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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (23)
tounces7 28
If it's that important to you for them to be there, just tell them things always start 30 minutes earlier than they really do.
bloopaloop 27
My family does that too sometimes. My wife and I say “Party starts at 11, cake will be cut at noon”. Then we are happy to see who we see and really don’t care about anyone’s schedules.
bobsanction 18
After 15 years you should have learned better than to expect any different.
jazam1 3
Has anyone tried giving a time an hour later than actual time? So they turn up not halfway through but after everyone is leaving/has left? You snooze, you lose!
sarsuela 29
"They always run late and always think its funny." Tell them to come an hour early and laugh when they arrive on time!
ForeverAlone89 10
Why not make sure that they “know” it’s an hour earlier than everyone else? That way they can continue to act like assholes only to be on time?
TomeDr 25
They think it’s funny? I wonder how many weddings, funerals, parties etc they’ve missed because of their strange sense of humor. My cousin and his wife are perpetually 2 hours behind. What irritated me was when they put 5 o’clock on their wedding invitations and in reality their wedding was for 5:30. They assumed EVERYONE would run late and they didn’t want anyone to miss it.
westoz 24
Agree it’s not funny. It’s disrespectful. I’d say don’t invite them to much or if you do, tell them the event starts an hour or two before it actually does.
weeblek 14
My family does a mix of things because my dad is always late. Has been since birth. So family tells us 1 time knowing he’ll be running late and they also say starts at X but food by Y. This way we’re not late anymore. Some people just lose time. We’d never laugh when late tho. We were embarrassed and apologized every time.
mdavis0529 14
I would think that after 15 years, you would be smart enough to tell them your events are stating earlier than you actually have them planned for.
mdavis0529 14
I would think that after 15 years, you would be smart enough to tell them your events are stating earlier than you actually have them planned for.