Wedding Woes

He said what?! (VENT)

ok so after much drama this holiday season with the FMIL, we are pretty much square.  Since I didnt spend the christmas holiday at their house FI came home with gifts for me since I sent him home with all of theirs. 

I open the gifts a few days later, and all is good until i come across one UGLY scarf.  Normally I wouldnt say anything but jeez this thing looks like a slug....it has elastic so it "bounces" and has all these nubbs on the ends that look like eyes (It actually gave me a nightmare later on that night).  I showed it FI and he also said it looked heinous.  Actually he yelped and shuddered when i stood next to him and displayed the "bouncing"

I know it makes me sound ungrateful but this is the 5th holiday scarf I opened and I know that its one of those package deals where you buy a bunch of stuff and they give you a "free" gift.  Instead of locking the thing so it doesnt strangle me in my sleep up or burning it i was thinking of donating it to goodwill since it is new and the color is lovely. 

Low and behold its from FMIL!  not a big deal, I'll just wear one of the other scarves and say its home.  who would tell her I hate it since I only told FI?  Well FI threw me under the bus!  The bastard actually told her i didnt like it and it gave me nightmares.  WTH!  I asked him why he told her something like that and he blithly states "well she asked if you liked it.  I didnt want to lie" I could kill him. I told him he could have told her the same thing he tells her when she buys him something random he doesnt want "Its sweet that you thought of me, thank you."  Now she wants the damn thing back and I know shes going to try to make this into a big deal. 
I swear when the hell did this man lose his common sense?! I love him but jeez the things that come out of his mouth...Anyhow vent over sorry about that. But last night every time I would think about it i would throw a pillow, sock or glove at FI's head  in an attempt to knock sense into him. now i dont feel as violent
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Re: He said what?! (VENT)

  • i think we need to see a picture of the offending scarf.
  • it's a scarf.
  • You're ready to get violent over a scarf?

    Do you post a lot of FB status updates about haters?
  • not mad about scarf (that thing is laugh out loud funny) mad that he said something to rile up the FMIL when we had just solved the how to divvy up the holidays fiasco.  The woman might just poison me for insulting her tastes!
    "All I want is for you to be happy And, take this woman and make you my family And, finally you have found someone perfect And, finally you have found Yourself." -RHCP image
  • I think I'd be upset if DH outright said "She hated it and thinks you have the worst taste EVAR."  I don't see why he couldn't have said "It's not really her style but she appreciates the thought."

  • My FH did the same thing to me this Christmas. His mother bought me this ugly old lady sweater thing three sizes to big. I wear a large not a 3x. I know exactly what happened, she forgot to me something and she went and used a present she had gotten from someone else. I know this for two reasons, she wears a 3x and at the bottom of the box was a gift tag that said to FMIL with all our love. I didn't say anything till we got home. I found it funny to be honest, I think it happens more then people want to admit. You do all your shopping and then the day of you remember you forgot to get someone something.
       FH told her I hated the sweater and wanted to know why she give me her present. She got embarassed and then pissed. I was forced to call her up and tell her I understood, I wasn't upset at all and if she would like her sweater back I could drop it off. Thank goodness she wanted that ugly thing out, just looking at it made cringe.

  • Maybe if you leave him alone with the scarf the scarf will strangle him for you?
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