Brother in Law is Upset with Us

toniq

How would a choc orange actually get to expiry without being eaten?

theoretica

Chocolate orange:
Peel an orange and carefully divide into segments.
Dip half of each segment into good quality molten chocolate and set on foil or silicone sheet to cool and set.
Eat fresh.

somethingcorporate

theoretica wrote: »

Chocolate orange:
Peel an orange and carefully divide into segments.
Dip half of each segment into good quality molten chocolate and set on foil or silicone sheet to cool and set.
Eat fresh.

Yum

(another quality thread)

TopQuark

Absolutely astounding tightness shown by the OP and her husband. She clearly feels she's the centre of the universe; or she's certainly a black hole at any rate - willingly sucking financial assistance out of others and never giving anything back in return.

Can't imagine this couple have many friends and they'll probably end up ostracising their family in future too due to their selfishness.

It's got absolutely nothing to do with monetary value or 'consumerism' or any of that; it's just pure selfishness. The OP and husband had cash, thanks to the generosity of family mamers allowing them to save. They were just too mean and self-centred to spend a single penny, or a single moment to demonstrate they were thinking of a close family member on a significant birthday. Because they weren't and they don't care; they themselves are simply more important. Vile. Glad I don't have the misfortune to know anyone like her.

DaveTheMus

I've only read the first page but I certainly think the OP and her husband are made for each other.....2nd hand Terrys Orange and Malteasers as gifts...

I would hate to be that broke...

HPoirot

Good grief. The more the OP posts on this thread the more she outs herself as an entitled, stingy miseryguts who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

purpleshoes_2

TopQuark wrote: »

Absolutely astounding tightness shown by the OP and her husband. She clearly feels she's the centre of the universe; or she's certainly a black hole at any rate - willingly sucking financial assistance out of others and never giving anything back in return.

Can't imagine this couple have many friends and they'll probably end up ostracising their family in future too due to their selfishness.

It's got absolutely nothing to do with monetary value or 'consumerism' or any of that; it's just pure selfishness. The OP and husband had cash, thanks to the generosity of family mamers allowing them to save. They were just too mean and self-centred to spend a single penny, or a single moment to demonstrate they were thinking of a close family member on a significant birthday. Because they weren't and they don't care; they themselves are simply more important. Vile. Glad I don't have the misfortune to know anyone like her.

Save and 10 grand towards the house deposit from parents apparently. I get that some parents will help family out when its time to buy, but if you are that strapped after you move in that you can only afford to regift a choc orange, maybe some consideration should have been given to moving to a cheaper property that wasn't going to clean you out and didn't need a ton of work doing to it.

The fact that anyone would justify giving a crappy gift like that and doesn't think its mortifying, well, Id be cringing. And if it was my OH who was the driving force behind chocolate orange gate, Id be giving his backside a good hard boot.

ecgirl07

First 8 pages of this is an old fashioned families board lynching. Looking up pasts posts to disparage the op about their life choices. Borderline bullying.

barbarawright

I had a birthday with a zero on it recently. I didn't get many presents - my family don't really do them and I'm not that bothered about them - , but the best one was a collaged home-made card with pictures of my favourite actor. Must have cost about fourpence but it showed that people do occasionally listen to me droning on... I'm not saying I was ungrateful for the chocs and the flowers and things like that. I loved them. But it was nice to get something that actually showed a bit of thought. Along with homemade cakes.

And I'm in the camp of, 'I'd probably rather not get anything from family than regifted chocolate presented as if it was a big deal'. And while I wouldn't have 'gone running to mummy', I might have joked about it being a bit tight, which is what I suspect actually happened

gettingtheresometime

ecgirl07 wrote: »

First 8 pages of this is an old fashioned families board lynching. Looking up pasts posts to disparage the op about their life choices. Borderline bullying.

Whilst I can see where you're coming from, if you post on an open forum stating that someone is naffed off with you because of a present you've given them then your personal circumstances do play a part in it.

So if you're a bankrupt and a £1 present (or in this case a recycled present) is all you can afford then people could reassure you its the thought that counts.

There's many a thread on mse where people have 'bragged' about how much they've saved/earned and then posted another thread whereby claiming poverty

So past posts put a current post in perspective imo