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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
November 16, 2006
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I'm Jewish and DH is Catholic,
but not a hardcore one, never was. He decided to convert during
the first year of our marriage. We've been married for 6 years.
It was completely his choice, and I did not pressure him. That's
not my MO. I was all for having a duo-religious household. Christmas
and Hanukah, why not?? MIL was not happy about the conversion.
She decided that I was behind it all, the devil, you name it, and
she got DH's family to shut me out. Stupid sheep, but what can
you do?? I acknowledged them on birthdays, holidays, etc., and
didn't mind doing it at all. The thoughts were never reciprocated,
and that did hurt. When my SIL got married, DH was invited, but
I wasn't, so he didn't go-even though I encouraged him to go. Of
course, my fault. I just laughed about it, sent gifts, congrats,
yadda, yadda, yadda. What else can you do? Life is too short!
Anyhoo, when my DD was born, we had a Jewish naming ceremony .
Of course, we invited the ILs. Of course, they didn't show up.
Their loss, and, of course, our DD's, too. We had to go out of
town for a family funeral a few months later and couldn't take our
DD. DH reluctantly asked my IL to watch our DD, which they happily
did. They do love her, which is nice to see. Fast forward to a
month or two later. DH was over at the IL's house to pick up something.
MIL gave him some old pictures, as well as some new ones - OF OUR
DAUGHTER'S CHRISTENING. Yep, during that time that we were away
at the family funeral, MIL had the nerve to completely ignore our
beliefs and "Christen" our DD. She even told the priest
that we didn't care about our DD since we're raising her Jewish.
What gets me is that the priest actually went thru the christening,
knowing that our daughter is Jewish. I mean really, what gives????
I called MIL and told her that she was never going to be left alone
with our DD until her 18th birthday, that what she did was completely
disrespectful, and that this action was completely her fault. I
also told her that I was tired of trying to make her feel welcome
in our home and buying her holiday/birthday gifts with no acknowledgment
whatsoever. I ended by telling her that my days of being the nice
DIL were over. DH let her have it, too. He told her that she owed
me a big-@ss apology and that she was no longer welcome in our home.
My parents are not perfect, but they accept us unconditionally.
They're great with my DD and their attention makes up for what she
doesn't get from my ILs. Wankers.
Signed - Oy Vey
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A few years ago when my
DH and I were both working the graveyard shift at our jobs his mother
got a job in a far away state. She normally calls 4 times a day
because she's lonely. This one day I was trying to get some sleep
and my DH was out of town for the day to visit his brother. His
mother called every 20 minutes, starting at 7 am (I get off work
and to bed by 6:30 am) until my DH finally got home around 1p m.
I had told her many times during the day that he wouldn't be home
until after noon. I handed the phone to him the last time she called,
at 1pm, as he walked through the door. I told him that I was going
to bed. He asked her why she had been bothering me all day when
she knew I had to sleep. She hung up on him. She called him back.
She said that he was a horrible person and an even worse son, and
that she never wanted to talk to him again if he was going to accuse
her of bothering people. She hung up again and called back again.
This went on for the rest of the day, until we finally . . .
Signed - Disconnected
The Phone
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I know that these are
all small things, but they are things that add up to a very frustrating
time. One day I got off work early and wanted to go WINDOW shopping
for my SIL's baby shower (MIL's DD). She got mad at me for not
buying things. When I explained to her that we wouldn't have ANY
money for two weeks (DH's payday) she seemed to understand. But
later that night she called my DH and asked to borrow $100 so that
she could take her other GC out and buy her stuff (no special holiday
or anything). So this made me the bad person, because I had to
say that we didn't have the money, AGAIN!
Signed - AGAIN!
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