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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's bedtime, so time for my mega vent:

My DH's brother is a massive narcissist who can't get along with anyone and threw a giant fit after dinner tonight for no reason. My DH is on edge and miserable all day because his brother is so awful. I can't stand him, I never want to spend another holiday with him.

My MIL is a perfectly nice lady but she just spent the last 40 minutes telling me about her bowel movements/constipation. I tried to escape the conversation four times. She found me in the bathroom where I was brushing my teeth to continue it. I am trying to be kind and supportive because she is also upset by her son's horrible behavior but also, I just cannot.

My MIL's dog is here, ancient, and farts CONSTANTLY. The den where we are watching football smells like rotting garbage because the dog is lying on the floor in here, just farting away.

My mom wanted to do a FaceTime with us since we aren't there, but she did the thing I hate where she just passed an iPad around so we could "say hi to everyone." In theory this is nice but in reality it sucks because we wind up having the same shallow conversation 14x plus randomly wind up talking to like my brother's girlfriend's dad who I barely know. Given that I'm having a crappy holiday anyway with my ILs, it just winds up making me feel lonelier instead of more connected to anyone. I would have rather had a 10 minute call just with my mom.

I stupidly went on social media to try and "relax" after a stressful holiday and instead, of course, it's just photos of other people having nicer holidays than I'm having. Now I hate these people too. Why do you have to rub it in?? You can't just enjoy your nice holiday devoid of jerk BILs, stinky dogs, and detailed info about your MIL's large intestine? You have to post a bunch of photos of it so everyone else knows? Be quiet.

I am grateful for my DH, our kid, my job, my wonderful friends, and my reasonably good health this year. But I am not happy and had a crappy holiday.

/rant[/quote]

I am sorry Op. Similar situation here with BIL, ILs and missing my family. [/quote]

PP here. It genuinely helps me to feel better knowing I'm not the only one struggling with stuff like this. I'm sorry you aren't having a great holiday, but I'm grateful for your comment.

I'm also just grateful for this thread. I appreciate the funny posts and the sad ones. I'm happy for people having nice holidays surrounded by loved ones (who don't have personality disorders) but can't hear about those right now. This thread is offering me some much needed community right now![/quote]

My sentiments exactly. [/quote]

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