My father in law called the cops to tell them to stop investigating the theft, because it was a practical joke. The cop who answered the phone had no idea what he was talking about, which caused my father in law to confide to me that he didn't think the cops were working too hard to investigate the theft of his Christmas decorations.
FIL is not exactly up with the technology (had me searching eBay for a Motorola flip phone last year) and correct acronym usage. He loves to tell a story that ends like this: FIL: well you know what I'd say to him Me: what? (Even though I've heard this a million times) FIL: (half smile) NFB Me: (puzzled what look) FIL: (full smile) None of your fucking business Even funnier when he gets mad and uses "NFB" in a sentence like everyone knows what it means.
My FIL is the shit. He works his ass off as a mason and has a great sense of humor. The only thing I've got for him is when he took his family to Washington DC he spent an afternoon checking how symmetrical the bricks and blocks had been laid on buildings and occasionally talking shit when he saw what he considered a mistake.
My FIL is one of the most personable and easy to be around people I've ever met. He's also one of the most gullible and easily manipulated people I've ever met. Great guy, fun to around, enjoys golf, beer, and football. I don't have anything else to add.
My FIL is pretty chill. He used to race horses and essentially taught Bob Baffert how to pick a horse in the early 80's. He will casually name drop celebrities he met in his training days but they're usually hilariously 80's celebrities. "So me, David Hasselhoff and Alfonso Ribiero are watching Bob race a few horses at Santa Anita..."
My FIL was cool as shit. Died very unexpectedly of a massive heart attack the day Terrance Cody blocked the two kicks to beat Tennessee. Got the call at halftime. Shitty day. Lost a great man & I missed the end of the game. Didn't even know Bama had won until much later that night.
Have you ever thought about subscribing to Pigeon Racing magazine, in an effort to build a better rapport with your father in law?
My FIL passed away about a month before I met my wife. I'm jealous of my friends who have cool FILs that take them golfing,fishing, etc. Or just someone to have a beer with during the holidays. It could be worse, no family drama from my MIL or her side of the family.
My FIL is a boss. Old school farmer that works 2 jobs, never complains, and always is around when he is needed, no matter what the hour is. He works third shift at a local soy bean plant and then goes and does his morning chores at his farm until about 11:00 a.m, only to go to bed for about 5 hours and get up to start the cycle all over. He's pretty quiet, but is quite funny when he does speak. I enjoy chatting with him a lot because he usually says meaningful things instead of the constant noise my MIL makes. He is going to quit the 3rd shift job as soon as his house is paid off, which should be within the next few years. Luckily, he raised his daughter with that old school farmer mentality and she works hard, which isn't as common as I thought.
My FIL is a great guy, but he (and my MIL, for that matter) is the most secretive person I know. And not even about anything in particular. They just do not share any information about anything...ever. He (they) accomplish this by answering every single question you ask -- no matter how benign -- with another question. It's like: Tiburon: "Are you taking the day off today?" FIL: "Why would I take the day off?" Tiburon: "It's, you know, Christmas." FIL: "Oh? What did you want to do for Christmas?"
on trains, had a hospice patient I went to visit that was using the hospital bed we got him to set up his train set because he could raise it to eye level to work on it, peak FIL right there my FIL? died a little over five years ago, wife(gf at the time) and I had been spending the nights sleeping on chairs in his hospital room after he fought prostate cancer for 15 years, probably the most emotionally devastating moment of my life. I'd already known him 5 years or better at that point, one of the last things we talked about before he wasn't really there anymore was that I'd take care of his wife and both his daughters.
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Don't have a lot in common with my FIL. He doesn't watch sports, doesn't drink, kind of in his own world. But he's a super nice guy and raised a really good family.
My FIL asked if we would get him a dog so we did. He then sent me 3 years worth of vet bill the day before Christmas via The United States Postal Service.
Yep. Said we needed to reimburse him for the care of the dog. Got in my car drove an hour north gave him about 600 dollar check and made him give me the dog. I hated that damn dog. He was like a child... Very manipulative and sneaky as he got older. I think he was a pretty good dude until his divorce from my MIL(whose awesome by the way) but that was long before I met him.
He was doing it because we invited him to our Christmas Party a day after his sons and his ex wife got the invite. His feelings were hurt and it was how he lashed out. Like I said he acted like a child. He also got blacklisted from Christmas dinner that same day.
my FIL refuses to talk about any subject that could be remotely touchy in public (money, politics, etc). So basically all we ever do is drink beer and talk sports. Works for me.
Never got to meet my FIL. He was murdered by the Medellin Cartel in 1990. (He ran security and was the driver for El Mexicano)
I like when my FIL says things like "can you Skype her on Facebook now so we can share this moment with her?". In reference to my sister in law not being there and wanting me to FaceTime.
My In laws came over on the 3rd for a BBQ since we were going to my family's on the 4th. To pay us back for the food he came back on the 4th while we were out and trimmed up our azaleas and forsythia in the front yard. I was talking about needing to do it but having no free time to get it done while he and I were standing around drinking a beer and grilling corn.
a post about my FIL's anal lube is now more popular than any other post I've made on TMB, including one about one of my kids being born. Never change, you guys.
This is my ex-FIL, who was a Grade A prick, similar to his daughter. He was your classic "one-up" type who always had a slightly better story that everyone else. We all know that guy. I think he was especially insecure when it came to me because I was inserting my penis into his daughter's vagina, and mouth and occasionally b-hole. If you drove from point A to point B in 3 hours, he did it in 2.5. If you caught a 10 pound fish, he caught an 11 pound fish, etc. It got so bad I started interjecting absurd stories to see if he would try to one-up them, and of course he always did. One of my favorites was when, while eating dinner with about 10 people, I told him I bought stock in Koch Industries at $30 or something. He immediately claimed he bought it at like $25. After a couple questions to nail him down on buying the stock I said "whoops, I mean I bought X stock...Koch is a privately held company." The death stares from my ex were just heart warming.
FIL is an alcoholic who was drunk at my fiance's son's 5th birthday party. He was trying to get me to race him in my M3, he drives a GMC Sierra. He also managed to tell his 12 year old niece he had lung cancer and was going to die in 6 months. Turns out he just had a mass that was being tested on his lung. Tests were negative, he didn't and doesn't have cancer he's just a piece of shit. After going a year without seeing or talking to him, he's trying to convince my fiance he's now clean and sober, but has yet to really apologize for what he's done to her family. I really won the lottery with this asshole.
a future FIL at one point got arrested for sexual assault. This was a very normal family and a good marriage. He claimed he let the random girl crash in his hotel room and she claimed she was assaulted. He did a few months in county to a lesser charge and when he got released he went into husband of the year mode. One day I'm getting shit talked to me by the gf and compared to the FIL and I let out "of course he does all this thoughtful shit for your mom, he raped a bitch." I don't think the gf really grasped what he was accused of and what he went to jail for. They weren't allowed to talk about it. She was really taken back.
Is it safe to assume that this relationship didn't last? That's kind of a hard one to walk away from, though she had to be pretty ignorant to try and pull the "you should be more like my dad" card knowing you had that one waiting in your back pocket.