I have been with my husband since
I was 16, and now I'm 25. So, I have been in the family for
a long time, and have grown up with my husband and his sisters.
My MIL runs a daycare and she takes care of my SIL's bad kids and
a whole rack of other kids. I helped take care of these kids
while she cared for her dying mother, and have always been there
whenever she needed me. In the past year, things have been
rocky in our relationship with his parents. We went from seeing
them daily, to never, and from talking daily, to avoiding her calls.
Going down her driveway is like going to he!!. I'm not sure
where things went wrong. We have, over the years, had many
screaming matches, and have always apologized and made up.
Things seemed better between us (my husband stands behind me 100%).
Since I got pregnant with my son, things have changed. We
are so proud of our beautiful children, and can't understand why
they have nothing to do with our kids. My husband always cries
to me about his feelings of disappointment towards his parents,
and how they don't pay any attention to our kids. But, she
watches his sister's kids from 6 in the morning to 6 at night.
I couldn't hold my feelings back anymore, so I went over there to
find out what there problem was. She told me that nothing
she does with my kids is ever good enough. She does nothing.
My FIL grabbed me by my arm and walked me to the door. Needless
to say, we don't talk to them. They did not want to talk about
how they felt or why they haven't spent any time with our newborn.
I have known these people for most of my life, and they can't respect
that I have a voice and want to solve whatever problem is bothering
me.
Signed - I Got My Claws
Out Now!
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My MIL was a HUMDINGER
at my wedding. The list is long! First of all, she didn't
bother to show up for our wedding on time. After waiting over
40 minutes for her, we decided to proceed. Of course, she burst
in saying, "Stop the wedding!" My father had never
met her. And, based on the way she was dressed, I can see why
he thought that she was a wedding crasher (probably a hooker), and
quickly escorted her out. Then, he started dialing up the number
for the sheriff!!!!! After all, she wasn't wearing a matching
blue dress like my mom's. It was a white suit with a hot pink
blouse, lovely, huh? Then, she'd had her hair dyed dark reddish
brown and had a tight perm put in all over. She had on make-up
akin to a clown, and she had on earrings that hung to her shoulders
(they were broken shells - hundreds of strands). She had the
flowers with her, so my future SIL nabbed those. She had brought
DH's stepfather's parents with her, whom neither of us knew or had
ever even met. We had invited them as a courtesy to her.
She demanded that the stepfather's mom be given a grandmother's corsage
of roses, and that my grandmother was to wear a carnation!!!!
Then, she made them seat her with the family! She acted a fool
through the entire wedding (caught on the video). She acted
stupid and made faces at the camera during pictures. Actually,
I'd like to throw darts at the ones that I have of her. I am
a scrapbooker and my journaling blocks are blank to this day because
what do you say about her demeanor and appearance? I still say
that a picture says a thousand words!!!! She did pay for our
rehearsal dinner, but didn't bother to show up for it. I'm not
so sure that this was a bad thing. Are you?!
Signed - DIL of The E-Vile
MIL
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Worst gift: For Christmas,
a few weeks before I married her son, my MIL gave me two pairs of
very cheap and nasty plain underwear. That would have been bad
enough, but she especially thoughtfully bought them in a size 14 and
16, when I was a 6. Why on earth she would want me to wear underwear
that fell down? I cannot imagine! Looking back, it was
a sign of things to come.
Signed - Quick, Call the
Gift Police!
RESPONSE: Quick, Call the Gift Police!
Why don't you gift her with a "sexy" (read TACKY) set of
lingerie that is in a size that's obviously WAY too small (and off
the clearance rank, of course)!
Worst gift: My MIL gives
me purses for my birthday. Just purses. Or, whatever I
get her for her birthday, she, in turn, will give me the same thing.
The last time she gave me a birthday present, it was a used bottle
of bath gel. For my DD's 2nd birthday, she gave her a whole
bag full of socks. They were great socks, too. But they
were just for newborns, without the tags on them. Why?
My SIL told me that she had been shopping with her for the gifts and
she told the MIL not to remove the tags on the socks. The woman
sat there and pulled all the tags off. We're talking about 8
pairs of socks, too. The reason was that she realized that they
were too small and just didn't want to return them herself.
So, I gave them to charity. The other thing that she got my
DD was a cheap play barn with animals and a tractor. Not a famous
brand, mind you, but one of those cheap imitations that you can get
for about 5 bucks. But, she gave my DS tons of toys to play
with. She just didn't know what to get DD for her birthday because
she's a girlllll. Gaggggg.
Signed - MIL's Not Getting
Any Points Around Here
RESPONSE: MIL's Not Getting Any Points Around Here
Your MIL is cheap, all right. You said, "not a famous brand,
mind you", so I take it that you won't like the gift unless it's
name brand?!? Sorry, you have no sympathy from me.
RESPONSE: MIL's Not Getting Any Points Around Here
I really like purses, so that would be a good gift for me (unless
they were ugly purses). BUT, I can really see being ticked off at
the gifts for your kids. How does she not know what to get a little
girl??? When all else fails, give the kid clothes.
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