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Mother-In-Law Stories
March 15, 2006
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FEBRUARY
2006
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We had a WONDERFUL IL
free Christmas and New Year's this year. We visited MY side of
the family, and both DH and I had a relaxing time visiting and resting.
MIL wouldn't let it be total bliss, though. Of course, she had
to horn in somehow. To give you a little background info, we live
far away from both sets of parents, so we have to visit one side
one year, and the other the next. We honestly only see our own
parents once every other year, which isn't enough, but it's FAIR.
I was having a wonderful holiday when MIL decided to give us a call
and moan about how we should have visited HER this year (even though
she makes every visit with her miserable for me). She went on with
this rude, awful tone that really hurt my feelings. "Everybody
is asking about you," she said in a way that was designed to
induce a guilt trip. "OUR family needs to be together for
the holidays." I mean, she just doesn't seem to get it that
I want to see my family, too! Anyway, I just quickly said that
I missed DH's family, would see them next year, and handed the phone
to DH like a hot potato. At least DH somehow sort of understands
how I feel though, and at the conclusion of the conversation he
said, "She always manages to kill the mood." Thanks for
reading!
Signed - ILs Can Be Such
Killjoys!
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SSIL called us in the
summer to tell us how busy she is and how she never has time for
anything but work, so we wouldn't be hearing from her for a while.
A month later we were called by SIL who informed us that SSIL was
very angry that we hadn't come to visit her recently, and she was
disowning us. Somehow, it was our responsibility to know that SSIL's
busy work schedule had changed. We then had no contact from her
until just before the holidays, when we received her usual "You
don't call/come visit enough" lecture. Are her fingers broken,
that she can't dial a phone? Are her legs broken, that she can't
visit us? And she "disowned" us just a few months ago.
You might have gotten over that, but we're still hurt and offended.
Signed - Life Is Too
Short To Play Mind Games
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I should have known that
my MIL was going to be a problem before we were married. If DH
spent a weekend at my place, his mother would come knocking on my
bedroom window at 8:30 am on Sunday morning, yelling (DH's name).
I want you to come to church with me." She wouldn't leave
until someone got up and acknowledged her. DH is 45 years old.
We now have a 20 month old son, and MIL is over our house criticizing
and controlling at least six days a week (no joke). I won't bore
you with the details, because believe me, no one has that kind of
time. But one of the things I will never forgive her for is refusing
to leave our home after she showed up a couple of hours after our
son was born at home (planned homebirth/waterbirth). She had stopped
by to "check" on us, and did not leave our home for over
a month, except to sleep. She robbed us of the joy of discovering
our new son, and ourselves as new parents. She felt that we needed
her for step by step instructions. Sigh.
Signed - We Still Deal
With It
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