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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 17, 2007
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DH and I have been married
14 years. In that time, my MIL has done the following:
1)Repeatedly commented to me, outside of my DH's earshot, about
the diamond anniversary ring my DH bought me after 12 years of marriage.
They say, "That sure is a nice ring," in an insulting
manner (as if to insinuate that I did not deserve it). After hearing
her comment for the third time, on as many visits to her house,
I finally told MIL, "DH did not buy me an engagement ring or
wedding ring," and that I paid for my wedding set before we
were married. I also said that, as far as I am concerned, this
is my wedding ring from her son. When I said that, she got a HORRIFIED
look on her face, as if to say, "My son cannot be that cheap!"
A few days later, she found out that, yes, he was that cheap, and
I NEVER HEARD ANOTHER WORD ABOUT THE RING EVER AGAIN.
2) My elderly GMIL decided to sell some property that she owned,
and divvy up the proceeds from the sale amongst family members.
She wanted to include me in the lot. I tried to dissuade her from
doing this, as I knew that it was part of my MIL's inheritance,
but she would not hear any of it. I called my MIL to inform her
of her mother's intentions in the hope that she could talk some
sense into her, only to have my MIL say, "Well, I don't know
why she would want to do that, because YOU'RE NOT FAMILY."
She quickly tried to take her words back when she realized how horrible
they sounded. Never mind that I have been married to her son for
more than a decade and have given birth to her only two GC.
3)I was having problems at work. I told DH what was going on, and
that I was vigorously defending myself. Later that night, my DH
decided to voice some concerns that he had about my job, and we
ended up having a HUGE fight. The next day, still upset, I confided
in my MIL that we'd had a fight. She promptly told me of her concerns
about my job. Lo and behold, they matched, WORD FOR WORD, with
my DH's concerns. I realized then that my MIL had meddled in my
marriage and nearly caused my DH and I to split up. After this
event, I decided that she had three strikes against her and that
MIL was out! I make nice and tolerate her for DH and the children's
sake, but I don't do much else in the way for her.
Signed - Older and Wiser
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My MIL thinks that her
son is her spouse, counselor, handyman, designated driver, and punching
bag. Great story: Before one of our first dates, my DH told her
where we were going (big mistake). She SHOWED UP at the restaurant
and sat at the table where our friends were sitting (we were meeting
friends there). I had never met this woman before, it was our second
date. We barely knew each other, and here this woman showed up
and sat at our table BEFORE we even got there. I was speechless.
He was sooo embarrassed. I just played it off like it was "no
big deal". It has only snowballed from there. She lives an
hour away from work, and our house is close to her work, so she
"decided", when my DH bought his house (that is now ours,
he bought it a year before we met), that she was just going to stay
with him for a week every 3 weeks in order for it to be "more
convenient" for her. Hello, can you say - imposing?!?!?!
It's one thing if he's single, quite another if he's in a relationship
(she didn't stop staying over when I moved in). We're now engaged.
DF seems to think that she has "no idea" how rude or imposing
she is. I beg to differ. I think that she knows EXACTLY how rude
it is, but chooses to do it anyway because she's a selfish and rude
person who only thinks of herself and her unhealthy attachment to
her son. Often times, when she stays, she gets plastered drunk
and goes into these hour long stories about her wretched DH. They
have a horrible marriage, but wouldn't you if your spouse was staying
at other people's houses most of the time? She does this to her
DD and a close friend of hers, too. She, basically, only sleeps
at home one week a month. She doesn't understand why her marriage
is so bad, but, yet, she never even stays the night at her own house???
This woman is insane. She went over her finances with my DH, recently
(he is a financial advisor, so she consults him on her finances).
This woman is a complete materialistic shop-a-holic! She is constantly
trying to buy us this or that, that we do NOT need. I will tell
her that we don't need "it", and she'll buy it anyway.
She will spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on holidays,
like it's nothing, but under no circumstances will she buy someone
a gift card or give them savings bonds. She must buy you PRESENTS,
even if you don't want or need what she wants to buy, and she will
get furious if you try to go against this. She will come to my
house and will say, "The ceiling fan needs cleaning,"
or she will nose through drawers and say things like, "This
is a mess." I'M GOING TO GO INSANE DEALING WITH THIS WOMAN!!!!!
Signed - Drained By MIL
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Worst gift: For Christmas,
a few years ago, my DH's parents came out to visit us. We actually
were not married at the time, but we had purchased a home together
that previous spring (we had been together for 2 years at that time).
His family practices a holiday gift exchange called a "Pollyanna",
where names are drawn, and each person spends up to $100 for the
family member whose name they have chosen. Although we weren't
married (just "living in sin") at the time, they included
me in the Pollyanna, and asked me to provide a list of things I
would like for gifts. One of the items on my list was a gift card
to a contemporary home furnishings store (to decorate the new house).
Upon their arrival, we all exchanged gifts. DH opened a gift from
his parents. It was a $100 gift card to the store that I had on
my list. I received candles. After 6 years I still can feel the
burn from that slap in the face. Ouch.
Signed - Not Loving the
In-Laws
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