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Frequent
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I Just Wanna Be Free
Age: 30 MIL Age: 55
Australia
My MIL Thinks She's Martha Stewart!
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- I Just Wanna Be Free /Posted: 21-AUG-02
My MIL loves to be "the most gorgeous",
and loves to show me up at every opportunity. She is a tiny
woman, and nothing delights her more than proving to me (and anyone
who will listen) that she is smaller than I am (and thus, more beautiful!).
She's crazy - she does it with shoes (if I get a new pair, she insists
on trying them on and then trumpets that she is a size smaller) and
clothing. She buys me clothes that are too small (but fit her
perfectly!), and has tried to "loan" me clothing (that she
knows won't fit me!). I clearly remember one hot summer day
at her place, she set up a paddling pool for the kids. They
were only babies, and I wanted to be in there with them to look after
them, but had no swimming costume. She was quick to loan me
some bikini bottoms - the tiniest pair she could find. I swear,
they were so small, even SHE couldn't have fit into them for 10 years!
Well, I squashed my hips into them, and was in bloody agony.
But, the several hours of pain was worth the sour look on her face!
I think I still bear the scars from wearing those bikini bottoms!
When her sister visited from the UK, she said she had brought me a
jacket - and MIL was quick to say, "Oh, but it wont fit DIL -
it'll fit me, though." Well, it did fit, and MIL didn't
talk to me all day!
Signed - Gorgeous MIL
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- I Just Wanna Be Free /Posted: 21-AUG-02
MIL has alopecia, and has no hair. She's
been completely bald for about 8 years now. Now I know this
is a distressing condition, and I am completely sympathetic.
I even know how it feels, as I got alopecia myself when I was 20.
Luckily, it only lasted six months, but I can certainly remember the
way it affected my self esteem. I have always done my best to
be supportive and sensitive about her lack of hair. I have helped
her choose wigs and style them, and assured her hundreds of times
that they look completely natural (they do!). Even though she
is a complete b!tch, I consider myself to be a compassionate person.
However, I also have a keen sense of humor, and that was my downfall.
One Sunday, we went around for a roast dinner. She was busy
at the oven messing with the meat, and suddenly she said, "What
is that smell?" And we all noticed that it smelled really
strong, like burning plastic. Well, she was looking around frantically
when I noticed that her wig was smoldering. I couldn't help
it - I laughed myself stupid as I covered her head with a tea towel
to put out the burning. She began screaming and swatting me
(I think she thought I was attacking her in some sort of hysteria).
I tried to tell her what I was doing, but I was overcome with mirth,
and the fact that she was so angry just made it funnier. By
now we were all laughing but her. Finally, she realized that
her wig had caught fire in the oven. Did she thank me for saving
her from being burnt??? NO, she shouted at me and cussed me
for making fun of her. Everyone went quiet, and we all sat down
to dinner. But I couldn't stop looking at her hair, and giggled
through the entire meal. DH's nudges just made it worse, and
she got redder and redder, and refused to talk to me. I don't
think she has ever forgiven me for that incident, but I remember it
fondly!
Signed - Her Hair Was On
Fire
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- I Just Wanna Be Free /Posted: 21-AUG-02
MIL and FIL have always hated my guts.
When FIL's natural born son (he is DH's step father) got married,
they took every opportunity to make it clear how great the "new
and improved" DIL was compared to me. They got a blown
up wedding picture of them, and put it on the wall. Ours was
tiny and hidden on the mantle behind everyone else's photos.
They gushed over her wedding dress, as it was so "pure and white".
Mine was cream, so I guess it was a dig (even though they insisted
when we got married that I couldn't get married in white, as we had
been living together - but so had FIL's son and the new DIL!).
MIL told me, coldly, that the new DIL called her "mom",
and added spitefully, "but I guess YOU would never be the type
to call me 'mom'!" I replied coolly, "That's right,
I have a mother, thanks." When new DIL had her baby, FIL
made delicate insinuations that this grandchild was a "real"
grandchild - as though our son wasn't. Everything new DIL wanted,
she got. They took every chance to fawn over her, and I clearly
recall one time when they shouted at me for placing my baby's shoes
on the table in front of her. The exact same things happened
when BIL got married. They treated his wife as though she was
more special and welcome in the family than I was, despite the fact
that they seen me much more frequently. This kind of favoritism
is the kind of sick thing that goes on in this dysfunctional family.
They even repeatedly tried to make DH compete with his step SIL and
BIL because they somehow think that it's fun to do that. Of
course they deny this. This kind of thing is yet another reason
that I am glad to be out of the family - I will never do that to my
kids!
Signed - They Play Favorites
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- I Just Wanna Be Free /Posted: 27-JUL-02
FIL was having a birthday dinner at the local
club, and the family was invited. But we were told "no
kids". DH got angry, as this was not a function.
It was only a dinner at the club, to which we were members.
He said that unless they planned to pay for us, we had every right
to take our kids with us. They grudgingly agreed. Well,
we must have really ticked them off because when we got there and
I tried to sit down, FIL barked at me, "No! You can't sit
there!" We were ordered to sit at another table, separate
from the rest of the family. We were then ignored for the entire
evening, unless you count the dagger glances. I didn't really
care, but I could see DH was getting really upset. FIL is his
stepfather, and he has always gotten along with him, and with FIL's
natural kids. They all ignored him completely. I begged
him to leave, but he wanted to see how far they'd go. Well,
evil SIL (who hates my guts) deliberately said to my other SIL, who
sat next to me for a minute, "I bet you want to get away from
HER!" And then she flounced past. To complete the
humiliation, when we were leaving, no one said good-bye to us.
And, MIL and FIL now say they did nothing wrong, and that I (not DH,
only me of course) have a problem. YES, we have cut all contact
with these awful people. And life has never been better!
Signed - Humiliation Is
Their Weapon
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- I Just Wanna Be Free, 1 of 4 Needed
/Posted: 9-JUL-02
When we got engaged, future MIL was obviously NOT happy.
Her face looked like a cat's butt. She felt we were too young,
and made it plain that I was never considered "good enough"
for her darling son. My family was thrilled, and organized a
huge engagement party. It was held at my Godmother's house.
Naturally, future MIL and FIL were invited, as was future BIL (who
was about 16 at the time). It was a really casual affair - a
roast spit BBQ, dancing outside, beer in the bathtub type of do.
This is typical of my large, fun loving family, and the future ILs
were appalled by it all. We ignored them. What bothered
me, though, was when my family started warning me how much future
BIL was drinking. He was underage, and my family hadn't realized!
So, I approached FMIL and told her to tell him to please stop.
She just stared at me haughtily, and said it wasn't her problem (even
though he is her son!). So, I asked FDH to please tell him to
stop drinking. FDH did, and tried to keep an eye on him.
So, it pretty much ruined the rest of our evening. His parents
refused to keep FBIL in line or to take him home, so we had no choice
but to try to get him in hand ourselves. We finally demanded
that they take him home. They refused, and left without him!
So, we had no choice but to leave our own engagement party early with
FBIL to try and sober him up! Back at home, FBIL vomited all
over my lounge room, and all over me. FDH and I spent the rest
of the night looking after him, and cleaning him up. Finally
he was up to being left alone. So, since we were exhausted,
we went to bed. When we awoke, we found that FBIL had opened
all our engagement presents!
Signed - In-Laws From He!!
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- I Just Wanna Be Free, 2 of 4 Needed
/Posted: 9-JUL-02
I should have known that things weren't going to go
well when my DH (then BF) introduced me to his mother. She looked
me up and down and said witheringly, "Another one? I hope
she's on the pill!" I was shocked. But, when BF invited
me to dinner a few months later, I thought she would have thawed,
given that it was now apparent that I wasn't just some casual fling.
But, no, she tortured me all through dinner. She stared at me,
and criticized the way I talked, sat, and ate. And she gave
me the third degree about my family, who obviously were not up to
her high standards. At the end of the meal, she informed me
that I was not old enough for her son. Then, BF got annoyed,
so he took me home. Needless to say, the journey home was not
a comfortable one. We were both embarrassed over her behavior.
From then on, every time she saw me, she would ask, "Do you actually
have legs?", and, "Do you know what a dress is?"
I always wore jeans, and to her that wasn't lady like. She also
would ask me, repeatedly, what size clothing I wore, what size shoes
I wore, and how much I weighed. She's a very petite lady, and
it was very important to her that she be the "most gorgeous."
Signed - I Should Have
Seen The Signs
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- I Just Wanna Be Free, 3 of 4 Needed
/Posted: 10-JUL-02
Whenever my MIL comes to visit, she checks up on my
cleaning. She thinks I am unaware of this, but I have known
about it for years now. Without fail, MIL will contrive to use
the bathroom (no matter how short her visit is). While in there,
she goes through all the cabinets and cupboards. I know she
does this because I set little "traps" for her when she
arrives. My bathroom has a door that leads to the master bedroom.
I always close this door. But, without fail, after MIL has used
the bathroom, the door will be open. She peeks into our room
to see what state it is in, I guess. She would always come out
of the bathroom and tell me that the mirror needed cleaning.
One day I'd had enough, so I left a pair of crotch-less knickers on
the bed to give her something to think about. And, I left glass
cleaner on the bathroom counter with a rag and a note saying "help
yourself". I don't know what she thought about the knickers,
but she never commented on that bathroom mirror again! J.
Signed - Bathroom Monitor
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- I Just Wanna Be Free, 4 of 4 Needed
/Posted: 10-JUL-02
When I got pregnant with our first child, I put on
a huge amount of weight. MIL just loved to point this out at
every opportunity. She loved to say, "When I was pregnant,
I was all belly. From behind I didn't even look pregnant.
But, YOU carry all over, don't you?" She would guess how
much I weighed all the time, and pat my stomach constantly, even though
I asked her not to. When I had the baby, and she came to visit,
all she could say was that he looked nothing like DH. She would
say "Oooh, he's all YOU, isn't he?" And it got SOO
irritating! It was as though he wasn't actually DH's child,
and I was just trying to pass him off as DH's! When BIL visited,
the first thing he said to me was, "You still look pregnant!"
He stayed for five minutes and then he left. He did not congratulate
me or DH, and he only glanced at the baby.
Signed - Spiteful ILs
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