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Family fvckery
The majority of it was minor, but stupid nonetheless.
- We went to MIL's on Xmas Eve. We'd originally planned on staying that night, but the weather was so bad that we told her we needed to drive back to DM instead so that we could get to FIL's the next day. This meant there was pouting. Lots and lots of pouting. Plus a fair amount of stalling. We had the weather channel on the entire time and when it started snowing in DM, we told MIL we *needed* to go. But she put on the brakes and insisted that we stay awhile longer. When we finally did leave, it was snowing pretty hard and the roads were schit.
- H and Little Bro played around for awhile, with H showing him some of the new moves he's learned. LB was a willing (and funny) target. But out of nowhere, Fishy starts asking H what he'd do if he were ever to go toe-to-toe with... a ninja. And he was being serious. "What would you do if the guy you were fighting disappeared into the abyss?" (<-- Yes, that's verbatim.)
- Fishy also told H that, if he were to ever be stationed in Iraq or Iran (which he never would be), to give his name to the locals in case they ever need "someone with infrastructure experience." (<--- Also verbatim.) He's never had any sort of experience with anything even remotely involved with infrastructure, so H changed the subject and left the room.
- FIL's Xmas was the next day. We've learned that Little Little Bro's OCD is now officially running the house. He couldn't hand out gifts because of the OCD. He couldn't eat dinner because of the OCD. He couldn't get batteries for the toddler nephew's toy because of the OCD. He couldn't leave his room because of the OCD. But he could open presents and eat dessert and have fun with no problem. Sure, some (if not most) of it's legit. But every time he was asked or told to do something, he'd say, "But Moooooom, I can't!!! You can't make me! It's the OCD!!" And then FIL & sMIL would say, "Oh, well if it's the OCD, we just can't make him do it." It's maddening to see it being exploited.
All in all, Xmas was fine. But you can't have big family GTGs without *some* idiocy.
Re: Family fvckery
DED.
No, but I'm sure he wanted to.
PMeg, we went out to dinner with them on Saturday night. He insisted that because of his OCD, he HAD to sit in the front seat of the car. That meant there were three adults crammed in the back seat of FIL's small SUV. Then he insisted that he could only eat sausage pizza... because of the OCD. He made his mom sit next to him, then switch with FIL, then switch back, then asked them to switch again before they finally told him no. And he was smiling and laughing the entire time.
Seriously, EVERYTHING was because of the OCD. And FIL & sMIL never questioned it. It's so aggravating to watch.
Perhaps if his OCD is so bad he needs to be sent to a rehab/hospital for a spell. See how bad his OCD really is then. He's really being a shiiiithead about this.