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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
March 29, 2006
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My mom is in a home suffering
with Parkinsons and dementia, and the last 3 years of my life have
been spent juggling her care with the needs of a young family, and
it has been real tough. My mom is now in a home. Every time I
see MIL (who never raises a finger to help me), she asks after my
mom. I told my DH about this, and asked him why, instead of asking
all the time, doesn't she go and see her? She went to see her once
when my mom moved in, but basically that was because she wanted
to see what the home was like, and she hasn't been back. I'm not
stupid, and I know how her mind works. DH told me that MIL won't
go visiting without FIL, and he won't go. Why won't they go? Because
they find it "upsetting". No kidding. A home for people
suffering with dementia is bound to be upsetting. I have had to
watch my mom change into a virtual stranger, who swears and physically
lashes out, and it has been more upsetting than anything else I
have ever been through (including the deaths of my dad and only
sister). But my ILs find it too difficult to spare someone an hour
of their time once in a while. One day, it could be either one
(or both) of them in a home - can I play the "too upsetting"
card then????
Signed - DIL In The UK
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Worst gift: Every gift
that my MIL has given me has been bad! Everything from silly little
knickknacks (anyone who has even been in my house or around me knows
that I am definitely not a knickknack person), to a handwritten"personal
will". But, the two that have taken the cake as the world's
worst gifts are 1) A green velour leisure suit (yes, you are reading
right!) in a Misses size small. I wasn't a misses size small when
I came out of the womb! Then, she kept insisting that I go try
it on. Could she not tell that it wouldn't even fit over one of
my legs? Yep, that is just the way she is! 2) And this one is
going to be hard to top on her part. Last year for Christmas she
gave me a bag of pretzels. Now, many would say that this is not
so bad. Well, they were unsalted, and the bag was open and half
eaten! Yep, no salt (who eats non salted pretzels??) and the bag
was half gone. She handed them to me and said that she figured
that I only needed half of the bag. Yep, you have to admire the
thought that went into that gift!
Signed - Not Really In
Love With MIL
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Worst gift: Last Christmas
I put together a fabulous Christmas Eve dinner for MIL and her boys
- 5, including my DF. She came in and handed me, directly from
her purse, one of her mother's rings. Her mother passed away last
year, so I was honored to receive it. However, she didn't even
wrap it; she just reached into her purse and handed it to me, and
said, "This was my mother's. I hope it can be a truce between
us. She had so many pieces of jewelry that she never wore, and
I thought you might like this." That was it. Yeah, that really
made me feel closer to her - NOT!
Signed - A Gift That
Does Not Ring True
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