Now for something completely different: an in-laws vent!

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Anonymous wrote:Never been to Cracker Barrel. Am I missing something?

The short answer is NO.

Cheese curds taste good

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Glad you could relax for a bit. The thing I don't understand is if MIL could only visit you for the morning it was obviously ok to branch off and do your own thing. So next time don't worry about it.

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Never been to Cracker Barrel. Am I missing something?

God no! It really is horrible and I'm someone who loves getting to go to Big Boy (a hamburger chain in the midwest), is fine with Applebees and misses Ponderosa. I am as far from a food snob as you can get and even I can not stand Cracker Barrel.

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Cracker Barrel’s chicken and dumplings are great.

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Thanks for the chuckle OP! Reminds me of that movie, Nebraska.

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Never been to Cracker Barrel. Am I missing something?

God no! It really is horrible and I'm someone who loves getting to go to Big Boy (a hamburger chain in the midwest), is fine with Applebees and misses Ponderosa. I am as far from a food snob as you can get and even I can not stand Cracker Barrel.

Omg! I had forgotten all about Ponderosa! Growing up we had basically no money, so any of these places to me were like going to French Laundry.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me at your disdain for Cracker Barrel. That tells me you don't have an open heart, an open mind, and good intentions. If you're not game for a trip to Cracker Barrel, you have a rattling marble where your brain should be, and a shriveled raisin where your heart should be.

OP here: I didn’t post about Cracker Barrel, that was a PP. I would have loved Cracker Barrel!! Better than three day old chilli!

About the house: they love on a big swath of land but on have a 4/3 house. ILs sleep separate, one room each for extended relatives, nowhere for us. Plus they have an anxious dog that barks every time a floor board creaks so I definitely am grateful for the hotel.

I remembered another thing: the peeing. All four men have bladder issues but they all pee at different points. I noticed this early on. We’re all ready to go, then one has to pee also we all wait. Then we’re ready to go again, another decides it’s best to go now before we hit the road. Then we wait. Then an hour later (almost to the city!) #3 has to go. Yesterday before we left I said (in a light, playful tone) let’s all pee now so we don’t have to stop! Because stopping means more directions and they don’t like to pee in gas stations, only nicer restaurants or stores. My husband later said that was very offensive to his relatives and him. I just gave up at that point. I stopped offering recommendations, stopped responding to uncle’s stream of consciousness, and stop trying to justify my google maps. Lol.

Wow, OP. I get where you are coming from for a lot of this, but sing-songing to a bunch of grown-ass adults that they should Try Potty is beyond. That was rude, and you need to take a step back.

Look, you're in it. You're doing this for a good cause--family togetherness before an international move. So just do it. Who cares if it takes 10 minutes for a pit stop. What, you need to get somewhere 10 minutes earlier so the talent scout will see you and cast you in a movie? You need to get somewhere 10 minutes sooner so that you'll win a door prize? What? What does it matter, in the grand scheme.

Finally, stop driving. Throw the keys to your husband and say you're done being the chauffer. I don't get why people keep doing the same thing over and over and then bitch about it. Say you're going to spend the day on the couch with some magazines, and they should go and enjoy their day. No one is making you do anything. Grow up, take ownership of your choices, and stop complaining about your own choices to be somewhere, go somewhere, or do something.

So maybe it was a little offensive to suggest they all go at the same time, but you’re being rude here suggesting she’s just annoyed that they have to make an extra 10 minute stop. They are nitpicking the shit out of every part of her driving, INCLUDING where they want to stop for these constant pee breaks AND how she’s getting to them. I’m amazed she hasn’t stopped driving already. If it was me, the moment my DH complained that I offended him and his other already offensive-behaving relatives, I would have handed him the keys and told him to find one of them to drive because my shift was over.

+1 although I don't think a gentle reminder that it is a long drive and to hit the bathroom now when it is has been a consistent issue is all that rude. These people are rude. That said, I would've stopped driving. By continuing to drive, they think it is ok. Tbh, I stopped driving my ILs anywhere to the point they claim they have never even seen me drive. BIL's wife drives and lives up to her nickname, Leadfoot, and MIL can't criticize because her face and knuckles go white and she just hyperventilates in the back seat. Works for me. We also tend to drive separately which unfortunately isn't an option in this scenario.