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Anonymous wrote:Can I add a petty delight? I make cookies with the kids every year, and they pack some up to take to their Dad and stepmom. I guess they felt obligated to reciprocate so this year their Dad dropped some off that his wife made and they are terrible. My kids both took a bite and spat them out. Of the 4 varieties, 1 was good. We ended up tossing the rest because they’re dry and flavorless and no one wants to eat them.

I’ve coached them on how to politely answer the question if they’re asked how they liked them, but inside I’m secretly gloating.

This isn’t petty, is vengeful. They probably spat them out for your benefit. But hey, season of love and all.

You my friend are super lame!

Anonymous wrote:Can I add a petty delight? I make cookies with the kids every year, and they pack some up to take to their Dad and stepmom. I guess they felt obligated to reciprocate so this year their Dad dropped some off that his wife made and they are terrible. My kids both took a bite and spat them out. Of the 4 varieties, 1 was good. We ended up tossing the rest because they’re dry and flavorless and no one wants to eat them.

I’ve coached them on how to politely answer the question if they’re asked how they liked them, but inside I’m secretly gloating.

As you should! This is perfect - op

Anonymous wrote:Can I add a petty delight? I make cookies with the kids every year, and they pack some up to take to their Dad and stepmom. I guess they felt obligated to reciprocate so this year their Dad dropped some off that his wife made and they are terrible. My kids both took a bite and spat them out. Of the 4 varieties, 1 was good. We ended up tossing the rest because they’re dry and flavorless and no one wants to eat them.

I’ve coached them on how to politely answer the question if they’re asked how they liked them, but inside I’m secretly gloating.

This isn’t petty, is vengeful. They probably spat them out for your benefit. But hey, season of love and all.

Anonymous wrote:Can I add a petty delight? I make cookies with the kids every year, and they pack some up to take to their Dad and stepmom. I guess they felt obligated to reciprocate so this year their Dad dropped some off that his wife made and they are terrible. My kids both took a bite and spat them out. Of the 4 varieties, 1 was good. We ended up tossing the rest because they’re dry and flavorless and no one wants to eat them.

I’ve coached them on how to politely answer the question if they’re asked how they liked them, but inside I’m secretly gloating.

Guess what? Stepmom and her husband (your ex) are doing the same thing with yours!

Can I add a petty delight? I make cookies with the kids every year, and they pack some up to take to their Dad and stepmom. I guess they felt obligated to reciprocate so this year their Dad dropped some off that his wife made and they are terrible. My kids both took a bite and spat them out. Of the 4 varieties, 1 was good. We ended up tossing the rest because they’re dry and flavorless and no one wants to eat them.

I’ve coached them on how to politely answer the question if they’re asked how they liked them, but inside I’m secretly gloating.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIL is laying on the guilt trip because we won’t go to her house tomorrow. My “it’s a hoax” brother-in-law is bringing his family to stay with her and that’s why we aren’t going. But WE are the bad guys?

Stop engaging with MIL. Ignore texts. Don’t pick up the phone. Go about your business and enjoy the safety of your own home.

I haven’t. I can hear DH talking to her on speaker.

She’s pretty awesome...just being a little dramatic right now.

Kind of amazing that BIL is determining the plan and not MIL, but whatever.

Anonymous wrote:MIL is laying on the guilt trip because we won’t go to her house tomorrow. My “it’s a hoax” brother-in-law is bringing his family to stay with her and that’s why we aren’t going. But WE are the bad guys?

Stop engaging with MIL. Ignore texts. Don’t pick up the phone. Go about your business and enjoy the safety of your own home.

MIL is laying on the guilt trip because we won’t go to her house tomorrow. My “it’s a hoax” brother-in-law is bringing his family to stay with her and that’s why we aren’t going. But WE are the bad guys?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why does my husband take a nap on the couch at 9pm? He's there now, sleeping away. Pretty soon he'll wake up, prepare for bed, but then stay up for hours browsing on the computer and sharing bits of news with me. Then he finally goes to bed and gets up at 6am.

What's up with that?

Ah, the dishwasher beep just woke him up. Now for the shower. He'll be back down in his PJs soon enough.

Op here. Wait, are we married to brothers? What is up with the 9pm nap?

Triplets, actually. Mine is asleep in front of the tv as I type this.

My FIL touches drinking glasses/mugs right where our mouths go. I want to scream. The other day I watched him lick his fingers (while eating grapes), then show us how cute Dd’s fresh tea mug was by grabbing it by the top and spinning it around. He also goes into extreme detail on the cleaning procedures at his gym (the railings, the light switches, the benches, the doorknobs, the faucets—all clean!).

My MIL’S obsession with warmth is too much. It’s 41 degrees and sunny. My 6 year old doesn’t need snow pants and two hats. Her anxiety makes me feel anxious, and her need to be both extremely judgmental and overly apologetic is exhausting.

Bottom line: I see too much of my in laws. I am a grouch.

Anonymous wrote:UGH 1st worlds problems. Blah blah blah not life or death blah blah blah

Dude, where’s your f’cking Christmas spirit? Vent about family, not about the thread! Geez!

UGH 1st worlds problems. Blah blah blah not life or death blah blah blah

Anonymous wrote:
Why does my husband take a nap on the couch at 9pm? He's there now, sleeping away. Pretty soon he'll wake up, prepare for bed, but then stay up for hours browsing on the computer and sharing bits of news with me. Then he finally goes to bed and gets up at 6am.

What's up with that?

Ah, the dishwasher beep just woke him up. Now for the shower. He'll be back down in his PJs soon enough.

Op here. Wait, are we married to brothers? What is up with the 9pm nap?

Why does my husband take a nap on the couch at 9pm? He's there now, sleeping away. Pretty soon he'll wake up, prepare for bed, but then stay up for hours browsing on the computer and sharing bits of news with me. Then he finally goes to bed and gets up at 6am.

What's up with that?

Ah, the dishwasher beep just woke him up. Now for the shower. He'll be back down in his PJs soon enough.

Yes we are bad, bad people for visiting family. We are evil and we suck and we are murderers and going to Kill you. Sorry! (We personally had Covid two months ago because of my husbands dick co-worker and have since tested negative twice and isolated for two weeks no work, no stores, nothing, and have been cleared to visit family by our physicians and physician siblings but go ahead and dump on me anyway I know you want to!).

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Now let’s get it all out. What stupid minor petty shit is annoying you about your family?

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My in laws like to do a play by play of what my children did all day and talk about advanced they are (my kids are not advanced) - “woooow, Larla is really good at the computer. She clicked on the mouse and went to google, then she searched for an image, it was amazing, she is so advanced!” No, she’s not advanced, she’s just been distance learning ON A COMPUTER USING GOOGLE every day since September.

Like I said, stupid petty shit!!