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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
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June 1, 2003
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- woodmanswife, 1 of 4 needed
/Posted: 1-JUN-03
My MIL can NEVER remember names. For the
first 6 months that I was dating my DH, MIL constantly referred
to me as "X". This is NOT my name. This
is the name of a girl who DH dated in college. They never
met her in person! She introduced me as "X",
and referred to me as "X", and it drove me NUTS!!
I think that this is just disrespectful! She does not
care enough to give a rip! Then, while we were planning
our wedding and getting married, she called my best friend "Y"
all the time. Her name is "Z". MIL has
other names for my sister and her husband too. She still
doesn't know how to pronounce my mom's name, and she refers
to MY mother as the "purple penguin" because of some
pajamas that My mom wore when they were all staying at my house
for the birth of my DS. After our DS was born, we got
a call and from her and she said, "How is baby 'A'?????"
I said, "WHO???????????????" His name is NOT
"A"!!! I want to slap her.
Signed - Can't Get
The Names Right
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Please Seek Counseling
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- mrs_streams, 1 of 4 needed
/Posted: 1-JUN-03
After many months, we're still living with my in-laws.
But, the situation has gotten somewhat better. The summers,
for the most part, are always nice. They go camping every
weekend, and we get the house to ourselves. Like Memorial
Day weekend was great. The problem has always mostly been
my MIL's husband and children. They take over family events
whenever they're around. On Easter, I helped cook, but once
THEY arrived, they took over the kitchen. And, my SFIL tried
to kick me out of the kitchen. I boldly told them all that,
since none of them had been cooking all day, they'd best GET OUT
of the kitchen or I'd take the food that I had made and leave.
They all scattered, but called me a b!tch. Oh well.
At least when we get our own place, I can NOT invite them to OUR
house.
Signed - The B!tch
Per
the poster's request, no responses collected.
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I am really beginning
to think that she has lost it. MIL has emailed me and told
me that I got pregnant to trap her son. He proposed to me
in December of 2001. I got pregnant in March of 2002, so
I am clueless about the way she came up with that one. She
also said other things like, "I don't have any friends and
I don't respect the one friend that I do have." She
even went to the point as to saying, "Blood is thicker than
mud, water, and piss." She was basically saying that
whatever she tells her family about me, they will agree.
I just gave up on the crazy, sick woman. She will never
be right to me, she will always have problems.
Signed - MIL Has Lost
Her Mind
RESPONSE: MIL Has Lost Her Mind
Save the email and show your husband. In fact, forward it
to everyone in the family. Show them what she's really like.
RESPONSE: MIL Has Lost Her Mind
She said that SHE didn't have any friends, or that YOU didn't?
That's one thing I really mistrust about my MIL. She doesn't
like her friends. She makes fun of the few that she has,
and speaks of them with criticism and contempt. How can
I trust such a woman?
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Does this happen to
anyone else?? My MIL likes to be the center of every conversation,
no matter whether she knows anything about the subject or not.
Everyone usually humors her when she interjects, as she (at first)
seems to be interested in the subject. Once she has the
floor, she will ask a direct question of someone (usually about
the original topic, but not always). Generally, when they
are in the midst of responding to her, she will begin to have
this far-off gaze in her eyes, and it's obvious that she's not
paying attention to the person at all. Then, before they
are done answering, she will break in and direct the conversation
back to herself in some way - completely disregarding whatever
they have said. It's like she never asked the question!!
She repeats this behavior over and over, and it's very frustrating
to watch or be a part of! I've decided that she doesn't
really WANT to know the answer to any of her inane questions,
she just wants to HEAR her own voice over everyone else's all
the time!! Why else would someone ask multiple questions
and not listen to the answers? It's so RUDE and self-indulgent,
IMO.
Signed - Grrrrrrrrrrr
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
I wonder why in the world someone would act like that? It
must drive everyone nuts.
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
Yup, my MIL does that. But, she seems to really listen to
the answers, if only to interrupt the people answering to tell
them that they are wrong.
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
Oh, my god! It's like you live in BF's house and have seen
his mum in action. Every time you start a conversation about
anything (e.g., I graduated from university recently, and
did quite well. I was in the middle of a sentence when she
said, at the top of her voice (she has two volumes - loud and
asleep), "Of course I couldn't get an education because I
got pregnant with DS." Well, boo frickity hoo!
Honestly, I can't get a word in for longer than half a sentence!!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! I Salute you in your plight!!
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
You have my sympathy. My MIL does this, too. If I
tell a story, she'll listen politely. Then, when I'm done,
she'll immediately turn to someone else and say, "Oh, I meant
to tell you - I ran into John Smith at the store today."
She will make no comments at all about my story. I'm always
left wondering whether she even listened to me, or whether she
was just waiting impatiently for me to finish so that SHE could
say something.
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
My MIL was in the delivery room with her daughter until the doctor
insisted that she leave. The doctor couldn't speak to his
patient without MIL interrupting her daughter's response with
stories of her own labor and deliveries. They tell me the
high need to be the constant center of attention is a primary
indicator of narcissistic behavior.
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
I think that we have the same MIL. I feel for you!
I know that my MIL is incredibly stupid, and that is probably
the reason for most of her actions/comments. But, I think
that being rude doesn't necessarily go hand in hand with stupidity.
I don't know what to do about it, either, but I would like to
smack her. Good luck with yours!
RESPONSE: Grrrrrrrrrrr
My MIL does something similar. She will ask a question that
usually starts with, "Have you ever heard of __".
Then, once someone says yes or no, she will look at them like
she wants them to expand on the answer. It's very bizarre
and goes on constantly. She doesn't do it to me anymore,
because I started answering, "Yes, why do you ask?"
She had no answer except, "I was just wondering."
End of conversation. She has nothing left to say after that.
Her favorite seems to be, "Have you ever heard of this song?"
Then she gives some lyrics, that are usually wrong, and can't
understand why no one has ever heard it. My husband's whole
family has very strange communication skills. My husband's
brother does exactly what you described your MIL as doing.
He has the attention span of a squirrel. There is no talking
to him, because after someone says about two words to him, he's
so obviously not paying attention. My husband hates calling
him, because BIL will start watching TV, and be obviously not
listening to DH. My husband's sister can hold a conversation
to a point. She hasn't really figured out that conversations
come to a natural end. Once they get to that end, she will
just stare at me with an odd smile and a look on her face that
says that she expects the conversation to continue, but has nothing
to contribute, so she expects me to go on. Well, I'm out
of material - this is where you say something and keep the ball
rolling. They are a very strange family.
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