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Mother-In-Law Stories
July 15, 2004
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- sonotthedrama /Posted: 15-JUL-04
MIL decided to go out for "a little while"
the other night to see her BF. She was going away for the whole
weekend (leaving her mother with me), so she wanted to say good-bye.
Understandable. But, she told me that she'd only be gone an hour
or two. My three kids were sick, which she knew, and MIL tried
to get some pity out of me by saying that she must have caught
the stomach virus from them, because she felt queasy and shaky.
But, it didn't prevent her from going out. I waited and waited.
Eventually, I had to take grandma to the bathroom myself, since
MIL still wasn't home. And, I put grandma to bed, etc. The kids
and I went to bed, and MIL still wasn't home. Around 2 am, I
woke up to the sound of voices. MIL was in the kitchen with my
5 year old DD. Apparently, when MIL came in, she woke DD up (very
light sleeper). So, instead of telling the sick 5 year old to
go back to sleep, MIL let her out of bed, and she came into the
kitchen. MIL was making sandwiches for me to give grandma for
dinner - like that would make it all right for me to have to watch
grandma all weekend (as long as I didn't have to make sandwiches).
Then, MIL got on the phone to her drunken BF and put my DD on
the phone with him! Then, I heard MIL ask DD, "Can you help
me pack my suitcase?" At 2am!!!! So, I got up and calmly
collected my DD. I made her go back to bed (of course, I'm the
"mean" mommy for spoiling her fun). MIL didn't apologize
or anything - it just went right over her drunken head that small
children shouldn't be out of bed and talking on the phone to drunks
at 2 in the morning!
Signed - Fed Up At
2am!!!
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Worst gift: My MIL drives
me insane. She acts as if no one exists but her son, my DH. She's
married and has 5 grandchildren, but she visits, and literally follows
my DH around as if she is his shadow. I've been with my DH for
11 years, and she acts as if I don't exist. For holidays, I sometimes
get something like her recyclable gifts, or nothing at all, because
in her words, she "doesn't know" what I like. She and
I talk, and I've told her all about me and my interests, but nothing.
She doesn't speak to my family, because she is still best of friends
with my husband's ex and her family. I can't take this. We've
had arguments so many times over my DH. She babies him as if he's
12, and he lets her. She's disrespectful of me and our relationship.
I find it hard to be nice to her any longer.
Signed - Up 2 Here
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My MIL and I haven't
spoken in 3 years. It's been wonderful. I had introduced her to
a woman whom I'd met at work. MIL had known the woman for 2 weeks,
and the woman got fired. Well, that was all my fault, as everything
is my fault, according to MIL. SO, she proceeded to start a big
fight with me. At that time, I had been married to her son for
10 years, with him for 11, and she had known this woman for 2 weeks
now. She chose this woman over me, telling me that she had always
hated me, and only put up with me so that she could see her grandkids.
I told her that we'd take that burden off her. The kids were there
listening to all of this, as she didn't bother to hide anything
from them. A few days later she started calling my house, telling
my DH that he needed to get help, because he is browbeaten by me
and he needs to get help in leaving me. DH told me to change our
number. By this point in time, MIL was setting the woman, whom
I had introduced her to, up with her other son, her favorite son,
mind you. In the fall, the kids decided that they wanted to see
her again. SO, DH took them to her home. She immediately started
cr@p with DH instead of spending time with the kids. She said that
they have been sneaking over to see her, saying that she has stuff
on us, has contacted a lawyer, and is going to take the kids away
from us. Needless to say, the kids don't want to see her anymore.
IRONICALLY enough, favorite son married the woman whom MIL set him
up with, and now they can't stand her. They have started cr@p with
him and the new wife that has resulted in legal trouble. I find
it all hilarious, as MIL was so hateful to me, and now it's all
kind of biting her on the @ss.
Signed - Firesong
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