Dear Parent's of Husband/Fi

georgia_bride09

TeaForMe, my husband used to answer calls from people he knew with "Yeah". It didn't take me very long to break him of that rude habit. I'm sure he still does it when I'm not around, but I don't have to hear it because if he does, I just say "Excuse me?"

tlv204

I'm just going to have to ditto the picky eating thing and the socks (i once found a pair on top of the entertainment center).

fnl007

FILs, I wish you would have .... - given FI siblings!!! It is NOT ok to cater to your child as much as they did... They would take him to Restaurant A and they would eat at Restaurant B b/c he simply didn't want what was at the place they ate. Really? - taught him that vegetables and fruits are ok for you! - cooked! FI thinks that it isn't a meal unless you go out to get it b/c mom never cooked a meal growing up and he turned out ok. We've been working on this one though. - NOT told him that if you fly, the plane will crash and you will die and if you go swimming you will drown and die. Now I have a FI who can't swim and has FINALLY flown 1 time and it took 2 years of telling him it will be ok to get him to do that.

jennylynnhankins

So, Parents, I wish you would have taught him that:Not to smack, and to keep your mouth closed when he chews.Underwear is a good thing... it makes it possible for him to wear his slack shorts more than once.Having a cleaning lady come once every two weeks doesn't mean he doesn't have to clean... EVER.

karenttrouble

You poor ladies! My FI is sooooooo clean and could write this list about me instead (leaving towels on the counter, leaving cups everywhere) However: -That is an undershirt, not a t-shirt -That is a spoon, not a shovel. -That is a sweater, not something that goes in the dryer -You can have more than one sweater, hoodies, pair of shoes at a time instead of waiting for your only one to get worn out, waiting a bit longer, then buying a new one. -If you eat lunch at 4 (because you obsessively can't stop doing what you're doing to eat lunch at a normal hour) and aren't hungry for dinner when I get home from work, I'm going to be annoyed. -You can share your dessert and still live, only child. -Her name is not Mom. Call her "my mom." I don't know why it pisses me off so much when he says "Mom said blah blah blah." She's your mom, not our mom! Same goes for YOUR Dad.

thesuninherhead

Wipe down the bench after you cook or clean, or if you spill something on there. It's not that difficult! You just need to get into the habit. We have a dirty clothes basket and space in our closet for shoes. When you take these items off your body, they don't belong on the floor that you're standing on.If the dishwasher is empty, put the dirty dishes in! That's all for me. He's really very well trained, and I'm sure I do things that bug him too- the bench wiping is the main thing I get frustrated with- even when he 'cleans' the kitchen, the bench stays dirty.

paradyse

Let's see... How to brush your tongue. It doesn't matter how pretty your teeth are when your tongue is white with all the gunk on it. That water is yummy. If we run out of Tang & juice he will literally go thirsty until we go to the commisary again - even if it's more than a week! That if you don't cover your leftovers, they are going to dry out & then NOBODY wants to eat them. That saving money isn't just for old people. A head start on retirement will make it easier in the long run & I want to go travel the world when kids grow up & I don't have to work. That dishes are a LOT easier to wash (& less stinky) if you rinse them after dinner. And that "taking the trash out" means out to the can; not out to our hot, closed-in, easy-to-stink-up, garage I have to WALK through every time I need to go in/out the house!

phoeny_moonstar

Dear FMIL & FFIL, When you were raising my FI I wish you would of taught him the following things: 1.) How to clean... just about anything. I realize it's perfectly acceptable in your household to leave garbage everywhere so you can't walk on the floor but in my house it is not. 2.) How to cook food. Heating up soup in the microwave, going to the bar for tenderloins or ordering McD's is not cooking food for dinner. 3.) It is perfectly fine to drink the ENTIRE can of pop, you don't need to leave me the last sip of it. To add to that please don't leave said cans of pop on every available flat surface waiting for me to throw them away. 4.) That sweeping the floors includes moving the furniture and such and then moving it back after you've swept.

dsouldiva

Plates do not put themselves in the dishwasher... even if you put them really close to it!ditto removal of plates from dishwasher._________________________________________________Washing that is left in the washing machine for 4 days needs to be rewashed!__________________________________________________"it's the thought that counts" cannot be applied in the following senarios...1) I thought about buying you a birthday gift but then I couldn't decide what you'd want so I didn't get you one2) ditto Christmas3) Ditto Valentines day___________________________________________________Food that's left out of the fridge overnight on a hot summer's evening is not good to go for lunch!___________________________________________________