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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
January 14, 2008
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For all of you new brides
out there, I wanted to share a story of how a little backbone can
go a long way! My MIL is a fundamentally nice woman, who is of
strong opinions, with a passive nature. This creates conflicts
for her in her relationships. I am truly her opposite: A real
outspoken let's-get-it-off-our-chests kind of woman. I don't think
that, even after 20 years of marriage, my poor MIL has recovered
from the shock. She tried to reassert control over her son early
in our marriage, mostly by "helping" us do things her
way (decorating, diet, etc.). When we failed to make the kinds
of changes she wanted, she began to tell "cute" stories,
always laughing when she made a dig against me or our lifestyle.
For years, because I otherwise loved her and felt badly that she
was such a wimp, I easily ignored her. Well, you know what they
say about no good deed going unpunished. One of her favorite stories
was to talk of her big trip to India and how the MILs there ruled
the roost! She'd always laugh and say it in a "Gee, wouldn't
that be nice," kind of way. She'd tell this story all of the
time, in front of family, friends, anyone who would listen. All
of them felt bad for me, so it never bothered me too much. That
ended when she started telling it in front of my children. The
first time she did that I (sweetly) reminded her that she didn't
live in India, but that she lived in the US, where the DILs were
the gatekeepers to the son and GC. The implicit threat that she
would have restricted access to my family finally shut her up.
In retrospect, I wish that I had squelched my peacekeeping tendencies
and spoken up sooner. Our relationship got much better, when she
realized I would speak up.
Signed - Older and Wiser
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I am so tired of my ILs
blaming me for stuff I NEVER did, and can't possibly do. I know
there are hundreds, thousands or maybe millions of others who feel
the same way. I have been married for almost 6 years. DH is a
charming and very hard working man, but when it comes to his parents,
he is a lazy jerk. Now, I love my parents, but I refuse to tolerate
any cr@p from them. Why does he have to tolerate it from his parents?
When his parents blame me for something, he never, and I mean NEVER
stands up for me. It's like he refuses to believe that his parents
could be mean. My ILs never lie about me to DH. I always hear
about it from other people - reputable, honest people. Did you
know that I stole money from my ILs checking account to pay my car
payment? Forget the fact that I have NO clue what bank they use,
and I paid cash for my car before I met my DH! Once upon a time,
my ILs were very nice to me. I was even under the false assumption
that they loved me. They were 100% involved in the wedding plans.
They were thrilled! Yet, when the party was over, the demons came
out. BTW, DH NEVER stood up to them about the whole checking account
thing. Naturally, he just shrugged it off.
Signed - My Sister Has
Wonderful ILs. NOT FAIR!!!!
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- NoMoreContact /Posted: 14-JAN-08
My MIL is a very persistent woman. Just this
past summer my DH's extended family put up a Facebook profile looking
for us. They even had the nerve to post up pictures of both
of us. Unbelievable! Did I already mention this?
I don't remember, since it's been so long since I've posted.
I'll just give a briefing. As it turns out, they were posting
that my DH's last known whereabouts was in my hometown. This
is completely false, since he's never even been there. In
fact, we don't even live in my home province. I had pointed
out to SIL that we weren't moving there. Of course, since
I'm a "liar", no one would believe it. Anyway, we
had Facebook remove it because we felt it was in violation of their
Terms of Service (you can only post your own personal information,
not information about someone else). Anyway, this past Christmas,
my mom forwarded a card that was sent to her address. It was
addressed to my DH. In it his mother begged for him to contact
her because she still loves him, blah, blah, blah. One would
think it sounds innocent enough, but if you've read any of my stories,
you know that she's not the innocent, wonderful mother that she's
deluded herself into believing she is. I asked my DH what
he was going to do. His response, "I'm not having anything
to do with her. I'm done." It's nice not having
any contact with her. I can't stand that woman. Truthfully,
I do wish we could have had a good relationship with both our families,
though. As it stands, my DH gets along better with my family
than he does his own (perhaps it's because my family is less dysfunctional
than his).
Signed - *Sigh*. It's
Great, Just Great, Being Free From Her!
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