I love my mother-in-law... she was raised on a farm in Lebanon and did not go to school so she does not read (and does not speak English except for a few words), but she is very observant and has her own wisdom... She loves me, and even has sided with me at times against her son... So she has been like the best person to teach me how to pick the best eggplant (the smaller ones are sweeter) and okra, for example, but because she is not educated, she sometimes comes out with real gems that show her innocence... like she believes when it rains, it is also raining on the moon. Amazingly we manage to communicate in a combination of Arabic, English and lots of hand signals, and we can make each other laugh. And she is one incredible cook... she even learned how to cook gluten-free and dairy-free for me. Now if that is not love, I don't know what is. :)
To all the teenagers out there who are watching this. Don't laugh too hard because this is *your future.* First you will have to tolerate it, and then you will become it. Have a nice day. 😱😰😭
Don't stop telling the stories about yourselves to the younger people. I was one of those rare people that liked hearing them when I was growing up, so I'm sure there's others out there that do too. 🙂💚
My wife and I are both blessed to still have our parents, and we all love each other. I love it when a story starts, and half of it is them fighting over the details!
My husband made fun of me only last night, about the fact that many of my stories wind for a good few minutes before coming to anything remotely close to a point. I’ve tried explaining, I get it from my mom! She never tells me anything about the neighbours without their back story (where they live in the village, who they are related to, if one of their family recently died, how I might remember them from years ago, like because their oldest daughter babysat us when I was about 3). 😂
That’s the way to see it. When they start telling the long, rambling stories, you just gotta enjoy to endearing comedy of it and the little insight into their mind even if the story itself is pointless.
When Penn had to wind up to get off the chair…. I almost started crying 😂 When Kim is barking at Penn to bring in the luggage… totally spot on! This was SO funny 🤣
@@LifewithKrystle that was especially fun when I thought I had " nested" thoroughly before my son was born, but my mom recleaned everything in my house anyway before I brought him home from hospital. So embarrassed.
@@NahlaAnwer 😂 we put so much stress on ourselves to not have our parents or in laws critique us. And God forbid they or anyone for that matter, show up unannounced. I hate that. Not bec my house is a mess or dirty, most of the time is fine but not clean the way I would if we had visitors
My MIL is so sweet! Her quirk that gets me though is telling me family news in a whisper like it’s the juiciest piece of gossip anyone has ever had. She side-eyes the room, leans and then will whisper that my niece is doing so well in school. She’ll then turn around and not even inform us of an uncle’s surgery until a week after it’s over! 🤷🏻
@@thegracklepeck we tell her all the time that we’d better never ever get a text telling us “so&so’s funeral and wake *was* so lovely!” We really think that’s in the realm of possibility at some point 🤦♀️
In my family, it’s the opposite. Grandma, mom, dad, and aunt all call me to tell my grandpa is getting bunion surgery on the 27th. They will all call me the day after the surgery to tell me how it went, and Grandma will usually include so TMI details about the catheter and changing the dressings. Then I get a call after the follow-up appointment. I try to tell myself it is a network of love and concern. But there are only so many times I can act worried for my grandpa’s foot surgery. 😂
I never got along very well with my in-laws, unfortunately. However, when my son was about to be married, I decided to have a conversation with my daughter-in-law. I told her that I was honoured to be her mother-in-law and I respected that she was now the most important person in my son's life. She was surprised and pleased. We have a great relationship, and I get the fun of spoiling my only grandchild!
That's something alot of people don't understand they're forming a new family. The order of importance of each member is now different for them, the spouse then potentially if they have kids the kids are now of the most importance to them.
OMG, at the girl talk after clearing the Thanksgiving table, I found myself playing my late mother's role in telling our family's funniest stories, about personal quirks, cooking, family vacations & visits, motherhood, mission trips, etc. At the time it felt important to remind my generation and inform the next ones down of how much fun we've had together, lift everybody up from the present reality, and give the younger generations some perspective that their elders are human and absolutely hilarious! And that it's important to be able to laugh at yourself and life.
When my mother in law comes over she wants to know where we bought everything and how much we paid for it. I feel like an influencer who should just have all my furniture linked in the description box!
We just spent two weeks at my son and daughter-in-law’s , the part of this skit about the remote was spot on. All my husband wanted to do was watch some news and he never could figure out how to do that. And I cooked most of the time. We feel very blessed to have a great daughter-in-law.
@@sheriwadsworth5797 I’m 40 and I can’t either! My husband gets all the tech stuff not me so I have no idea then he gets annoyed with me 😂. I’m doomed for when I’m older I guess
I laughed so hard when our youngest son once parodied me telling a story. He started with "This is the story - 'I went to the store and bought groceries. I bumped into your friend Steve. He said to say hi.'" Then he switched over to his version of a mom voice and continued. "Here's how you tell the story - 'So our friends are coming over for dinner next week, Tuesday night, because that's Dave's night off from the fire station, and I've got book club on Wednesday and so anyway, I needed to get some vegetables and dip, I'm thinking of serving pasta - I would have walked to the store but then, y'know, the groceries. Oh, did you know they started building that new warehouse on River Road? I passed it while.......'. " And it went on and on and on for like five minutes.
Love this so much. My dad always fixes everything when he comes-and I never get tired of them telling stories of when they were young. That’s so beautiful to me.💕
On one of my Mother in-laws visits it took her at least 15 minutes to tell us how she avoided hitting a deer. The story started with the reason for her road trip and who she was going to visit along with a theatrical play of how she handled the drivers wheel while missing the deer.😂
OMG, that's my younger brother, who is currently living with us, lol! We can hardly stand to be in the room with him because he's constantly going into excruciating detail about every aspect of his fairly boring life. He takes up so much ear space!
That's more of my mom's specialty: " Do you remember that girl who dated that guy before you did, and she had that mom on the PTA that wore those leg warmer things..her name was something German? I dunno. Anyway, I read in the newspaper last week that he died. That boy you dated.
I'm not married so I don't have any in-laws yet, but this is totally my aunt taking the scenic route just to tell a story about a vegan mayonnaise she bought at Trader Joe's.
Spot on! My mom will start telling me a story about some person I met when I was in high school and always says "Remember Mrs. Smith down the street...", and when I say I don't remember she always says..."...you remember the one with that bird bath in the front yard..."....no, mom, I don't remember...."remember she had that dog..."....geez, is any of this relevant to the story...."No, I just wanted you to know that she moved."....um, ok. Now I just say "yes, I remember Mrs. Smith". Cuts the storytime in half!
For a long time, whenever my mom visited she wouldn't know where things went, esp in kitchen but instead of asking or leaving for us like I told her she can do, she would try to put it away anyways. I would be days trying to locate spatulas and other stuff after she left lol But she meant well and we love her to pieces xo
My Mum used to pack her yellow rubber gloves in her suitcase when she came to see us. Just in case. =D. One time I was scrubbing something in the sink and she was right behind me....really close behind me....chin on my shoulder, watching what I was doing. I stopped, looked at her, and said, "Would you like to do this?" And she got all excited and ran off to get her rubber gloves. =D My Mum is awesome.
My mom does the same thing when telling stories. Sometimes she forgets where it was going. I’m like “Oh my gosh, I can feel myself aging, just finish the story!” 😂
Love this! I am a MIL and try so hard not to be that person. But so many times I hear what I’m saying and think “noooo”! Also seeing the glazed over look in my sons’ and DIL’s eyes is a crushing reminder to reign in the stories. So glad they love me anyway❤️
@@Purity10101 exactly! I have great stories to tell about my mom's endless circle stories, but at least I still have her! My dad passed 13 years ago and damn I miss the stories he told.
Both my in-laws have very intense OCD. When our oldest was born MIL came to stay for week, supposedly to help out. She barely interacted with the her first grandson. Instead she emptied the closets and rewashed ALL of our clothes, sheets, towels, and blankets. So after reorganizing the contents all the closets, cabinets, and dressers, she started rearranging furniture and decor, moving things to different rooms, and even rehanging all our photos and artwork. It made me sad that even happy events caused her so much distress that she defaulted to hyper-organization mode. Through that experience I gained so much more compassion for people with OCD, perfectionism, anxiety, etc..
This makes me sad, especially because I literally just had my first visit with my new grandson. I felt like I couldn’t take my eyes off him, even when he was sleeping or someone else was holding him. Such a precious moment in time.
Wow. That's amazing that you came out of that experience with compassion and empathy versus anger and disconnection and a damaged relationship. I would say "help" is defined by the person/s being or needing help. It shouldn't be defined by the "helper" as that is often not help. This is a sad story. I hope they have some kind of professional and or medical assistance.
In her own way I suspect that she thought that she was being helpful by giving you a clean, orderly environment and allowing you and your husband to bond with the baby. I am glad that you were able to have compassion and understanding towards her and I hope that she has been able to be a loving grandma to your son.
Watching this was giving me anxiety about getting older! No make it stop! By the way if you are both lucky enough to have both sets of parents, hug and love them as much as you can!
You absolutely nailed my grandparents! On both sides!! I didn't realize how distinct it was (or how much I miss them) until this moment. Thank you for the beautiful nostalgia trip!!
Mine are similar except more convo about the weather, the ride to the house, why they were late, medical alignments and telling other randomly aggressive stories that could have happened yesterday or 40 years ago with the same passion!
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. On the other hand, when our nephew visited us, he came over with a a gift of a lot of broccoli from his garden. My wife cooked it and brought it to the table and he said, "That looks delicious!'" and he ate it all. Young whippersnappers.
You're better than you think if you're not only recognizing yourself but sending this to your kids for a laugh. With that much self awareness, there's always hope! 🤗😸
This was a Masterpiece!!! I am alone at home giggling n crying when I should be cooking! When he said the computer is the TV I gave up..... n lost it!!! My mom thinks the Price Is Right Is A Religion
Like you, we both love each other's families, mostly because they all live 3000 miles away. My parents visit Christmas through New Years every year. Now Mom has a reputation for being a bit of a worrier. One year we're throwing a NYE party at our house and my wife cannot stand how much my mom is stressing about every little thing we we're setting up, cooking, etc. So my wife opens a bottle of wine and pours my mother a glass. Every time my mom turns around, my wife tops her off. Mom is feeling no pain by 9:00 and the next day cannot figure out why she has such a hangover after drinking only one glass of wine.
My 70-something father-in-law has a PhD in physics. He thinks this makes him an expert on, well, basically everything. He is endlessly dadsplaining things to us that we know more about than him. My personal favourites are when he tries to explain software design to my wife, a senior software developer, and when he tries to explain my home nation's politics to me. Whee!
The was us this thanksgiving. Not with our parents, but we were those parents. I noticed when I started a story somehow it would get interrupted and then no one would ever say “and you were saying”. The story just died. So, I got the hint. Fortunately my grandkids are at they age where they want to hear our stories and ask they ask us lots of questions about when we were “young”.
Thatsj just rude. For them to keep interrupting, no matter how dull your story may be, it just bad manners. Next time you should try to nicely point that out.
You might want to think about that. The kids might just be trying to be polite. Or maybe they wish the talking would stop but they don't know how to politely but effectively extricate themselves or shut it down. Or, if you give good gifts or money, they might only be pacifying you so you just keep doing that. Seems to me kids want to feel heard, listened to and understood more than talked at and listen to someone else's "stories" that have no relevance to them. And stories they may have heard at least more than once if not maybe a million times. And it's no fun being held hostage by overly talkative relatives either. We have one of those in my family and she's oblivious to everyone's discomfort as she repeatedly and relentlessly holds people hostage with her "conversation". It's completely one sided, talking "at" others and has on occasion lasted hours before people could get away and escape without upsetting her. Sometimes she'll even follow people wherever they go to escape including the bathroom. And she never ever takes or sees a hint.
As a mother of young boisterous kids, I am sorry we interrupted you and that we forgot to have you pick up where you left off! Thanks for putting up with our craziness! We sure do love having relatives around, even if we don't show it well!
Just watching this video and loved it 😊 I am also blessed with unbelievably fabulous in-laws. My husband and I are both active duty so they have helped with moves and deployments…amazing. But I think the observation I have is with how we’ve become more casual with our visits now compared with when we were first married and before kids. We used to do these big, elaborate breakfasts and dinners and now we all just order takeout 😋 We used to clean the house like crazy and now we just make sure the guest room is acceptable and the rest of the house isn’t a complete war zone 😊 so it’s been neat to see how our family visits have changed over our marriage 😊 I am also one who loves hearing stories about earlier times so ditto for the other comment that said keep sharing the stories 😊 great video 😊
Our parents sadly have passed away years ago, I dont say this to be a bringdown, rather, I want to say, if you are fortunate to still have your parents, enjoy every moment, (especially the holidays) no matter what little quirks they may have, because when they are gone, you will look back and know, that it was truly the best of times!! God bless, and Merry Christmas! 🎄
My dad and uncle's all sold carpet for a living. God do they continue the talk. And if we are at another relatives, they have to examine and talk specifically about that type of carpet to the T where you can or could get it which leads to a story. So interesting to watch.
That’s so funny 😂 my mother in-law spit my turkey out at Christmas dinner and said in front of everyone, “I’d never make my turkey like this!” She does stuff like that all the time! Like, “my way is the better way!” Abnoxious, but we still love her!
Should you love her though? This woman is so self absorbed she's willing to try to humiliate and denigrate you in front of a room full people. Even if she obviously doesn't like you or respect you she could have kept her comments to herself but instead she chose to try to publicly hurt you.
My parents (RIP) were perfect - and wonderful g-parents to our kids. Seriously. And my MIL (93 and still adorable) is the best. I hit the jackpot. I love their stories. But . . . they (parents) *ARE* hilarious without trying -- just being their natural selves. This is a great video. Keep up the good work.
So we just bought a new house, and BOTH my father and father in law immediately begin compiling an extensive list of repairs when they come over. Highly accurate. 😂😂😂
No inlaws and no parents. My grandparents were great though! They liked to chit chat with everybody about what was going on in town, their hobbies (art, square dancing, gardening in minor detail and did not talk about health issues at all. I miss 'em!
I love my in laws!!!! I honestly can’t say anything bad about any of them. They are all close to us and we love living near them. I joke with my husband saying I really married him for his family and his dad’s bbq 😂
@@Purity10101 who says the negativity isn't genuine? It's great when people have positive things to say about their inlaws, but not every inlaw relationship is positive.
@@rnptenafly I'm not saying the negativity isn't genuine, thats the sad part. I'm just glad to also actually see genuine *people* who actually care about others and don't mind their quirkiness. I'm also not saying some relationships are just hard. But these days, too many can't be bothered to have meaningful conversation with their in-laws because their stories last longer than 8 seconds. Everyone would rather be on social media, playing video games, etc.
My mother-in-law is amazing and my husband gets along great with my mother. They don't really have to visit they each leave a few streets away from us in opposite directions and help watch our daughter when we are at work..I love that my daughter gets quality time with her grandmas who spoil her rotten but that is what grandmas are supposed to do. Best piece of advice my mother ever gave me was make sure you like the family of whoever you marry because they become your family too....and I got an amazing bonus family....but she is right when picking the person you are going to marry make sure you like the family to..you do not want to deal with the stress of people you can't stand and it is not at all fair to put your spouse in a position to have to take sides.
This couple sound so much like my maternal grandparents. Especially my abuela. Every time she visits she tells my mom to rest, but first show her how to do something.
It was my husband's grandparents who talked like that. I remember only hearing about people's medical issues. She named her neighbors by their ailments. My grandparents were awesome. I'm the oldest grandchild on both sides. Now that I'm the oldest living person in our family, I have all of the geneology knowledge. I'm 60.
Thanksgiving was filled with discussions of current medications, ailments, and my FIL was so stoked to show me his brand new hernia scar right before dinner. “Oh, wow! I’m glad you’re doing so well after just 4 days! No, no thanks, I think I’ll serve all the kids their food first, you go ahead and get your plate” 🤢
No matter when or how families gather to eat, somebody, unfortunately, HAS to start talking about some inappropriate subject: bugs, bodily functions or something else GROSS 🤢 ... WHY does IT ALWAYS happen ??!!??!!
Love my Mother in Law, we always have fun when we get together and often chat on the phone. I miss her now that we live 8 hours apart instead of 15 minutes.
It's now going to be a very interesting Xmas at the Holderness family :) Wish you all happiness and the very best of the festive period. The fight over who made the most effort to make a meal usually makes me laugh and scratch my head. My family is a bit different though. Think we all feel like that :)
Eerily familiar. My In law are usually here for a few days every xmas and they pretty much gripe about everything. Wrong cereals ,we go to bed too late (they go at 8:30) , our driveway is too wide ,garbage day is wrong , the girls need to share a room , my socks gotta match , the garage is cluttered, what church service are we going to , you don't need WiFi , and we don't get to watch anything on tv because they are watching the news (6 hrs a day?) or Lawrence Welk reruns.
Sound like you have lobkey in laws that just want to help you guys out but are stuck with all the new things and are pretty much helpless in your household lol. The "I'll cook" part had me though. That's exactly my mother in law. She comes over and wants to cook for us so I can hab a little rest, but she always asks me a million questions and I keep running. Back and forth between the kitchen and my kids. Super stressful... I would rather cook alone in peace and have her watch the kids for a minute so i can get a break lol. Cooking is not the hard part about motherhood. It's the kids. Those are what I need a break from lol 😅
My mom will knock anyone who even dares to help in the kitchen to the ground and tell them it's not necessary to help, then after the event she will tell anyone who will listen, how " NO ONE ever helps me in the kitchen" 🤣
I love my mother-in-law... she was raised on a farm in Lebanon and did not go to school so she does not read (and does not speak English except for a few words), but she is very observant and has her own wisdom... She loves me, and even has sided with me at times against her son... So she has been like the best person to teach me how to pick the best eggplant (the smaller ones are sweeter) and okra, for example, but because she is not educated, she sometimes comes out with real gems that show her innocence... like she believes when it rains, it is also raining on the moon. Amazingly we manage to communicate in a combination of Arabic, English and lots of hand signals, and we can make each other laugh. And she is one incredible cook... she even learned how to cook gluten-free and dairy-free for me. Now if that is not love, I don't know what is. :)
I love, "raining on the moon!"
@Austin Howland Texas
How sweet!!
She sounds like a gem!
That’s so sweet
To all the teenagers out there who are watching this. Don't laugh too hard because this is *your future.* First you will have to tolerate it, and then you will become it. Have a nice day. 😱😰😭
What if I don’t marry and don’t have in laws?
@@Yournansaman yep, can’t have in-laws if you never get into a relationship in the first place
Ooooooh.@kingofnothing1433 Profound!
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@@Yournansamanyou will still become that person. Guaranteed.
"Probiotic? Aren't we Anti-biotic?"
Best play on words ever :D
I was thinking the same thing!!!!!😂😂😂
I never thought about this until he said it!
Laughed out loud at that one
Loved that.
@@jennifermaddock4382 me too
Don't stop telling the stories about yourselves to the younger people. I was one of those rare people that liked hearing them when I was growing up, so I'm sure there's others out there that do too. 🙂💚
I'm that way too! I've always loved hearing people's stories!
I am the same way! I am afraid we are losing the art of face to face conversation. We need to keep listening & sharing stories.
I am one. And been one since childhood
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I love old people stories! And so does my 8yr old daughter. She always wants to hear stories about when I was a kid, and she makes me feel old. ☺
My wife and I are both blessed to still have our parents, and we all love each other. I love it when a story starts, and half of it is them fighting over the details!
😂 details that add nothing to the story.
@@Mama_Bear524 right! "Last June...."..."No, it was July!" And then after a 5 minute discussion about that, the story continues...LOL
My husband made fun of me only last night, about the fact that many of my stories wind for a good few minutes before coming to anything remotely close to a point. I’ve tried explaining, I get it from my mom! She never tells me anything about the neighbours without their back story (where they live in the village, who they are related to, if one of their family recently died, how I might remember them from years ago, like because their oldest daughter babysat us when I was about 3). 😂
That’s the way to see it. When they start telling the long, rambling stories, you just gotta enjoy to endearing comedy of it and the little insight into their mind even if the story itself is pointless.
When Penn had to wind up to get off the chair…. I almost started crying 😂 When Kim is barking at Penn to bring in the luggage… totally spot on! This was SO funny 🤣
Love watching their videos! They are spot on!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to see a video of how we freak out cleaning the house and preparing before our in-laws or parents show up at our house lol
OMG YES! Everything has to be spotless, the food has to be perfect, and the kids have to be angels.
Yes me too! I will clean like crazy and yet my mom will still find something not clean enough and start cleaning it for me. 🤦🏼♀️
here you go. best video ever on that... th-cam.com/video/GBwELzvnrQg/w-d-xo.html
@@LifewithKrystle that was especially fun when I thought I had " nested" thoroughly before my son was born, but my mom recleaned everything in my house anyway before I brought him home from hospital. So embarrassed.
@@NahlaAnwer 😂 we put so much stress on ourselves to not have our parents or in laws critique us. And God forbid they or anyone for that matter, show up unannounced. I hate that. Not bec my house is a mess or dirty, most of the time is fine but not clean the way I would if we had visitors
"What the heck is a Halu?!" lol this made me laugh so hard 🤣
That one got me too. Lol.
My MIL is so sweet! Her quirk that gets me though is telling me family news in a whisper like it’s the juiciest piece of gossip anyone has ever had. She side-eyes the room, leans and then will whisper that my niece is doing so well in school.
She’ll then turn around and not even inform us of an uncle’s surgery until a week after it’s over! 🤷🏻
Oh my god this is so my mom!
She also does the thing Kim did, and sometimes I have to redirect her, but worth it lol
My mother in law is the same about big news like surgery. Drives us crazy
@@thegracklepeck we tell her all the time that we’d better never ever get a text telling us “so&so’s funeral and wake *was* so lovely!” We really think that’s in the realm of possibility at some point 🤦♀️
In my family, it’s the opposite. Grandma, mom, dad, and aunt all call me to tell my grandpa is getting bunion surgery on the 27th. They will all call me the day after the surgery to tell me how it went, and Grandma will usually include so TMI details about the catheter and changing the dressings. Then I get a call after the follow-up appointment. I try to tell myself it is a network of love and concern. But there are only so many times I can act worried for my grandpa’s foot surgery. 😂
I never got along very well with my in-laws, unfortunately. However, when my son was about to be married, I decided to have a conversation with my daughter-in-law. I told her that I was honoured to be her mother-in-law and I respected that she was now the most important person in my son's life. She was surprised and pleased. We have a great relationship, and I get the fun of spoiling my only grandchild!
That's awesome of you!!
That's something alot of people don't understand they're forming a new family. The order of importance of each member is now different for them, the spouse then potentially if they have kids the kids are now of the most importance to them.
“I don’t know who taught you how to do laundry” 🧺 😂🤣😂😂😂😂
She’s right about the towels and the lint though! Lol
All I could hear was my mother's voice every time I visit 🤣🤣🤣🤣
But Mom they have color-block sheets now
Oh my gosh the mother-in-law telling the story about someone you don't know and all the rabbit trails is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT my husband's mom.🙄😂😂
OMG, at the girl talk after clearing the Thanksgiving table, I found myself playing my late mother's role in telling our family's funniest stories, about personal quirks, cooking, family vacations & visits, motherhood, mission trips, etc. At the time it felt important to remind my generation and inform the next ones down of how much fun we've had together, lift everybody up from the present reality, and give the younger generations some perspective that their elders are human and absolutely hilarious! And that it's important to be able to laugh at yourself and life.
I call it "Roll Call". It's when parents go through a bunch of names until they land on the one they wanted to say.
This is me!! I used to hate when my mom did it to me. Well guess what? I’m a million times worse 😂😂😂😂
I'm only 38 and do this with my children and dogs... my daughter gets a little huffy when I accidentally call her Luna. Lol.
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When my mother in law comes over she wants to know where we bought everything and how much we paid for it. I feel like an influencer who should just have all my furniture linked in the description box!
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just leave $tags ON!
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@@fredricclack7137 I was just about to say the same thing! Leave the price tag on and pencil in which store you got it!
Same except for me its my own mom!
We just spent two weeks at my son and daughter-in-law’s , the part of this skit about the remote was spot on. All my husband wanted to do was watch some news and he never could figure out how to do that. And I cooked most of the time. We feel very blessed to have a great daughter-in-law.
I can’t watch Tv at either of my adult kids’ houses😆
@@sheriwadsworth5797 I’m 40 and I can’t either! My husband gets all the tech stuff not me so I have no idea then he gets annoyed with me 😂. I’m doomed for when I’m older I guess
I laughed so hard when our youngest son once parodied me telling a story. He started with "This is the story - 'I went to the store and bought groceries. I bumped into your friend Steve. He said to say hi.'" Then he switched over to his version of a mom voice and continued. "Here's how you tell the story - 'So our friends are coming over for dinner next week, Tuesday night, because that's Dave's night off from the fire station, and I've got book club on Wednesday and so anyway, I needed to get some vegetables and dip, I'm thinking of serving pasta - I would have walked to the store but then, y'know, the groceries. Oh, did you know they started building that new warehouse on River Road? I passed it while.......'. " And it went on and on and on for like five minutes.
Future comedian, that one!
😂 relatable 😂
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Haha, this is me, my daughter always laughs and says here comes mom's stream of thought
Love it!
"I thought we were antibiotic now." 😂😂😂😂 The dry humor gets me every time.
“The older we get, the closer we are to being our parents.” The scariest truth out there
Love this so much. My dad always fixes everything when he comes-and I never get tired of them telling stories of when they were young. That’s so beautiful to me.💕
On one of my Mother in-laws visits it took her at least 15 minutes to tell us how she avoided hitting a deer. The story started with the reason for her road trip and who she was going to visit along with a theatrical play of how she handled the drivers wheel while missing the deer.😂
OMG, that's my younger brother, who is currently living with us, lol! We can hardly stand to be in the room with him because he's constantly going into excruciating detail about every aspect of his fairly boring life. He takes up so much ear space!
@@phatmonkey11 takes up ear space 😂😂😂 never heard that one before. Love it and stealing it.
Sounds like my mom!
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That's more of my mom's specialty: " Do you remember that girl who dated that guy before you did, and she had that mom on the PTA that wore those leg warmer things..her name was something German? I dunno. Anyway, I read in the newspaper last week that he died. That boy you dated.
Every story starts with “remember that guy.” An hour later you still don’t know who the guy is…🤣🤣🤣
I'm not married so I don't have any in-laws yet, but this is totally my aunt taking the scenic route just to tell a story about a vegan mayonnaise she bought at Trader Joe's.
LOL
"Scenic route".😂
mine to
Spot on! My mom will start telling me a story about some person I met when I was in high school and always says "Remember Mrs. Smith down the street...", and when I say I don't remember she always says..."...you remember the one with that bird bath in the front yard..."....no, mom, I don't remember...."remember she had that dog..."....geez, is any of this relevant to the story...."No, I just wanted you to know that she moved."....um, ok. Now I just say "yes, I remember Mrs. Smith". Cuts the storytime in half!
Watching this was starting to give me the same anxiety I get during family holiday gatherings, so it is really spot-on. 😄😬😄
You're doors are all squeaky. Please worry about them and deal with them the day before Christmas....
YES! Exactly this!
Same here, I was getting anxiety too !🤣
I'm lucky too. My mom loves my hubby and he loves her. It's so nice when everyone gets along. 💛
For a long time, whenever my mom visited she wouldn't know where things went, esp in kitchen but instead of asking or leaving for us like I told her she can do, she would try to put it away anyways. I would be days trying to locate spatulas and other stuff after she left lol But she meant well and we love her to pieces xo
My Mum used to pack her yellow rubber gloves in her suitcase when she came to see us. Just in case. =D. One time I was scrubbing something in the sink and she was right behind me....really close behind me....chin on my shoulder, watching what I was doing. I stopped, looked at her, and said, "Would you like to do this?" And she got all excited and ran off to get her rubber gloves. =D
My Mum is awesome.
Reminds me of Monica on Friends. 😆
My mom does the same thing when telling stories. Sometimes she forgets where it was going. I’m like “Oh my gosh, I can feel myself aging, just finish the story!” 😂
Penn acting like a grandpa reminds me a LOT of Penn Charles acting like his parents.
Love this! I am a MIL and try so hard not to be that person. But so many times I hear what I’m saying and think “noooo”! Also seeing the glazed over look in my sons’ and DIL’s eyes is a crushing reminder to reign in the stories. So glad they love me anyway❤️
I would literally give anything to have my parents come visit for 5 minutes.
It's funny. It seems this topic falls into two camps: 1) we love them, but, or 2) we WISH we had visiting parents. Sorry for your situation. ☹️
💜 Its good to see commenters on here with a heart!
@@Purity10101 exactly! I have great stories to tell about my mom's endless circle stories, but at least I still have her! My dad passed 13 years ago and damn I miss the stories he told.
Aw, that's so nice.
Me too.
Both my in-laws have very intense OCD. When our oldest was born MIL came to stay for week, supposedly to help out.
She barely interacted with the her first grandson. Instead she emptied the closets and rewashed ALL of our clothes, sheets, towels, and blankets.
So after reorganizing the contents all the closets, cabinets, and dressers, she started rearranging furniture and decor, moving things to different rooms, and even rehanging all our photos and artwork.
It made me sad that even happy events caused her so much distress that she defaulted to hyper-organization mode.
Through that experience I gained so much more compassion for people with OCD, perfectionism, anxiety, etc..
This makes me sad, especially because I literally just had my first visit with my new grandson. I felt like I couldn’t take my eyes off him, even when he was sleeping or someone else was holding him. Such a precious moment in time.
Wow. That's amazing that you came out of that experience with compassion and empathy versus anger and disconnection and a damaged relationship.
I would say "help" is defined by the person/s being or needing help. It shouldn't be defined by the "helper" as that is often not help. This is a sad story. I hope they have some kind of professional and or medical assistance.
In her own way I suspect that she thought that she was being helpful by giving you a clean, orderly environment and allowing you and your husband to bond with the baby. I am glad that you were able to have compassion and understanding towards her and I hope that she has been able to be a loving grandma to your son.
That turned out way differently than I was expecting and I think I would’ve reacted. You’re such a nice person.
I have OCD and Mysophobia, trust me it's not fun!!!
A foreshadowing of what will be.... I appreciate that you pointed that out, Penn, and you seem to have accepted and embraced it! 😊
Watching this was giving me anxiety about getting older! No make it stop! By the way if you are both lucky enough to have both sets of parents, hug and love them as much as you can!
You absolutely nailed my grandparents! On both sides!! I didn't realize how distinct it was (or how much I miss them) until this moment. Thank you for the beautiful nostalgia trip!!
Mine are similar except more convo about the weather, the ride to the house, why they were late, medical alignments and telling other randomly aggressive stories that could have happened yesterday or 40 years ago with the same passion!
You nailed it. My Dad's on the couch watching news and my Mom's asking if she can help cook dinner or helping with the dishes asking where they go. ❤️
You guys are seriously hysterical 😂
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. On the other hand, when our nephew visited us, he came over with a a gift of a lot of broccoli from his garden. My wife cooked it and brought it to the table and he said, "That looks delicious!'" and he ate it all.
Young whippersnappers.
Sending this to my three kids immediately.... i am ALL of it..oh lord..ESPECIALLY the remote!! Thank you for the smile this morning!
You're better than you think if you're not only recognizing yourself but sending this to your kids for a laugh.
With that much self awareness, there's always hope! 🤗😸
That was hilarious, especially the 'Hulu reference"!
This was a Masterpiece!!! I am alone at home giggling n crying when I should be cooking! When he said the computer is the TV I gave up..... n lost it!!! My mom thinks the Price Is Right Is A Religion
Like you, we both love each other's families, mostly because they all live 3000 miles away. My parents visit Christmas through New Years every year. Now Mom has a reputation for being a bit of a worrier.
One year we're throwing a NYE party at our house and my wife cannot stand how much my mom is stressing about every little thing we we're setting up, cooking, etc. So my wife opens a bottle of wine and pours my mother a glass. Every time my mom turns around, my wife tops her off. Mom is feeling no pain by 9:00 and the next day cannot figure out why she has such a hangover after drinking only one glass of wine.
😂😂😂😂😂 that's horrible and hilarious at the same time.
My 70-something father-in-law has a PhD in physics. He thinks this makes him an expert on, well, basically everything. He is endlessly dadsplaining things to us that we know more about than him. My personal favourites are when he tries to explain software design to my wife, a senior software developer, and when he tries to explain my home nation's politics to me. Whee!
Bless your heart
That sounds like my father in law too, except no PhD, just was a big shot manager for a long time.
The was us this thanksgiving. Not with our parents, but we were those parents. I noticed when I started a story somehow it would get interrupted and then no one would ever say “and you were saying”. The story just died. So, I got the hint. Fortunately my grandkids are at they age where they want to hear our stories and ask they ask us lots of questions about when we were “young”.
Thatsj just rude. For them to keep interrupting, no matter how dull your story may be, it just bad manners. Next time you should try to nicely point that out.
You might want to think about that. The kids might just be trying to be polite. Or maybe they wish the talking would stop but they don't know how to politely but effectively extricate themselves or shut it down.
Or, if you give good gifts or money, they might only be pacifying you so you just keep doing that.
Seems to me kids want to feel heard, listened to and understood more than talked at and listen to someone else's "stories" that have no relevance to them. And stories they may have heard at least more than once if not maybe a million times.
And it's no fun being held hostage by overly talkative relatives either. We have one of those in my family and she's oblivious to everyone's discomfort as she repeatedly and relentlessly holds people hostage with her "conversation".
It's completely one sided, talking "at" others and has on occasion lasted hours before people could get away and escape without upsetting her. Sometimes she'll even follow people wherever they go to escape including the bathroom. And she never ever takes or sees a hint.
As a mother of young boisterous kids, I am sorry we interrupted you and that we forgot to have you pick up where you left off! Thanks for putting up with our craziness! We sure do love having relatives around, even if we don't show it well!
Happens to me with pretty much everyone. Especially my dads wife. It’s so hurtful
Just watching this video and loved it 😊 I am also blessed with unbelievably fabulous in-laws. My husband and I are both active duty so they have helped with moves and deployments…amazing. But I think the observation I have is with how we’ve become more casual with our visits now compared with when we were first married and before kids. We used to do these big, elaborate breakfasts and dinners and now we all just order takeout 😋 We used to clean the house like crazy and now we just make sure the guest room is acceptable and the rest of the house isn’t a complete war zone 😊 so it’s been neat to see how our family visits have changed over our marriage 😊 I am also one who loves hearing stories about earlier times so ditto for the other comment that said keep sharing the stories 😊 great video 😊
The story that takes 50 sidetracks away from the mainline is SPOT ON!
Lol why we drink during family gatherings 🤣
Our parents sadly have passed away years ago, I dont say this to be a bringdown, rather, I want to say, if you are fortunate to still have your parents, enjoy every moment, (especially the holidays) no matter what little quirks they may have, because when they are gone, you will look back and know, that it was truly the best of times!!
God bless, and Merry Christmas!
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My dad and uncle's all sold carpet for a living. God do they continue the talk. And if we are at another relatives, they have to examine and talk specifically about that type of carpet to the T where you can or could get it which leads to a story. So interesting to watch.
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"Miniature Apple Computer"
I genuinely laughed out loud. 😂
I lost it at the TV: “what’s a huh-LOO?!” 😂
OMG as a Floridian now living in the MidWesr it did my heart good to someone mention Publix!😁
We really miss our parents. Long time since they passed.we would welcome them just as you portrayed.
That’s so funny 😂 my mother in-law spit my turkey out at Christmas dinner and said in front of everyone, “I’d never make my turkey like this!” She does stuff like that all the time! Like, “my way is the better way!” Abnoxious, but we still love her!
I love your loving attitude rather than taking it personally you laugh it out😍👏
Should you love her though? This woman is so self absorbed she's willing to try to humiliate and denigrate you in front of a room full people. Even if she obviously doesn't like you or respect you she could have kept her comments to herself but instead she chose to try to publicly hurt you.
My parents (RIP) were perfect - and wonderful g-parents to our kids. Seriously. And my MIL (93 and still adorable) is the best. I hit the jackpot. I love their stories. But . . . they (parents) *ARE* hilarious without trying -- just being their natural selves. This is a great video. Keep up the good work.
So we just bought a new house, and BOTH my father and father in law immediately begin compiling an extensive list of repairs when they come over. Highly accurate. 😂😂😂
No inlaws and no parents. My grandparents were great though! They liked to chit chat with everybody about what was going on in town, their hobbies (art, square dancing, gardening in minor detail and did not talk about health issues at all. I miss 'em!
“Where do you keep the milk??” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love my in laws!!!! I honestly can’t say anything bad about any of them. They are all close to us and we love living near them. I joke with my husband saying I really married him for his family and his dad’s bbq 😂
It's good to see some genuine people here in the comments! I'm so tired of seeing negativity!
@@Purity10101 who says the negativity isn't genuine? It's great when people have positive things to say about their inlaws, but not every inlaw relationship is positive.
@@rnptenafly I'm not saying the negativity isn't genuine, thats the sad part. I'm just glad to also actually see genuine *people* who actually care about others and don't mind their quirkiness. I'm also not saying some relationships are just hard. But these days, too many can't be bothered to have meaningful conversation with their in-laws because their stories last longer than 8 seconds. Everyone would rather be on social media, playing video games, etc.
I am one of the lucky ones. My mother in law is amazing!!!!! And my late father in law was the best father in law a girl could ask for
I don't have anything to add, except I'm loving all the comments. Between them and the video, I'll be grinning for the rest of the day.
The mother in law explaining the stories and struggling to find the names and being a busybody is soooo true!
I have no in laws, but this can remind me of family sometimes when they come over. Fun anxiety times. lol
My mother-in-law is amazing and my husband gets along great with my mother. They don't really have to visit they each leave a few streets away from us in opposite directions and help watch our daughter when we are at work..I love that my daughter gets quality time with her grandmas who spoil her rotten but that is what grandmas are supposed to do. Best piece of advice my mother ever gave me was make sure you like the family of whoever you marry because they become your family too....and I got an amazing bonus family....but she is right when picking the person you are going to marry make sure you like the family to..you do not want to deal with the stress of people you can't stand and it is not at all fair to put your spouse in a position to have to take sides.
This couple sound so much like my maternal grandparents. Especially my abuela. Every time she visits she tells my mom to rest, but first show her how to do something.
Seriously. The part about the big arm swing and grunt to get out of the chair? Yes. 1000 times yes. LOL.
It was my husband's grandparents who talked like that. I remember only hearing about people's medical issues. She named her neighbors by their ailments.
My grandparents were awesome. I'm the oldest grandchild on both sides. Now that I'm the oldest living person in our family, I have all of the geneology knowledge. I'm 60.
Thanksgiving was filled with discussions of current medications, ailments, and my FIL was so stoked to show me his brand new hernia scar right before dinner.
“Oh, wow! I’m glad you’re doing so well after just 4 days! No, no thanks, I think I’ll serve all the kids their food first, you go ahead and get your plate” 🤢
No matter when or how families gather to eat, somebody, unfortunately, HAS to start talking about some inappropriate subject: bugs, bodily functions or something else GROSS 🤢 ... WHY does IT ALWAYS happen ??!!??!!
these are literally my grandparents god bless them tho
Love my Mother in Law, we always have fun when we get together and often chat on the phone. I miss her now that we live 8 hours apart instead of 15 minutes.
It's now going to be a very interesting Xmas at the Holderness family :) Wish you all happiness and the very best of the festive period. The fight over who made the most effort to make a meal usually makes me laugh and scratch my head. My family is a bit different though. Think we all feel like that :)
don't you love how they tell you the same "fun" stories about 16 times LOL
Video- Kim's character talking about the new Publix
Me- thinking "but have they ever been to a Wegmans??"
Publix! I did three travel contracts in Florida and I learned that Publix is a whole thing. Love it!
wish i could have met my in laws,,they both were gone 39 years ago when i married their son,,, judging by their children they were awesome!
Ok, but why so accurate?!😂 Like i feel like i am at home with my in-laws praying for my mother to survive😂 Love you guys❤🎄
Fantastic! We love them all...but...(that says it all!)
Eerily familiar. My In law are usually here for a few days every xmas and they pretty much gripe about everything. Wrong cereals ,we go to bed too late (they go at 8:30) , our driveway is too wide ,garbage day is wrong , the girls need to share a room , my socks gotta match , the garage is cluttered, what church service are we going to , you don't need WiFi , and we don't get to watch anything on tv because they are watching the news (6 hrs a day?) or Lawrence Welk reruns.
My mil likes to talk to me about people I'm supposed to know/remember. I love my in-laws & yes, some of these are spot on!
My first in-law visit is this Christmas and I am honestly terrified. I love them, they love me, and I want it to stay that way!!!
“…the heck is a ‘Hulu’…?” 😂😂😂
Laughing hysterically. OMG that is so my parents. And I'm soon finding out so me in the near future.
Sound like you have lobkey in laws that just want to help you guys out but are stuck with all the new things and are pretty much helpless in your household lol. The "I'll cook" part had me though. That's exactly my mother in law. She comes over and wants to cook for us so I can hab a little rest, but she always asks me a million questions and I keep running. Back and forth between the kitchen and my kids. Super stressful... I would rather cook alone in peace and have her watch the kids for a minute so i can get a break lol. Cooking is not the hard part about motherhood. It's the kids. Those are what I need a break from lol 😅
This was hilarious!!! U two r the best at these!!! Thanks ☺️
The story telling part is...(pause to think)(slowly, then quickly bring hands together)...spot on! Haha
Whats a peacock? What's a holuuuu? Omg! Grandpa should come around more often but the grunting wooooffff!
This is a snap shop of me in 30 years. I love it. I see aspects of it surfacing already
Ha the part about I'll do it but you have to show me how to do it is so true lol
L O L my face hurts from smiling so hard at this video!😊
I am laughing out loud with this!!! It's very accurate! Especially when she is asking him what the guys last name is. Haha!!
I'm the Nana that starts telling a story in every little Detail, then say,----
where was I going with this?
The Hulu one 😂😂😂
Sue here: you guys have so much fun!!! Always spot on. Love your channel.
My mom will knock anyone who even dares to help in the kitchen to the ground and tell them it's not necessary to help, then after the event she will tell anyone who will listen, how " NO ONE ever helps me in the kitchen" 🤣
She is not my mother-in-law… she is ME! 😩😂
This is spot on. I’m doing the same thing: I remember when, we used to, you’ve never heard of? Etc…
Nailed it!!!!🤣😅🤣
Oh my gosh. The whole thing with the names - that is my mother-in-law. LOL