Anonymous
Post 11/23/2012 13:26     Subject: Re:Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Anonymous wrote:
Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.


You must not understand how nasty family can be.


If they're so bad, don't spend the holiday with them.
Anonymous
Post 11/23/2012 11:24     Subject: Re:Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Anonymous wrote:I am usually a very gracious hostess but over the summer we had a houseful of people, I had just finished cleaning up from a dinner for 16 people (some friends helped thank goodness), was starting to get set up for breakfast for a dozen people, when my BIL came in to ask for coffee. I said I just couldn't deal with getting more dishes dirty. Not very generous but sometimes family does bring out the worst.


Really? Wow. That's harsh.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 17:35     Subject: Re:Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
I am usually a very gracious hostess but over the summer we had a houseful of people, I had just finished cleaning up from a dinner for 16 people (some friends helped thank goodness), was starting to get set up for breakfast for a dozen people, when my BIL came in to ask for coffee. I said I just couldn't deal with getting more dishes dirty. Not very generous but sometimes family does bring out the worst.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 17:24     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.


Not for me. It's the time to be with family, drink wine, and make note of the funny/annoying/outrageous things that get said and done, to re-enact for friends later


As long as you don't mind being the subject of their later reenactments . . .
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 14:22     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
OP, I feel your pain. My MIL is incapable of talking to someone unless she's right up in your face. So when I cook, she stands in front of the sink or stove or wherever is right in the way!
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 13:55     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.


Not for me. It's the time to be with family, drink wine, and make note of the funny/annoying/outrageous things that get said and done, to re-enact for friends later


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 11:56     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.


You must not understand how nasty family can be.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 11:48     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Anonymous wrote:Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.


Not for me. It's the time to be with family, drink wine, and make note of the funny/annoying/outrageous things that get said and done, to re-enact for friends later
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 10:58     Subject: Re:Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Well you can always do a little pay back with emptying the dishwasher when they go to bed or get up really early if they sleep in and make as much noise around the house.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 10:32     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Good grief people, relax. It's a holiday -- time to enjoy your family, not bitch about them.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 10:31     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Sympathy. My FIL only likes to wash his hands in the kitchen sink during events, preferably while we are in crisis mode in the kitchen.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 09:54     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
OP sounds like my in-laws. I think they want me to know that "they were there first in my husband's house". Drives me crazy. However, I would never leave the house with my in-laws alone in it.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 09:27     Subject: Re:Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Have you considered a simple "Excuse me, but I'm just trying to get the turkey brining before going to work. Can you wait about 10-15 minutes to start the coffee? That would help. Thanks."
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 08:42     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
Seriously, people want breakfast and coffee in the morning? The nerve. And in my house, my guests are expected to cater to my needs, not the other way around.

Wait . . .
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2012 08:37     Subject: Get the Hell OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!!
So it begins . . . trying to make my brine before leaving to catch my train this morning, but wait, my father-in-law wants coffee, so my mother-in-law is at the sink, at the stove and generally in the way. Why can't she wait 15 minutes until I am done and gone to work?