Families at Christmas
Discussion
Consider this as a thread in which to vent frustration or generally observe the ups and downs of spending time with family at Christmas.
"Can we bring anything?" my mother asks.
"That's kind" I reply. "But the fridge is full, as is the freezer; wine would always be useful".
What do the parents hand over on arrival?
A 20kg sack of potatoes!
I give up...
"Can we bring anything?" my mother asks.
"That's kind" I reply. "But the fridge is full, as is the freezer; wine would always be useful".
What do the parents hand over on arrival?
A 20kg sack of potatoes!
I give up...
Meh, I've been at my parents since Monday with the kids. Highlight of my week was being called Hitlerian by my father for suggesting I take a drive out with the youngest one and one of her cousins to look at Christmas lights. He even did the actions and put on a German accent. Pure comedy gold. We are here till Sunday, so I am sure I'll have topped that before we go home.
Edited by oldbanger on Friday 25th December 00:51
oldbanger said:
Meh, I've been at my parents since Monday with the kids. Highlight of my week was being called Hitlerian by my father for suggesting I take a drive out with the youngest one and one of her cousins to look at Christmas lights. He even did the actions and put on a German accent. Pure comedy gold. We are here till Sunday, so I am sure I'll have topped that myself before we go home.
FTFYEdited by oldbanger on Friday 25th December 00:51
well its just my parents and sister my nan is over her other daughters house for a change so just the 4 of us. The women are in the kitchen and me and my father are playing with the presents one of which I'm typing on here with hp pavilion laptop/tablet thing. Even when younger never did the big family thing as we don't talk
huwp said:
Consider this as a thread in which to vent frustration or generally observe the ups and downs of spending time with family at Christmas.
"Can we bring anything?" my mother asks.
"That's kind" I reply. "But the fridge is full, as is the freezer; wine would always be useful".
What do the parents hand over on arrival?
A 20kg sack of potatoes!
I give up...
My Mother was already invited for the day but last week I suggested she stay Christmas Eve."Can we bring anything?" my mother asks.
"That's kind" I reply. "But the fridge is full, as is the freezer; wine would always be useful".
What do the parents hand over on arrival?
A 20kg sack of potatoes!
I give up...
"Shall I bring anything?" She asked.
"Thanks, but we're OK"
"Are you sure you. don't want me to bring a ....turkey?"
FFS, I hadn't considered we might need one of those.
My Wife, thinking she understood my Mother, suggested she bring some after 8 mints.
Even she was surprised when she turned up last night with 6 different boxes.
NDA said:
It would be nice if once, just once, they turned around and said 'hey dad, thanks for another year of providing all this for us'. The sense of entitlement is staggering.
My wife and I realised that we have done the family Christmas for the extended family for 27 years. More than half our lives. My mother in particular is specatularly ungrateful, difficult and entitled. My sister has turned into a self righteous and preaching vegan in this past year, and my mother seems to think that it's a rather good idea.
Mrs P - a vegetarian when we met who now at least eats chicken and fish - also seems rather taken with this new religion.
Since the above three antagonists spent yesterday extolling the virtues of edible plants and the evils of meat, I suspect that the Christmas lunch of 2015 will be the last where gammon and beef roasts are permitted at the table.
Quite frankly, I haven't found an appropriate smiley with which to end this post.
Mrs P - a vegetarian when we met who now at least eats chicken and fish - also seems rather taken with this new religion.
Since the above three antagonists spent yesterday extolling the virtues of edible plants and the evils of meat, I suspect that the Christmas lunch of 2015 will be the last where gammon and beef roasts are permitted at the table.
Quite frankly, I haven't found an appropriate smiley with which to end this post.
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