Reply to Had the extended family vacation yet this summer? Tell us the worst!

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Had the extended family vacation yet this summer? Tell us the worst!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are finishing up Day 1 of a trip out to see DHs extended family out in a Great Plains state with the ILs. Things that are miserable already: minor heat wave (90 F) but the houses have no A/C; wildfires nearby making the entire town hazy and smell like a bonfire and there are air quality warnings for kids and elderly; extended family lives all in the same neighborhood so it's a constant revolving door of 20+ people in and out of the house all day; we are being dragged to a remote national park area for hiking and 'sightseeing' with a 1 and 4 yo that's a 3 hour drive away.

Is it Day 5 yet so we can come home?[/quote]

I plead a lot of headaches on in law visits like these so I can retire to the bedroom while DH deals with his family and the kids. My ILs probably think I suffer from migranes, or am a hypochondriac ...[/quote]

Yep, this. My inlaws think I poop and shower A LOT and also go to bed at 9.[/quote]
This was the year that I explained to my clueless husband that I'm not going to bed at 8:30, I'm just watching tv in the room and avoiding the grilling by MIL[/quote]

Happy to report we all survived the wilderness trek. Barely. Some of the wildfires causing AQ warnings were near the park, but No, MIL refused to cancel the excursion. I set my foot down and told them I was keeping 1 yo in the nearest lodge while they did the hiking and such. MIL was so offended but I decided I just didn't care at that point as I did *actually* come down with some sort of summer cold and had a terrible sore throat.

ILs and relatives also must think I have a very demanding job (I am a consultant, set my own hours and workload, but I don't volunteer that...) as I've had a LOT of work to do this trip...hah. Although sitting in our little windowless bedroom hiding is getting pretty depressing after a couple hours...

Never been so happy to be packing up to end a trip as I am right now![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics