Rip Snorter Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Problem is, these kinds of situations are pretty much unwinnable, however it shakes out, in family terms there are always costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 Just now, Rip Snorter said: Problem is, these kinds of situations are pretty much unwinnable, however it shakes out, in family terms there are always costs. Man, you have that right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 6 hours ago, Chantry said: Maybe lock the door to your workshop so he can't get in while you're out there agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 wife's family had some 'interesting' folks to point I stopped seeing and speaking to them. Wife would travel TO them and interact but they weren't invited here. wife, at first, was greatly worried I would be missing out--didn't care, don't care. Been 28 years and while they are still around they aren't around here. and I still don't care in any way, shape or fashion about them life has been good since I made the break ►you're problem is he comes over--that is not something I had to deal with--best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 double tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 It is a FAMILY trip. I cannot choose or control everyone I am related to. But I have chosen my FAMILY; these are the folks I would kill for - the folks I would die for. And just because we are somehow related from blood, marriage or accident of the cosmos; that don't make you my family. Life is too short and time is too precious to waste any of it being around people who decrease our joy, harm our experiences or diminish our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 There's no easy answer, as you're aware. As laid back as I am, it sounds like you have far better control over your temper than I do. I have a hunch I would have taken a swing at him by now, or at the very minimum, put hands on and forcefully ejected him from my shop. You didn't say how you are getting to Yellowstone, or who is paying for the trip. Depending on the circumstances, I would go, but make clear that the first antagonism from him means the end of the trip, whether five minutes or five hours from home, and if you've just checked in or it is the last night. It will also mean an end to family trips. Make clear that it is not a bluff, that you just don't give a damn, because your happiness and well-being are worth it. If he insists on dressing like a buffoon, ignore him, and stay as far away from him as possible. Or stay home, and make crystal clear why you are staying to everyone. That you are willing to not discuss points of disagreement for the sake of family, or even speak with him at all if that is what it takes, but he has yet to offer you the same courtesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Ah, c’mon. This has been the plot line of a bunch of movies, and they all turned out great at the end. What could possibly go wrong? Just imagine you’re Chevy Chase and he’s John Candy, and you’ll all be laughing and man-hugging at the end. Seriously, though — I’m in the, ‘life’s too short to spend it with people I detest,’ camp. I’d straight up not go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybread Fred Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Sorry...had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Frybread Fred said: You need to print this out, staple it to your workshop door, tape it to your trash cans and put it by your campsite! Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: You need to print this out, staple it to your workshop door, tape it to your trash cans and put it by your campsite! Seriously. Probably could get a T Shirt made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Probably could get a T Shirt made! At one time I had a license plate that read "UBUIBME". Yul needs to share that attitude with his SIL. If the guy really cannot accept Yul being Yul, and he expects everybody to be just like him, then he isn't worth the time to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 well it is gonna cuase a STINK what ever ya do be sure to get a bunch of powdered lime was it me , I would hook up the boat , and go fishing , just me and the lumix lab Chickasaw Bill life to way to short to be around STUPID folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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