Anonymous wrote:DH has a family member who takes home all her gift bags and then some of everyone else's claiming they're hers. I'm all for reusing gift bags year after year, but I'd prefer to be the one doing the reusing instead of her stealing ours!

My MIL does this! As soon as you pick up the gift she'll yell "I want that bag back!" from across the room. God forbid I think about taking the gift home in the bag! I like the recycling, it's a great effort to reuse. But calm down lady!

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Anonymous wrote:SIL who has hijacked our brother. They'll take 4-5 week long Caribbean vacations a year, but won't fly 1 hour to visit us once a year.

Yeah, we like warm weather and traveling. Sorry but sitting at your house in the COLD weather is NOT our idea of fun.

Because "fun" is always more important than spending time with family for a weekend? Letting the cousins hang out and get to know each other? If you can't spare ONE weekend out of 4-5 separate week-long Caribbean trips, then you've got some awful priorities and values.

Anonymous wrote:SIL who has hijacked our brother. They'll take 4-5 week long Caribbean vacations a year, but won't fly 1 hour to visit us once a year.

Yeah, we like warm weather and traveling. Sorry but sitting at your house in the COLD weather is NOT our idea of fun.

My MIL favors her DDs over the rest of the family. I get it, some MILs do this - but it is the blatant and rude way she does it. The children clearly notice it.

My MIL does not have a lot of friends. She has "groups" of friends, by her deceased husband (FIL), but she is not an easy person to get along with; and if it were solely up to her, she would be a very lonely woman - she is already very bitter, which makes her very unpleasant.

Thanks for the post, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Right now, future MIL may be my hero. She's nuttier than a semi trailer of fruitcakes, but she just masterminded a plan to solve a problem with my mom that DCUM couldn't.

I luv u!

Your MIL sounds like a nice, pleasant, fun, caring, warm, helpful woman. Mine is none of those things. Can we switch?

Anonymous wrote:Right now, future MIL may be my hero. She's nuttier than a semi trailer of fruitcakes, but she just masterminded a plan to solve a problem with my mom that DCUM couldn't.

I luv u!

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Anonymous wrote:My ILs *refuse* to take containers/vases/baskets back with them. They always bring a ton of food and shit in "country chic" containers. Fifteen jars of homemade preserves in a huge-ass basket with a rooster on it.

I try to make the case that if I unpack it, and they just take it back, they won't have to buy more baskets-with-roosters. But no. So our basement is full of tins decorated with ducks wearing handkerchiefs around their necks and huge Easter baskets with bunnies wearing Americana-themed clothing.

I don't get it. When someone gives you a gift, you expect them to take back the container it arrives in??? Why can't you throw anything away?

This. Or recycle, or donate. How weird, OP.

Some people have valid complaints about in-laws and their behavior. And then there are some people who create their own problems & drama.

More posters with reading comprehension issues! NO JUDGEMENT IL THREAD, dumbasses!

5 weeks is too long for a visit. I managed fine the first 2.5 weeks but I've started to feel annoyed after that.

My in-laws just texted me saying they would like to come over to our home this morning for breakfast smh!! Who invites themselves over for a meal? DH couldn't stop laughing at his clueless family. For goodness sake it's about 10 am, our lives don't revolve around kitchen (sic) and hosting.

DH and I eat mostly oatmeal in the AM but my in-laws eat 5 course breakfast so our question was " breakfast prepared by whom?" Lol! I am on the floor dying with laughter!

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Anonymous wrote:My ILs *refuse* to take containers/vases/baskets back with them. They always bring a ton of food and shit in "country chic" containers. Fifteen jars of homemade preserves in a huge-ass basket with a rooster on it.

I try to make the case that if I unpack it, and they just take it back, they won't have to buy more baskets-with-roosters. But no. So our basement is full of tins decorated with ducks wearing handkerchiefs around their necks and huge Easter baskets with bunnies wearing Americana-themed clothing.

I don't get it. When someone gives you a gift, you expect them to take back the container it arrives in??? Why can't you throw anything away?

This. Or recycle, or donate. How weird, OP.

Some people have valid complaints about in-laws and their behavior. And then there are some people who create their own problems & drama.

Anonymous wrote:My ILs *refuse* to take containers/vases/baskets back with them. They always bring a ton of food and shit in "country chic" containers. Fifteen jars of homemade preserves in a huge-ass basket with a rooster on it.

I try to make the case that if I unpack it, and they just take it back, they won't have to buy more baskets-with-roosters. But no. So our basement is full of tins decorated with ducks wearing handkerchiefs around their necks and huge Easter baskets with bunnies wearing Americana-themed clothing.

I don't get it. When someone gives you a gift, you expect them to take back the container it arrives in??? Why can't you throw anything away?

Inlaws came in from out of state...stayed for 10 nights. Our children are both school aged and honestly very easy to manage and love their grandparents, but the Inlaws NEVER offered (not once) to babysit the kids so that DH and I could go out alone. We have asked in the past (for one night of an 8-10 night visit), but were met with a very surprised, "oh...well...yes...I guess we could do that" response, as though they were shocked that we would not want to spend every waking they are here in their company. Odd, because when we Skype, they speak (seemingly in envy) about many of their friends who babysit for their grandchildren regularly so that the parents can go on a date nights, but when the opportunity presents itself in person for them to do the same...it's as though they have never heard of the concept!

SIL is a nutjob. She accused me of cutting her off from her only nephew(my son) because DH and I told her she couldn't post pictures of him all over her public instances page (and she has over 5000 followers). I tried to talk her down but crazy accusations got worse. So DH said F it, cut the crazy B out for being such a crazy B. This was a year ago. It has been nice not having to deal with her fakeness and hyped-up pretend drama.

DH has a family member who takes home all her gift bags and then some of everyone else's claiming they're hers. I'm all for reusing gift bags year after year, but I'd prefer to be the one doing the reusing instead of her stealing ours!

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Anonymous wrote:Dear in laws. I don't care about your genealogy. I don't want your dead fathers carving knives as a holiday present. My DH doesn't know what to do with the inkwell that belonged to your grandfather. Stop giving us stuff you don't feel like storing in the basement anymore.

I'm enjoying this thread but this one I find kind of sad. Are you really young PP? Do you not have kids? This is their heritage and those are special items. Keep it for the next generation.

Bitch, I'm 40 years old with 2 children and on the NO JUDGMENT IN LAWS thread. So please just go away. You're welcome to the 60 year old potty seat, if you really want it, but my kid thinks its gross.

NP-LOL -- NO JUDGEMENT ABOUT YOUR JUDGEMENT --LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

OMG, you are so clever.