The official UKY inlaw venting thread

This may just be DH's parents, but, they use butter/margarine as a sandwich binder. WHY?! It doesn't make the sandwich taste better, it doesn't enhance it in any way, shape or form. Yeech! :|

It's a cultural thing.  Lucky (or unlucky) for me, I grew up with it because we're close enough to the boat to still do it so I am used to it.  Totally makes them taste better to me.

Peanut butter+butter was what I had almost every day when I came home from school as a snack.  I couldn't even look at them for years, but now I crave them occassionally. 

This may just be DH's parents, but, they use butter/margarine as a sandwich binder. WHY?! It doesn't make the sandwich taste better, it doesn't enhance it in any way, shape or form. Yeech! :|

Everyone does this here.  My mil claims it is to stop the bread getting soggy from tomatoes.  Even though she doesn't use tomatoes.  YUCK!

I hate the buttered sandwich thing too.  It would be bad enough if it were real butter, but my in-laws use that nasty fake spread, and they put it a good quarter-inch thick on both pieces of bread.  Then they add salad cream and processed ham, and that's their idea of a sandwich.  Since I hate 1) spread, 2) salad cream, 3) processed ham, and 4) the limp white bread they put it on, things used to get a bit awkward around lunchtime when I lived with them! 

Peanut butter+butter was what I had almost every day when I came home from school as a snack.  I couldn't even look at them for years, but now I crave them occassionally. 

That's the only way I can eat a PB sandwich! I need butter on cheese sandwiches too. But when it turns up on my tuna mayo sandwich ... 

And Brits think peanut butter and jam is weird??  LOL.  I never understood the butter on bread thing either...especially when you use also use a different "sauce" (like mayo or whatever).  Yucky!

When I was in College I had a friend visit from Wisconsin and we went to Subway & she asked for butter on her sandwich...the person behind the counter just looked at her like she had 2 heads or something.

I wouldn't put it on tuna, but my nain's meatloaf, butter, and ketchup was one of my favourite sandwiches as a kid.  Some deli meat is good with it, but I don't do really processed meat if I can avoid it.

Tomato sandwiches have to have mayo unless the bread is toasted.  If it is, I add butter.  Buttered toasted bread is good with salad sandwiches, too.

I guess I am weird.

I don't like this butter thing either.  But PB and Butter reminds me of my grandma and I adore it.  Especially if it's on white bread. 

When I was in College I had a friend visit from Wisconsin and we went to Subway & she asked for butter on her sandwich...the person behind the counter just looked at her like she had 2 heads or something.

My ex used to complain about his grandma putting butter on sandwiches all the time.  Whenever she'd make a bunch for the guys to take out with them while they were hunting/fishing, etc., they'd always tell her not to put butter on them.  And yet... when they sat down to eat them, the first thing they'd have to do was open them up and peel off the slab of butter inside.

Personally, I've never liked butter on sandwiches, or even just bread & butter.  This is something the lunch ladies at my elementary school seemed to take personally, for some reason.

But, then again, we do love our dairy products. :p

We do have peanut butter in the house(I bought my own jar, and it's in the cupboard), so I shall have to try this combination of margarine spread with peanut butter. I can't have real butter, as I'm lactose intolerant. MiL won't even touch the jar of peanut butter, though. I don't understand it. Probably, again, just my MiL. 

Peanut butter is definitely not as popular here as in the States.  I think when I was living with the inlaws, only my brother-in-law and I would eat it.  He always ate it "savoury" on toast with no jam.  Even he thought it was weird when I'd spread it on apple slices or make a peanut butter and jam sandwich.  My husband hates peanut butter, but likes peanuts.

You totally might not be able to bear the peanut butter and butter sandwich.  I don't know if I could if I hadn't grown up on it.

Peanut butter is definitely not as popular here as in the States.  I think when I was living with the inlaws, only my brother-in-law and I would eat it.  He always ate it "savoury" on toast with no jam.  Even he thought it was weird when I'd spread it on apple slices or make a peanut butter and jam sandwich.  My husband hates peanut butter, but likes peanuts.

You totally might not be able to bear the peanut butter and butter sandwich.  I don't know if I could if I hadn't grown up on it.

They have a story, where DH whinged, mythered and begged for a jar of peanut butter, because he'd seen it on Charlie Brown. And then he ate some, and he couldn't bear it at all. That probably has a lot to do with it. DH doesn't mind peanuts themselves, but, he could live with out them. He prefers pistachios.

My MIL bought some new towels, but didn't bother to wash them before first use. This means they don't absorb and I was covered with brown lint after I 'dried' off. I thought about jumping back in the shower to rinse off, but that would start a vicious cycle!

Sigh. J's parents invited him over for a father's day meal. 1.) They didn't invite me. Again. They never invite me when they're having a "special meal".  I don't get it. 
2.) J's way too much of a *bleep* to say when his mum calls to say "oh great, can Laura come?" "or "Laura and I will be over at 6", etc.  3.) I asked him if he was coming over to my house after the meal and he was like "I'm not sure, depends on the time, as I will be drinking and I can't drive over there" and I was like "Well don't your parents have to drive your brother home anyways?  Can't you ask them to drop you off here?" and J was like "Errr... well.... no.... you know what my parents are like...."  Really, what are they like? They blinkin hate me is what they're like!!!!