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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
January 26, 2006
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Ever since I had my son,
almost 11 months ago, MIL has lost her sanity. The culmination
of it all was when she said to my son, "Give mommy kisses,"
meaning herself, while I was holding MY DS. The events leading
up to her moment is what makes this unbelievable - she is desperate
to relive her motherhood, while torturing me. Unfortunately, as
it may be, she ultimately can't help herself. Sad, but true. I
will share a couple of the events. On the day of DS's birth she
announced to me how much my son looked like her. Then she proceeded
to ask where they were taking HER BABY, when he was due for a check
in the nursery. She bought herself a "Baby's 1st Christmas"
ornament, as if my child is a shared item. Pre-birth, she referred
to herself as the "other mother". Ridiculous. She would
say, "Hurry up and breastfeed," so that she could hold
him. She complained that someone else took her grandmotherly name
"Grammie". Oh, with a "y". Yes, it got this
bad. I asked her not to get up close to his face while I was bottle
feeding. She stuck her tongue at me and ignored my wishes. She
asked if he was giving her hickies, when, in fact, he was teething
and sucked on anything and everything. Weird? I could go on forever.
Those are just a few of the shareable highlights. We have been
to therapy, and it has not helped so far. Hence, the last incident
of "Give Mommy Kisses". I never dreamed that any of this
would occur. It is truly my worst nightmare. Am I alone out there,
or can somebody share some insight? I am at a loss, and this has
affected every aspect of my life. We have resolved some of the
issues by enforcing our boundaries and limiting visits to once a
month. Aside from severing ties, both DH and I are at a loss.
Signed - Stranded
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I met and fell in love
with my DH while he was on a tour of duty with the coast guard.
After we were engaged, we were stationed in an area near his parents.
I had never met them. So, we swung by for a week so that I could
meet them. Everything seemed ok, but the first morning that I was
there I felt uncomfortable. I woke up and went down the room that
my DH was sleeping in. I guess that during the time I was walking
down the stairs she said, "Hi," to me, and I didn't notice.
She made a HUGE stink about it. Then she fussed about the fact
that we were sleeping in - time change from the west to east coast
does that to you, and we did not want to sit out in the evenings
on the patio to chat with her and get eaten alive by mosquitoes.
Her chats consisted of telling us - droning on and on - about how
wonderful her DD's BF is! Like I care. Since that time, 6 years
ago, she has been doing everything to avoid me. We moved back to
the west coast, THANK HEAVENS, and she will only call DH on his
cell. If they call on our home phone, she always asks for her son.
We went to visit two years ago and were forced to sleep in the basement
with our two children, both under 3. We were told by MIL that their
older dog liked to pee there. We just went back again for a wedding
- after enduring the cost of expensive flower girl outfits and tuxedo
car rentals - and were told that we had to sleep in a hotel because
their friends from out of state were going to be staying in their
home. DH messed up on our hotel reservation and we had to checkout
early and stay with them. They gave their "friends" the
rooms and had us, with our now 3 children (one 10 months old), sleep
in the basement of pee. The day of the wedding arrived and my FSIL
asked if the older girls could ride in the limo to the church with
her. I agreed on the condition that I follow the limo, which they
protested. It was a good thing that I did, because after I parked
my car at the church and walked to the limo, my children were left
alone in the limo. The driver told me that since they fell asleep,
he was asked to watch the children! WHAT? I DON'T KNOW THE LIMO
DRIVER! At the wedding rehearsal I had to sit in the family aisle,
while my DH was in the wedding. MIL moved to sit back with her
"friends" from out of town. On the wedding day - THE
FRIENDS SAT IN THE FAMILY AISLE! Now it is coming to a sad conclusion.
She is in a coma at the hospital, and his family is calling, saying
that she is calling his name, active and awake. She is, in fact,
in a coma and trying to get him to stay there for however long it
takes for her to pass - regardless of the consequences on our family
with our jobs, etc. I guess that sometimes it is the whole IL side
that makes you wonder how your wonderful DH came out of this family.
Signed - West Coast
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I took a pregnancy test
once, and it was negative. Not a problem for DH and me. Then,
psychotic MIL went into the bathroom, drew a line on the pregnancy
test, and came and got DH and me. She said, "You better go
check that test." I took one look at it and wanted to strangle
her. HOW COULD SHE??? Stupid? No. The mother of an only child.
There is something wrong with her. I cannot stand her. Thank you
for having this site. It has helped me to realize that there are
other dumb MILs out there.
Signed - Drawing The
Line
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