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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
August 15, 2004
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AUGUST
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Sometimes, I wonder if my MIL
is just dense, or whether she's attempting to control things by
being passive-aggressive. DH was a pretty big guy at 19,
when we first met in college. Over the ensuing years, he
got larger and larger, until he was finally morbidly obese.
Still, MIL insisted on serving him every sort of pie and cake
that she could come up with. She'd moan and groan and whine,
"You are getting so fat! You have got to lose weight!
Here, have another slice of pie." When he was in his
late 20's, he'd gained so much weight that he had developed congestive
heart failure, and had to go into the hospital for treatment.
His heart had nearly given out, and he was very near death at
that point. The first thing that the doctor did was put
him on a very strict, medically supervised diet. Believe
it or not, his brainless DM and DF would sneak food into the hospital
for him to eat!!
Signed - Deliver Me
From Mega-Stupid ILs
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Please Seek Counseling
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DH had a son from a previous
marriage, and all of the IL's have been obsessed with him due to
my husband's unfit ex. They feel sorry for this child, and overcompensate
by spoiling him and turning him into a monster. This child now
lives with us full time. DH and I now have a 6 year old, a 3 year
old, and a 1 year old. The ILs call all of the time, and only ask
for my DH's first son. They want only him to spend the night, and
they buy him anything he wants, etc. DH's brother also has 2 children,
and the ILs ignore them, too. There are a total of 6 grandchildren
in this family, and only one is given the time of day. No exaggeration!!!
I've confronted the family about this on several occasions (about
the favoritism) and it gets me nowhere. We have a small, three
bedroom house for our family of 6, and they want the golden grandson
to have his own room. They want my 3 kids crammed in one little
bedroom. When we first moved into this house, it was all that we
could afford, but we thought it wise to buy instead of rent. We
have plans of fixing it up and adding on. My MIL said that she
wanted to help by buying paint for the kids' room, and painting
them herself. She started with the golden GS's room. She spent
2 weeks patching, priming, painting, cleaning the carpet, etc.
When she got done, you guessed it, she never came back to do the
other room. It was never brought up again. The ILs buy the golden
GS his entire, name brand wardrobe, new shoes, etc. They bring
secondhand things over for my 3 kids. After returning GS from visits
with them, he walks in with haircuts, and mentions that they took
him to the dentist and the eye doctor. One time, they took golden
GS on a trip. They said that my oldest son, who was 6, wouldn't
enjoy what they were doing because he was too young. We found out
that they took GS and my DH's stepdaughter from another marriage
(golden GS's half-sister). When I called to confront them, they
said, "What do you have against poor GD?" I said that
I had nothing against her, I just thought that if they were going
to take another child along, it should be "their" grandchild,
not my DH's ex's child. They do this a lot. They even spend more
time with my DH's ex's daughter. They don't see our point. Now,
when the ILs come over to pick up golden GS, my six year old starts
crying and punching the couch. He says that it's not fair that
he never gets to go to nana's house. Yesterday, I sat my 6 year
old down and explained that nana and papa feel sorry for golden
GS because he doesn't live with both his mommy and daddy, and that
his mommy is in jail (DH's ex is in jail for drugs). My 6 year
old said that he wishes that we would get a divorce and that I would
go to jail so he could do all of the fun things that his big brother
gets to do with his grandparents.
Signed - ProProzac
Per
the poster's request, no responses collected.
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Recently, my DH and I
had been out of town for a seminar that lasted 3 days. The
days started at 7:30 am and went on till way past midnight.
When we came back, my MIL called. The first question that
she asked was, "Did you think about me?" She was
speechless when I said, "NO, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO SO!!"
She so obviously expected the same reply from me that she got from
her beloved son, "Of course I thought of you," which was
an outright lie!!!
Signed - I Love To Hate
Her!
RESPONSE: I Love To Hate Her!
Ew, your DH actually SAID that just to placate her? You've got
a bigger problem.
RESPONSE: I Love To Hate Her!
That was a little harsh to say, don't you think? Sometimes a little
white lie to spare a person's feelings is what you have to do.
Be thankful that she wasn't whining and crying about how you didn't
call her and such.
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