Today, my in-laws missed a special event for my newborn child because they were running an hour late. They always run late and always think its funny. After 15 years, it's just not funny anymore. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my newborn son is only four days-old. My in-laws have been over five times already. FML
Today, I realized how little my husband, son and I mean to my in-laws. We were somehow left off the distribution list for my sister-in-law's birthday party. I even texted her to wish her well. It wouldn't be so bad if this wasn't the fifth consecutive family event we were left out of. FML
Today, my in-laws moved in. FML
Today, my mother-in-law told me to "just wait" until she gets home from her trip, because apparently, taking a vacation with her partner is more important than the birth of her first grandchild. Contractions started a few hours ago. Part of me hopes she misses it. FML
Today, I was told that my in-laws are visiting next weekend. I already have anxiety, as they behaved really badly last time and treat our newborn like a toy and keep bothering her. My husband won't say anything as he wants to spare their feelings. FML
Today, my family got mad at me for eloping and not inviting them to my wedding. Even though they admitted they wouldn't have gone anyway. FML
Today, I can't seem to let go of what my family had done. Years ago, they spent hundreds, if not a thousand, for gifts on a family friend's baby shower, yet have bought nothing for my shower, which was two months ago, not to mention none of them attended the shower either. They've had the registry for 5 months, and I'm due in 3 days. FML
Today, all I wanted was to take my two kids and their two favourite cousins to the beach on their last day of vacation together. My mother-in-law went into full beast mode, shouting about how I'm always roaming around and being irresponsible. The kids never meet and are from different cities. FML
Today, all of my friends showed up an hour late for my 18th birthday party because they decided to go get dinner without me. FML
Today, I realized how much my family truly hates me. I had a whole baby and nobody showed up to the hospital. FML
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Top comments
AmbrosiaFan 19
That's their problem not yours. They just missed out on their grand kids special occasion...
genuinegoodguy 9
Just don’t invite them
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genuinegoodguy 9
Just don’t invite them
Grizz8831 14
or tell them to show up 30 minutes early... don't tell them its early though
TCRII 30
Here is what I say to people who have even a small tendency for arriving late. “You can get here any time you want, but (we are leaving) (the party ends) (the boat leaves the dock) (etc) at 11:00am...
AmbrosiaFan 19
That's their problem not yours. They just missed out on their grand kids special occasion...
Hangryko 32
Stop inviting them to anything, even regular visits (which I assume they're always late for as well). Hopefully your partner will be on board with whatever you decide, and that your in-laws get the hint.
kfchicken 31
or, and hear me out this is a crazy idea talk with them about it if it's that much of an issue.
Hangryko 32
That's valid, but the in-laws had 15 years to fix the issue and they hadn't. I assume OP has already said something about it to them, and if so they haven't learned.
millsjoshua949 12
if you know they always run late then why don't you tell them stuff starts earlier than it really does. And ps....I don't think your infant noticed their absence.
BurnInDemonFire 39
It's not OP's responsibility to make sure her in-laws improve their timekeeping skills. You wouldn't have expected their bosses to tell them to "be here for 8", knowing full well they'd be late, and turn up at 9 when they were supposed to. They should learn to be on time for everything, because it's not their schedule they're using, it's other peoples'. We all have shit to do, and if there's an agreement on a time to meet up, you get there as close to that time as you can. Also, this event could have been at an external location, especially if it was a Christening, so that would mean you turn up when the church schedules it, because they're most likely doing multiple events per day, and when one runs late, any that follow do, which causes problems for so many other people, and could end up ruining all of those events. Oh and P.S., the kid doesn't have to be aware that his family is around him to celebrate an event in his life. The point is his grandparents are supposed to care enough to turn up to these events, on time, because they love him, and want to be there to mark these events with him, even if he can't remember.
BurnInDemonFire 39
If they don't care enough to show up on time to anything, you don't have to care about them. Is your husband the same way, or does he shrug it off as "just a bit of fun"? After 15 years, they should know better, or your husband should have stepped up and said something. See if they change after you threaten to deny them the opportunity to see their grandchildren.
Robert Cruikshank 7
Ever thought about telling them the start time is at an earlier time? So when they late in, they would actually be on time.
RichardPencil 32
They have a really weird sense of humor! Tardiness is funny to them? They could always go to the Kevin Hart show two hours late, have a bunch of laughs and it costs nothing!
TxKitten 8
When I was a teenager, my father finally got fed up with my step-aunt always being late. So from then on, whenever inviting her to an event he started giving her an earlier time than everyone else, it worked. You could also tell your husband that you're not accommodating them anymore, if they are late to whatever function, you're starting without them.
crashtestdumplin 16
Well I have to trick myself to arrive on time to something, I always put in my calendar an hour prior to actual time I have to be somewhere. Some people have poor time management especially those with disorders that disrupt our circadian rhythm. They probably laugh it off because they are embarrassed and don’t know how else to handle it. Before assuming they do it just to spite you, maybe consider there may be a plausible explanation, whether it be apparent or not.