Strange things your inlaws ( outlaws) do
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Mine:
Despite seeing us every week or so, they bring birthday christmas cards etc over to us by hand but with the full postal address written on the envelope
Charity bags, when these are delivered they do their best to return them to the charity, not with any donations just the bag as it comes, so the bag is not wasted.
Caravanning, bring the contraption from the field where it is normally kept, load it up and get off all during the time when most people are at work, reason, so no body knows they are going on holiday. They then drive the 4 miles to the nearest service station for a rest before setting off again for an hours drive before resting again. A trip from the north to Devon usually take 2 to 3 days.
On seeing a vehicle acting in a suspicious way take down the number plate, did they ring the Police? I will let you guess.
Despite seeing us every week or so, they bring birthday christmas cards etc over to us by hand but with the full postal address written on the envelope
Charity bags, when these are delivered they do their best to return them to the charity, not with any donations just the bag as it comes, so the bag is not wasted.
Caravanning, bring the contraption from the field where it is normally kept, load it up and get off all during the time when most people are at work, reason, so no body knows they are going on holiday. They then drive the 4 miles to the nearest service station for a rest before setting off again for an hours drive before resting again. A trip from the north to Devon usually take 2 to 3 days.
On seeing a vehicle acting in a suspicious way take down the number plate, did they ring the Police? I will let you guess.
My inlaws also have an inability to drive for more than about half an hour without a coffee break. Last time we visited them we took a trip out to a nearby seaside town, 27 miles and 43 minutes according to google, and had a coffee stop half way 
I think it's being retired, they're never in a rush. They're 140 miles away from us, we usually stop somewhere on route for a pee break when visiting them and get there in under 3 hours, it takes them most of the day and a lunch stop to come to us
They also send Easter cards which is something I'd never heard of before.
ETA: Last time the inlaws visited we nipped out for a bit on Saturday morning and got home to find the FIL (semi retired electrical engineer) replacing the oven power socket and rewiring the extractor hood because he didn't like the look of the socket and when he took it off it had clearly been overheating. He can come again
I think it's being retired, they're never in a rush. They're 140 miles away from us, we usually stop somewhere on route for a pee break when visiting them and get there in under 3 hours, it takes them most of the day and a lunch stop to come to us They also send Easter cards which is something I'd never heard of before.
ETA: Last time the inlaws visited we nipped out for a bit on Saturday morning and got home to find the FIL (semi retired electrical engineer) replacing the oven power socket and rewiring the extractor hood because he didn't like the look of the socket and when he took it off it had clearly been overheating. He can come again
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Friday 16th September 10:11
My inlaws are great. Really lovely people and are always bringing stuff over for us.
Problem is that we never need or want any of it - it is just stuff that clutters up the house.
Wife gets cheesed off when I complain to her about this and never says anything. The house if full of utterly pointless stuff as a result. There is an entire budget dinner service from the 70's taking up one of the kitchen cupboards. We already have two other very nice dinner sets (posh and everyday)
Yesterday I was looking for a pair of scissors in one of the coffee table drawers. Opened it to find a large zip lock bag stuffed full of small packets of Holiday Inn sugar sachets!
Seriously - why the f
k do we need 200 sachets of sugar. We have a sugar bowl full of sugar and - not boasting here - almost certainly have the necessary funds available to re-fill it when the time comes!
Still, it is better than the plastic bust of Julius Caesar that I found in one of the spare bedroom en-suite bathrooms a few months ago. Every time I go away on business something else appears. It went straight in the bin when I found it. There are limits after all!
TD
Problem is that we never need or want any of it - it is just stuff that clutters up the house.
Wife gets cheesed off when I complain to her about this and never says anything. The house if full of utterly pointless stuff as a result. There is an entire budget dinner service from the 70's taking up one of the kitchen cupboards. We already have two other very nice dinner sets (posh and everyday)
Yesterday I was looking for a pair of scissors in one of the coffee table drawers. Opened it to find a large zip lock bag stuffed full of small packets of Holiday Inn sugar sachets!
Seriously - why the f
k do we need 200 sachets of sugar. We have a sugar bowl full of sugar and - not boasting here - almost certainly have the necessary funds available to re-fill it when the time comes!Still, it is better than the plastic bust of Julius Caesar that I found in one of the spare bedroom en-suite bathrooms a few months ago. Every time I go away on business something else appears. It went straight in the bin when I found it. There are limits after all!
TD
Edited by TorqueDirty on Friday 16th September 13:32
My MiL, lovely lady, very kind, very helpful and all that, but she also has some very odd habits as I see things.
1) she interrupts all the time, whenever you are talking, and tries to finish off your sentences with her own belief, leading to much confusion because she will remember the thing she has said, rather than what was actually said
2) Just comes out with bizarre statements about nothing in particular, for example "Oh you should always have your cutlery drawer next to the sink you can easily load it back up when you've finished the washing" or "I always think its better to keep picture frames in the middle of the mantelpiece/desk/sidetable so that children don't knock them over" (we don't have children yet, but thanks for that valuable insight right there)
3) as mentioned in the "classics from the mrs" thread, she brought over last weekend as single 330ml bottle of Tiger Beer which had past its "best before" date, because the week before when we saw her she asked if out of date beer was "ok" and the wife mentioned that we were having a party in a few weeks time, so she thought it would be good for us to have just this one beer.
If you asked my wife about the strange things her mother in law (my mum) does, I don't think the internet could cope.
1) she interrupts all the time, whenever you are talking, and tries to finish off your sentences with her own belief, leading to much confusion because she will remember the thing she has said, rather than what was actually said
2) Just comes out with bizarre statements about nothing in particular, for example "Oh you should always have your cutlery drawer next to the sink you can easily load it back up when you've finished the washing" or "I always think its better to keep picture frames in the middle of the mantelpiece/desk/sidetable so that children don't knock them over" (we don't have children yet, but thanks for that valuable insight right there)
3) as mentioned in the "classics from the mrs" thread, she brought over last weekend as single 330ml bottle of Tiger Beer which had past its "best before" date, because the week before when we saw her she asked if out of date beer was "ok" and the wife mentioned that we were having a party in a few weeks time, so she thought it would be good for us to have just this one beer.
If you asked my wife about the strange things her mother in law (my mum) does, I don't think the internet could cope.
RizzoTheRat said:
My inlaws also have an inability to drive for more than about half an hour without a coffee break. Last time we visited them we took a trip out to a nearby seaside town, 27 miles and 43 minutes according to google, and had a coffee stop half way I think it's being retired, they're never in a rush. They're 140 miles away from us, we usually stop somewhere on route for a pee break when visiting them and get there in under 3 hours, it takes them most of the day and a lunch stop to come to us
My Mum does this, driving down to Cornwall takes them about 5-6 hours, us with a little'un who needs to be fed and changed takes us about 3. I think it's being retired, they're never in a rush. They're 140 miles away from us, we usually stop somewhere on route for a pee break when visiting them and get there in under 3 hours, it takes them most of the day and a lunch stop to come to us The main thing I think is that they have a coffee stop, then half an hour later need a pee, then they have a coffee because they may aswel right? Then half an hour later they need a pee...
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