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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 19, 2008
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We had planned to fly
out to attend, and help pay for, MIL and FIL's 50th wedding anniversary.
We had not seen them in 3 years. The last time was when they came
to visit us. They do not rent a car when they visit us, but they
do stay at a hotel. So, we drove them everywhere and paid for or
provided all meals. Heaven forbid they should pick up a check.
Anyway, we bought 4 plane tickets (our 2 kids came) and got the
hotel room and rented the car. We were there for 6 days. NOT ONCE
were we ever invited over for a meal or taken out to eat. Our DD
had read about a local historical attraction and we planned to use
one of the days to go see it. We invited the ILs along. FIL was
sick, and MIL told us that she needed to go to the track meet of
our nephew, the nephew she sees every single week!! MIL asked us
to go to her church, where they would have flowers on the altar
in honor of their anniversary. We were the only ones of all her
kids to show up, and even FIL didn't bother coming. The kicker?
She got mad at us because, after church was over, we left through
a side door and she couldn't find us to introduce us to the pastor.
She never told us ahead of time that she wanted to do this, and
she never yelled at her other kids for not even showing up. On
the day of the party, we cleaned, arranged tables, ran errands,
decorated, and divided up the cost: We did it all. She only sent
out the invitations that said, "No presents." No toasts
were made to thank her kids. In fact, when it came time for the
toasts, someone had to go find FIL, who was taking a walk because
he couldn't stand the party. They were leaving the next day for
a trip. One of her sisters gave her a check (yes, she opened her
cards at the party). She waved this check and thanked and thanked
her again for it, much to everyone else's embarrassment for not
bringing gifts. Did we ever receive a thank you for all the money
we spent or for all we did? No. Never. I will not visit them again.
Signed - Barbedwire
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My father passed away
last winter from esophageal cancer. MIL (same one who offered me
$5,000 13 years ago to walk away from dh, bf then, and let him "have
his life" because she didn't think that he was ready for a
baby) told me that it would be ok, because I still had her and FIL.
WTF?!?!
Signed - Waiting For
A Bus To Hit Her
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Worst gift: First of
all, MIL always insists on buying gifts for people without asking
them or listening to them convey what they want, because she claims
that she will watch what they wear, how the decorate, their hobbies,
etc., and will "figure out" what they need (or so she
thinks). This ends up being a complete massacre every time, because
people often want things that aren't obvious, like bath towels,
or picture frames or something. Secondly, she is not as good at
this as she thinks. Prime example: She apparently sees me wear
black tops a lot to work and has "oh-so-intelligently"
observed, apparently, that I needed another black top. So . . .
. guess what I got for my last birthday? A black top JUST LIKE
the 1000 that I already have!!!!! It was hilarious when I opened
it, because I said, "Oh, another black top," really nicely
and smiled. She said, "Oh, yeah, I see you wear one just like
that all of the time, so I thought I would get you that since you
already liked the one just like it." HUH? Why would I want
something just like what I already have??????? I already HAVE it.
I don't WANT or NEED it at this point. Thank goodness I didn't
open a toilet for Christmas, because she noticed I "already
have one just like it" in my bathroom. CRIPES!!!!
Signed - Ready to KIL
my MIL
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