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So I think I mentioned to you guys that my father and his wife emailed us this year to say they'd be too busy to see us at Christmas (which in and of itself is a little odd, since they only live an hour away) - they said they weren't sure of their plans but knew they'd be really swamped. They indicated that they'd mail out some Christmas gifts and maybe see us in the New Year. (Whatever.)
On Sunday afternoon they pulled into our driveway - my father's wife sat in the car, which was still running, while my father ran up the steps, handed me a few gifts and said "We're in a huge rush, these are for you guys" and took off.
It was... weird. My own freakin' FATHER - wouldn't even come in to say hi to DH or Jack, and his wife preferred to sit in the car. They were on our property for all of 45 seconds. It was bizarre.
^^ Exactly! If they could drive an hour to drop the stuff off, why not at least say hello?
I don't even really feel right accepting these gifts - I mean, we haven't exactly become close and it just seems kind of fake and forced, if you know what I mean...
That's terrible! Totally sounds like something my father would do though, except that they live 15 min away and we never see them. I'm so sad that they did that to you! What is wrong with people?! Perhaps it's better that Jack didn't see him for two seconds and then you have to explain why they didn't stay to visit!
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