DrWho

At least they're honest...! My MIL arrived November last year for 3 weeks and inside the first week had changed her return flight to mid February...!

al150n

We don't move until next year but MIL has already said (several times) that she'll give us a month to settle in & then she's coming out for 3 months Mind you we're about 150 miles away from her now & she can't get down for a weekend so maybe she won't managed to get to the other side of the world

Alison x

davidb1989

i feel your pain lol

Bernieboy

You must have been a real arsehole in your previous life,like you are in this one,get off the bad karma treadmill

kiwinow

Couldn't you say it will be lovely to have you for 2 weeks, but we've found you a lovely rental round the corner so you can have some privacy. Or what about booking them on a bus tour for a few weeks - your Christmas present to them!

Hutch

Yea, they appear to have forgotten the ill-will, hatred, strife and utter unpleasantness they bring with them whenever they visit. And no, haven't been nice - in fact when she phones up I just silently hand the phone to the missus.

Ouch.



They're the biggest cheap-skates to walk the earth. You know when you go on holiday and meet some people and swap addresses and say, "If you're ever in the area." Well my wife's parents actually do show up at the door, suitcases in hand and expect free board and lodgings. They do it all the time. The FIL billed his other son-in-law for the time it took him to erect a trampoline for his own grandkids!!!! The MIL turned down visits from her daughter and grandson once by saying it was 10% off day at Homebase.

Peepster

Omg Hutch I think we have the same in-laws. Mine do the exact same thing. They spend their time in the UK relentlessly stalking people they have met on their trips abroad (emails, cards etc) and then basically invite themselves to stay the next time they are in the same county. Am cringing just thinking about it.

Hutch

lol - maybe we should introduce them to each other - they could spend their time commuting between each others houses and leave the rest of humanity alone.

When they were over last year they were going to look up a Sydney based Australian that they met in the Cotswolds who was apparently a yacht owner. I pointed out to the FIL that if they all went out for a meal it was unlikely to be in the local KFC and that he'd have to split the bill. He decided not to visit them after that.

kericare

well i have got my mil and fil coming end of november for 3 months,am really looking forward to it as she does so much ie the cooking,cleaning looking after the kids,so its gonna be nice that me and my hubby can go out a few times on our own ,cant wait

Deancm

Just before they arrive tell them you have move to a studio apartment and don't have room to put them up.

DunRoaminTheUK

After the 3 week visit that I had from my mother-in-law, back in February, I can offer nothing but empathy.

It's like doing 'hard time'....

sonlymewalter

you could write a comedy on those two

stevenglish

Holy shit!!! Best of luck with that, mine stayed for 3 and I was practicing tying nooses after 2. Mind you, my parents stayed for 6 weeks and we fell out a couple of times which just doesn't happen.

Hutch

Bloody black comedy possibly.

Yea, had the same thing when we stayed with my parents for two months. Everyone lost the plot at one point or another. Only person that isn't complaining is the pooch, because she suddenly gets three times as many dog walks when the sponges-in-law are in town.

sonlymewalter

Coffee splattered and pissing pants now