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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
January 13, 2007
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Worst gift: OK, so she
is not officially a MIL yet. But I live with her son, and as such
the arrangement seems rather permanent for the moment. It all started
with his birthday. I was between jobs and wanted to buy my BF a
nice, but practical gift. So, I got him a vintage look leather
wallet (I knew he liked it, as he had pointed it out in a brochure)
which was stretching my budget a little, but I still got it for
him. He loved it. I found out that 2 days later, when she took
him out to lunch (expensive restaurant, of course, I wasn't invited),
she presented him with a plethora of gifts. They are rather well
off, and the gifts included show tickets, aftershave, a whole jumble
of assorted presents from the family, as well as the family cat
(*dry retches* - give me a break!). They also got him a wallet!
He told her, rather diplomatically (I hope!), that I had already
bought him a wallet, and so he preferred to use mine. I have no
doubt that this would have put her nose out of joint, and so she
said that she would give it to his father to use instead. I had
to have a chuckle - he favored GF's gift over mummy dearest's!
Anyhow, after feeling a little bit bad for say, 2 minutes, I got
over it. For Christmas BF, his sister, her BF and I were invited
to a French restaurant close to their house (miles away from our
place!). She sung the chef's praises, etc., as if she is some food
connoisseur (please!). BTW, sister's BF and I found that we had
a lot in common, including graduating the same year and both coming
from working class suburbs neighboring each other. After dinner
both children were unashamedly presented with brand new digital
cameras each in front of all the guests, and then given a bunch
of wrapped gifts to take home for Christmas Day. I had a small
gift amongst my BF's lot, which, after opening his approximately
$600 worth of presents, I found was, wait for it (*inserts long
drum roll*) a SHOWER GEL and a CLEANSING POUF! Wow! I found myself
wondering if it was some rejected gift that she didn't like. I
felt like saying, "Gee, you went all out for me, huh?"
Guess she thought that would tide such a no-hoper, working class
simpleton like me over through the holidays. I accepted it graciously
in front of my BF, as I didn't want to hurt his feelings, and I
have been using it like it's going out of fashion because at the
least, it is a rather nice botanical aromatherapy one. He he!
I vowed never to bother buying either IL a present, considering
BF was ferried to a lavish lunch for MIL's birthday without even
considering to invite me (I work a block away from BF). I even
went so far as to suggest that BF buy her a nice bunch of flowers,
but he didn't, because apparently FIL had already bought MIL a present
on behalf of the kids. Is something wrong with this picture? She
is certainly not going out of her way to be congenial to me. As
far as I'm concerned, she can self-destruct in bitter, jealous snobby
rage because I took her son away from the family nest. I'm sorry
that I'm not a daddy's girl who dresses and accessorizes the way
they would like, but I am who her son picked, which says a lot about
his family background!
Signed - *Phew*
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Worst gift: This is
not a bad present per say, but it is about presents and Christmas.
My DH and I recently got married. After we left his GM's house
on Christmas Day, the GMIL asked if we had forgotten to give her
her present. Say what?!!? It's CHRISTMAS for crying out loud.
The true spirit of Christmas is GIVING, and I feel that you should
expect NOTHING in return. The MIL called my DH a few days later
to say that now that we're married, we're expected to get the GMIL
a gift. That's greedy and spiteful. I will not spend a dime on
her, though I know that my DH will cave in. I told him to get them
something from our local dollar store. It's also our FIRST year
living on our own. Hello, bills?!?!? We barely had enough to get
gifts for each other. The GMIL thinks that we're rolling in it,
since my parents are wealthy. I don't get any handouts from them
anyway! If she wants to spite us back by not giving us presents
next year, then good. I don't want their "charity" anyway.
You should never expect a gift.
Signed - I Only See Them
On Christmas, THANK GOD!
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Worst gift: For an engagement
present my FMIL gave me a vacuum cleaner. After 2 years of marriage
I finally got more than a card on my birthday. She gave me a dust
cloth to go with it. My house is clean, but with 2 kids, a dog,
and a hunting and fishing DH, I guess it is never up to her standards.
She also baked a chocolate cake (none of us like chocolate, and
have told her that many times) She says that the other GC like
it, so that is all she bakes. It was made with diet pudding, artificial
sweetener, and non fat whipped topping. I'm starting to get the
message.
Signed - Cleaning Lady
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