What's weird about where you are staying - Thanksgiving 2024 edition

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11 yo got called a Lone Wolf by her paternal grandmother on Saturday, and a Dark Horse on Sunday.

9 yo was merely called a chatterbox.

Guess they made up after MIL drank a gallon of apple cider all by herself.

Why are you subjecting your kids to these people?

[Anonymous]

One in-law will only really engage in conversation on two-three topics. If not one of those topics, he doesn’t engage much beyond asking one or two questions for which he prefers a short answer then looks and acts bored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11 yo got called a Lone Wolf by her paternal grandmother on Saturday, and a Dark Horse on Sunday.

9 yo was merely called a chatterbox.

Guess they made up after MIL drank a gallon of apple cider all by herself.

If I drank a gallon of apple cider I would get the runs! Let’s hope it gave MIL diarrhea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11 yo got called a Lone Wolf by her paternal grandmother on Saturday, and a Dark Horse on Sunday.

9 yo was merely called a chatterbox.

Guess they made up after MIL drank a gallon of apple cider all by herself.

These two are just plain mean. Awful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

I mean, the comment was horrible and vile but your DH should have gotten more cider for that many people!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

My mom would do something like this. She will give her grandkids' belongings or beloved items away and when they are upset, spit "oh come, just be generous, you have enough things. "

I'm not even exaggerating, this is a running issue through the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11 yo got called a Lone Wolf by her paternal grandmother on Saturday, and a Dark Horse on Sunday.

9 yo was merely called a chatterbox.

Guess they made up after MIL drank a gallon of apple cider all by herself.

If I drank a gallon of apple cider I would get the runs! Let’s hope it gave MIL diarrhea.

Not if she’s staying with PP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

My mom would do something like this. She will give her grandkids' belongings or beloved items away and when they are upset, spit "oh come, just be generous, you have enough things. "

I'm not even exaggerating, this is a running issue through the years.

It must be close to lowest of the low for an adult to lord power over and/or gaslight innocent kids, much less their own grandkids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

My mom would do something like this. She will give her grandkids' belongings or beloved items away and when they are upset, spit "oh come, just be generous, you have enough things. "

I'm not even exaggerating, this is a running issue through the years.

My mom does that! I learned too late in life to never say that something was special to me or that I liked something, or worse, that I wanted something (for example, in the case of something without value that belonged to my dad and was only special to me). I’d come back a day later and it would be gone and given away to a random neighbor or friend or neighbor’s grandchild. If I pushed back I was greedy or rude.

I’m sure there’s a specific psychological explanation for it but it always makes me too upset in the moment to remember to research it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

I mean, the comment was horrible and vile but your DH should have gotten more cider for that many people!

That’s my takeaway. It was probably seen as a contribution to the dinner. Not one person’s personal beverage. It’s a family dinner, everything should be shared. It would be weird for someone to bring a personal bottle of wine and refuse to share at a family dinner. DH should quietly just go to the store the next day and get more.

[Anonymous]

Wtf drinks apple juice or orange juice with a dinner meal?

And no, no grandmother the world over would drink up a grandchild’s juice and then taunt and gloat at said grandchild at a group dinner.

What a b1thc.

Hope you only get together once a year w in laws like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

My mom would do something like this. She will give her grandkids' belongings or beloved items away and when they are upset, spit "oh come, just be generous, you have enough things. "

I'm not even exaggerating, this is a running issue through the years.

I can only assume someone else mistreated her exactly the same way when she was a child.

That or she wants to be a nasty Roald Dahl character.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9 yo daughter goes with Dad to pick up some last minute groceries. she gets apple cider, her favorite and a treat.

FIL and MIL drink most of it and at dinner MIL pours two glasses and gives it to each of themselves, right in front of 9 yo.

9 yo looks around sad, as she realizes the whole gallon is empty somehow within one day, and she never got more than one glass and here were the last two.

MIL, the grandmother, says: “What’s wrong, are you jealous?”

All the children look at each other like they saw a witch.

Ugh. Why are so many old women less mature than toddlers?

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t let any of those grandmas near my children! Seriously?! That is so much worse than the house being 80 degrees or switching the menu to salmon!