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Bad Holiday Behavior: Confess your sins here!
Chocolate Cake:
Just returned from a Christmas visit with my in-laws. I was very, very bad. Whenever I'm around them, it just seems like I am constantly sticking my foot in my mouth. Here are the highlights (or shall I say "low"lights) from my diarrhea mouth:
1) Saw a female mail carrier walking her route on their block and I said, "She better be careful walking around in this neighborhood. She could become a crime statistic."
Yeah, I totally dissed where they have lived for the last 20 years. In my defense, it's a transitioning neighborhood (and not for the good). In fact, the cops arrived down the street and arrested some guy just the night before. Just as we drove past, three police officers were struggling to get the perp into the back of the paddy wagon while he fought them off (with handcuffs on). But still......I shouldn't have said what I did.
2) After spending all day sitting around, I apparently was overly enthusiastic when my husband grabbed the keys and said it was time to head out. My husband later told me that I shouldn't have made it so obvious that I was relieved to leave their company.
3) When my FIL mentioned he'd like my son to spend two weeks or so with them next summer, I burst out laughing. I was responding to the horrified look on my son's face.
I don't know where my head was on this visit. That's my confession. Post yours!
Pixie:
I didn't send out Christmas cards. I usually send out 75 Christmas cards, this year we got THREE. I refuse to feel guilty.
I also didn't leave the house. No, I wasn't sick, I just wanted alone time with my family.
Clara Bow:
I didn't send Christmas cards and I was a little late with the thank you notes. I just sent them today and we got one of the gifts like two weeks ago.
I also hid on my front porch smoking and talking to my brother in law on the phone when he called Christmas Eve for about half an hour to get a little peace. My in laws drive me a little crazy. I'm also not the world's greatest with overnight company, so I was a little cranky. Not bad, and hubby says no one noticed but I knew I was feeling edgy and tense.
Oh, and my folks made fondue in the new fondue pot they bought me. I hate fondue. My husband and I snuck out for cheeseburgers when we ran to WalMart for supplies. Of course they were none the wiser, but I feel a little bad about it....
Venus193:
I regifted an item almost immediately, but not in front of the original giver. I'm trying to figure out what to say to her if it ever comes up.
Hawkwatcher:
--- Quote from: Chocolate Cake on December 28, 2006, 07:06:48 PM ---Just returned from a Christmas visit with my in-laws. I was very, very bad. Whenever I'm around them, it just seems like I am constantly sticking my foot in my mouth. Here are the highlights (or shall I say "low"lights) from my diarrhea mouth:
1) Saw a female mail carrier walking her route on their block and I said, "She better be careful walking around in this neighborhood. She could become a crime statistic."
Yeah, I totally dissed where they have lived for the last 20 years. In my defense, it's a transitioning neighborhood (and not for the good). In fact, the cops arrived down the street and arrested some guy just the night before. Just as we drove past, three police officers were struggling to get the perp into the back of the paddy wagon while he fought them off (with handcuffs on). But still......I shouldn't have said what I did.
I don't know where my head was on this visit. That's my confession. Post yours!
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Be careful, they might decide to move to a safer neighborhood, such as your neighborhood.
My sins:
I only sent out three Christmas cards but I only got three cards.
My house was not perfectly clean when my parents arrived but they arrived during the busiest time of the year for me.
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