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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
January 23, 2006
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I have been married for
9 months, and have only experienced 3 holidays as a married woman.
But, I can tell that they're all going to be he!!. MIL and her
DH live 45 minutes away from us, and we see them about 3 times a
week. My family lives 2.5 hours away, and we only get to see them
about 3 times a year. DH is an only child, so my MIL believes that
she is entitled to every holiday with us. When speaking to his
mother about Easter, he asked if it would just be the 4 of us.
She responded that she did not know. Last weekend we saw MIL and
she told us how upset she was that he asked if it was going to be
"just" us (he didn't emphasize "just"), and
that she can't help if her family is small. "Just because
we're small doesn't mean we're not important." My family is
quite large. She looked right at me when she said this. We had
agreed to go to her home the Saturday before Easter for lunch, drive
2.5 hours to my family's house later in the day, and stay overnight
and leave Sunday (Easter) afternoon. She refuses to take into consideration
that she sees us as many times in a week as we see my family in
a year, and whether or not it's "just us" (as opposed
to "us" plus aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.) is extremely
important in making our holiday plans. She said, "Well, those
aren't holidays." She should be grateful that we see her at
all!
Signed - Can She Get
Any Worse!?
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I was visiting my ILs
for Christmas this year. We took time off from work and spent an
entire 12 days with them. They live 2,000 miles away from where
we live. For the first part of the week I had to endure insults
to my weight and my appearance, plus I got gifts for Christmas that
included some of MIL's old clothes, and some discount brand kitchen
utensils. Later, around the 6 day mark (believe me, I was counting
the hours until I could go home), one of MIL's friends came over
and wanted one of my BILs (age 13 and 15, significantly younger
than DH) to do some busy work for her on the computer (work that
she didn't have time to do, as the lady works at home). Guess who
MIL volunteered to do it instead? ME!! I had to sit for hours,
entering hundreds of addresses in an excel spreadsheet, while the
rest of the family spent time together (watching movies, reading,
relaxing, etc.). It took me about 12 or 13 hours to finish the
project, for which I was paid $50 dollars. Then I was instructed
to give the kids half of it for payment for some other unrelated
chores that they had done around the house. I don't care about
the money! I make plenty! It's just that I have two college degrees
and am fairly successful, and asking me to take my vacation time
to do some boring project designed to give a teenage kid, 12 years
my junior, some extra money while he was out of school really burns
me up! I can't believe that I didn't tell MIL that I wouldn't do
it! My DH just says that I should have told her no, and that it's
my fault! Is it me, or is MIL rude for pushing me to take on such
a project during my vacation? Or, am I spineless for not standing
up to her?
Signed - Why Can't She
Be More Considerate?
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My DH and I eloped.
We were both 30 years old and we'd both been married before. Three
days after we were married my MIL invited me over by myself. After
showing me family photographs (including wedding photos of DH and
his ex), she asked me come to the bank with her to get my wedding
gift. At the bank she opened a new account, and as a premium got
her choice of two sleezy, cheap, ugly polyester comforters. This
was my wedding gift. I was there to pick out which color I wanted.
It ended up in the dog's bed. Not long afterwards, SIL (MIL's DD)
remarried a man who'd also been divorced. They were in their 30's,
and had also eloped. MIL's gift to them was a check for $1,000.
MIL is one of those MILs who's always saying that she has four children
- DH, SIL, BIL and me, and she says how important it is to ALWAYS
be fair. Yeah, right, MIL!
Signed - Odd One Out
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