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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
February 10, 2006
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The Out-Laws are actually
trying to upstage me on the birth of their first grandchild.
I can't believe it. I always thought that a grandchild would
be the ultimate glue to mend the horrible in-law relationship, but
silly me, that is not the case. Sensing the first situation
that they cannot control, they decided to take the attention away
from DH and me, and put it on themselves. I'd like to give
you the background, but there isn't enough space in cyberspace to
hold all the secrets of this horrible, controlling woman, or tell
all the mean things that she has done to me. MIL invited us
over for dinner and then they made a big deal of giving DH this
gift. We opened it to find a little pink T-shirt. DH,
obviously confused, said, "Um, the sonogram said it's going
to be a boy. We told you that." MIL replied by
snatching the garment out of his hand theatrically, and announced,
with tears in her eyes, "That isn't for YOUR baby, its for
MY baby." As our eyes bugged out of our heads, she proceeded
to show pictures of the puppy that they are buying and told us,
"You can't have all the fun (and by fun I guess she means the
debilitating morning sickness I've had). We're having a baby,
too. There will be 2 babies born into the household this year,
yours and ours." WTF? DH and I just sat through
dinner, stunned and miserable, as MIL produced outfits that they
had bought for their baby. Yes, they will dress the dog and
paint its nails. They detailed how they had planned elaborate
announcements to tell everyone in the family about the new arrival
and how everyone in the family was SO EXCITED and SO HAPPY for THEM,
and can't wait to see their BABY, etc. Now this is extra horrible
because these are not dog people. When DH and I got our first
puppy, they never made any effort to see it and reacted to the news
with an, "Oh, that's INTERESTING." The ILs go on
trips practically every single weekend, and spend about 5 minutes
a week at their house between all the social events that they use
to fill up every second of their otherwise hollow lives. Their
house is impeccable, and the thought of a puppy peeing on the carpet
has me worried that she'll have it skinned to make fur mittens within
a week. This is so bizarre. We had to see them again
for dinner about a week ago and they have taken to calling their
puppy "the baby" and my baby, which is still en-utero,
"the toddler". Um, I think he has to at least be
born before you can call him a toddler. I just hung my head
in misery, since I was GREEN with nausea while she made a big deal
of forcing me to eat the broccoli on my plate. Yes, I am a
grown woman. In summary, MIL hijacked my wedding and is mean
and spiteful, but trying to upstage their own children, who are
about to give them a grandchild, pretty much takes the cake.
Signed - Stick A Fork
In Me, I'm Done
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Worst gift: My MIL repeatedly
gets me clothing that is way too small for me to wear. Even
though I tell her, over and over, what size I wear, where to buy
it, the color, etc., she STILL purchases items that I cannot wear.
I finally just told her not to get me ANYTHING AT ALL.
Signed - Nothing Is Better
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