Vecha Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Anyone have any annoying,fucked up, stupid stories with in-laws?Recently, my wife's sister-in-law had a birthday pass. My wife wrote Happy B-day on her Facebook wall.But that wasn't good enough, oh no.My wife's brother(a spineless man) contacted my sister to let her know his wife was upset. And that the wife...wanted an apology for my wife not doing something for her birthday. My wife offered to call and apologize to that woman...But that wasn't good enough. She wants...a letter. An apology letter. No contact. No Email. No phone call. Nope. A letter. Because my wife's SIL "can't express her feelings"I don't know why, but it pisses me the fuck off.Who demands an apology letter?What aggrevates me is the BIL thinks they need to work on their relationship, but there is no communication. No phone calls. Emails. etc.We live about 1000 miles or so away. Ugh...there is so much other BS that I left out that only built up to this "letter" thing.Guess it could be worse. Guess they could be raging alcoholics who flip out at dinner. Maybe I'll become that In Law the next time we meet. Show 'em my Irish side.Ok...rant's over.Feel free to comment, call me a dick, what have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 If someone was upset with me because I only said happy birthday on their facebook wall, and that person wasn't like an immediate family member, my reaction would be "oh, well isn't that childish" and ignore them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 If someone was upset with me because I only said happy birthday on their facebook wall, and that person wasn't like an immediate family member, my reaction would be "oh, well isn't that childish" and ignore them. That's how I feel...but their response would probably be "I am an immediate family member" The kicker is the SIL doesn't send my wife anything her self...her brother signs her name on anything he gets her. Total BS. She is very childish...we had her in our wedding(big mistake) and she made such a fuss about what SHE wanted to wear. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Immediate family means parents and siblings, as far as I'm concerned. Not in-laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Forgive me if I'm being rude, but she sounds like a bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 This sounds like a power trip, not hurt feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I agree with Ethan. Immediate means blood, parents, siblings children. Beyond that, grandparents, grandkids, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces are extended family. Everyone else is an in-law (or we get into 2nd cousin / removed territory and that's way too complex). I also would ignore the tantrum. I also agree with Saturnine and Revan. She seems to be a power trippy bitch. It occurs to me at this point that I've added nothing of value here. Beyond a general agreement with everything everyone has said. Demand your SIL send a gorilla-gram telling your wife that she wants an apology letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Oh god my in-laws.... While I get along with them face-to-face and can enjoy having Christmas with them, they are the type of people that drive me up the wall. They're right-wing Republican baptists. They are so obsessed with religion that they won't let their children watch Harry Potter because it falls into the category of witchcraft. My brother-in-law's mother even told me to my face that I was going to hell for a certain number of reasons. Some of them including that I don't stay at home and be a quiet little housewife. Even had the gull to tell me I was cursed with my chronic illness as punishment from God. This right here is why I don't bother to participate in anything regarding religion. They are also horrible pet-owners, they've cycled through dogs and cats at the pound and pet stores like new cellphones. I got so angry when it not only happened once, but twice that I was invited into their home and I don't see the same dog I did last time. Because "Oh, well, he just wouldn't play with the kids." Or "It barked too much." It happened at least four times in a short period, which just made it seem like they viewed their pets as objects. One of my cats is actually a cat they had planned to 'just toss back outside where we found him'. I was so terrified that poor cat was gonna get hit by a car or beat on by kids that I offered to take him off their hands. I also had to unfriend my sister-in-law on Facebook because she saw I 'Liked' planned parenthood and went off on a rant that went something like "I can't believe you get angry at us for getting a new dog but you support abortionists." And of course, they're always right and there's no arguing with them, no matter how backwards their logic is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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