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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
June 24, 2004
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Worst gift: It is so
nice to see that I am not the only one in the world with a psycho
MIL. Where do I begin? Let's begin with the tacky Christmas presents.
I could understand these types of gifts if the ILs had a low income,
but they are loaded. Every year we all receive dollar store or
clearance rack items (including my children). One year, I received
a clearance rack sweater that came from a $10 and under store.
Not only was it 2 sizes too small, it was a huge turtleneck, sleeveless
sweater. Who in their right mind would wear this in the summer?
Then the next year, I received a rain gauge! OK, what woman wants
a rain gauge? Now, let's get to my children. One year, she bought
my 2 year old son a tea set from the dollar tree, and a package
of tissues. Then, she had the nerve to say that it was from Santa!
Now, let's move on to the sticking our nose where it doesn't belong.
She thinks that our personal and financial business is her business.
It doesn't matter what we buy, she always asks how much it cost,
and has some rude comment about it. The one thing that drives me
nuts, though, is when she says whatever is on her mind. I was taught
that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
One time, she saw a picture, that I had up at work, of my DH and
me. She blurted out, in front of my coworkers, "You are not
photogenic at all!" Needless to say, I was hurt. Then, one
time I gave her a nice 8x10 photo of my children, and she said that
she didn't like it. She didn't like how they were sitting. One
year, when we were at my son's birthday party, she saw the TV that
we had recently bought him. She saw it and immediately started
jumping down our throats, saying that children shouldn't have their
own televisions, and saying that it was horrible. Of course, she
did this in front of my entire family, and they all thought that
she was rude! Last, but not least, we have the subject of her inviting
us over for dinner. Well, you better make sure that you eat a meal
before you go, because she only fixes enough for you to get about
one helping or less of food. My DH always lets the kids and me
fix our plates first, so we don't starve to death. She is so cheap
that she is afraid to have one ounce of leftover anything. But,
when she eats at my house, she goes back and gets 4 or 5 helpings
of whatever I have. She eats and eats. She will eat you out of
your house, and then say that she won't have to cook anything at
her house because she is so stuffed from eating all of our food!
Ok, I just needed to vent! I feel sooooooooooo much better now
getting all that out!
Signed - The DIL With
A Weird MIL
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Per
the poster's request, no response necessary.
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This past December, my
MIL called me about a week before Christmas and "casually"
mentioned that she didn't need any gifts for Christmas because she
already had everything that she needed and wanted. But, then, in
the same breath, she added, "So instead of buying me anything,
why don't you just send me some money." I was ticked, because
I'd all ready spent money on a nice gift for her. But, since she
wanted money, that's what she got: A whole dollar tucked into a
Christmas card, and I gave her original gift to one of my coworkers
When DH found out, he was livid. But he got over it, of course.
Signed - A Dollar
Dance
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Frequent
Fry Her TM.
- desperately seeking sanity, 3 of 4 needed
/Posted: 24-JUN-04
My DH recently lost a good friend who succumbed
to depression and took his own life. DH was, naturally, very
upset about this. MIL's words of comfort were, "You never
were lucky with friends, were you? There was that boy who
was killed in a road accident when you were at school, and your
best friend emigrated to Australia!" There's real compassion
for you.
Signed - Desperately
Seeking Sanity
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