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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
November 26, 2004
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OCTOBER
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Worst gift: Shortly
after I announced my pregnancy, my MIL gave me a diary with pictures
of cute babies in it. The diary was for 1999, not 2002 when I was
pregnant. Just another in her series of cr@ppy secondhand gifts
from the charity store where she volunteers.
Signed - No More Crap,
Please!
Per
the poster's request, no response collected.
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Worst gift: For our
first Christmas together, my MIL gave my DH and me some "honey
dust", complete with a feather for, um, spreading this dust
on each other. The kicker is that it had already been opened,
and my MIL proceeded to tell us that she had bought and USED it
with her husband earlier that year. And, now that they were
divorced, she thought WE might like to have it!!!!! UGH!!!
Signed - Disgusted
RESPONSE: Disgusted
EWWWWWWW!
RESPONSE: Disgusted
One word, GROSS!!
RESPONSE: Disgusted
Gross! EWWWW!!! What a disturbed woman. YUCK!!
RESPONSE: Disgusted
I would have just dumped it right in her lap.
RESPONSE: Disgusted
Inform MIL that you are both so disgusted by the gift that you can't
bear to see or hear from her again.
RESPONSE: Disgusted
Eww, eww, eww. That is BEYOND gross. And, I speak as one who is
not easily disgusted. So wrong on so many counts.
RESPONSE: Disgusted
Ooooh, that is so nasty! I was hungry, until I read this post.
I'd take the "honey dust", and dump it and the feather
into the garbage.
RESPONSE: Disgusted
How revolting! I do not believe that MILs should be interested
in their son's sex lives anyway. But, to give her son something
that she used previously with her ex is totally inappropriate.
I do hope that your DH expressed disgust, also, and to his mother.
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My ILs and I got along great at
the beginning of the marriage. Even though they originally
did not want me to marry their son, they grew to accept it, and
everything was great. When I had my son, my MIL was in the
delivery room with me, and everyone was thrilled. As time
went on, my MIL complained that we didn't visit enough.
She lives about 1 1/2 hours away, and to go for a weekend with
a baby is very hard. When my son was born, we were having
a very hard time financially. They do not have a lot of
money, so we never asked for help. My mother bought DS everything
that he owns, even though she also does not have a lot of money.
When DS was 5 months old, my mother mentioned to my MIL that they
should both chip in for a crib for my son because he was too big
for the bassinet. MIL said, "I don't know. We
will see." Then, a week later her DD, who got married
after us, is younger than us and was five months pregnant, got
a crib. Who paid for it? My MIL. DH called her
and told her how upset he was about it. And he talked about
the fact that she always complained that we never visited her,
but she does not work and had only visited DS once. So she
started crying and felt bad. She chipped in with my parents
for a crib. She visited once and that was it. Then,
the complaints started again about how we never come over.
Meanwhile, she had been in our area on several occasions, but
never stopped by once. DH and I both work now, and she complains
that we don't visit. She has bought him one outfit since
he was born, and half of a crib. I understand that she does
not have a lot of money, but you can get outfits for pretty cheaply.
She says that when her DD gives birth, she will buy her everything
for the baby. Then, to top it all off, she told her DD,
behind my back, that I changed her son, and that he is not what
he used to be. She feels that because of me, he does not
go to visit as often. We go about once a month, for a full
weekend. She also says that I am too overprotective of my
son, and that I don't take her advice about him. First of
all, DS is my business, and how I raise him is my business.
She feels that because I don't do what she did, I think she was
a bad mother. I cannot stand when people speak about me
behind my back, and if she has a problem with me, she needs to
tell me herself. There is no point in even talking to her
about it, because all she will do is cry and make me feel bad,
and she will do it again. Of course, I do not like going
there. Who would, if they felt that someone hated them?
She claims that she thinks of me as a daughter, but she does not,
because she would tell a DD of hers if something that they did
bothered her. She always tells my DH how what he is wearing
is not good enough, and that his hair is not good. She always
compares him to her friends' sons, and I cannot stand it.
Then, she complains to him about how he does not call her.
He tells her that it's very hard, and that he is not in a good
position right now. He said that he does not always feel
like talking to anyone. She tells him that he should call
her and tell her his problems so that she can comfort him.
Does she not get that he has a wife for that? I really hate
that she talks about me and my DH to all of her friends, and to
her DD. She even tells her DD our financial situation, and
she complains about us. It is not her DD's business.
I really can not stand how she acts, and I wish that there was
something that I could do without causing World War III and without
making her and my FIL hate me.
Signed - Causing World
War III
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Please Seek Counseling
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Continue on Message
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