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The holidays always bring out a lot in families. One woman recently shared on Reddit that their mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brother-in-law showed up unannounced on Christmas Day and things didn't really go how the trio might have hoped.
The woman begins, "On Christmas Day, my in laws came around to see my partner, son and I. We had no idea they were coming around, they had never mentioned it and we had told them that we were wanting our first Christmas as a family to be quiet and just the three of us."
They planned to spend the day at home.
"We were planning on just hanging around the house, wearing pjs, eating take out food, playing video games while son napped," the original poster (OP) explains. "As this was the plan, I had decided to do a heavy oiling on my hair and wrap it up in plastic wrap to keep the heat in."
She was oiling her hair.
"My partner is cool with me doing heavy oiling, usually I wear it to bed with my hair wrapped in plastic wrap and my bonnet on top, and he had encouraged that I did a heavily oil during the day on Christmas."
The in-laws just showed up out of nowhere.
"In the early afternoon, I went to the door and my in laws were there," OP says. "MIL, FIL and BIL. They had decided that we had already had the morning to laze about and they had come around so son could open his presents. Son is 7 months old, he has no interest in presents and has no idea what is going on which is why we were having such a low key Christmas."
Her mother-in-law went in on her.
"They weren’t impressed that we weren’t dressed, but even less impressed that I had such oily hair. MIL took me aside in the kitchen and berated me for not taking pride in my appearance and for looking so slobby when I should have expected them to turn up. I told MIL that she should just be glad that we had clothes on as we could have been naked as we had told people we wanted a quiet Christmas."
Her partner has her back.
"She was offended that I had dared to suggest we could have been naked, especially with son in the house," OP continues. "Partner thought it was funny that I had told her we could be naked and has suggested that next time when they turn up unannounced that we answer the door naked. My in laws weren’t happy that we weren’t dressed or expecting them."
Her partner also told his mom their home is a nudist home now.
"Yesterday, we both received texts from MIL and BIL having a go for the state we were in, and for me having oily hair that was wrapped in plastic wrap as I looked ridiculous. MIL expressed her disdain at the naked comment. Partner messaged them back and told them that we are allowed to dress how we like in our own home and if I want to oil my hair then I can. He also told them that from now own, we are a nudist home and if they are going to be prudish about it then they can arrange a time where they would like to meet us outside of the home."
Her mother-in-law is still messaging her about it.
"MIL has been messaging me separately, telling me that I looked slobby and should be ashamed of myself as partner shouldn’t have to see me in that state. While partner is really supportive of what I do to care for myself, it’s got me wondering if this was an a**hole move on my part."
People agree: Unexpected visitors can't make the rules.
As one person put it, "Unexpected visitors get treated to anything from pajamas and oily hair to naked time."
Another added, "Unexpected visitors to my house get treated to no one answering the door!"
And a third said, "At my parents house uninvited or unexpected visitors were greeted by our Great Dane/Lab mix. A true gentle giant but intimidating looking if you didn’t know the truth. It made most people stop showing up unexpectedly."
