- Every movie involves a cacophony of noises unrelated to the movie. Crunching, bags crinkling, nonstop commentary on the movie fueled by people constantly trying to one-up each other (including the husband). I now know where my son gets it from - direct lineage to his father, and from there his wonderfully opinionated mother and father. At least I know how to speak my mind with intelligence and stealth.
- While childcare is "free-er" than usual, it involves basically only one thing - Minecraft. And a random trip to the dollar store or other said super cheap crap store, where a grandparent buys a shitload of stupid garbage to entertain the children for 3 minutes. Until they are distracted by Minecraft.
- Relentless bigotry and anger, and we don't even have cable so we can't watch Fox News.
- Something bothering you? From the wise mother-in-law, the answer is always "That person is an idiot", or worse "That person is disgusting because they're [black, gay, Muslim, thin, ugly, talented... or anything else that she herself is not]". Nothing more, nothing less. So all complaints (from one wise enough to refrain from speaking any complaints at all for the entire 14 days) go unsaid.
Sigh. Only four reasons, but excruciating, and I'm counting minutes (and cigarettes, because as soon as they're gone, these are gone, too... again).
P.S.
Reason 5 - They make you want to smoke. Even though you're training for your fifth marathon.
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