I need your insight.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Tell me what you all think.

You know how the situation is with my ILs,but if not, here's a brief recap: We have had no contact with them since Christmas, when they lied to us about the whole Hong Kong shit. Butterbaby's birthday is Sunday. They sent him a card with €100 in it for him, €20 for H, a couple of pictures of themselves (one with my FIL with a Rambo-esque bandanna) and ... a picture of a rocking elephant thing that is clearly in their house with a card that said, "Your present is waiting to see you."

(When we are in Austria, we aren't allowed to stay with them because of the dog. They also did renovations a few years ago that turned DH's old room into their dressing room. We have made no plans to go to Austria as of yet, because when we go, we have to stay on his cousin's farm in a vacation apartment thing, but it is rented out until the end of August.)

What do you make of this?

[Deleted]

WEIRDOS.
But I am cracking up at your FIL in a rambo-esque bandanna.
Bahahahaha!!

[katfco]

I'm guessing when you guys do end up visiting, you'll have to figure out how to get a rocking elephant back home.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

But why send a child a picture of a toy that they obviously can't immediately have?

Also, if I know my ILs, that toy is meant to stay at their place.

[Regina Philange]

The toy thing at their place is weird: if I remember correctly they also won't give your H his old toys, which my in laws do too and I think it's so damn mean.

Hey at least you are off the hook till August!

[Deleted]

Lol! What a ploy to get you back! We will send them pictures of toys. They will come to us once the whining becomes unbearable!


Did they buy the elephant in Hong Kong?

[formerlyllizzyb]

Apr 26, 2013 6:44:13 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

Lol! What a ploy to get you back! We will send them pictures of toys. They will come to us once the whining becomes unbearable!


Did they buy the elephant in Hong Kong?

Lol at HK.

No insight. How weird.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Apr 26, 2013 6:44:13 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

Lol! What a ploy to get you back! We will send them pictures of toys. They will come to us once the whining becomes unbearable!


Did they buy the elephant in Hong Kong?

OK, this is pretty much what I was thinking. Who the fuck does that? Obviously BB is too little to understand the picture (my husband gave it to him and called it his birthday "smash picture"), but if they ever pull shit like that with H, I will set shit on fire. When we are in Austria, we usually only spend a few hours at their place. OUTSIDE. Because of the dog. They never even showed us the renovations they did (I sneaked up once and looked).

Oh, and there were TWO copies of the pic where FIL has the bandanna on, one for each kid. Yeah.

[rubber pants]

I think thats thier weird way of saying "we fucked up, we are sorry" but also trying to lure you to thier house with bribery.

Its pretty fucked up for them to be like "here's his toy, its here for whenever you guys want to come by and get it".

wierdos. all around.

[rjamz]

Apr 26, 2013 6:50:56 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Apr 26, 2013 6:44:13 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

Lol! What a ploy to get you back! We will send them pictures of toys. They will come to us once the whining becomes unbearable!


Did they buy the elephant in Hong Kong?

OK, this is pretty much what I was thinking. Who the fuck does that? Obviously BB is too little to understand the picture (my husband gave it to him and called it his birthday "smash picture"), but if they ever pull shit like that with H, I will set shit on fire. When we are in Austria, we usually only spend a few hours at their place. OUTSIDE. Because of the dog. They never even showed us the renovations they did (I sneaked up once and looked).

Oh, and there were TWO copies of the pic where FIL has the bandanna on, one for each kid. Yeah.

Um, you're not allowed in their house??? Dude, they are so fucking weird!

Side note: you should go to Austria and not visit them. Just because Austria is lovely. Have you ever been to Melk Abbey? It's an hour or so down the Danube from Vienna. It's amazingly gorgeous. And they have the COOLEST saint skeleton on display. He's decked out in jewels and posed in the funniest way.

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[katie]

I think it's weird, but sounds par for the course with them. I am sure they don't think they did anything wrong, my ILs are like that. They are so damn narcissistic that they would never admit to ANYTHING. Their line of thinking would be, "Oh look what we sent, we sent gifts and they won't even talk to us. We even have something at our house especially for BB but I doubt he will ever see it, or use it." Waaa, poor them.

Send a picture of the kids holding up a thank you sign.

[lolaburns]

That is so weird and the bandana pics and present photo only add to the whaaaa?-ness of it all. They seem like they are from another dimension!

[claralou]

I'm confused (well, about many things related to this story, but particularly this) about why their dog means you can't come inside. Explain?

These people are so strange. I'm perplexed by this gift, but honestly suspect it's just more of their version of normal. I'm with katie though. Just send the pic of the kids with the thank you sign, if only because I'll still be laughing about that for days.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Apr 26, 2013 7:20:11 GMT -5 katie said:

I think it's weird, but sounds par for the course with them. I am sure they don't think they did anything wrong, my ILs are like that. They are so damn narcissistic that they would never admit to ANYTHING. Their line of thinking would be, "Oh look what we sent, we sent gifts and they won't even talk to us. We even have something at our house especially for BB but I doubt he will ever see it, or use it." Waaa, poor them.

Send a picture of the kids holding up a thank you sign.

Oh my god. Are our husband's long-lost siblings?!

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Apr 26, 2013 7:28:21 GMT -5 claralou said:

I'm confused (well, about many things related to this story, but particularly this) about why their dog means you can't come inside. Explain?

These people are so strange. I'm perplexed by this gift, but honestly suspect it's just more of their version of normal. I'm with katie though. Just send the pic of the kids with the thank you sign, if only because I'll still be laughing about that for days.

The dog will scratch their floor with her demon-like claws.

[Faevantastic]

PIP the bandanna pic!

How can one resist an elephant toy.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

I will PIP it later. I am such a bitch.