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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 11, 2005
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Worst gift: I cannot
come close to some stories here, but I'll add mine. To give you
a background, 2 weeks after we were married, for no reason, MIL
told me that she would blame me for any decision that she did
not like, and if her son said that he had been the one to make
the decision, she will know that he is covering for me and that
she could turn the family against me, if needed. We recently
learned that she heard an argument that we had years ago - behind
closed doors, at her home - and that is why she has not treated
me with respect. Hence, the "gifts" I am about to describe.
Even though it was behind closed doors, we had no right to disrespect
her or the family by arguing in her house, and I apologized.
We don't remember what we argued about, but she said that DH was
right and I was wrong, and she acts like that one incident is
"proof" about me. Anyhow, a few years ago we had Christmas
in our first home. I consulted her on the menu a week before.
She has allergies and FIL is diabetic. She said that it sounded
good, but on the holiday she said, "EEEWWW!!" And,
to my DH, she said, "You never liked this stuff when you
was with me." Right after the meal MIL asked me to give
her the old version of the family cookbook, and gave me a "new"
version of the family cookbook as one of my Christmas gifts.
All of my recipes were removed and she told me that she gave this
copy to everyone as gifts!!! Then, she told me that she had a
chat with her sister about giving me half of what she gives her
son because I am not equal to him in her eyes, and I am half as
important as he is. She told me that her sister thought that
would hurt me, but she is doing it from now on because that is
what she wants to do. Now, she says that she said that NO ONE
can be equal to her son in her eyes, not just me. When DH approached
her about it a few days later, she said that she loves me and
doesn't know how I could doubt that. She has done it every year.
When my DH protested again this year, she said that of course
she accepts me and I just misunderstand things. For example,
when she called me a bad wife, a bad Christian, a bad anything,
she was just giving her opinion and I was being intolerant of
anyone's point of view that differs from my own! She said that
her proof that she accepts me is that days before he called, she
bought a bracelet that said "daughter-in-law" on it
for Christmas, on top of the "money" thing. So, we
wrote her an email saying that while we are thankful, gifts shouldn't
be used as weapons. Her defense, which she wrote to me, was,
"No one can be equal to my son. You want in as blood and
not an in-law." So, I guess there are different levels of
treatment - blood and in-law (rolling my eyes). I would rather
get nothing than get her "messages" every year.
Signed - Branded For
Life
( I can top this )
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When my ILs came to stay
with us on their annual torture trip, they caused a lot of trouble.
My MIL lugged in her 10 pound snack bag of chocolates and candies.
She stashed it behind the table, making sure to announce that this
was the "no, no" bag and only she and her DH were allowed
to devour its contents. Then, she carried in her sack of dirty
laundry and shuffled over to the washing machine to start a new
load. Since the water is very expensive here, I use only cold water
when doing loads of wash. I told her this and asked her to please
use the cold water. As soon as I walked away she began her load
using the hot water. During the next load, I sneaked into the laundry
room and turned the hot water knob off from behind the washer.
I walked away, and then she went in, turned the knob back, and ran
up my water bill some more. I was extremely P.O.'d and decided
to get her back by telling my SIL about how the washer flooded my
whole basement when I used to use hot water. She was right next
to her and wore a surprised expression while I went on to describe
it in detail. The next day, she shuffled into the kitchen for "Luunchhh".
She poked her nose around the cabinets looking for something to
eat. When I was making tuna salad the phone rang, so I went to
answer it. On my way back to the kitchen I spied her eating spoonfuls
of my tuna out of the container. Then she said, "Do you have
any plans for this tuna?" After seeing her take a slurp of
it and put the saliva ridden spoon back into the bowl, I said "No."
This was just one of the many examples of how annoying my MIL can
be. Maybe I will add some more later.
Signed - BubbaWHAT?!
( here is my story )
Per
the poster's request, no response necessary.
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- NanaFX, 1 of 4 needed/Posted:
11-AUG-05
When my ILs come to visit, they expect hotel service.
They ask for dessert, even though they know that I never cook it.
Last summer, they told me to host a party for 25 family members,
in honor of my FIL's 80th birthday. I had to prepare chicken, coleslaw,
potato salad, salad, watermelon, shrimp, baked beans, mini-hot dogs,
veggie burgers, juice, wine, water, and sheet cake. All the while
I was working on cooking, moving tables, or whatever, she was giving
me disapproving looks. On the day of the party, when I was cooking
the chicken, she asked me if I had bought chicken breasts. I told
her no, because it would have been very expensive to feed 25 people
chicken breasts. She gave me a weird look and said, "There's
NO white meat?!" Other times, when I was preparing for the
party, she would shuffle around and say, "Is there anything
that I can do to help?" I had to bite my tongue to keep from
saying. "Yeah, get out of my way." After the party she
didn't even thank me for hosting it, but, instead she thanked my
DH.
Signed - NanaFX
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