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So I considered beating my wife and her whole family last night...

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Stuxnet

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First the setup:

We were going to my in-laws' house last night for dinner. We drove separately and my wife and children got there about 45 minutes before I did. So I pull into the neighborhood and I'm coming around the bend in the road that approaches her father's house, when I see what appears to be a little blonde boy running down the sidewalk and barreling toward the street.

"What idiot lets their little kid run around by himself on a road like this" I think to myself.

I get a little closer.

"WTF THAT'S MY SON!" (who is 3 years old)

And shortly behind him is my 2-year old daughter, chasing him.

"WTF MOTHERFSCK SON OF A @#@#$ C@CK@#@)#) 2@#%#$!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So here are my two children careening down the street, hundreds of feet away from my in-laws' house, and I can't see a single fscking adult ANYWHERE.

I park my car right where my son is (which is a good walk from the house), grab him and my daughter, and set off on a mission toward the backyard where I know they all are (parents in-law, sister and brother in-law, and my wife).

"WHY THE HELL ARE MY KIDS RUNNING AROUND OUT IN THE STREET WITH NO ONE WATCHING THEM?!" I yell.

My mother in-law, who is a total fscking idiot, responds "oh well that happens".

"EXCUSE ME?! IT 'HAPPENS' BECAUSE YOU TAKE THE ATTITUDE THAT 'IT HAPPENS'".

I pretty much exploded at everyone. I haven't been that pissed in a LOOONG time. My wife and I have fought about this kind of thing in the past. I'm pissed because whenever we get together with her family, I'm the only one who watches the kids, including my sister in-law's kids (who are the same age as mine). If I'm not watching all four kids, then NO ONE is watching all four kids. I can't begin to describe how many close-calls there have been, and last night it crossed the line.

There's nothing like seeing your young children playing in the street when no one even knows where the hell they are.

My sister-in-law pisses me off because she only cares about her two kids. If she's alone with all four, she completely ignores ours (which is why I don't let that happen anymore). My brother in-law is just a stupid moron. The guy can't even be trusted to pay attention to his own kids, let alone nieces and nephews.

Man, I know this rant isn't very good, but I'm still so pissed I can't even think straight.
 
Wow. WOW.

I can see why you are irate. Unfortunately, there is no obvious course of action as far as it seems from your post.
 
That's f'ed up. I think it's a legit reason to NEVER deal with the in-laws again.

Also, as angry as I can't even imagine you'd be, that was very well typed; couldn't spot any errors on a quick read :thumbsup:
 
Actually it's a pretty good rant😉

You can pick your wife, but not your in-laws. That sh!T about the kids in the street is not cool at all.

GLTY
 
I don't blame you for being furious. A 3-year-old and a 2-year-old have to be watched.

They were more than a football field away from the house? That's crazy.
 
It's certainly understandable you were pissed. What was your wife's explanation for how they got out of her sight?
 
That's messed up dude. How can people be so unattentive and take such a non-chalant attitude? I really don't know what advice to offer, but this is something to definitely vent and talk to your wife about.
 
I would be pretty pissed too. Some people just shouldn't have kids - the people down the street from me let their 3-5 year old kids just wander with only their ~10 year old to watch them.
 
I BOTH EMPATHIZE AND SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU!!!

I went thru the same goddamn shiiit with my son's mother and her white trailer trash family from the time my son started to WALK until he was about 6 years old.

They would all be in the house eating and drinking, every door to the house WIDE OPEN, patio door WIDE OPEN, windows low enough to crawl thru WIDE OPEN and here's my three year old (or insert age in the bracket given) in the street, on the front lawn, down the damn block and AROUND THE CORNER. :|

More times than I care to remember, I'd show up on a Friday night to pick him up. His mother would open the door and yell for him to come out of his room or wherever. After a minute, no kid. She would say "OH...he must've went outside to play."

WHHAAAT? 😕 "Must've went outside? Are you nucking futs? HE'S FOUR DAMN YEARS OLD!!!!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS?" She would have NO IDEA where he was. NONE. I had to go from house to house looking for him. She would not help. "If you want to see him, you find him." She'd say.

So, jbourne77, I feel you brother. I feel you. :beer:

Thank God that your kids were not hurt.
 
Reminds me of a little girl that lives next door (5yo.)

They've been here for 2 years or so, and the entire time little Emily is given free reign to go anywhere she wants around the neighborhood. The parents have to send their 13-yo son out to find her because they never know where she is. She's a little brat too, courtesy of the parents.

 
I'd stop going over there. Tell your wife that if she wants to go then she goes alone. You and the kids are staying home because you don't feel like babysitting at your In-Law's house. You'd rather babysit in the comfort of your own home.
 
you should've taken them home when you found them on the streets... they'd sh1t their pants if they found out the kids were kidnapped or something lol
 
not only is that asking for some kind of accident to happen, but in this day and age with all the fvcking nutjobs out there who want to kidnap and/or molest little kids, that is fvcking ridiculous.

its nice to see that at least somebody cares about their kids.
 
Wow that is nuts. I have nieces about that age, and I don't even let them out of my sight in the house, much less let them run around outside unsupervised. 2 year olds absolutely have to be watched, they're right at that age where they're learning about their environment and have the mobility to get into trouble!
 
is this the same dude that got pissed at the wife because she was driving with her knees and talking on her cell while his child was in the car?
 
You have identified a problem. You are unlikely to change them. Just do not leave your kids with them again. As convenient as it might be to have the in-laws watch them, it would be far worse finding out something happened to them because of their negligence.

As far as murder is concerned, you would have been completely justified.
 
DAMN! Sounds like you really need to sit down and a talk with the wife. I can't believe she would let them out of her sight like that.
 
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