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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
June 3, 2004
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I wonder if my MIL really
thinks that when she talks to DH he will not tell me about the conversation.
She tells him what we should be doing, and questions (aka criticizes)
our decisions. I wish she would just stop this. If she is trying
to break us up, she will not succeed. However, she does cause friction
as we somehow end up discussing a lot of the things that she brings
up to DH. And, when I get mad, DH uses her words, "It's just
a suggestion."
Signed - No Harm in Talking,
NOT
( here is my story )
Per
the poster's request, no response necessary.
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My MIL has got to be the
most passive aggressive person whom I have ever met! Basically,
she has never worked, and has always been a housewife. So, she
really likes to sew, and she makes many of her own clothes, drapes,
etc. Of the many, many ways that she has annoyed me by being pushy,
this latest story has my blood boiling. DH and I are expecting
our first child, a daughter, any time now. Shortly after moving
to our current residence, the ILs came to visit for a few days.
Naturally, as this is the 1st grandchild, MIL has devoted her entire
life to knitting and making baby stuff. In my opinion, the clothes
are not really that cute (I wonder if she forgets that we are having
a girl??), but I appreciate the work that she has put into them.
She also brought a huge bag of material in different patterns.
I hated all of it! The patterns were either really garish or boring.
Besides the fact that I have already picked out a crib set (blanket,
sheets, bumper) and explained to her that we wont be needing her
to make us any sheets, duvets, or pillowcases. I even showed her
a picture from the internet of the set that I had ordered so that
she could see how these other patterns that she brought wouldn't
match at all. Fast forward to this past weekend. We receive a
big box from her filled with 3 complete bed sets (sheet, duvet,
pillowcase) in these horrible patterns! Quite frankly, I was offended
that she had brought the material on their visit to begin with.
It's not as though we have the type of relationship where I can
casually disagree with what she thinks is "cute". It
just pisses me off that she puts us into these situations where
I either have to give in to her, or risk offending her. On this
other visit she also brought some of DH's baby outfits (from 1975,
hello?), like I should have my DD wear them! And, they totally
are not cute and look like boy's outfits! What am I supposed to
do with all of this cr@p? It's not as though we didn't specifically
say, "We don't need these things." I feel almost as if
she has no concept of what we want. She just decides that we will
have these things! It all makes me resist her even more. If you
give this woman an inch, she takes 3 miles! I could go on about
the other ways in which she is pushy (how many teabags I should
use, where I should hang my pictures, how I should do my laundry),
but I will spare you all. I would like to know if I am right about
being upset with this stuff being forced on us.
Signed - No Clue MIL
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MIL came out and stayed
for a week before we got married. It was awful. She was so nice
and sweet in front of my family that they can't wait to see her
again, and they encourage her to come out and visit. When my family
was not around, however, she constantly annoyed DH and me. She
made comments on our house not being clean, comments that DH better
tell me not to make any big financial decisions, and she would wake
up early and sit at out kitchen table facing our bedroom door.
She would not leave us alone for a second. She stayed up with us
until we went to bed and then she fell asleep on our couch. When
we told her to go to bed, she would deny that she was tired, even
though she was sleeping. I had to change my plans and take her
shopping with me, because DF wanted me to get her out of the house.
I could tell that her comments and nagging were driving him crazy.
Two nights before our wedding, we had friends over, and DH and I
did all the dishes. Afterwards, she was bossing me around, and
told me that I wasn't done yet (doing the dishes). At the wedding,
the first comment she made to me was that she thought I should have
worn my hair up. On my honeymoon, all I could think about was what
a nightmare she was going to be to have as MIL. Not only did she
ruin the week before my wedding, which should be the most exciting
time of my life, she ruined my honeymoon with thoughts of her moving
close to us. DH moved across the country to get away from her.
Two months after our wedding, I was finally rid of my irritation
(caused by her), and then she called to make plans to come out for
Christmas.
Signed - Distressed
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