A bit of a Dilemma

[MaryN]

Happy New Year to you all. Hope you all enjoyed the holidays.

I have just suffered through an excruciating weekend, and it has changed my mind about one or two things.

I recall saying, some months ago, that I would be ready to take in family members should things deteriorate to such an extent that society was under threat. I take it all back.

I have just spent a weekend in the company of my MIL and OH's older brother. They arrived up here for a brief break - I agreed to this, but crikey I wish I hadn't!

I think I'm a fairly kindly soul. My instinct is to draw people under my wing. That's quite nice, really. Right? Well, I'm an idiot. My OH is a lovely chap - he's been there, done that and has a get up and go attitude to life. By contrast his brother is a useless tw*t! A complete waste of time and space, and frankly if the SHTF I have him designated as potential dog food. To be fair, there is nothing awful to dislike about the chap, it's simply that he is useless. I'm not sure he knows how to turn a tap on - certainly I suspect he doesn't wash much. But, I now realise that, if things really go wrong, I simply could not deal with him. The stress of coping with a dangerous societal breakdown AND him (and his equally pointless family) would be too much.

Please, if I ever express any such kindly and idiotic desires to take in some of my family members again, REMIND ME of this posting.