Family is invaluable, but you can never be sure what’s happening in your family members’ heads.
While disagreements and rough patches are inevitable, their unwavering support gives us a sense of security and love.
As soon as my husband leaves, I start getting calls from his parents. Every day. Apparently, they think that I’ll get bored and go on a bender if they don’t.
And they can’t even think of what to say to me, which is annoying.
Now, as soon as I see their numbers on the screen, I let my daughter answer.
And the grandmother is captured by a chatty 5-year-old, while Mum can work. Now the calls have become much less frequent. Why, why?
We still have so much more to say about Lady Bug and the like! © Overheard / Ideer
There’s always some of it left, so I can nibble on it while the pie is in the oven.
I always thought they were just unable to measure food properly.
But yesterday I overheard my wife telling our daughter, “Make more filling. Daddy likes it very much.
He always waits for it with a spoon.” © adedas / Pikabu
She has given her no less than 5 copies of the same book sometimes. © LearningLifeAsIGo / Reddit
Christmas? Yeah, we all have to get as close as humanly possible to spending the exact amount on each other.
If I spend $12 on my father-in-law, and we were only supposed to spend $10, rest assured I’ll be getting $2 in the mail shortly.
We have them over for dinner, and we get a pizza, they will figure out how much their slices cost.
So if the pie came to $12.50 and there were 8 slices, and they have 4 total, yep we’re getting $6.24 from them.
Doesn’t matter how much we insist on not taking money. It’s comical at this point, but still so weird. © JV316 / Reddit
Yeah, we’re taking them to watch our kids.
Also, because it was my husband’s dream to take his parents to the sea.
And because it’s my husband who’s paying for his parents’ holiday.
And now she doesn’t talk to me… © Overheard / Ideer
Every time one of the kids wanted to take a shower, they would go to their parents’ room, take a towel, shower, and then return it. © Unknown author / Reddit
Yeah, well. Towels seem to disappear so I know how that feels
Then I saw her earrings on the table.
They were vintage and heavy. She had mentioned that they were her great-grandmother’s.
I put them in my pocket and went to her home to return them.
A pretty lady in a robe who looked like her mother opened the door.
“Please give these to Julia,” I said. She flinched, hesitantly took the earrings, and looked at me funny.
“She forgot them at my place yesterday.”
“Yesterday?”
“Yes.”
Pause.
“But Julia died 6 years ago!”
I stood frozen, not knowing what to say. But at that moment, Julia ran out of somewhere, shouting indignantly, “Mum!
Stop making fun of him!” The mum laughed and invited me to coffee. That’s how I met my future mother-in-law. © Serdobol / Pikabu
No, those are my dad’s chips.
Can I have a glass of orange juice?
Nope, it’s my mom’s orange juice.
It works for them but seems completely selfish and unreasonable to me. © Unknown author / Reddit
I say seen, like “I have seen that movie” my wife says saw. No im not that proper of an English speaker, I say crick instead of creek.
Why do you even pay for this?” Also, my mum: goes and gets a manicure that is an exact copy of mine. © jemappellelala / Twitter
His face is very serious, but I’m in a playful mood, the sun is shining and music is playing.
So, I stuck out my tongue.
A moment later, the front tinted window goes down, and the father is driving, the mother is in the passenger seat, a girl of about 5 looks from behind the boy, and the whole family sticks their tongues out at me!
My mood was great for the rest of the day. © oseledich / Pikabu
Me: I’m fine.
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