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Mother-In-Law Mall
A place to find great gifts!
and products related to mothers-in-law and other family members.
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Mother-In-Law Stories
June 4, 2004
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Worst gift: MIL is very
talented. She cooks well, and does some nice handiwork. Unfortunately,
she is also quite irrational. When DS was born, she made some outfits
for him. Some were sewn and some were crocheted. The outfits really
were exquisite, and we were looking forward to seeing our new baby
in them. However, DS was born weighing a lot more than the average
7 lb. baby. When MIL saw him, she was quite upset that he was obviously
too big for all but one of the outfits. And, MIL acted as if this
was MY fault. It's not like I enjoyed giving birth to such a huge
child. I, too, was upset that he could not wear these outfits,
but what could be done about it? She didn't miss any opportunity
to throw in a nasty comment, and she really seemed to take it personally.
Signed - A Gift Certificate
Fits Nicely
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Any advice PLEASE!!!
I have had the privilege of living about 6 hours from my passive
aggressive, manipulative, guilt mongering MIL, and now it appears
that a job promotion may move us within an hour of her!! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
I'll be stunned if she doesn't try to choose our house for us.
You get it. You know what I'm talking about!
Signed - Trying Hard
Not to Panic
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My MIL moved in with
us this winter from the west coast. She stayed in our son's room
(5 months old) until we moved into a bigger place. She had agreed
that when she moved up here it would be so nice because she could
spend more time with the kids (one is from a previous marriage,
and the other is her actual grandson). WELL! DH asked her to watch
the kids one Friday night so that he could take me to the movies,
and she said, "NO. I WANT TO GO, TOO." What is that
about? So, of course he and I stayed home! She favored our son
because he's a boy, and because DD is mine, from a previous marriage
(not blood to her). She always brushes our DD off, and only wants
our son. She tries to be his mother by quickly picking him up when
he starts crying (before I can), and then she looks at me with a
smirk!! She takes him out of bed at 3 a.m.!!! Mind you, he isn't
awake at the time. She then feeds him and changes his diaper!
Our son has always slept all night from the time he came home from
the hospital!!! THEN, she hurries and dresses him before I can,
and takes him outside to push him in the stroller, knowing that
I have just told my daughter that I would take her to the park!
She always tries to take control of my children. She even answers
my daughter before I get a chance when my DD asks me a question.
And, if she asks if she can have something, my MIL answers "no"
or "yes" for ME!! We finally moved into a bigger home
so that the MIL could "live" downstairs, where she has
her own bathroom and a sink/mini fridge/microwave/ fireplace and
a private way in and out of the house so that we can have our own
private life again. WELL, she STILL pries into our life. She is
constantly upstairs standing around me, picking up our son, answering
to our daughter, making messes in my house, eating all of our food,
INCLUDING our daughter's candy!! MIL is overweight and wants to
lose weight, so she says all the time. We went through $350 in
groceries and we told her that she has to help pay for those, since
she helped eat them all. But, all that she gave us was $50!!!!!!!!!!
That doesn't pay for CR@P! Then, she proceeded to do all of DH's
chores!! His chores ONLY. One morning, she broke our microwave
upstairs. But, that evening she came to me and said that she got
a used one for free. I said,"Thanks, but I don't want it."
The next day, I came home from work and it was in MY KITCHEN and
my broken one was gone!!!! Every time I tell her no, she does it
anyway. Then, she tries to act all sweet and innocent to DH, crying
and saying, "I was only trying to help." So, I finally
told her, "GET OUT. I don't want you in my house anymore!!!"
So, she (THANK GOD) is moving out this week!!!!!!! Oh, and for
Easter, she said that she would buy whatever meat we wanted for
dinner! WELL, we said, "Prime Rib", and she said, "Too
expensive!" So we said, "Fine, ham will do." She
said, "Too expensive!" Then, she went to the store and
bought LAMB!!! Expensive?! And, she bought exactly ONLY 4 potatoes
(more expensive than a 5 lb bag?!), and ONLY 4 1/2 cobs FROZEN!!
Expensive?! She is sooooo taking advantage of us, and we are going
broke supporting her!!!!!!!! AND, DON'T LET HER FOOL YOU, SHE HAS
SAVINGS AND HAS A DECENT JOB!!!!!!!!! But, she can only afford
to give us $50 for $350 of groceries (that she ate)!! And, she
thinks that it is too much!! One time, we asked her to pick up
some salad dressing for dinner. SHE DID, AND SHE TOOK THE REST
DOWNSTAIRS FOR HERSELF!!!!!!!!! What the %$*?
Signed - Would Love To
Choke MIL
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