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Mother-In-Law Mall
A place to find great gifts!
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Mother-In-Law Stories
October 18, 2004
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SEPTEMBER
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I married her only child.
It is sooooo hard, because she doesn't have a life, and always
wants to be in his. It is apparent that she tries to get
to me by making "ugly" remarks. She lets me know
that she cares nothing for me, but she loves her son and grandson
by buying birthday cards for them and not for me, or being just
plain rude. Now I just ignore her and "kill her with
kindness". This way, there's nothing that she nor my
DH can say that I am doing wrong. It's tough on the wife
of an only child. I'll just have to make the best of it,
and try and hold on to my sanity.
Signed - Kinder Than
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Please Seek Counseling
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This second story also
took place during the time that my FIL was on his "death bed".
We had to take shifts staying with him at night. My DH's youngest
sister (the hoochie mama) decided that she was going to stay all
night. DH and I had already arranged for someone keep our 2 children
overnight so that we could stay at the hospice with FIL. When DH's
sister realized that we were both staying, she decided to go home
and come back in the morning. She was not upset. In fact, she
explained to my DH and me that her DH was against her staying all
night because they had 4 children (one was a newborn). The next
morning, my DH asked me to call his mom to find out when she was
planning to come to sit with his dad. I explained to her, as my
DH had asked me to, that we both had to work that day, and we needed
to leave for work as soon as we possibly could. I was extremely
polite about asking her to go ahead and come to the hospice so that
we could leave. She agreed to get ready and come sit with my FIL.
Well, she only THOUGHT that she had hung up the phone when she started
to scream, at the top of her lungs, in a total tantrum. She said
that I was a b!tch, that I had made her youngest DD leave hospice
that night, and that she would not be going to hospice until the
late evening that day, just to piss me off. I listened to her tantrum,
then I hung up and tried to call her back. As I expected, the line
was still busy. I waited a few minutes and tried again. It rang.
Oooh, I was so mad. She answered, "Hello?" At which
time I said, "The next time you want to throw yourself on the
floor in an overgrown temper tantrum, especially about something
that you don't know anything about, make sure that you hang up the
phone, idiot!" And then I hung up on her.
Signed - If I Knew Then
What I Know Now!
Per
the poster's request, no responses collected.
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Once, my MIL saw a picture
of me and she told me that her DD's hair was longer than mine.
That was not true. Her DD has coarse, medium length hair.
My hair is silky and straight, and very long. Why would she
say something that is untrue? She once told me that that my
son has hair like hers. Once again, this is untrue.
My son has hair just like mine. She knows that my hair is
longer than her DD's. Why would she do this to me? Why
does she constantly compare me to her daughter? Then, she
even compares my son to her. Please help???
Signed - Hair Me Now
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Why is this such a problem for you? You sound very childish. Grow
up!
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Why does it matter? It's just hair. Let her believe what she wants.
Be happy with your hair, and let it go.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Why are you working yourself up over this very minor issue?
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Right now it is only hair, who cares? Both of you need to find
other things to keep your minds occupied.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Tell MIL that DS shares your genes equally with those of your DH,
and that you are tired of her constant jealousy where he is concerned.
Back that statement up with refusal to let her see DS until she
straightens up.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Get a life!! If the worse thing your MIL has ever done is to compare
hair, then aren't you the lucky one? If you read the stories on
this site, you would realize that most DILs have far bigger and
more serious issues to deal with, and you should be counting your
blessings.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
I appreciate that this gets you upset, but she's only saying stupid
things because she knows that they upset you. If she said, "My
DD is prettier than you," that would be one thing, because
prettiness is so subjective. But, she said something as obviously
wrong as, "My DD has longer hair than you," when that
is something that can be measured. Well, it sounds like she just
enjoys upsetting you. If you stop listening to her, and have as
little to do with her as possible, her idiotic comments won't affect
you so much.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Low self esteem, that's why. Don't let it bug you, just smile.
If you feel that you must make a comment, then make it simple, like,
"Really, I hadn't noticed." Don't get upset. She is
trying to get you mad or hurt your feelings. You give her permission
to hurt you when you let it hurt you.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
Because some people out there think that if they keep lying, then
the lie will come true. With comments like that, you just have
to ignore them. Nod and say, "Uh huh," and let her believe
her little lie.
RESPONSE: Hair Me Now
If the worst thing that you can vent is about your MIL saying that
her DD's hair is longer than yours, then you've really, realllllly
got to get a life. Who cares whose hair is longer? It's freakin'
hair!!!!!!!!
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