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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 13, 2007
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For over 22 years my MIL
has been a thorn in my side. I caved years ago and made her
my ally for the sake of my DH. This basically made me her
doormat, and a vessel of hate and resentment. Mind you, I
also have three SILs who came with the package. They all can
be two-faced, back-stabbing and spiteful. What made things
really unbearable is the fact that we lived with them for 5 years
in the beginning of our relationship. Why so long? Because
we were young and my DH has no spine when it comes to them.
From 22 years of nerve wrenching tension from my MIL, I do not have
just one story, but about five-hundred. When our DD was born,
my MIL thought that this child would become HERS, and DH and I would
have to go through her to parent her or even hold her. Over
a period of time, she INSISTED that she be DD's sole baby-sitter,
and she always had snide remarks to my DD about me, such as, "You
don't need your mommy when you have me." She took over
my role as mom. Story time and night time prayers became her
thing to do with her. She took every memory of my DD's baby
and toddler years for herself. Now I have so much hate and
resentment for the woman that I could scream. What woman in
her right mind would "take" another woman's baby so that
she can have a sense of purpose in life? I now have three
DSs as well, and my MIL is still annoying. Even though my
DSs will one day have wives, I swear, I will never be like her.
I learned how NOT to be. She is 77 now, but she's still very
keen on making my life he!!. I think I just need to ask God
what I am supposed to learn from this journey in life with her.
Signed - What Am I Supposed
To Learn From This Journey?
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Worst gift: Our first
Christmas after we moved back to where my DH was raised was the
first Xmas that we spent with the ILs. While all the children
were opening their presents, my MIL went into her closet and brought
out 2 more wrapped gifts for my kids. Mind you, they KNEW
we would be there, we didn't just pop in. My kids opened their
gifts - the oldest one got a stuffed dog that smelled like spit
with another child's name written in sharpie pen on the tag and
the little one got a Wizard of Oz music box. WTH?! All
the other kids got brand in the box new dolls and toys. I
found out later that the dog was a daycare toy (MIL does daycare),
and the music box was off her "yard sale" table in the
garage.
Signed - Grateful DIL
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