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frequent fry her - birdy Frequent Fry Her TM - birdy, Posted: 26-DEC-06
My SIL has always taken it upon herself to try and run our lives, especially my DD.  There were a couple of times when she cut my DD's hair without telling me (quite unevenly, because she is not a professional).  She did this twice before, and I told her, "NO MORE!!"  Every year she has bought my DD an Xmas dress to match her two DS'S outfits, without my consent.  I thought that this year was going to be ok.  My DM bought a very nice dress for my DD and I had planned to put it on her for Xmas.  But, when I got home the other night from work, my SIL was there and already had her dressed in a different dress, getting ready to take her to get pictures done with Santa.  MY DH just shrugged and said that it was a way to save money, and that she's just trying to help.  I was pretty upset, because I knew that if I hadn't walked in right then, she would have taken my DD without me.  To make matters worse, I paid for pictures of my DD with her two DS's and Santa, but got no separate pictures of her.  She told me that there wasn't time, but then got separate pictures of her two children.  She once called me up and asked me what I was getting my DD for her birthday.  I stupidly told her what I was getting, but hadn't gotten it yet.  Let's just say that my DD got two of everything that year, and then looked at me and asked why I had gotten her something that her aunt had already gotten her.  I was so embarrassed!  I took everything back, and let her pick out new stuff, but I was still peeved.  When we lived close by, I would sometimes come home to find her gone at SIL's place planning to spend the night, but no one had even asked me.  Any time DD would stay there, she would come back smelling horrible, with a nasty cough and really bad habits (SIL goes thru 2 packs a day, they have two dogs that go everywhere in the house, and SIL 2 DS's are heathens).  Now she lives an hour away, and still tries to run our lives.  When BIL and DH were discussing Xmas gifts for me, BIL warned DH that if he gets me anything that looks expensive, like jewelry, not to bring it to the house or to tell anyone on his side!  Forget that!!  It's none of anybody's business what he gets me for Xmas!  I deserve the Tahj Mahal after putting up with the IL's crud for so long.

        Signed - SIL Needs To Worry About Her Own Backyard
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When my SIL told her mother (my MIL) that she had decided to get a divorce, her mother said, "I'm glad you have a good job to support yourself!!"  I just couldn't believe that my MIL had no sympathy.  She lacks social sensitivity big time.  I just can't stand her.

        Signed - My MIL Is An Alien From Another Planet
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So, now that my DBF is living with my family and me instead of at his DM's house (thank God we are out of that situation), he still hears cr@p from his DM all the time about his ex.  He gets emails every few days from his mother, in the form of a FORWARD, from his ex.  She keeps forwarding his ex's emails to him in hopes that what she says will make him want to get back with her.  She never asks about me or my family, never even mentions my name.  He just ignores her emails now, unless its something about his family.  I tried to win this woman over when I was living with her, but it all failed.  Now I have decided that it's CUT OFF time BECAUSE:  I sent her a thank you note in the mail when I got back to my parent's house (she gave me money for gas and hotels - she was VERY obliged and happy to help me leave her and her son alone in her home together, so she paid for my road trip).  I knew that she only did this because she wanted me gone ASAP, so she could start heckling her son to get back with his ex.  But still, I'm a southern girl, and a thank you note was appropriate.  Then I sent her a Christmas eCard.  I know she got it because you get an email from the service when the person opens the ecard.  Did I get one back?  Or even an email?  NOPE.  I also sent her a Christmas package with a card, two gifts for her, and a gift for my DBF's DD, who will be visiting FMIL for Christmas (that's a whole other story that I will write about).  So she finally got the address where her DS is staying (with me) from the return address on the package.  In it were 5 gifts for him, zero for me (boo hoo), and no mention of my name at all.  Hmm.  This is interesting, when I know for a fact that she sent his !EX-GF! gifts.  I know that his ex is the mother of one of his kids, and that the child deserves presents, but for Heaven's sake, she treats his ex like gold and me like I don't even exist!!  So screw her.  Good thing for me, though, one of the gifts that I sent her had a not-so-subtle subliminal message on it.  It's a candle that reads, "God grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change, the COURAGE to change the things I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference."  HA!  Eat that one, lady.

        Signed - Just Eat It!
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