Monkeyboy wrote:Is there a "choke the in-laws" thread?

They are the most self-centered people I have ever met. Before you think I'm exaggerating, let me tell you that they were almost 2 hours late for our rehearsal dinner, as one example. They weren't late because of anything important, they just were behind schedule with getting ready and didn't leave enough time to get to the restaurant. Everyone, including the restaurant staff, just had to wait. They followed that up by being 20 minutes late for the wedding ceremony the next day. They had my wife with them, and they couldn't manage to get there on time despite her freaking out and yelling at them (my wife doesn't yell).

They are here this week, the one week I don't have to work, and they are killing the week one day at a time. They were supposed to leave Tuesday, but have been extending their stay one day at a time, ruining any chance of relaxation or me getting some work done. We live about 10 hours from them, but they have literally stopped by twice in the past month with about 2 hours notice (they were in arkansas and decided to come by). How far away to I need to move to get some peace?

You didn't ask for advice which I think shows you have a good understanding of the situation, since the only thing I could say is, "You can't win, you can only endure", and the best thing to do is just to adopt a totally zen attitude toward them right now, which might at least have some chance of causing them confusion.

Option B would be to have an honest, non-emotional, straightforward talk with them and your wife regarding the parts of their behavior that cause you discomfort. This is probably the best choice if you want to condemn yourself to thirty years of discord with them and risk creating a huge rift with your wife.

Good luck with whatever course you choose. In either case venting on a baseball message board is an important element.

Monkeyboy wrote:Is there a "choke the in-laws" thread?

They are the most self-centered people I have ever met. Before you think I'm exaggerating, let me tell you that they were almost 2 hours late for our rehearsal dinner, as one example. They weren't late because of anything important, they just were behind schedule with getting ready and didn't leave enough time to get to the restaurant. Everyone, including the restaurant staff, just had to wait. They followed that up by being 20 minutes late for the wedding ceremony the next day. They had my wife with them, and they couldn't manage to get there on time despite her freaking out and yelling at them (my wife doesn't yell).

They are here this week, the one week I don't have to work, and they are killing the week one day at a time. They were supposed to leave Tuesday, but have been extending their stay one day at a time, ruining any chance of relaxation or me getting some work done. We live about 10 hours from them, but they have literally stopped by twice in the past month with about 2 hours notice (they were in arkansas and decided to come by). How far away to I need to move to get some peace?

If you're that close to Arkansas, I'm pretty sure brandishing of firearms to indicate your displeasure with them is well within cultural norms

You live near Arkansas? And you don't mind people just dropping in? Awesome. We're loading up the mini van!

Officially engaged boiooooyah

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!

tonight's stand-up "matchup" on comedy central features dane cook and... dave chappelle

That's like the Bears/Pats super bowl

swishnicholson wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Is there a "choke the in-laws" thread?

They are the most self-centered people I have ever met. Before you think I'm exaggerating, let me tell you that they were almost 2 hours late for our rehearsal dinner, as one example. They weren't late because of anything important, they just were behind schedule with getting ready and didn't leave enough time to get to the restaurant. Everyone, including the restaurant staff, just had to wait. They followed that up by being 20 minutes late for the wedding ceremony the next day. They had my wife with them, and they couldn't manage to get there on time despite her freaking out and yelling at them (my wife doesn't yell).

They are here this week, the one week I don't have to work, and they are killing the week one day at a time. They were supposed to leave Tuesday, but have been extending their stay one day at a time, ruining any chance of relaxation or me getting some work done. We live about 10 hours from them, but they have literally stopped by twice in the past month with about 2 hours notice (they were in arkansas and decided to come by). How far away to I need to move to get some peace?

You didn't ask for advice which I think shows you have a good understanding of the situation, since the only thing I could say is, "You can't win, you can only endure", and the best thing to do is just to adopt a totally zen attitude toward them right now, which might at least have some chance of causing them confusion.

Option B would be to have an honest, non-emotional, straightforward talk with them and your wife regarding the parts of their behavior that cause you discomfort. This is probably the best choice if you want to condemn yourself to thirty years of discord with them and risk creating a huge rift with your wife.

Good luck with whatever course you choose. In either case venting on a baseball message board is an important element.

I usually go with #1, but they got to me today. The wife and I were supposed to go look at apartments and cars today, but they stayed and then were 3 hours late getting back here this afternoon. I started to snap. I just talked to wife about it for a bit. We're on the same page. They can visit as often as they want, but I just want some concrete idea of when they will be here and when they will leave, so I can get the other things done that need to be done. I'm in my first year teaching and taking two classes at night. Add in a host of stressful events this year (moving, new job, marriage, miscarriage with our first attempt at having a child, etc, etc) and I just need to be able to plan my life enough to survive all the work. I understand craziness sometimes, but it's every time they visit.

Anyway, the Mrs feels the same way and is equally frustrated, so it will work out ok. Even if they don't change their behavior, at least I know I'm not the only one being driven crazy.

Oh, and I actually live in nashville, which is 3 hours from Arkansas and 5 hours from Little Rock, which goes to show you how nuts it is for them to only give us an hour or two of notice.

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proving NYTimes readers have all the intelligence usually attributed to NY Daily News readers

Since I started making all decisions based on the answer to the question: "What would Jerseyhoya do?" I'm spending most of my time on the couch drinking whiskey.

So far, I've been fired from my job, my wife left me, the dogs ran away, and the house burned down (I managed to save my couch and my stash of Jim Beam Green Label).

So now I'm sitting on my couch in the back yard drinking whiskey and I'm thinking I might want to try something new. I sure miss those dogs.

What would Housh do?

I like the Windows 7 commercial with the French girl. I'd do her six ways from Thursday.

The Savior wrote:Officially engaged boiooooyah

I will offer my Congratulations or Condolences based on the following 6 questions:

1. How long have you two been together?

2. Have you lived together? If so, how long?

3. How old are you (doesn't have to be exact- just give a ballpark range)?

4. Have you experienced a fair amount of other vaginas in proportion with your looks and/or personality?

5. Can you fart and pick your nose in front of her both freely and comfortably? Bonus- What would she do if you tricked her into looking at a giant dry lander that you are particularly proud of?

6. Do you trust her enough that you wouldn't even give it a second thought if she wanted to go to Vegas for her bachelorette party?

i bought my own pair of handcuffs today people. im official. dont F with me.

This c-sucker Kevin Trudeau can sell ice to an eskimo.

It's all bull-shit, of course, but I really want to bang the blond with the big boobies on the left of his new infomercial.

I'm having many random thoughts.

Woke up at some point Thursday and haven't slept since. I've barricaded myself in my fortress of solitude. Told my wife I don't feel good and leave me alone. I'm half delirious yet perfectly able to function with the help of Firefox's spellchecker. It might take me a little longer to put my thoughts together and type them but I'm going to do my best. This could get interesting. It's been a while since I made a complete fool of myself on here so I'm due.

Who's with me?

It was either Thursday or Friday night. I met this lady from Camden who's house got raided while Diane Sawyer was there with a big camera crew. All the vice squad found was a stack of marked bills- $300 in the microwave and $700 in her dresser- and 8 $10 jars of wet in her freezer. The cops obviously expected to find a lot more shit. She said Diane Sawyer was real nice. 9 months of house arrest.

Phight On! wrote:I'm having many random thoughts.

Woke up at some point Thursday and haven't slept since. I've barricaded myself in my fortress of solitude. Told my wife I don't feel good and leave me alone. I'm half delirious yet perfectly able to function with the help of Firefox's spellchecker. It might take me a little longer to put my thoughts together and type them but I'm going to do my best. This could get interesting. It's been a while since I made a complete fool of myself on here so I'm due.

Who's with me?

I'm in!

CalvinBall wrote:i bought my own pair of handcuffs today people. im official. dont F with me.

meatball wrote:

I'm in![/quote]

My man. How you been bro? Talk to me. How is married life treating you? How is work? What's up?

I'm 5 minutes from the Betsy Ross Bridge in NJ. It's still early. If you want to party give me a PM and I'll give you directions. I'm gettin fuckin nasty tonight kids.