He is American, very loud, is notoriously disputatious and violently disapproves of drinking.
It promises to be absolutely ghastly.
He is American, very loud, is notoriously disputatious and violently disapproves of drinking.
It promises to be absolutely ghastly.
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Originally Posted by Burney
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If you drink lots of scotch before meeting him, you may find the touching familial scene descending into fisticuffs; this will be awkward for a while, but in the long term will ensure that you and he and kept well separated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
(Is he as bonkers as the mother, do you think?)
I had hoped that the Atlantic Ocean and his advancing years would have ensured we never met, but no such luck. There's no way I'm getting through the thing without a drink, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
If anything, more so. She's quite sweet once you get to know her. He regularly gets into online feuds with Judges, ex-Navy Seals and the like. The most recent of these ended up with two Scotland Yard detectives being dispatched to g's mum's place in Bradford following some sort of allegation that he was a national security threat.
:hehe: He sounds like he could be top entertainment. Wind him up and let him go! :popcorn:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
You have something in common, at least. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Too late to do anything about it now though, I suppose. He can surely have no real complaints though, in any case; you have a job and you plainly do not wipe your mouth with your sleeve. Looked at properly, in-laws do not really expect much better than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
That's what worries me. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
My in-laws have always been deeply regretful of my attitude to earning a living; they have never tried to conceal their disappointment at having a son-in-law who is in trade. They find it terribly bourgeois.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Oh, I couldn't really give a shït what he thinks of me. I just don't want the wife upset, so want things to go well for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
He's on his third or fourth wife - I forget which - so he's hardly in a position to judge anyone else's eligibility.
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Originally Posted by Sir C
:hehe: You basically married into the plot of a Morse episode imo.
'violently disapproves of drinking.' :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I would have hoped for a JR Ewing type character.
I once asked the mother-in-law what she suggested we do for money, given her disapproval of working for a living. "Can't you just walk around finding some in the street? People must lose money all the time!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
And that was before she went a bit loony. :-(
They'll be just saying that, I reckon. They'll know full well how fortunate they've been, if only to have their daughter out of the house and out of their hair and not constantly at the door begging for handouts with filthy, ill-clothed and poorly shod brats in tow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Yes, that's what I mean. Let him who is without sin and a' that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
And, crucially, he is not paying for you.
She'd be fúcking disappointed if she tried.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Indeed. And I'm picking up the bill for lunch, so if I wish to imbibe I shall fücking well do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
**** him in the eye B, not literally of course but you know what I mean and have my full backing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Drink more than you had initially intended. ****.
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Originally Posted by Burney
Is he a Mormon?
Begs the obvious question, really. Have you met your MiL or will you be meeting her?#
When I met my Septic FiL, I have massively disappointed. He is well educated, rational, broad minded and phenomenally well travelled. You are the lucky one. You have plenty of whole to pick through
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Originally Posted by Burney
As if Hypocrisy ever stopped anyone?
I've met my mother-in-law, but they've been divorced for nearly 40 years. His latest wife is Burmese, I believe. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez
In many ways, I feel he might be quite interesting, but the impression I get is that he is a bit of a bully. And the non-drinking thing is a real obstacle. He's not a Mormon, he's just never drunk - what sort of cünt never drinks?
I will smile and be polite and charming. I can do no more than that, sw.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Jorge for exampleQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Oh, j drinks. I have got drunk with him, in fact. He's just one of these chaps who bangs on about how alcohol's 'a bad drug' and weed is much better - as though it were a competition. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
That is the African in him coming out
I am pleased to learn he can relax and unwind with a bevvy or two in good company
Devotees of various religions, without wishing to get into naming them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I don't think J's proud Irish identity would allow him to not take a drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Protestants, you mean? Well yes, but the less said about those cünts, the better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
My father-in-law's just announced his 24-year-old sex-trafficked, FGM'd Nigerian wife is pregnant. He's just been sacked from a job in Dubai and moved back to the US to take another job. To no-one's surprise, her efforts to acquire a US visa so she can join him have been declined and she's now stuck in Dubai, alone, pregnant, jobless and on borrowed time before she gets turfed back to Nigeria.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Blimey. I'd have assumed that if you married a septic you'd get a secptic passport as a result.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
He'll have to do the decent thing and go back to Dubai or change his phone number and never think of her again.
The sort that wants to tell you he never drinks, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Nigeria's not so bad anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
So I gather.
He's not a US citizen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I wonder how much has changed in the last 10 years, because in the early 2000s, when a friend of mine did a two year tour in Lagos, it was like being in a living nightmare, according to him. And he'd done time in Kiev and Almaty, so he knows a ****hole when he sees one.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Right. But he thought he'd get a Nigerian woman in with him anyway?Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
What is he, as thick as mince?
It's yer typical African hellhole but with added religious lunacy and too much loose raw commodities cash :-\.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
He wasn't intending to go back to the US until he got sacked from a job in Dubai. Returning there was pretty much his only choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Sounds like a result on his part, tbf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Why? If he's not a septic, why is the US his only option? This whole story makes fúck all sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Hmm, in Dar or Nairobi or Lusaka an expat doesn't need a team of bodyguards to wander down the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I'm going to have to come out and say it. West Africa isn't anywhere near as nice as east Africa.