What's your normal house load...

[rob_s]

...and how do you deal with increased load? Our house is a 4/3 that usually houses me, the woman, the boy, and the dog. I think we'd be just fine with a 3/2 but we have what we have.

The woman's mother, sister, and sister's boyfriend are here. Mother has been here since Thanksgiving an the sister and boyfriend have been here since Sat before Xmas.

I'm going nucking futs with these people. Under normal load I can go a week and only generate one large can of trash. We had over 3x that in a week with them here. Can't take a shower because there is no point when someone isn't either cooking, running the dishwasher, or doing laundry, and on the rare occasions that I think there's a break, someone else jumps in!

I don't know how you guys with large broods handle this shit. I know some of you have upwards of 3+ kids and I would completely lose my shit in that environment.

All I'm trying to do now is get a shower and get dressed so I can get to the range. **** it, it's the range, I think I'll skip the showwer!

[Erik 1]

Sometimes Daddy just needs some alone time. That's what the garage and the basement are for!

[Sam]

As long as they ALL leave when the holidays is over, you're good to go

I can work around the other inconvenience such as shower, etc. but the extra bodies and the noise associated with it is what I can't handle.

When I was married (no kids and no pets) whenever there are relatives (in laws) visiting I just couldn't handle to amount of traffic flow and the constant yakking. I guess I don't handle large crowds too well, I grew up in a house of 4.

[Sam]

Sometimes Daddy just needs some alone time. That's what the garage and the basement are for!

That's why they have strip clubs .

[ZDL]

*******

[Business_Casual]

What really bothers me is the uncanny ability for them to start talking at the exact moment the person on TV is delivering the important point in a news story or movie.

That's why they have strip clubs .

That's why whiskey comes in liter bottles.

M_P

[Belmont31R]

My house is 4BR/2BA. Wife, twin boys 3.5YO, and 3 dogs. It gets hectic with just us between the boys and dogs. The separated bedroom is my office which I go to relax.


I would go nuts with more than 1-2 extra people more than a few days. We will probably never host a large family contingent here. Just not our style, and frankly dont have the room for it.


This year we also skipped doing anything with my sister. Dont know anyone else there, and just dont like the people on my BIL's side. Nice people just don't care to be around them, and dont feel we fit in. My wife and I are the type to keep to ourselves, and these people try to top last years gifts every time. Last year they got my niece and nephew a present that was probably 10x5x8. Gift wrapped and all. I dont want to buy any of them presents, and dont want anything from them anyways.

[Alex V]

Damn dude... thats harsh!

Here its just my GF, me and my GF's 6lb Tea-Cut Pomeranian LOL

I'd head out to the range, strip club or bar if I were you... You may just go nuts

[MOA]

I have a 12 year old brother, 11 year old neighbor boy, 10 year old step daughter, 9 year old step son, and my 13 month mini marine all in a 2 bed 2 bath apartment. Its freaking scary man. Reminds me of my days as a CO.

[Zhurdan]

Every other year, we make it a point to tell everyone we're going somewhere for Christmas, then we just stay home and be alone.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind it a bit if inlaws come over, as long as they leave their retarded dog at the kennel. You can cuss out a person, but that dumb dog will continue to shit all over the house regardless of what you say to it. My folks never come over, we pissed my mom off long ago by pointing out that Christmas shouldn't be about presents, but about togetherness. She didn't agree. Win-win for me, we don't buy presents, and they don't come over and congest my home. I'll happily go to their place for dinner and retreat to our house for some quiet time.