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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
March 21, 2006
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FEBRUARY
2006
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For Christmas I painted
a beautiful oil portrait of MIL's two cats. It was very hard to
find the time, since I was working at a school and helping her son
remodel her home at the same time. She came over to our house after
Christmas and informed us that we were no longer to work on her
house anymore, and she refused to take my gift. She can't stand
the idea of "owing" anyone anything. Her gift to us was
refusing to pay us for the rest of the work on her house, and threatening
to kick us out of ours.
Signed - Can't Stand
Owing
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My MIL thought that the
best way to repair the damaged relationship with her son was to
have us do a $30,000 renovation on her house, while she lived there.
After some inevitable complications and delays she informed us that
we were bankrupting her (even though she has a 7 figure investment
portfolio) and she would not be paying us for the rest of the work.
Also, she told her son that he was "the poster child for why
women should have abortions", and threatened to throw us out
of our house, of which she is on title (we paid the down payment
and made all mortgage payments). We're thinking of writing a book
, "Stupid Couples Grow Poor." We should never have let
her have so much control over our lives.
Signed - Suffering Up
North
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Worst gift: My skin
crawls when I read some of these stories. Here's my story, which
I know isn't as bad, but everyone has their stories, right. So
here goes: My MIL gave my DH (we've been married for less than
a year) a check (couple of hundred) in his name, in a card written
out to him, in an envelope written out to him. MIL walked over
to him and said, "This is for you." Our joint gifts included
a coffee maker and a puzzle. I personally received books, a book
gift certificate and sweaters. Very nice gifts, but I couldn't
help but think she was sending me a message when she gave him a
check in his name. Why did I feel it was a slap in the face? For
one, we are married and not dating. If we got checks in the past,
it was for both of us and made out to us both. In the past, when
she has tried to give us random checks for random reasons, we have
declined, saying "If and when we are in dire need of financial
help, we will come to you, please respect that." She has gotten
mad at him and of course me (I know deep down inside she blames
me for pushing to decline), and I believe that this is why she gave
him the holiday check (mind you, in the same amount that the declined
check was made out for). Am I seeing this wrong? How should I
handle this now and in the future? P.S. I am appreciative of all
she gives and don't expect it. I appreciate the thoughtfulness
of my Christmas gifts, but how can I not see a message in giving
a hefty check solely to her son, my DH, when last year she gave
a check to her DD and SIL, saying this is for you both? Doesn't
she see/understand that because we are a couple, the monetary gift
is ours anyway? So why not write out "Mr. & Mrs."
on the card or envelope at least?!
Signed - Sending a Message
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