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Mother-In-Law Mall
A place to find great gifts!
and products related to mothers-in-law and other family members.
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 30, 2006
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My DH's GM found a very
pretty pair of lead crystal candleholders in a Christmas sales ad.
GM will be 90 years old next month, and she depends on the family
to help with her shopping, etc. When she asked my MIL if my DH's
"sister" would like these for Christmas (these were really
her gift for MIL), MIL replied, "Oh no! I really don't think
that she would like these. As a matter of fact, I WOULDN'T WANT
THEM FOR MYSELF, EITHER!" I can't imagine being so ugly about
a gift that my mother had picked out for anyone!! MIL has taken
back Christmas gifts from her mother before. If she gets ugly at
Christmas this year, I'm going to tell her how ungrateful that I
think she is!!! After 25 years, I've had all I can take of her
not being grateful for the gifts that she gets each year!
Signed - It's The thought
That Counts
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I am a therapist/grad
student. On my first visit to MIL's house she told me to pour a
cup of coffee for myself, then asked me not to use the cup that
I had chosen because it was her "personal cup". One year
later at her house, to be polite, I asked for her permission to
marry her son (he is 37 and a research scientist). She said that
she thought it was not a good idea as we were not "passionate"
enough. Later, I went into the guest room and cried as she bawled
me out for trying to "drive a wedge between her and her son."
We canceled our wedding plans and later got married without her.
This year, she somehow got control of Christmas plans and my son
and DH are with her for Christmas and I am home by myself. She
wanted him to go out of state to her house and I have to stay home
to work. She did not want to stay at our home and wanted to avoid
paying for a hotel, so she bought a ticket for my DH and son, when
I could not go. I actually have a MIL specific phobia induced by
this woman, and have panic attacks before she visits. My DH did
not tell her that we were married until I had nagged him for 6 months.
Signed - Mrs. Mother-In-Law
Christmas Grinch
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Worst gift: My DH is
the only son of three children, and that's where the trouble begins.
Ever since my MIL realized that my DH and I were getting serious
when we were dating, she started to drop little comments about her
being the most important woman in his life, how she is the best
cook, how he loves every gift SHE gives him etc. Well, when I couldn't
take that anymore, I told DH, who was then BF, to let her know her
boundaries. He spoke to her and those comments stopped. However,
we got married a year ago and ever since then things haven't gotten
any better. When we were dating, she would get him really expensive
gifts and get me really cheap gifts. I didn't mind the disparity
in the gift giving then because we weren't married. However, since
we got married she has made it even more obvious. Let's just say
that I'm not into how much a gift costs, but what is hurtful is
when she spends in excess of, for example, $500 on a gift for others
and buys me a gift that could have come from the $10 store. It's
upsetting because in my family, if someone has a small amount of
money, they would rather get us gifts along the same lines (that
is, two relatively cheap gifts) to make sure that no one could say
that my DH was made to feel left out. However, his mother takes
joy in gloating out loud that her son gets xxxx brand from her,
while at the same time apologizing to me for getting me a cheap
gift. At first I thought it was a one time thing, but I have realized
that with every single occasion, her way of gift giving is the same.
It sends a message to me that at the end of the day, I am outsider
in her mind. She is upset that I am now DH's number one priority.
I even tried to reassure her and would call her all the time to
let her know how interested we both were in maintaining a relationship
with her as his mother. But that has changed nothing. Now I'm
just at the point where I don't care about maintaining anything,
because I feel so much like an outsider when I'm around her. DH
seems to be totally clueless about her behavior, as she pretends
quite well in front him.
Signed - Wish MIL Was
In A Foreign Country
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