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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My uncle refused to drive my mother to the airport because he was tired, he just got home from his shift at the hospital. He called her a taxi. She didn't talk to him for FIFTEEN YEARS after that. FIFTEEN.[/quote]

My FIL arrived 2 hours early to a brunch at our house. We were not ready (understandably). I had a young baby who wasn't dressed, I hadn't showered, we hadn't finished cooking. My DH nicely asked his FIL to go to a coffee shop for at least an hour until we could get ready.

FIL was so, so, so pissed!! He left and came back, but he was angry, and stayed angry for about 10 years. Then he disinherited DH in his will!

Insane, but that's my FIL. [/quote]

Holy sh!t you made him LEAVE?!?  He couldn’t sit and watch tv?  Read a newspaper?  Help?
I’m pissed for him. That is INCREDIBLY rude. 
(Yes, I know showing up 2 hours early is rude, but your reaction is on a whole other level.)[/quote]

Yeah, the FIL was right in this case.  This is beyond crazy.  I would never kick a guest out of my home even though they arrived 2 hours early.  That was not petty.  The FIL just realized what hateful undeserving people.  I hope he left the money to strangers or distant relatives.  
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Huh.  My reaction was the opposite.  You don't show up at someone's house TWO HOURS early.  Nothing wrong with a coffee shop.  Disinheriting is a WAY over reaction.[/quote]

I get the pain. I was always stuck  with hosting both my family and the ils for events. One sibling and spouse would show up early just to piss me off. They would laugh about it then complain that we didn't have food out. One year we let them in but walked away and ignored them. The next year we didn't answer the doorbell and let them sit outside for 30 minutes - still hours early. Anyone who does this kind of thing and ignores basic consideration and decency doesn't get much of anything from me.[/quote]

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