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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [b]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. [/b]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

Exactly - it’s not about having to stop, it’s when the announcement is made - “can we pull over? I have to go.” Grocery store: no. Gas station: HELL no. Walmart: ehhh no. MIL: there’s an Olive Garden two exits up, 5 miles out. Let’s go there.” Ok great. Now I’m taking the wrong way to Olive Garden. “If you go left here it’s faster - we really have to go!” I oblige. It’s not the faster way but I give in. I try to take the actual more direct way back to the highway. Sighing. End scene. [/quote]

We get it. You're not smart enough to hand the keys to FIL or another capable driver after the pit stop, with a smile: "You all know the best routes, and I'm tired of driving. Here you go!" WE GET IT. [/quote]

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