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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
October 28, 2006
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DSIL was pregnant. It
is well known that DSIL likes a certain name for girl, and that
I like a longer version of the same name. She is the one having
children, so it is no big deal at all that she has "claimed"
the name. We think it is funny and it is a well-known story. MIL
has been stating for years that she would think it was just precious
if a DGD was named a certain variation of HER name. Last time she
mentioned it, the name that DSIL has always liked was brought up
and MIL said, "It's growing on me." Well, it must have,
because she announced that she was getting a dog and was naming
her the name DSIL liked for a DD! DSIL had a boy, MIL didn't get
the dog, but can you imagine the nerve?
Signed - Laughing Wife
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During a casual conversation
my new MIL brought up our wedding picture order. She informed me
that she would not be purchasing many pictures of MY wedding because
there would be other weddings in HER family. MIL needed to make
sure that there was enough room in her home for the rest of these
pictures. Silly me, I thought our wedding was also for her son,
but even worse, I actually considered myself part of HER family.
I don't care if she does not want any pictures, that's not the point;
her snippy attitude left me wondering if there is something up?
Signed - Snippy Remark?
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Frequent
Fry Her TM.
- shksgoddess, 1 of 4 needed/Posted:
28-OCT-06
My MIL is very passive-aggressive. When she was my FMIL, she trotted
out an entire laundry list of reasons why FDH should not marry me.
The biggest reason was that I did not share the same religion that
she did, and that her grandchildren by me would not "technically"
be of the same faith (therefore, unacceptable). This, of course,
after she and FFIL sat me down without FDH around to explain why
I should not have children by their son. As our wedding approached,
she kept waffling back and forth on whether or not she would even
attend the wedding, as she felt that any wedding by an interfaith
couple would be a "travesty" and a "mockery."
We even saw a therapist over this, and thank goodness FDH saw through
the game and refused to kowtow to her little tantrums. My FBIL
proposed to his GF the same weekend that FDH proposed to me. Because
the GF was of the same faith as the ILs, she became the darling
of the family. Needless to say, I freaked when I heard, and was
more than a little upset when they set their date before ours.
But, I'm a good sport and couldn't do anything about it anyway,
so I just smiled and sucked it up. Most of the FIL's friends did
not know that FDH and I were engaged! When their friends found
out and tried to congratulate the FILs, they brushed them away as
if they had suggested something unpleasant. But, of course, they
were delighted to be congratulated on their other son's upcoming
wedding. At my FBIL and FSIL's wedding, I was totally ignored by
MIL. I am not included in any of the family photos, even though
my own wedding to their son was only a few weeks away. None of
my FILs lifted one finger to help us with our wedding. We were
smart enough to pay for everything ourselves so they could not control
how we did things. On the night before the wedding (at the rehearsal
dinner) my FMIL confided to my FFIL the following, "I am totally
against this marriage and this wedding, but since it's going to
go off with or without my approval, I guess I'll learn to love her
after the wedding." Naturally, my idiot of a FFIL had to come
running to tell me this, thinking that I would be grateful for these
crumbs of affection. NOT! On the day of the wedding, my FMIL refused
to wear the corsage that I had bought for her to wear, sat in the
back of the ceremony room and pouted. I never heard one word of
congratulations, good luck, or even, "go to hades," from
them. Since then, my MIL has tried to be nice and is not quite
so standoffish, but I think it's mainly due to my FIL's bullying
and manipulation. My FIL tries way too hard to promise material
things to buy my affection, but the thought of accepting these outlandish
things makes me want to hurl. I can never trust them not to stab
me in the back when I turn around. They still try to manipulate
their son into being their unpaid handyman. Thank goodness DH is
learning to say no.
Signed - I Have A Long
Memory
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