tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post7200851706393511310..comments2024-03-27T10:29:06.518-04:00Comments on A Natural Scientist: Choose Your Own Adventure, Annual Christmas Argument EditionJenny F. Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-54736117612381163472013-12-16T22:14:11.669-05:002013-12-16T22:14:11.669-05:00I'm pretty much done. Dr. S has agreed that, ...I'm pretty much done. Dr. S has agreed that, in fact, I should never visit his parents again. (My favorite aunt lives conveniently nearby.) <br /><br />SEVEN! Well. At least they try.Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-90082402328259798262013-12-16T14:08:09.467-05:002013-12-16T14:08:09.467-05:00I often wonder that. Your in-laws. Sigh. All the s...I often wonder that. Your in-laws. Sigh. All the sighs. I think the Not Visiting Their Grandchild would be more than enough for me to declare that I was done. Just, done. Dr. Man is the oldest of seven kids and, while I get tired of being the Ones Who Always Compromise, they (FIL and stepMIL) do *try* to see everyone every year (or so depending on whether or not said children live in this hemisphere).Amanda@Lady Scientisthttp://biochemgradstudent.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-73996014291727219522013-12-13T16:28:53.618-05:002013-12-13T16:28:53.618-05:00Yes and yes and yes. Sadly.Yes and yes and yes. Sadly.Ameliehttp://amelies-welt.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-20078315190488163352013-12-13T09:50:27.477-05:002013-12-13T09:50:27.477-05:00I could see going to New Zealand maybe once every ...I could see going to New Zealand maybe once every year or two. That's FAR. It's now only a five-hour trip to the in-laws. However.... SIGH. MANY SIGHS. Relatives!!!! Their last excuse for not visiting - I am *not making this up* - was right after we moved 900 miles - Dr. S said, you know, I have to work during the week, this semester is a make-it-or-break-it very long job interview, maybe you might want to come on a weekend. So they said: Dr. S's cousin J argued with *her* sister S about S's poorly behaved dogs and now J won't watch S's dogs so we don't want to come between them so we can't ask J to watch our dog (kennels apparently don't exist up in Ohio) so we can't come visit after all. My favorite remains the week after Tatoe's birth, when we said no, this week, while my mother, who has just used up ALL her remaining vacation time for the year to come help us out, is still here, and oh by the way his bris is that Friday, this week is NOT OKAY how about next week, retired people, or even MONDAY... and then they didn't come meet him at all. Because they were offended by that. And then they couldn't come in November or December or January or February because, and I quote, "It might snow." (Unlike in Ohio, mind you.) And then in the spring... I don't even remember. "The FIL doesn't like to leave the house." OH MY GOD THE IN-LAWS. I try not to complain too much but SERIOUSLY. I try to think of it as "they're like four-year-olds and they throw a lot of tantrums." However, of all the annoying and disrespectful shit they've pulled over the last 9.5 years of our acquaintance, Not Bothering To See Grandchild is probably the straw that broke the last part of my forbearance here.<br /><br />(But tell us how your really feel...)<br /><br />Why can't everyone be as reasonable as WE are? I ask you.Jenny F. Scientist, PhDhttp://naturalscientist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-1451976895199627352013-12-13T09:21:30.197-05:002013-12-13T09:21:30.197-05:00I tried to leave a comment yesterday, but blogger ...I tried to leave a comment yesterday, but blogger ate it. I'll try to paraphrase.<br /><br />That all sounds awesomely bad. I can't even. Your in-laws might possibly be the worst and/or insane. I was irritated with my in-laws for insisting we travel the day after Christmas and stay for 4 days, which effectively eats up most of my paid vacation time. Why would they insist upon this? you might ask. Well, of course, to accommodate BIL-3&SIL-3's travel plans because we don't want to inconvenience *them* or use up *their* paid vacation. However, after reading this, my in-laws sound positively reasonable and generous. They have even traveled to New Zealand to visit their other grandson (we are in possession of one). Your in-laws are just bizarre.Amanda@Lady Scientisthttp://biochemgradstudent.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-40518069245684919162013-12-13T08:25:28.911-05:002013-12-13T08:25:28.911-05:00Pretty much. However, we are doing the *sane* thi...Pretty much. However, we are doing the *sane* thing as far as I can tell. And someone has to be an adult here and sadly it's not my in-laws. And some years are just full of SUCK, right? <br /><br />My mind also boggles. Jenny F. Scientist, PhDhttp://naturalscientist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-85352208478452016312013-12-12T20:46:47.793-05:002013-12-12T20:46:47.793-05:00Ouch. It sounds like nobody will be happy this Chr...Ouch. It sounds like nobody will be happy this Christmas, no matter what you end up doing.<br />But really, they never came to see Tatoe?! The mind boggles. Ameliehttp://amelies-welt.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-43452005064059764852013-12-12T16:56:50.113-05:002013-12-12T16:56:50.113-05:00It fills me with rage every time I think about it....It fills me with rage every time I think about it. PLUS he's super cute! They're missing all the "I wuv oo" parts and Bug's random discourses on dinosaurs flying military planes in outer space.Jenny F. Scientist, PhDhttp://naturalscientist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-43892943528002203522013-12-12T16:44:04.347-05:002013-12-12T16:44:04.347-05:00I try not to say it in front of my wife but the on...I try not to say it in front of my wife but the only reason I have a passing relationship with her sister is because her mother passed away. I totally get where you're coming from. Also, for shame never having seen Tatoe. For shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com