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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 22, 2006
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My MIL made a phone call
to me two weeks after my eldest DD's phone call that we now refer
to as The Infamous "You Suck" Phone Call. She called
me on a Thursday, or thereabouts, to tell me that she didn't like
the condition of my house when she showed up for my eldest DD's
birthday party. Yes, we didn't budget time well that morning and
were in the middle of last minute cleanup. We were running very
late. She then told me that I'm a bad housekeeper and that if we
lived closer to her, my house would never be such a horrible mess
because she'd be close enough to teach me to be a better housekeeper
and wife. Hmmm, OK, I'll let that slide because of the ONE rare
occasion that my house wasn't presentable for a house full of people
for a party we had planned. Then, she insulted how I dress my kids.
Apparently, I dress them like hobos because on the last visit to
her house I knew that they would be outside and getting dirty, so
I put play clothes on them. When DD got out of the car, she had
spilled a little bit of water from her sippy cup (or more likely,
spit it out) and got the front of her shirt dirty. The shirt, BTW,
was her size, but the sleeves were slightly long, so MIL decided
that none of my children's clothes fit properly. Because of the
pigeon-toed thing DD's right shoe kept falling off, but she also
has chubby feet. That didn't help my case, apparently. Next, I
don't dress myself or my DH properly. DH dresses himself, thanks,
and he chose clothes that day that were appropriate for playing
and roughhousing and doing yard work. We were only going to MIL's,
so what was the point in dressing up if he'd have to mow their lawn
and would be rolling on the grass with the kids? Since I'm losing
weight, the clothes I had been wearing weren't fitting right anymore,
but we don't have the budget to get me new clothes. This was right
before I was given some old clothes that are smaller than what I'd
been wearing. So I look like a slob to MIL. She actually said
to me, "You used to be so skinny, when you were dating DS.
You were so beautiful and skinny. What happened to you? I don't
know, but you're not skinny anymore. I just don't know what's wrong
with you." I tell you, I adore the woman, but I'm not speaking
to her right now. I'm feeling quite low, mood-wise, since she made
the comment AFTER I had told her that I'd lost almost 20 lbs. She
then told me, "Now, don't be mad at me for saying all of this.
I'm only telling the truth. You can't be mad. Are you mad?"
I think my response was, "No, I'm not mad. Yet. I have to
go now." We had to go to a relative's birthday party on Sunday.
So, of course, MIL was there. I pretty much ignored her. I did
tell DH what she said, and how essentially she told me that I'm
a bad mother, a bad housekeeper, a bad wife, and I'm a fat loser
to boot. This woman has been known to pull out old videos from
12 years ago just for the sole purpose of pointing out how thin
I used to be. We have no photos of her smiling. She looks like
the female version of The Godfather in every single picture we have.
Signed - My MIL Could
Kick Your MIL's Butt
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Worst gift: I have been
married for 14 years. Every year for Christmas my MIL gives me
some shower gel and lotion set or picture frame type gift that she
picked up on sale. She leaves the red "clearance" price
sticker of $1-$3 still stuck on the side. Last year I was stunned
when I received a candle from my favorite candle shop. It had a
candle topper that I was looking for. MIL was present when I mentioned
the topper to my SIL. I was even more stunned when, 2 days after
Christmas, my MIL called my DD and told her to tell me that the
candle and topper were for my SIL, and she had mistakenly mixed
up the tags and would like for me to please bring it back so she
could give it to SIL, and that she had a nice bath set for me.
Signed - Clearance Gifted
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I've been married for
a year and a half now, but still I'm unable to forgive my MIL and
her two DDs for what they did the first day after my wedding. My
mom died because of cancer, my best friends have been living out
of the country since they got married, and I have no sisters. So,
at the wedding I felt lonely and sad, but I tried to look at the
bright side. That was until one of the jealous girls started criticizing
my DH in a low voice, but in a way that I could hear what she was
saying. She intended to piss me off and she succeeded. I tried
to ignore what she said and enjoy my wedding, but her words stuck
in my head. The next day my ILs invited me and my DH to lunch.
After lunch I was sitting with my SILs and we were talking about
the wedding. I don't know why I told them about that girl at the
wedding. I didn't have anyone to talk to, and I wanted to release
this anger. I thought they are my family now and would be happy
to know how much I was pissed off because I love my DH. They didn't
say anything, just changed the subject. When DH and I returned
to the hotel, I got a phone call from my MIL shouting, saying that
I'm a bad wife and that I don't love my DH enough since I allowed
a friend to talk badly about her son. She shouted and hurt me with
words. She didn't respect that I was newlywed and she didn't respect
my sadness for my mother, since her death was less than a year before
my wedding day. She asked me to give her the phone number of that
girl so she could scold her, but I refused. After she finished,
she asked me not to say anything to her son, since that was his
first day of marriage and she didn't want him to get upset. I spent
an hour in the bathroom crying and thinking seriously of divorce.
I got really sick the first three days of my honeymoon. I hate
her and her DD. They do nothing but gossip about everyone. I was
stupid to trust them or think that they were my new family now.
Since that day I haven't spoken about this subject to my MIL. She
doesn't know how bad her phone call was and how much it affected
our honeymoon. But I am unable to forgive her for ruining my honeymoon
and my life. Do you think I should someday bring up this subject
or shall I try to let it be erased from my mind by time??
Signed - Still Can't
Forgive
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