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How awesome is my weekend going to be?
I sound like a total whiner, but this is just NOT what I want to be doing this weekend.
I will be driving 7-ish hours to spend 3 nights in a condo at Myrtle Beach with:
My MIL (who, will almost be the least offensive person on the trip, sadly but is constantly nagging me about how she'll never see this baby, and how she's afraid she won't be able to pronounce whatever name we choose, etc.)
My FIL (who is attached to several machines that DH has to haul down there... all he can do is sit around (and watch TV, do crossword puzzles, and whom I prefer not to have to speak to/interact with based on the past if you remember, AND who does not speak to...)
My SIL (who has good intentions but is just painfully annoying, and she eats candy and drinks soda non-stop (basically her replacement for drugs) and it's like compuls)
My niece, 3.5, and nephew, 2.5 (whom I love, but are a handful since they live at a different house every night practically and have no set rules or bedtime)
DH (who still fails to recognize when his mom is completely atrocious to me
AND, all of the above, excluding FIL, will be sharing ONE bathroom. FIL's machines need the other bathroom for himself.
Of course, it will be too cold to go to the beach, so at least the place has a big indoor kiddie pool. I am hoping that I can use my continued nausea as a reason to read a lot of books...
But, here's what is even more fun. FIL only eats at THREE (yes, three) restaurants (plus McDonalds, so that makes four I guess):
Cracker Barrel
Longhorn Steakhouse (apparently it's the only place he's ever gotten a steak that he likes
and Kabuki's (a local japanese hibachi place... but he hates EVERY other japanese hibachi place we try)
So, I will either eat every meal at Cracker Barrel (which I could do for, like 2-3 meals) OR I will listen to him complain about everything in every restaurant and send his food back like 5x, then tip like sh!t because he wasn't happy with his meal.
Not to mention the fact that SIL and MIL fight constantly.
Seriously. Does ANYONE want to go in my place?
Re: How awesome is my weekend going to be?
Why is this a concern of hers? Are you guys throwing around crazy names, or is she just ridiculous.
Doesn't sound like that great of a weekend, but try to just go with the flow and ignore the BS. You never know, it might end up better than you think!
Boo. I'm sorry you have to go.
I know your ILs have a weird dynamic that can be stressful, especially in big doses, like a trip!
This sounds horrible and I'm sorry for you - blah! If all else fails, throw the pregnancy card like you said and get some alone time in your room or something.
Also, I agree w/ Katie. MIL is 'worried she won't be able to pronounce" your kid's name? WTF?
Dude. This. Good luck!
You and DH need to rent a car, and drive the 3.5 hours to Columbia and see me!!
But yeah, I would want to gouge out my eyeballs. I am SO sorry!!
This part is SO strange!
And I opened this post expecting to see that you really did have an awesome weekend coming up...not so much!
MIL can't pronounce ANYTHING! She is always asking us about words in books that are totally "normal" and she says them weird. She also has a pretty thick southwest Virginia accent, which doesn't help.
Nephew is WIlliam and she says Will-um when she is trying her HARDEST to say it right. Not a big deal, but it won't really matter what baby's name is-unless it is Sarah or something she'll complain. She brings it up ALL THE TIME.
Just wow.... Hugs to you for a less stressful weekend than anticipated! Hopefully it will warm up around here - it's pretty chilly today.