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Mother-In-Law Mall
A place to find great gifts!
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 13, 2005
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Okay. So I have had
it. I decided to type in to my search engine "Bad Mother In
Law" and see if anyone was suffering as much as I. I felt
a little better after reading the entries here. So, here is my
story. I hope it makes others feel not so alone in this, especially
to those who have little or none of their own family around and
feel completely alone (while being attacked from all sides). Here
is my story in highlights: MIL told me that because I didn't use
a scrubbie pad on my dishes, she would get food poisoning from my
cooking and was surprised that she hadn't so far. MIL told me that
I needed to have more than one child because my son would be like
me. I said, "How so?" MIL said that when my dad dies,
I will be completely alone and have no one. This was said on Christmas
Eve, while opening presents. Lovely. MIL and FIL returned our
Christmas gifts because they didn't like them. They were gift certificates
to their favorite restaurant. They said it was too far for them
to drive. We live an hour away and we eat there with them when
they visit us. We suggested that they use it then. They returned
them anyway. MIL said that I am selfish and lazy, and my DH does
all the work. She was angry that I served DH one extra sausage
link during the (pancake, sausage, hash brown, egg, toast) breakfast
that I had made from scratch. Therefore, she felt unwelcome in
our home. MIL and FIL said that I willfully do not provide them
with tissues, bananas and orange juice, when I know that they need
these things when they visit. So, I did. Now I have a nice bunch
of rotting bananas on my counter and OJ spoiling in my fridge.
She didn't even mention that every room in the house now is decorated
with a box of tissues at the ready for her snotty nose. I was out
of the hospital five days after recovering from a 16 hour wait for
a delivery room, 24 hours of labor with my son, then a c-section.
She visited to help me, and complained that my house was dusty.
She made snide comments about my overall cleanliness. She needed
clean sheets on the bed that she and FIL had slept on for one night.
MIL harassed me to clean the sheets while I was trying to prepare
lunch for 15 for my son's baptism. Then, she followed up by calling
her DD (who was due to visit the following week) and had her call
me and bother me about the damn sheets as well. This was while
I was trying to clean my house and grocery shop before she, her
husband, her three kids and their dog arrived for Thanksgiving and
a four day visit. Oh, by the way, did I mention that I had a newborn
who I was feeding every three hours on top of this? You know what?
They can take the damn sheets (which I washed AGAIN and remade the
bed) and shove them squarely up their @sses, if it is not too tight
to accommodate them. Suffice it to say, she is just as bad as MIL.
I have had it with both. They appear to be tough women, but they
rarely vent any of their issues with me to my face. It is all through
my DH (which does wonders for our relationship) and through each
other. I am so tired of being judged by this family when, they
all have their own issues. I am not the type of person who insists
on being liked by everyone but, my God, are their lives so empty
that they must concentrate their venom on me 24/7?! It is just
wearing me out!
Signed - Done With It!
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Thank g-d for the internet
and this site, for it has saved my sanity. MIL has several "pearls"
that I have to share. I was pregnant, and DH was away and due to
return in couple of days by plane. MIL said, "Oh, dear, I
am so worried. There will be a full moon in couple of days. You
know how planes crash more often when there is a full moon?"
MIL, FIL, FIL's brother, two sons, and I were at a family lunch.
MIL said, "Who knows how much would it costs to have such a
lunch at a restaurant?" Then she went on: bread - X dollars,
soup - XX dollars, salad - XX dollars, grilled fish - XXX dollars,"
and so on. Enjoy your meal. She also told me to stop breastfeeding
because I had the flu. Her argument was, "You know, we don't
take milk from cows when they are sick?!" I loooooove to hate
her and laugh when I can.
Signed - MIL "Pearls"
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