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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
July 10, 2004
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I was always skinny, and I remained
that way until the year after I got married. Then I gained 25+
lbs. I knew that I had to lose weight. Every time after that,
when we had to go to dinner with the MIL/FIL/SIL, they would make
comments about how I looked like I was losing weight (I had not
even begun to diet or exercise at this point), and I felt REALLY
self conscious about it then. I didn't even want to eat in front
of them, not to mention the fact that if we went to their house,
they would constantly try to shove food in my face. Well, I eventually
lost 30 lbs. and looked great once again. They never said anything
(of course), except the younger sister who has always been nice
to me. But, the older SIL and the MIL never said anything. Now,
I barely eat at their house. I usually eat something small before
we go over there so that I'm not that hungry, and eat very little
while I am there. OH, YEAH, did I mention that the two SILs weigh
about 110 each??? I know that they (MIL/older SIL) wanted me
to keep getting bigger. Nice people, aren't they??????
Signed - fedupwithher
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MIL is so nuts.
She yells at anybody and anything that displeases her. For
instance, one Sunday, like many Sundays before, she went out to
get some chicken for the kids, and to bring it back home (who'd
want to take 7 toddlers to a chicken restaurant anyway?).
So she returned with the sack of goodies for the kids. She
reached in and took out the fries. The fries were cold.
MIL had a hemorrhage. She took the fries right back to the
guy at the counter at the chicken restaurant and threw them at him
saying, "You've given me cold fries for my grandkids, did ya
?? Well, here. YOU EAT THEM!" I'm glad I
wasn't there. It would have been pretty embarrassing, not
to mention all the times when I was with her in a restaurant.
Oh, MY signature: . . .
Signed - Embarrassed
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I've been with my husband
for 3 1/2 years. His mother and I were very close for the two years
before he and I were even together. Then, we had a child together
and moved two blocks away from MIL. DH's brother's GF has hated
me from day one. I have always heard horror stories about her and
her attitude, but thought that I would judge her on from own experience.
Well, everything that DH's family said about her was true, and the
some. So many times his family (mother, sisters) have told me that
she just wanted to slap me, and how I thought that I was so much
better, and how her house could be just as nice as mine and all
this petty stuff. His family has also told me how much they hated
her and just tolerated her so that she wouldn't keep their grandchild
away from them. I have ignored her over the years, up until my
baby's first birthday. That's when I couldn't take it anymore.
This girl wanted to give him his present 1 day before his party
down at my MIL's house, and have him open it then. I was not there
at that time, and DH said that he would rather wait until the next
day at his party and open it with both of us there, because I wanted
to take pictures of everything for my son's milestone album, not
to mention that his party was just a day away. BIL and his GF were
attending this party, as far as we knew. We could not understand
why she wanted him to open it the day before. She got upset about
it, and never gave my baby his gift at all. My BIL never did or
said anything about this. DH's brother and this girl have a child
together, and we would never do this to their daughter Neither
DH nor his brother said a word about her behavior. My ILs just
griped about it to me and behind her back. She uses their daughter
to threaten the family to accept her. Then, the BIL also threatens
to stay away if they don't accept her. She says to them that if
they don't want her there, then their child can't be there either.
After that event, she went on to continue calling me names, and
talking about me to everyone in his family. They told me what she
said, and they also said mean things about her, but they would never
confront her about anything. I told my DH that I was sick of her
and her games, and I did not want her around me or my family again.
A little while later, my DH's brother came down from my MIL's house
down the street to our house to play basketball without his GF.
Then, his girlfriend came down the street into my home and went
into the back room with the kids. She did not come in to say hello
or even let me know that she was in my home. I went back to the
kid's room and told her to come into the front room so that I could
talk to her. I then told her, very calmly, that she was not welcome
in my home, and that she had to leave. She went on to call me every
cuss word in the book. While trying to get her out of my home,
DH did not do or say anything, and GF and I were arguing outside.
Then, BIL started yelling at me, telling me to go inside of my home
and be mature. DH still didn't say anything. After they left,
DH went back to playing basketball, and never checked on me to see
if I was okay. He never confronted his brother about any of these
things, either. Thanksgiving and Christmas came around, and I did
not feel comfortable being around this woman. I knew that I could
not refrain from jumping on her. I was still upset that no one
else said or did anything about her behavior, except for me. My
MIL, SILs and DH had a lot to say about her behind her and my BIL's
backs, but no one ever spoke up about it for fear that she would
not bring her child around the family. Next thing I knew, I overheard
my DH and MIL arguing over the phone about how I'm breaking up the
family, and that I should just let it go. I was really hurt. His
mother says one thing to me, then talks about me behind my back.
I try very hard to be good to my DH's family and never disrespect
them in any way. GF has disrespected the whole family so many times,
and also called their 85 year old grandmother a #%&#!. At one
point, when this girl showed-out to my MIL, my MIL declared that
she would be banned from the family. Then, she kissed up to her
and told her that she was sorry for the 100th time. And, then everything
was okay again. Well, I refused to let her disrespect me and my
household, and let her get away with it. She has never apologized
about anything, neither has BIL. She even said, on the day that
we were arguing, how she was in this family first. Now, his family
has dinners and get-togethers, and they don't care if we're there
or not. MY MIL blames me for all of this. If we invite her over
for dinner for the holiday, she rushes back home, or refuses the
invitation so that she won't offend my BIL and his trouble-making
GF. I no longer trust or feel comfortable around any of his family
anymore. I'm still hurt that DH has never spoken up for me about
this. I told DH that he can go to his family without me, because
I would not try to keep my baby from his family, even if they don't
like me. DH and DS continue to go over there without me. Sometimes
I'm okay, but a lot of times things still bother me. I would not
want DH to fall out with his family, but I do think that a lot of
this could have been avoided had he spoken up on my behalf a long
time ago. Sometimes, I feel that he doesn't care about my feelings
at all, and it's more important to keep the peace with his family
than to make sure that they don't disrespect me. Now it appears
that this girl finally got what she wanted - to get me out of the
picture with his family because she was there first, and she did
not want them to like me more than they like her.
Signed - Hurt and Frustrated
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