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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 17, 2008
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Frequent
Fry Her TM.
- AWorldAwayFromNormal/Posted: 17-JAN-08
Since the disaster on Christmas, I've been
thinking. Some of the readers here suggested that I talk to MIL.
So I've spent the last 2 weeks trying to think of the best way to
say it. I finally said something to her last night. I called her
and put up with some chit chat first (it's very difficult to get
a word in edgewise when talking to her). When I finally had a chance,
I said, "(MIL's name), there's actually a reason I called.
I wanted to talk to you about giving (BMIL) our number on Christmas."
Well, she made a noise similar to when you step on a puppy's tail
and immediately said, "Well, I know how badly (DH) wishes he
had a relationship with his mother! I bet he was so happy to talk
to her!" I said calmly, "Actually, no. As you know,
DH doesn't wish to have any contact with her. Ever. He considers
you his mother. Not her." These are things she's known for
a long time. She said, "Now, (DH) pretends not to like her,
but it's just an act. Trust me, I really know him. He wishes his
mom could really be his mom, and he wants a relationship with her."
I responded with, "Yes, he wishes she had been a real mom to
him, but he does NOT want a relationship with her. She's hurt him
too many times. He's given her so many chances, and she always
turns back to drugs. He doesn't want her in his life. Period.
No." MIL tried to protest again, so I said, "Look, you
ruined his Christmas." She kind of sucked in a breath and
immediately started crying. I said, "I'm sorry, but you did.
You know that all those kids are still hurting over their childhood.
(DH) tries not to think about it all, but when he answered the phone
Christmas morning to her voice, he started reliving his childhood.
He spent all day remembering being beaten and starved and neglected
and watching his sisters starve while his mom shot up." By
now, MIL was sobbing. She told me that I was being cruel and lying
to her. I said, "No," I wasn't lying and it wasn't cruel.
Cruel was giving BMIL our number on Christmas. I told her we were
changing our number and that she could have the new one if she didn't
give it out to anyone we didn't approve. But, if she messed up
again, she wouldn't be getting our next number. MIL continued telling
me what an awful person I was, but I stood my ground. I don't care
if the woman hates me for this. DH should not have to suffer like
that. For his part, DH said he was ok with me talking to MIL, but
he didn't want to hear about the conversation. And, he didn't ever
want to hear from his BM again. I hope MIL takes our conversation
to heart.
Signed - Cruel DIL
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Fry Her TM
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Shh, do you hear that?
It's silence, isn't it? FINALLY! My MIL talks NONSTOP! I went
into the bathroom to get changed (and for some peace and quiet),
and she still was talking behind the CLOSED door! She will interrupt
me to talk more. That's not the worst thing. The worst thing is
when she REPEATS HERSELF over and over again. I heard the same
story about 10 times. I'm from a big family, and used to talking,
but this is more than all my relatives put together. I think I
may get my own page. Hmmm.
Signed - Hear No Evil,
See No Evil, Speak No Evil
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Worst gift: At the bridal
shower, I received gifts from my mom's friends and MIL's friends.
My mom's friends picked items from the registry. My MIL's friends
picked items from their attics, including a weird food basket/heater
combo that was in a box labeled "Attic" and had lots of
dead silverfish in it and some old grease stains. But, I did send
a thank you card.
Signed - Ummmm, Thanks?
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