The Christmas family fight.

The Diabolical Monocle

Probably a bit early, but thought I'd give it a try.

Christmas is a family gathering and that means petty arguments.

Report your Christmas fights here.


(or memories of Christmas temper tantrums past)

The Backwards Man

The dog wanted to walk the whole way around the circle. I'm too pissed to go on the main road. The dog is now huffing in her kennel and doesn't want any sherry trifle.

rolliepoley

Wait till dinner is over.

The Diabolical Monocle

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The dog wanted to walk the whole way around the circle. I'm too pissed to go on the main road. The dog is now huffing in her kennel and doesn't want any sherry trifle.

Your family members are secretly taunting you.

You should probably have some more sherry and lay down the law.

FizzleSticks

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Wattle

Not really a fight but I have two sister's in law that I haven't seen since my dad's funeral two and a half years ago. I guess the next time I'll see them will be when someone else dies.

Duggy747

Me self and the father have hogged the nephew's scallectrix which he isn't happy about.

Feck him, he's got Lego, lil' punk.

BillyMitchel

I'm drinking since yesterday

Fell asleep with my face in the dinner.

Banished to my old room

Fock it

Hate turkey anyway

Hande hoche!

Usually the fights occur in our family in the run up, rather than on the day. Arguments on gifts, biscuit theft etc.

GarIT

So many here, I've gotten the usual ones "You shouldn't be here you didn't go to church" and " Your not good enough for this family because your parents are devorced" so yeah Christmas...... Fun times......

Oh and then there's the other annual one where my grandparents will tell everyone how ashamed they are of their daughter because she is a lesbian. My family are such nice people.

I assume we will have a usual heated debate later on how single mothers are terrible and ruining the country just because my grandparents don't like me and I'm the only person in the family with a single mother, Christmas is definitely the worst day of the year and I would do anything to get out of it.

RobbingBandit

I am keeping away from mine to be honest, man kills family with blunt object, most likely a very dry over cooked turkey would make for a good headline, well there's always next year.

bee06

We've had some bizarre arguments so far for example, the role of Britain in slavery and how to make an Irish stew. Basically, if one of us says the sky is blue someone will say red. Exhausting stuff.

Hande hoche!

A quick game of charades often provides fodder for arguments.

Red Pepper

GarIT wrote: »

So many here, I've gotten the usual ones "You shouldn't be here you didn't go to church" and " Your not good enough for this family because your parents are devorced" so yeah Christmas...... Fun times......

Oh and then there's the other annual one where my grandparents will tell everyone how ashamed they are of their daughter because she is a lesbian. My family are such nice people.

Luckily those times are changing. It's really only the older people a few attention seeking crackpots that hold those views.

RobbingBandit

GarIT wrote: »

So many here, I've gotten the usual ones "You shouldn't be here you didn't go to church" and " Your not good enough for this family because your parents are devorced" so yeah Christmas...... Fun times......

Oh and then there's the other annual one where my grandparents will tell everyone how ashamed they are of their daughter because she is a lesbian. My family are such nice people.

On the daughter issue I would send the old bastards a nice dvd, just mark it xxx.

GarIT

Red Pepper wrote: »

Luckily those times are changing. It's really only the older people a few attention seeking crackpots that hold those views.

I know, usually the majority of the family supports me but the grandparents are relentless. The really depressing thing is my dad refuses to disagree with his parents, he just won't say anything, yet all his brothers and sisters would have no problem jumping in to defend me.

gugleguy

Duggy747 wrote: »

Me self and the father have hogged the nephew's scallectrix which he isn't happy about.

Feck him, he's got Lego, lil' punk.

Get as much use of the scalectrix before your nephew get blamed for breaking it by you & pop

Fr_Dougal

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Probably a bit early, but thought I'd give it a try.

Christmas is a family gathering and that means petty arguments.

Report your Christmas fights here.


(or memories of Christmas temper tantrums past)

You first.

msg11

I would say today be up there with one of the busiest days of the year for the Garda and ambulance services. Say there's some amount of fisty cuffs with a few family members and a bitta gargle in there.

Idle Passerby

I would love a good Christmas family fight to clear the tension. So much better than a Christmas family exchange of long standing resentments and bile barely cloaked in a thin veneer of good will.

pickarooney

A mixed metaphor and a tautology... them's fightin' words.

anncoates

Never really have them save minor annoyance.

Do have a mate whose family has more rows than a traveler funeral so it's always amusing to get an update over Christmas.

take everything

Hande hoche! wrote: »

A quick game of charades often provides fodder for arguments.

Or pictionary.

charlietheminxx

Monopoly is the real enemy here.

gugleguy

no. Definitely SCRABBLE.

gugleguy

pickarooney wrote: »

A mixed metaphor and a tautology... them's fightin' words.

is it didactic?

Jesus Wept

FizzleSticks wrote: »

Apparently store bought roast potatoes are okay, I had to stop myself from starting an argument over potatoes.

I'm pretty on edge though I brought loads of presents and didn't get any back. Although Christmas isnt about presents, it's about potatoes!

I got you a present of potatoes.

NuckingFacker

We're a very efficent family - We got ours over and done with last year.. happily no-ones talking ever since so it's crimbo in our respective own homes...which is a good thing. The next funeral might be a bit akward though..

I am pie

Not a fight , but the fridge door fell off in my ma's house this morning, tension ensued!

The Diabolical Monocle

NuckingFacker wrote: »

We're a very efficent family - We got ours over and done with last year.. happily no-ones talking ever since so it's crimbo in our respective own homes...which is a good thing. The next funeral might be a bit akward though..

Tragic funeral or not he did take at least 5% more trifle than everyone else.
These things cant be let go, it sets a dangerous precedent, time is not a factor.

dr strangelove

Me and the missus just played Monopoly.

She lost because i "cheated" by buying streets and building houses on them and waiting for her to come along and have to pay rent, so, we had a 'discussion' about the rules and the morals of the game and now we're not talking

It's cold here.

NuckingFacker

dr strangelove wrote: »

Me and the missus just played Monopoly.

She lost because i "cheated" by buying streets and building houses on them and waiting for her to come along and have to pay rent, so, we had a 'discussion' about the rules and the morals of the game and now we're not talking

It's cold here.

Anyone here suggests monopoly now its a loud and resounding "NO!" - it never ends well, just brings out the ruthless capitalist in people. That and all the non-drunk people cheat like mad..which is no fair..

GarIT

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Anyone here suggests monopoly now its a loud and resounding "NO!" - it never ends well, just brings out the ruthless capitalist in people. That and all the non-drunk people cheat like mad..which is no fair..

That's why we play on PC no cheating possible :P

The Diabolical Monocle

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Anyone here suggests monopoly now its a loud and resounding "NO!" - it never ends well, just brings out the ruthless capitalist in people. That and all the non-drunk people cheat like mad..which is no fair..

Logically then this should make everyone happy.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120708-poland-communist-monopoly-board-game-kolejka/

"Kolejka" or "Queue", a board game similar to Monopoly but with a communist twist, has become a best-seller in Poland and will soon be released as a multilingual version. The game gives players the experience of waiting tediously for rations.

Hande hoche!

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Logically then this should make everyone happy.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120708-poland-communist-monopoly-board-game-kolejka/

"Kolejka" or "Queue", a board game similar to Monopoly but with a communist twist, has become a best-seller in Poland and will soon be released as a multilingual version. The game gives players the experience of waiting tediously for rations.

That's quite magnificent.

NuckingFacker

Hande hoche! wrote: »

That's quite magnificent.

just goes to show how wrong you can be when you go the logical route..

wp_rathead

Pointed remarks are a trigger in our house

P.C.

My family are thousands of miles away.

Tar.Aldarion

Girlfriends mother offered me Pepsi, luckily I had a can of coke.

Specialun

Try to beat this one i had with my father earlier..not really an arguement,more of a minor disagreement

Dad- your dog has done a pi55 down the hall..go cleant it up
Me- ah no,shes fully house trained and has never done it before
Dad- shes is in her dreams
Me- maybe it was that foxy tomcat you adopted few weeks ago
Dad- no way his a clean cat
Me- didnt he do it last week
Dad- yeah but it was an accident,he was stressed
Me- how the fook do you know he didnt do it this time,you dr dolittle yeah
Dad- points at the cat and says "does he look fooking stressed to you"

I just cleaned it as couldnt be arsed arguing with him

rednik

Boxing gloves just stitched up, round one. Ding Ding.

vitani

There was a hissed disagreement between my parents over which bag to use for the uncle's Xmas present. Unfortunately, the hissing wasn't quiet enough so the uncle heard every word.

Galadriel

dr strangelove wrote: »

Me and the missus just played Monopoly.

She lost because i "cheated" by buying streets and building houses on them and waiting for her to come along and have to pay rent, so, we had a 'discussion' about the rules and the morals of the game and now we're not talking

It's cold here.

:eek: That's soooooooo not what happened, anywho it was a draw!

knarkypants

Oh I got my arguments out of the way 3 weeks ago. It's been a lovely quiet Christmas with just ourselves here today. Bliss.

Wabbit Ears

She questioned my parenting ability in front of my dad when our daughter was refusing to eat her dinner. I lost it as soon as they were gone. Not speaking now. Fcuk christmas.

whupdedo

We don't argue that much, everything usually runs smoothly but that may be due to the fact we don't drink at home for Xmas day, we all have lunch 1 dinner at 6 and we're all in our respective homes by 9 in the evening, then we're like the couple out of father Ted

FizzleSticks

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TheLastMohican

We don't argue. Just simmer merrily

didntgotoplan

Our arguments/discussions that got a little out of control were really weird.
My grandmother brought up the first question asking how the hard shell on chicken's eggs are formed and with different shades of brown. My step dad and me had a "discussion" on how I said today is also Jesus's birthday and my step dad said it was only his birth!

EDIT: oh wait, my step dad trying to push alcohol on every person in the house. That was an actual fight as my 14th year old brother drank something he shouldn't have and got sick. ugh

Mickey H

TheLastMohican wrote: »

We don't argue. Just simmer merrily

Always the best way. Sometimes the simmering is better than the actual fight.

stefan idiot jones

P.C. wrote: »

My family are thousands of miles away.

Myself and the OH's family are in Ireland, Wales, England, Canada and France.

We are in Oz and twas a beautiful Christmas Day. ( Well here anyway ). Not a word uttered in anger.