In-laws and Others Stories
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I'm living with my in-laws until jan 15th. We just bought a house up by Waterloo because my wife is starting with Deere in Jan and she happens to be from there. We were supposed to already be in the house but had some delays on the seller's side that were lingering from her divorce. My mother-in-law isn't too bad but my father-in-law has a few wires crossed somewhere and is borderline OCD. We have an 11 month old who like all of them will drag his toys out and just leave them there, well guess who follows him around and puts them away as soon as he grabs another one. I don't know why he drives me nuts, it's not like he does anything to me personally. I've also noticed that every night he sticks the shoe laces inside of every pair of shoes that is sitting out. One night I saw him wash a styrofoam food container he'd brought some food home in, let it dry, then he threw it into the trash. I've also seen the man take money out of his wallet and iron it on an ironing board.
I can't wait for the 15th to get here.
I can't wait for the 15th to get here.
I thought I was Anal. When my youngest was a baby, I would always put all of his toys back in an organized fashion every night, now that he is 4 I just kick them back in to the toy pile so I do not step on them. The corner of the family room looks like a bomb went off at a Matel factory.
Okay, maybe my in-laws aren't so nuts after all.
They just get in big shouting matches after playing board games. At least that was the only thing exciting this Christmas.
They just get in big shouting matches after playing board games. At least that was the only thing exciting this Christmas.
oh board games can get ugly in our family, but thats most of the fun. We play monopoly at my inlaws. Usually my sister in law gets mad and quits playing and my mother in law gets distracted too easily and loses quickly. Then my wife ends up in the lead and gets evil. So I tend to sell all of my stuff to my father in law for a buck so he wins to shut her down. She gets mad and then pouts for an hour.
note: my wife will land on your space with little money. She will give the sad puppy dog look and you will feel bad for her and give her a pass or let her pay only a small amount. Then, when she builds up her fortune and you happen to be down on your luck and land on her space, she tells you to pay up with no mercy. This is why I learned to work with her dad to ruin her empire. The game of monopoly is evil......but fun.
The short version:
Brother in law and I go to bar 2 weeks ago. He gets drunk so I get him home. He passes out. On the way to leave I run over his Xmas lights that border the driveway( I had to maneuver around a parked car). I went in got his keys and parked his car on top of the lights so he would think he did it. His wife played along perfectly. She sent him in the morning to let out the dog and he moved his car without saying a word. On xmas day I gave him a surprise gift of new lights and a confession. The previous year his wife had run over the lights and he gave her a ton of grief over it so he was pretty sheepish when he thought he did the same. Of course I did this in front of the whole family so it was a laughfest.
Brother in law and I go to bar 2 weeks ago. He gets drunk so I get him home. He passes out. On the way to leave I run over his Xmas lights that border the driveway( I had to maneuver around a parked car). I went in got his keys and parked his car on top of the lights so he would think he did it. His wife played along perfectly. She sent him in the morning to let out the dog and he moved his car without saying a word. On xmas day I gave him a surprise gift of new lights and a confession. The previous year his wife had run over the lights and he gave her a ton of grief over it so he was pretty sheepish when he thought he did the same. Of course I did this in front of the whole family so it was a laughfest.
To give a little background - my parents are in their 50's and pretty conservative. I'm almost 30 and my mom still doesn't like me saying the word "fart" in her house.
Last christmas I got an Iowa State Parking Sign from my parents. The receipt was taped on the back of it, and the only other purchase on the receipt was a bottle of KY warming jel. The date of purchase was their wedding anniversary. So they probably just went to the store to get the KY but felt like they needed to buy something else and got me the sign. We still joke about it and give them a lot of crap.
Last christmas I got an Iowa State Parking Sign from my parents. The receipt was taped on the back of it, and the only other purchase on the receipt was a bottle of KY warming jel. The date of purchase was their wedding anniversary. So they probably just went to the store to get the KY but felt like they needed to buy something else and got me the sign. We still joke about it and give them a lot of crap.
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I have a brother-in-law that I could see actually saying this, however he is married. The single one would be thinking it but I don't know if he would say it.
Yeah thats a little awkward. My wife was at the store and her mom threw in a tube of KY and my wife was grossed out. I always give her crap about her parents doing it and it makes her upset.
My inlaws came back from vacation in Hawaii 2 winters ago and a couple months afterwards my wife finds out that her mom thought she was knocked up. My wife is still grossed out by that.
