Here we go...ILs and Family: Fourth '19 Edition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The first known appearance of Christmas Burger King Lady:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/691252.page

Saddle up!

DP. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Since 9:30 this am my brother has had 1 1/2 bottles of wine, 7 beers, and about to open another bottle of wine. I just cleaned up his pee from the bathroom floor (missed toilet). My sister is irritated and started an argument before coffee. Her rule is not to talk to her in the am (yes I’m serious), but she started talking to me. She got offended because I suggested we go see our elderly and sick parents tomorrow. That wouldn’t be “fun”. Pouting all day... She’s always just a lovely guest. This is all at my house as I cook and clean for everyone. Brother arrived on Tuesday and plans to stay til Sunday ?, sister arrived yesterday (with kids) and plans in staying - well who knows how long as “she doesn’t like to plan”. Lovely holiday. Yay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since 9:30 this am my brother has had 1 1/2 bottles of wine, 7 beers, and about to open another bottle of wine. I just cleaned up his pee from the bathroom floor (missed toilet). My sister is irritated and started an argument before coffee. Her rule is not to talk to her in the am (yes I’m serious), but she started talking to me. She got offended because I suggested we go see our elderly and sick parents tomorrow. That wouldn’t be “fun”. Pouting all day... She’s always just a lovely guest. This is all at my house as I cook and clean for everyone. Brother arrived on Tuesday and plans to stay til Sunday ?, sister arrived yesterday (with kids) and plans in staying - well who knows how long as “she doesn’t like to plan”. Lovely holiday. Yay.

I hearby recognize your service to your family as it sounds likely that you will not get due appreciation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

Yikes! I’m glad I’m not visiting you !

[Anonymous]

Positive: my DCs have great jobs this summer.
Negative: jobs located in another state so they aren’t here and I miss them a lot.

[Anonymous]

My MIL closes the kitchen. We have taken our own food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless your small children are infants they do not need to be fed around the clock, every few hours. Of course the kitchen is closed! Your mom will be treating you all to a fabulous bbq dinner soon. Why you would need to fill up on gross gas station food is beyond me.

Young kids can’t go from 7 am until 4 pm! Do you have little kids? I’m not for the snacking all the time but this is crazy.

This is why there is a serious obesity epidemic. Young children do not need to eat greasy convenience food. If they are hungry between meals they should get an apple out of the fruit bowl, sit on the front doorstep and have a nice, healthy, nutritious snack. They do not need a bacon, nacho cheese, funion burger.

Do you seriously think small children should go from 7AM to 4PM with only an apple in between? Do you not feed your children lunch?

If I am serving a late lunch/early dinner bbq at 4pm, I would not expect to have a pre-lunch/dinner meal especially if I had just eaten a big bowl of cereal that morning. If you really must eat, a delicious piece of fruit should be enough to sustain them until the bbq starts. I always keep a well stocked fruit bowl on the breakfast bar - you don't need to enter the kitchen - just grab an apple, banana, orange or pear, go sit outside in the fresh air and enjoy!

The 4th of July bbq spread is a much heavier meal than one would usually eat. I can't imagine eating a big, salty, heavily processed turkey sandwich from Panera only to turn right around and eat bbq just a few hours later.

A big bowl of cereal...snort. Such staying power!

Hey, you JUST had that big bowl of cereal, what, 7 hours ago? Must you always have a mouthful of food??!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

As one does, natch.

You all have the ghosts of LOVELY fruit bowls from the days of yore to comfort you. Focus on the positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

As one does, natch.

You all have the ghosts of LOVELY fruit bowls from the days of yore to comfort you. Focus on the positive.

Burger King Lady can't figure out where her popcorn and cranberry garland ran off to. Her starving guests have nibbled it away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

As one does, natch.

You all have the ghosts of LOVELY fruit bowls from the days of yore to comfort you. Focus on the positive.

Burger King Lady can't figure out where her popcorn and cranberry garland ran off to. Her starving guests have nibbled it away!

I just read through the whole linked thread, and what strikes me about her posts there -- as well as here -- is that everything is judged, judged, judged. Nothing can be referenced without stamping personal judgment on it.

"lovely bowl"
"disgusting feet"
"nice meal"
"wonderful holiday meal"
"heavy meal"
"wrong drawer"
"naturally neat and tidy"
"lovely home" [lovely is a real favorite]
"delicious food"

… on and on and on. So many adjectives! It's how you can tell which are her posts.

I just imagine her walking through her day with a running mental commentary on the lamppost, that person's shoes, the texture of the brick, OMG. Exhausting and so very sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

You are crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

As one does, natch.

You all have the ghosts of LOVELY fruit bowls from the days of yore to comfort you. Focus on the positive.

Burger King Lady can't figure out where her popcorn and cranberry garland ran off to. Her starving guests have nibbled it away!

I just read through the whole linked thread, and what strikes me about her posts there -- as well as here -- is that everything is judged, judged, judged. Nothing can be referenced without stamping personal judgment on it.

"lovely bowl"
"disgusting feet"
"nice meal"
"wonderful holiday meal"
"heavy meal"
"wrong drawer"
"naturally neat and tidy"
"lovely home" [lovely is a real favorite]
"delicious food"

… on and on and on. So many adjectives! It's how you can tell which are her posts.

I just imagine her walking through her day with a running mental commentary on the lamppost, that person's shoes, the texture of the brick, OMG. Exhausting and so very sad.

A lovely, well-stocked fruit bowl featuring BEAUTIFUL FRUIT.

The most ripe, perfect, delicious pear in the world isn't going to see a 10-year-old boy through 8 hours of no food, lady. You are crazy.

I am so glad I found this thread. My ILs are garden-variety quirky and annoying, but at least they feed me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHAHA, it really is Christmas in July. Burger King Lady is back and still is sticking to her guns.

I have to hand it to her: It's all of DCUM versus BKL and she still thinks she's right.

However, she now claims she keeps a "well-stocked fruit bowl." That's a step up from the holidays, when it was NOTHING for her poor, hungry guests.

I decorate the breakfast bar with greenery and a nativity scene during the Christmas holiday, so the fruit bowl is put away and not available at that time of the year. If my guests must eat in between meals, they can go to the gas station or Burger King but my kitchen is closed until the next planned meal. I do not want to spend my entire day cleaning up crumbs and spills. No thank you.

The rest of the year, I do have a lovely, well stocked fruit bowl available. Guests are welcome to take a piece of fruit and snack on it outside. They do not need to enter the kitchen at all to take a piece of fruit.

As one does, natch.

You all have the ghosts of LOVELY fruit bowls from the days of yore to comfort you. Focus on the positive.

Burger King Lady can't figure out where her popcorn and cranberry garland ran off to. Her starving guests have nibbled it away!

I just read through the whole linked thread, and what strikes me about her posts there -- as well as here -- is that everything is judged, judged, judged. Nothing can be referenced without stamping personal judgment on it.

"lovely bowl"
"disgusting feet"
"nice meal"
"wonderful holiday meal"
"heavy meal"
"wrong drawer"
"naturally neat and tidy"
"lovely home" [lovely is a real favorite]
"delicious food"

… on and on and on. So many adjectives! It's how you can tell which are her posts.

I just imagine her walking through her day with a running mental commentary on the lamppost, that person's shoes, the texture of the brick, OMG. Exhausting and so very sad.

A lovely, well-stocked fruit bowl featuring BEAUTIFUL FRUIT.

The most ripe, perfect, delicious pear in the world isn't going to see a 10-year-old boy through 8 hours of no food, lady. You are crazy.

I am so glad I found this thread. My ILs are garden-variety quirky and annoying, but at least they feed me!

Perhaps they will feed you on a ripe pear with some smoked gouda and a tiny glass of Frangelico hazelnut cordial.

[Anonymous]

I just love how the fruit can only be eaten outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rules are you have to say one positive thing for every negative vent about IL/family visits and hosting for Independence Day Weekend 2019!

Negative: IL kitchen habits back at it again! Just went to the kitchen for a glass of water, only to see the huge platter of semi-frozen hamburger patties that is apparently going to be left out overnight.

Positive: For once, we didn't have to ask for them to silence their four loud cuckoo clocks so the kids could sleep. They did that on their own steam, and also turned the air conditioning on for the night!

It's been a nice visit overall so far. Hope everyone has a great time, and come scream into the pillow that is this thread when you need to. Looking forward to reading all the hastily typed missives from the bathroom!

Turned on ac just for the night? What? Please tell me you're in Alaska, Canada or upstate NY.