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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
October 7, 2006
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My MIL and FIL have been
living with us for the past 4 1/2 months. I wish that I could have
a real complaint, like they are sloppy or don't help with the cooking
and cleaning. In most ways, it's the exact opposite. They do more
than their fair share of the cooking and cleaning. However, I'm
finding that the relative lack of privacy, the fact that they are
ALWAYS!!! around and that I rarely get to plan or cook a meal in
my own home anymore is driving me to relative insanity. Our current
living situation is open-ended and not subject to change until they
sell their home in another state. I know that I sound petty and
selfish, but I no longer feel like I live in my own home and I have
forgotten what its like to actually sit down and have a conversation
with my DH without my MIL and FIL butting in. I know there is no
solution to the current problem, but venting my frustrations helps
me feel better. Anyone have a similar problem?
Signed - Never Been Close
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Frequent
Fry Her TM - IDrinkaRumcosIneedit/Posted:
7-OCT-06
It came to a head when DH, DD and I went to my FIL's
birthday 2 Saturdays ago. I always felt that I was put on display
with how I watch over my DD at my IL's house. The house is in the
middle of nowhere. There is a pond in the back part of the large
yard, and my DD has been known to run around in that area. The
stairs on the deck are VERY steep and hard for an adult to navigate,
let alone a 3-year-old child, etc. I had told everyone that I was
upset that the month before our DD had gotten hurt by a statue of
my DH's, and that my DH was more upset by the statue being broken
than our DD needing a stitch in her forehead. BIL#1 said, "That's
normal. That's my reaction whenever one of my kids breaks something
of mine." Really? DD has broken quite a few things of my
mother's, but the first words out of her mouth are "Is my GD
all right?" NOT, "You owe me $$$ for what GD has broken!"
I was put on display that night. Our DD is needing to enter a preschool
setting (think actual real school, NOT daycare). All my ILs knew
that and I know they were watching DD for whatever secret item which
made her "different" from the other GDs. One the way
home, I had to drive (DH had 3 beers and was mad that I made him
come home). He could have stayed, but he didn't want to without
me or DD. We argued all the way home. During the rest of the weekend
I ranted, raved and quoted our state's divorce law to him. I think
it finally sunk in that I was ticked off by his family's attitude
and behavior towards me and DD. He talked to his mother the following
Tuesday. He laid down the law, so-to-speak. He said that the next
time we're invited down for a celebration of sorts, we're doing
it in a restaurant so we'd only be there for 2 hours tops, and we
can leave ASAP. We aren't coming to their house anymore (for at
least 2 or 3 months) because I was sick and tired of them not coming
up to visit us. They expect us to travel 2 hours to their house,
with a 3-year-old, AND they expect us to pack to stay the entire
weekend. I have to be the one to remember clothing, my DH's breathing
machine, etc. DH told her that I didn't appreciate BIL#1 and SIL#1's
attitude about me being a bad mother because I hover over my child,
making sure that she doesn't crack her head open on steep stairs,
in the nighttime, with no lights on on the deck. Last evening DH
came home and said that he had a conversation with BIL#2. It seems
that MIL talked to BIL#1 and then BIL#1 called BIL#2 and said, "(Hubby's
name) gave mom a hard time and that (my name) didn't like coming
down there." HOWEVER, BIL#2 agreed with me that DD and I were
both on display that night, and he had no reason why his own mother
and father wouldn't come to visit our house, especially since they
have an OPEN INVITATION to do so. GAAAAAAAH! At least they understand.
I think. I hope!
Signed - It Came To A
Head
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Worst gift: My MIL is
an equal opportunity bad-gifter. It doesn't matter if you are a
DIL or her own child. And, FIL is right up there with her. (1)
As a wedding gift at his 2nd marriage, she gave my BIL and his new
wife a brick from the house that he lived in with his 1st wife.
(2) For Christmas, FIL gave MIL a nice diamond tennis bracelet.
She proceeded to pass it around for all to "oooohhh" over,
which was fine - except the price tag was still attached and he'd
arranged it so that it would hang out (we saw him) and we'd all
know how much money he spent on it. Then we opened our gifts.
DH and both BILS got a pair (a single pair) of socks each, one pair
from a package of three that was split between them. I got a post-it
note pack, as did SILs. If they hadn't been individually wrapped,
I would have thought that they'd split up a 3 pack of those, too.
(3) FIL sent my DD, as a gift, the screws that were removed from
his broken ankle after it healed. He also sent her the staples
from his hernia surgery. DD was maybe 14 and NOT interested in
medical paraphernalia. (4) For his birthday, DH got a package
of underwear, which had been opened, and one pair removed. The
package had been retaped. The "clearance" tag was still
attached. (5) The same year, BIL also got a package of underwear
for his birthday - his weren't opened. But, a month later MIL started
asking BIL to repay her for the cost of the underwear, as they were
a particular brand that she'd heard he liked, and since she got
him those specifically, he should repay her for them.
Signed - Nothing For
Me, Thanks
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