyllis is). She got a sun shield for her car but heard that thieves target cars with those so she uses it to get more sun on her tomato plants now. Oh and she eats a banana every morning and cuts it into 3 equal pieces, 1 2 3 (demonstrating with her hands like she's conducting an orchestra)
That's about all I can remember from that painful painful conversation.

OK. I am on the edge of my seat with this leaf thing.

You may need to start a new thread and link it here.

Does anyone else do the repeat the last phrase as a question thing?

"So, you cut the banana into 3 pieces?"

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I am crying I am laughing so hard. Monosyllabic grunt PP here - clearly I will revamp my strategy so I can use every one of these.

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"How about that."

"Did I tell you I ran into Penelope?"

"Now, that must have made an impression."

"Let me just check on the dog."

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Sometimes I say nothing while giving a bland smile. Then offer a drink.

I did this when SIL asked me if I still get my period. In a roomful of people, at brunch.

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OK. I am on the edge of my seat with this leaf thing.

You may need to start a new thread and link it here.

Does anyone else do the repeat the last phrase as a question thing?

"So, you cut the banana into 3 pieces?"

Whoa there, don't get hung up on the bananas. What does she do with other fruit?

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"could be"
"you never know"