Anonymous wrote:Arrived at MIL's yesterday, and am here for the whole week. Need a distraction from her fretting over cooking (which I am doing all of) and financial planning (which she only trusts DH around).

I'll start:

- House is freezing. MIL considers setting temp to 65 high, and says it's because kids are from south (California). I grew up in Midwest, BTW. I've been wrapped up in blanket since getting here...MIL nearly fainted when I suggested setting temp to 67.
- MIL insists on hosting dinner. Will no longer let me host, which involves travel, nor SIL who is 15 minutes away. But MIL hates cooking and does not have a full size oven...so getting meal together is lots of coordination and drama.

Yup. SIL home was super cold. In San Francisco

These are pretty funny and we are almost ready for the Christmas topic. Would always stay at my in-laws when we traveled for Thanksgiving.

My late Father-in-law had a garbage obsession. Refused to use regular size kitchen bags. Would hang one of the store plastic bags on the side of the cabinet near the sink. These would get filled and go with him to work everyday to get put in the dumpster at his office.

Also, equally obsessive about the garbage disposal - could not be used for anything because of potential clogs. Heaven forbid that you run it with some vegetable peels!

I guess thinking about it, he was pretty OCD about a lot of stuff - would wash off his car everyday after work, cut his grass multiple times a week as soon as he got home from work (after washing the car). Would burn in the fireplace the Kleenex's that were used when my wife was sick...lol. God love him. Miss him everyday.

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Anonymous wrote:I never leave appliances plugged in - nor does my wife. Not since we brought home our first infant.

You unplug every appliance every night? TV, microwave, washer, and dryer? All of them?

We only keep air fryer and toaster unplugged. Plug when using only. Everything else in the house is plugged in. And it's a lot. I know somebody whose dehumidifier burned the whole house down. But how do you unplug that at night? That's silly.

I mean, burning down the house will dehumidify it....

Then the fire department nullifies that...

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Anonymous wrote:Arrived at MIL's yesterday, and am here for the whole week. Need a distraction from her fretting over cooking (which I am doing all of) and financial planning (which she only trusts DH around).

I'll start:

- House is freezing. MIL considers setting temp to 65 high, and says it's because kids are from south (California). I grew up in Midwest, BTW. I've been wrapped up in blanket since getting here...MIL nearly fainted when I suggested setting temp to 67.
- MIL insists on hosting dinner. Will no longer let me host, which involves travel, nor SIL who is 15 minutes away. But MIL hates cooking and does not have a full size oven...so getting meal together is lots of coordination and drama.

Where does MIL live? Is it cold outside and she can’t afford to heat her house higher than 65? I can’t quite follow. Most older people have real circulation issues and insist on the house being in the 80s, so you may be a lucky one there. You can always put more layers on.

PNW. MIL is actually very wealthy, hence financial planning stress. It's a weird thing about DH's family. They keep house at 60 and wear jackets inside. It's a favor that house is set at 65, but I'm still freezing. DD is wearing gloves!

Why can't you say it without the intials? Pacific northwest?

Now living in the DMV!