Anonymous wrote:My MIL smells like weed and cigarettes.

Ugh, mine too. If we ass a house or car where it’s obvious someone has been smoking, my 7yo proclaims, “It smells like Grandma!”

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, how original, op. Yet another negative thread about inlaws.

It's intended to be in fun - about people's annoying little foi
bles. If you don't like it, don't click.

It's fun to make fun of people?

Better to “make fun of them” anonymously here than be mean to their face, yes?

Mine calls families / couples by their last names only vs THE whatever.

“We had dinner with Smiths.”
“We went boating with Martins.”

She’s also always asking about the next meal, even if we’re literally eating. It’s her trying to be hospitable and plan, but it’s stressful. I don’t want to think about dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow when I’m eating lunch on vacation!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, how original, op. Yet another negative thread about inlaws.

It's intended to be in fun - about people's annoying little foibles. If you don't like it, don't click.

It's fun to make fun of people?

MIL will talk at length about current events/politics, but if anyone tries to join in, she goes “I don’t want to talk about it.”

My mil apologizes for everything and anything.

My MIL smells like weed and cigarettes.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, how original, op. Yet another negative thread about inlaws.

It's intended to be in fun - about people's annoying little foibles. If you don't like it, don't click.

Wow, how original, op. Yet another negative thread about inlaws.

They bring their own meat every time they come to visit. Like every time. Even once when they came on the train they brought a crockpot full of meatballs. I know they're just trying to be helpful and want to make things easier, but it makes me crazy.

Anonymous wrote:My MIL repeats stories. She’s a hypochondriac so every visit we get to hear of her new ailments. My MIL repeats stories.

lol I see what you did there. I see what you did there.

Not believe the most easily proven facts. Convinced I make shit up so I just don’t say things anymore.

And no, Gatorade is not a healthier substitute for juice.

My MIL repeats stories. She’s a hypochondriac so every visit we get to hear of her new ailments. My MIL repeats stories.

MIl spends her spare time rearranging everything in my kitchen to her "better" way

Just for fun...

What are the most (mildly) irritating habits or things your in-laws do?

I’ll start:
Despite being born/raised in the US, MIL refers to the US as “the States.”

When an ambulance drives by with a siren on, FIL makes a big show out of clamping his hands over his ears until it passes.