Minor Rant Thread - Part 9

[Bill HH]

My wifes brother and his wife, invite themselves to our home every Christmas, they never bring a single thing. He eats like a horse and drinks like a fish. We have suffered this for twenty years.
This year they didn't even buy us a present despite my wife going over the top as usual.
They invited themselves this time until new years day!
It has always been my dearest wish to tell them we were going somewhere else over Christmas but its my wifes brother so i keep quiet.
Well it all came to a shattering conclusion when He declared he would buy fish and chips at his expense last night, i was shocked at this outpouring of generosity dispite them having consumed at least £200 worth of food and drink.
So off he pops and comes back with the fish and chips, A small cod each for my wife and I with one small portion of chips to share. But for him a supersized (1lb) piece of cod and a large chips and similar for his wife.
I dont often see my wife angry but she actualy evicted them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dorothy rouse]

How can you put up with it Bill? What does your wife say? Really think you should take your Mrs away next Xmas, escape from the madness and all the family upsets and feuds, go somewhere where the two of you can relax and enjoy yourselves, and get spoilt.

[Bill HH]

Well seeing as both my wife and brother in law make an art out of being stubborn I doubt if they will ever speak again. I think going away is an excellent idea but we do both like our home comforts and we have two learning disability clients to consider. The only Christmas they didnt impose themselves on us was when he borrowed £200 off me in June to be paid back in a month,then we didnt hear from them for 12 months, I thought it was money well spent lol.

[binley100]

You don't have to actually go away , just tell them you are and if he says owt about your clients just tell him its cheaper to take them with you rather than feed him for a week ......

rant.....spongers

[Glutton4...]

Yup - wot they say, Bill. Better off without some folk, aren't we!? Sound familiar, Jules?

Sorry, rant, erm, yes... Oh yes, where did the time go...?

[julesapple]

Well, just to let Bill know that he isn't alone, and to add to yesterday's family idiocy;

Chatting with my sister earlier, I told her I was having a staggery day. She then spoke to Ma, who replied

"Well, I don't know why she's even bothering to waste the Neurosurgeon's time; she looks fine to me!"

Not sure why I had a brain scan and a lumber puncture - I could have just gotten a diagnosis from my mother instead!

[PyreneesPlot]

Nurse, after you've mixed the stuff with the big needle, please could you switch to the fine needle before jabbing me with it? Got to get ten more in that side still!

[Dorothy rouse]

Or invite some other friends/ family, so you don't have room for them to stay. It's sad that you end up feeling, like you do.

[Dorothy rouse]

Well, just to let Bill know that he isn't alone, and to add to yesterday's family idiocy;

Not sure why I had a brain scan and a lumber puncture - I could have just gotten a diagnosis from my mother instead!

Oh dear Jules, that's upsetting for you, maybe your mum is still in denial and just doesn't realise how serious it is.

[julesapple]

Dotty, she's nearly 80 and she doesn't understand, you're right. She has yet to see me in stagger mode, although she has witnessed the involuntary twitches that I get.

Because she doesn't understand, her basic reaction is 'Come on, pull yourself together, snap out of it!' She tried that when I had drug-induced depression and was at a loss when it didn't work. A few years ago, she might have looked things up in a medical dictionary or online, but now it terrifies the life out of her; if she reads about anything scary, it'll happen. A few years ago, she might have been able to rationalise it but now she is convinced that she cannot possibly understand these things. She's quite wrong - there is nothing wrong with her intellect, just her confidence.

Rant: The joys of old age......

[Feral007]

My cousin announced he's driving his daughter back to Melb. so will come and see us. Said we could put them up, but then he doesn't sleep well unless its dark, quiet and cool. We have no aircon and the dogs bark and the rooster crows. So he's booked two nights in town.
I'm working the first day they're down, so am madly trying to swap it (and wondering if it's going to happen at all now) because he's realised that coming down and going thru the mountains will take longer than driving straight through on the big road. He's a lovely bloke, but he says - I don't drive any more than I have to (last time he drove down was 15 yrs ago).
I'm kind of expecting a pm on fb to say they've got flights and going to fly through instead. Will make all this hassling for a day off worthwhile.
Just amazes me how people get so stuck in their ways. He's way younger than me (a cousins kid) prob about 15 yrs younger than me. I get stressed driving in central sydney, but still do it.
Just reminds me that I moved away from relatives instead of closer since most of mine wouldn't go 1/2 hour out of their way to visit. Maybe he needs this trip to get out of his rut?

[alldigging]

Sisters who don't even send a fb message to say thanks for the honey and jams.
it'll have to be the last lot they get. B'grum up.

[Bigmallly]

Piggin rain..........it's stopping me cracking on.

[horticultural_hobbit]

When you getting married. You need to get married. Think about your age, your siblings. They can't get married unless you do. You're gonna get more pressure from X and Y. Looks as though you are not listening to us. You don't understand.


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[susieq100]

OH insists on playing music very loud so I can 'listen' to it - I DON'T CARE!! Arrghh ... I can't concentrate on what I am trying to do.