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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 23, 2007
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Beverly Engle in her book,
The Emotionally Abused Woman, writes about different types of abusers,
one being someone who demands too much. So goes my MIL. For a
while my DH supported her in this. She invited herself to stay
with us for a whole month (even though I didn't want her to stay
more than a few days). DH went to work at 7:30 in the morning,
and came home 8 or 9 at night. I didn't work and she demanded ALL
of my time, insisting that we be together every second, standing
outside the bathroom if I was in it, talking nonstop, never letting
me get a word in edgewise, talking while I was on the phone, talking
while I read the paper, talking through the door while I was in
the bathroom. By talking I mean complaining, whining, tattling
on all the mean people in her life, describing all her aches and
pains and tiredness, cataloging all the times in her life she'd
been a victim of mean people, psychoanalyzing everyone around (except
herself), and blowing her own horn about her very measly accomplishments.
I nearly lost my mind; I wanted to claw my face off. I still hate
the sound of her voice. But I was nice. I listened politely.
I picked her up from the airport. I took her shopping with me (while
she complained about prices and layout of the store, etc.). I cooked
special dinners and laid places out in the dining room. I took
her on tours of our city, the kids' schools and parks, etc. And
on her third day, did she say thank you? Was she happy? Nope.
She went running to my DH and wailed, "She's so mean to me.
I feel so unwelcome!" From that point on I refused to do anything
for her, and did as my DH suggested before she arrived: I just
ignored her. This escalated her behavior and she started making
up accusations against me. When my DH came home, she'd go running
to him, weeping and sobbing about how mean I was to her, and he
believed her and yelled at me. It set off a marital crisis that
took almost two years to resolve. It wasn't resolved until she
was pretty much cut off and my DH and I worked through a lot of
issues. To this day NOBODY has acknowledged all I did.
Signed - The Bad Guy-Meanie
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My son had been in preschool
for about 2 months when FMIL got invited to Grandparent's Day there.
She use to be a preschool/daycare "teacher" at another
school, so when she walked into my son's school she was pleasantly
surprised to find out that my son's teacher was one of her good
friends whom she had met at the other school. In the two months
that my son had been going to this school, I had really formed a
bond with this teacher. The day after GP's Day my son's teacher
said that I was so lucky to have such a wonderful FMIL. She told
me how FMIL told her all about me and her DD. FMIL told my son's
teacher what a beautiful DD and DIL she had, and how lucky she was
to have a DIL, how beautiful DIL is, and what a wonderful mother
DIL is. Then my son's teacher said, "I didn't know you were
(a specific nationality)." Ummm, I'm not!! That would be
FMIL's OTHER DIL!! My son's teacher was mortified!! My eyes flooded
with tears as my son's teacher apologized up and down! FMIL did
not mention that she had TWO DILs.
Signed - The OTHER DIL
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Worst gift: I was given
a pair of granny underwear the first Christmas after I was married,
at age 24. At that time I was a size six. Not sure what the message
was, but I did dispose of them.
Signed - Ex-DIL
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