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Heart of Darkness; ...or really horrible in-laws
Topic Started: Dec 18 2006, 07:01 AM (163 Views)
Eral
Kopi Luwak
Mr.FPS' sister has married a man with a large, loud and insular family.
Criminals fall from the family tree branches like leaves in autumn, and after 5 years of dutifully attending family functions on his side, I still get numerous loud cries of, "Who the f--k is that?" accompanied by gestures in my direction, and only four out of the fifty or so members of the clan acknowledge my existence. (This is because at most family functions I hang around with the kids, and their mothers have noticed they don't have to scream at them as much when I am there.)

I hate them. They are stupid, badly dressed, thin and beautiful, have terrible hair and shoes, are horrible parents, ignorant, rude, intolerant, unfriendly, and if I have to spend another occasion having to listen to their incredibly dull conversation, whilst being ignored, I will go insane.
Mr. FPS' family consists of his mother, him and his sister; and out of solidarity I feel I have to attend family functions.
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Drin0
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kicking out the jams
That sounds fairly unfortunate.
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Blood_Raven
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Come burn with me.
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Bex
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I feel for you. Heck, they even make my mother-in-law sound reasonable.
I belong to one of those families that does not speak to or see its members as often as we should,
but if someone needed anyone to fall on a sword for her, there would be a queue waiting to commit the deed.
-Min Jin Lee
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Krazy
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I haz powah!
I don't see much of my in-laws, and I'm grateful for it, but you get my condolences, Eral.
"Well, ‘course dis one’s betta! It’s lotz ‘eavier, and gots dem spikey bitz on de ends. "
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Regullus
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My mother-in-law is difficult. My husband has a difficult mother-in-law too. We have accepted the fact that neither of us get on with our respective mother-in-laws or they with us and as a result neither is expected to socialize with them. All we have to do is be moderately pleasant on the phone which basically involves, "No, he/she isn't here but I'll tell them you called. Gotta go! Take care, bye."
tempus_teapot
 
I'd like to add that at this point I have taken my Spider Jerusalem action figure and tied his wrist to my Cassidy (from Preacher) action figure just so I can work out which positions are feasible with them and which aren't.

Read that and weep, internet. Weep!

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lara
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Kopi Luwak
Personally, I think having to hang out with your in-laws' in-laws is going a little too far. What are they? In-law-laws? In-in-laws? Whatever they are, you shouldn't feel obliged to spend time with them - that's reserved for the true in-laws (which includes Mr. FPS's sister's husband, but not the sister's husband's whole family).

I spend time with my brother's in-laws, but only because we all really like them. They're very nice people and my husband has spent quite a lot of time chatting with my brother's father-in-law - I'm certain he likes him better than he likes my dad.

We don't spend time with my sister's in-laws, even though my sister's mother-in-law occasionally buys a gift for my daughter because she's psycho with the gifts.
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Eral
Kopi Luwak
Thank you everyone for your sympathy. I felt Andyr's "fairly unfortunate" was something of an understatement, but he just doesn't do drama. So.

The reason I go is that my sister-in-law feels horribly out-numbered by them, and is always really grateful when I show up and bring her side of the family to a grand total of four. :rolleyes: I only attend funerals and events relating to Niece No.4. I am trying to think of a tactful way of saying "I hate them too much to ever spend another half-hour with them", but so far I haven't come up with anything convincing.
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