Worst gift: My MIL gave
me a Mr. Potato Head vibrating massager for my birthday, and actually
had the gall to say, "Make sure you only use that on your back!"
It was in the trash immediately after they left!
Signed - In The Trash
Immediately After They Left!
RESPONSE: In The Trash Immediately After They Left!
Give her a turkey baster for Mother's Day, and tell her to make
sure she only sticks it up a turkey's @ss.
RESPONSE: In The Trash Immediately
After They Left!
Amazing. Why on earth didn't it end up in her nostrils?
I would use that gift and verbal abuse as a very good reason as
to why they are not to visit me again. Ever.
RESPONSE: In The Trash Immediately After They Left!
Okay - you win the award for grossest - worst gift. Where
did she get such an item?
RESPONSE: In The Trash Immediately After They Left!
Okay, you win. Hands down.
RESPONSE: In The Trash Immediately After They Left!
That is a horrible, vile gift from your MIL! I, too, would
have thrown it away. But, knowing myself, I would have done
it while MIL was there to put her in her place. Good for you
for throwing this trash away. I say that for her birthday,
you should give her Viagra.
OK, so here I am at 41
raising a two year old. I've been married for 2 years, you
guessed it, because he is the "sperm donor". So,
his mom never had a daughter, nor was she ever close to her other
daughters-in-law who had daughters. She was in the delivery
room, uninvited. She became the support that "the husband"
did not want to be. I needed to rest, she was there, etc.
She says my daughter is "her soul", and I think it is
sweet. Ugh. Suddenly, she blew up at me, "I can't
watch your daughter anymore". Then she said, "We
need therapy. I'll pay for it." Suddenly this woman
thinks I am her wife, and she wants a divorce. Or, she wants
to keep me and my family under a microscope for the rest of her
life. What is amazing is that, now that she is not in my life
any longer, my husband is taking more responsibility with our daughter,
and he is much sweeter to me. Who needs an overly involved
MIL? Not me. Oh, by the way, therapy was a disaster.
But, the saddest part is that my daughter does not get to grow up
with a grandmother to influence her. Well, maybe it's better
off that she showed her true colors now, instead of waiting till
my daughter was old enough to feel the pain of rejection.
Signed - Blowin' Away
RESPONSE: Blowin' Away
It sounds like your MIL completely took over your lives, and your
DH was emotionally stunted by her. Thank God she is out of
your lives now. Hopefully, she will stay out, and you will
have a long, happy marriage. I wouldn't worry about your DD
not having a relationship with the woman - look what she did to
her own son!
RESPONSE: Blowin' Away
You're married because he is "the sperm donor"?
The whole setup sounds distasteful and dysfunctional. I feel
sorry for your child.
Worst gift: My MIL is
a Jehovah's Witness who doesn't celebrate birthdays or any other
organized/traditional events, except wedding anniversaries.
No one else is a JW in the family. Yet, we all must get together
and celebrate her wedding anniversary; not ours or her other daughter's
anniversary. To keep the peace, everyone goes along with her
wishes, and once a year, during the Christmas Holidays, we celebrate
their wedding anniversary, and she gives out gifts to us.
In great anticipation of the big yearly gift (I'm being sarcastic
for effect), I opened my gift: I got a sack containing four
rolls of toilet paper, specially designed for Marine Sanitation
heads. Either I'm full-of-sh!t, or she was giving a "practical"
gift. Whatchathink?
Signed - Still Steaming
RESPONSE: Still Steaming
She might be a little weird, and not know how to give gifts.
That is really funny!
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