Anonymous
12/08/2014 13:31
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After mentioning to MIL how sweet it was everyone had given DS so much for Christmas last year, but it was really hard to fit it all into our car and small house (1,100 square feet), she bought DS another ride-on toy for Christmas. She gave him a ride-on toy last Christmas and randomly gave him another one this summer. She also suggested that we save the tricycle we bought DS for Christmas for his birthday because she is going to give him this ride-on truck for Christmas. I know this makes me an ungrateful ____, and I don't care. I'll be gracious to MIL and reserve the right to vent.
Look at it as your MIL is doing you a favor; each time she buys you a new ride-on toy, you can sell the old one on Craigslist. Put the money into your DS' 529 or go out for dinner or something. Two birds with one stone!
Ha, that would be nice, but unfortunately she buys them at thrift stores and they usually have normal wear and tear before we get them.
Anonymous
12/08/2014 13:18
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:After mentioning to MIL how sweet it was everyone had given DS so much for Christmas last year, but it was really hard to fit it all into our car and small house (1,100 square feet), she bought DS another ride-on toy for Christmas. She gave him a ride-on toy last Christmas and randomly gave him another one this summer. She also suggested that we save the tricycle we bought DS for Christmas for his birthday because she is going to give him this ride-on truck for Christmas. I know this makes me an ungrateful ____, and I don't care. I'll be gracious to MIL and reserve the right to vent.
Look at it as your MIL is doing you a favor; each time she buys you a new ride-on toy, you can sell the old one on Craigslist. Put the money into your DS' 529 or go out for dinner or something. Two birds with one stone!
Anonymous
12/08/2014 11:47
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP whose ILs just arrived. MIL told me son over dinner that he had to stop fidgeting in his seat, that it was a bad habit. She then said when she was young her father would take her behind the tool shed and cure her of her bad habit. WTF. Who says that to a 9 year old and how totally creepy is that? This is going to be a long week.
Umm, what is the not horrible interpretation of MIL's story? I can't think of one.
Anonymous
12/08/2014 11:46
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
I groused about this too, but it turns out that MIL ordered the rest of thanksgiving out, left her dirty dishes from another day in the sink for this poster to do. I cooked Thanksgiving dinner for my whole family and I have to agree the mIL was clearly the princess here. Next time, order out the mac and cheese too and do your own dishes!
Anonymous
12/08/2014 10:26
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:The 3 year old licking the back scratcher is going to haunt my nightmares. But I did guffaw when I read it. Sorry PP, haha.
Me too. I also have a three yr old and this post made me LOL.
Anonymous
12/08/2014 09:42
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
After mentioning to MIL how sweet it was everyone had given DS so much for Christmas last year, but it was really hard to fit it all into our car and small house (1,100 square feet), she bought DS another ride-on toy for Christmas. She gave him a ride-on toy last Christmas and randomly gave him another one this summer. She also suggested that we save the tricycle we bought DS for Christmas for his birthday because she is going to give him this ride-on truck for Christmas. I know this makes me an ungrateful ____, and I don't care. I'll be gracious to MIL and reserve the right to vent.
Anonymous
12/08/2014 08:59
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
The op explained down thread that mil didn't actually cook anything. Big difference.
The dishes got dirty somehow. Somebody was cooking in that house. Either that or she just has a really gross kitchen with dirty dishes that lay around in the sink for days and days before they are washed. If that's the case, be glad that she ordered food from someplace else.[/
I think if you ask someone to make something for you in your home, you should have the decency to have the dishes they need clean. Or wash them yourself...don't ask someone else to wash your dirty dishes. Rude and gross!
Having made Thanksgiving dinner myself I realize how many dishes get used in the preparation of the meal. You may find that you wind up using every casserole dish that you have and that you might have to transfer one casserole into a serving dish in order to free up the casserole dish for baking. So, yes, I can absolutely see how you might need to wash a dish before it could be used. And I just don't see the big deal of having to do so. It's called helping out, kwim?
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Same comment as above- the mil didn't make or cook or prep anything!!
She likely put the ordered food into serving dishes though to heat up later. My guess is she had to empty one of those dishes into another container in order to free up a dish for Op's casserole. No big deal. Or at least it shouldn't have been.
oooooooo had to empty a dish into another container....on thanksgiving! what hard work.
Anonymous
12/08/2014 08:43
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP whose ILs just arrived. MIL told me son over dinner that he had to stop fidgeting in his seat, that it was a bad habit. She then said when she was young her father would take her behind the tool shed and cure her of her bad habit. WTF. Who says that to a 9 year old and how totally creepy is that? This is going to be a long week.
And this is in your house? I wouldn't tolerate that. No one implicitly threatens my children, ESPECIALLY when they are a guest in my home.
Anonymous
12/07/2014 19:52
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
I'm the PP whose ILs just arrived. MIL told me son over dinner that he had to stop fidgeting in his seat, that it was a bad habit. She then said when she was young her father would take her behind the tool shed and cure her of her bad habit. WTF. Who says that to a 9 year old and how totally creepy is that? This is going to be a long week.
Anonymous
12/07/2014 18:26
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
The op explained down thread that mil didn't actually cook anything. Big difference.
The dishes got dirty somehow. Somebody was cooking in that house. Either that or she just has a really gross kitchen with dirty dishes that lay around in the sink for days and days before they are washed. If that's the case, be glad that she ordered food from someplace else.[/
I think if you ask someone to make something for you in your home, you should have the decency to have the dishes they need clean. Or wash them yourself...don't ask someone else to wash your dirty dishes. Rude and gross!
Having made Thanksgiving dinner myself I realize how many dishes get used in the preparation of the meal. You may find that you wind up using every casserole dish that you have and that you might have to transfer one casserole into a serving dish in order to free up the casserole dish for baking. So, yes, I can absolutely see how you might need to wash a dish before it could be used. And I just don't see the big deal of having to do so. It's called helping out, kwim?
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Same comment as above- the mil didn't make or cook or prep anything!!
I side with everyone who says washing the dishes was no big deal.
Anonymous
12/07/2014 17:54
Subject: Put your holiday IL rants here!
Help me. They arrived today and I can feel the negativity bouncing off my MIL. Help me get through this week.
Anonymous
12/07/2014 13:08
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
The op explained down thread that mil didn't actually cook anything. Big difference.
The dishes got dirty somehow. Somebody was cooking in that house. Either that or she just has a really gross kitchen with dirty dishes that lay around in the sink for days and days before they are washed. If that's the case, be glad that she ordered food from someplace else.[/
I think if you ask someone to make something for you in your home, you should have the decency to have the dishes they need clean. Or wash them yourself...don't ask someone else to wash your dirty dishes. Rude and gross!
Having made Thanksgiving dinner myself I realize how many dishes get used in the preparation of the meal. You may find that you wind up using every casserole dish that you have and that you might have to transfer one casserole into a serving dish in order to free up the casserole dish for baking. So, yes, I can absolutely see how you might need to wash a dish before it could be used. And I just don't see the big deal of having to do so. It's called helping out, kwim?
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Same comment as above- the mil didn't make or cook or prep anything!!
She likely put the ordered food into serving dishes though to heat up later. My guess is she had to empty one of those dishes into another container in order to free up a dish for Op's casserole. No big deal. Or at least it shouldn't have been.
Anonymous
12/07/2014 13:00
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
The op explained down thread that mil didn't actually cook anything. Big difference.
The dishes got dirty somehow. Somebody was cooking in that house. Either that or she just has a really gross kitchen with dirty dishes that lay around in the sink for days and days before they are washed. If that's the case, be glad that she ordered food from someplace else.[/
I think if you ask someone to make something for you in your home, you should have the decency to have the dishes they need clean. Or wash them yourself...don't ask someone else to wash your dirty dishes. Rude and gross!
Having made Thanksgiving dinner myself I realize how many dishes get used in the preparation of the meal. You may find that you wind up using every casserole dish that you have and that you might have to transfer one casserole into a serving dish in order to free up the casserole dish for baking. So, yes, I can absolutely see how you might need to wash a dish before it could be used. And I just don't see the big deal of having to do so. It's called helping out, kwim?
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Same comment as above- the mil didn't make or cook or prep anything!!
Anonymous
12/07/2014 11:57
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
The op explained down thread that mil didn't actually cook anything. Big difference.
The dishes got dirty somehow. Somebody was cooking in that house. Either that or she just has a really gross kitchen with dirty dishes that lay around in the sink for days and days before they are washed. If that's the case, be glad that she ordered food from someplace else.
I think if you ask someone to make something for you in your home, you should have the decency to have the dishes they need clean. Or wash them yourself...don't ask someone else to wash your dirty dishes. Rude and gross!
Having made Thanksgiving dinner myself I realize how many dishes get used in the preparation of the meal. You may find that you wind up using every casserole dish that you have and that you might have to transfer one casserole into a serving dish in order to free up the casserole dish for baking. So, yes, I can absolutely see how you might need to wash a dish before it could be used. And I just don't see the big deal of having to do so. It's called helping out, kwim?
Anonymous
12/07/2014 11:51
Subject: Re:Put your holiday IL rants here!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make a macaroni and cheese that ppl in my family love, MIL included. She asked me if I would make it for thanksgiving dinner. I said ok. Asked her if I could make it at her house and she agreed, and even offered to get the groceries needed for it. Dh and I get over to her house, she tells me that "the groceries are over on the counter, but the mixing bowls, casserole dish etc are dirty and You should wash them."
I found this incredibly rude. I'm Not your maid!
Jesus Christ on a cracker. If she's hosting then cut her some slack it's a big job cooking a thanksgiving meal. Sometimes you run put of clean bowls or dishes. Are you too much of a princess to clean the table or do dishes after the meal too?
The op explained down thread that mil didn't actually cook anything. Big difference.
The dishes got dirty somehow. Somebody was cooking in that house. Either that or she just has a really gross kitchen with dirty dishes that lay around in the sink for days and days before they are washed. If that's the case, be glad that she ordered food from someplace else.
I think if you ask someone to make something for you in your home, you should have the decency to have the dishes they need clean. Or wash them yourself...don't ask someone else to wash your dirty dishes. Rude and gross!