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Tampa and the In Laws for Christmas

This year it is going to be Tampa, Florida for Christmas. With the in laws retiring to Tampa, Florida this year we will be going to Tampa for Christmas this year and I am certain for a number of years to come. I got us reservations at a luxury Tampa hotels, I am not going to be staying with the in laws for a week, and especially with the additional stress of the holidays on top of it I just don’t think I can stand to be in there place for a week.

My mother in law is crazy, a sweet lady but also very high stress and high strung. She seems to always be on edge and on the go go go. Tat behavior gets on my nerves very quickly and makes me tense. And with it being the holidays she will be especially on edge. Is this right or wrong, how to do this or that, your not doing it right, not over there, over here. She can go on and on about stuff i didn’t even think it was possible to talk about for a few minutes. It is crazy and I don’t understand at all how my father in law puts up with it. He just seems to ignore her, I suppose that is really the only way to deal with it.

My wife is upset I made hotel reservations and is not sure how she will tell her mother we are staying at a hotel. I am of the mind she (my wife) needs to make the excuse up, because if left up to me I will tell my mother in law that staying in her house for a week would drive me nuts and why. Then she will be really mad at me, I won’t care, but it will upset my wife. In all reality my mother in law drives my wife nuts too, although she won’t admit it, and I can’t believe she would really want to stay with her parents for a week anyway. I am thinking staying in a hotel near the beach we will get some time to unwind on the beach daily before getting another dose of the craziness.