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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 3, 2008
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- DrivingMeNuts, 1 of 4 needed/Posted:
3-FEB-08
Wedding planning. Ooooh, if somebody wrote about
the troubles involved, I bet a lot more couples would elope. After
the SIL's birthday party incident, DF had not had any contact with
his mother. We decided to go ahead and start planning the wedding,
the bridal party and groomsmen being the first thing we wanted to
"conquer". I knew that I wanted to have my sister be
my MOH, and three really dear friends of mine be my bridesmaids.
DF chose his best friend as his Best Man, my two brothers as groomsmen,
along with one of his old high school buddies. That just set MIL
off on one of her now infamous tirades. 'Why isn't my DD one of
your bridesmaids?' I explained to her that I had originally wanted
SIL to be one of the bridesmaids, but she had said that since she
couldn't come to town to help plan anything, she thought the spot
should go to a good mutual friend of ours who could. MIL began
insisting on the fact that I hated her DD, that I was doing it just
because I didn't like their family (a big lie, I love most of the
family, just not MIL). My DF backed me up, saying that I had offered
it to SIL, but MIL wouldn't believe it until I called SIL and made
them talk. That shut MIL up for awhile, but we all knew it wasn't
the end. My then DF and I planned some more elements of the wedding,
trying to remain on the budget we had created for ourselves, trying
to remain money conscious. I had asked my MOH and bridesmaids to
come with me to a look for a wedding dress, so I could get a second
opinion. In the interest of being fair, my sister (MOH) asked both
my mom and MIL to come along. Everything was going well. We were
gossiping, talking about everyone's families, just having your ordinary
girls day out. Joking around, my sister suggested that we go to
a local lingerie store. We all knew it was playful joking, even
my mom was joining in, but my MIL's comment just kind of grossed
me out: "Mind if I come along? I'd like to see what kind
of body my DS has to work with."
Signed - Um, Ewww?!?
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Frequent
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- DrivingMeNuts, 2 of 4 needed/Posted:
3-FEB-08
After my then future IL's attitude towards her son
and me dating again ("Didn't you learn the first time around?"),
I tried to separate myself from them as much as possible. I was
happy with their son, so I didn't leave him. I simply told DF that
his mother was obviously not happy with our relationship and didn't
like me, so I wanted little to no contact with her. He was very
understanding (one of the big reasons that I love him), and said
that that was fine, whatever made me happy. We dated for about
a year and half, with me having very little contact with his mother.
On the fourth of July, DH proposed to me at the local fireworks
show. I couldn't have been more ecstatic. I thought that it was
an incredibly romantic thing to do, seeing as how my DH is normally
a pretty shy, reserved guy when it comes to doing romantic things.
We decide that, for the time being, we wouldn't tell anyone about
the engagement, to give ourselves a while to get used to it, and
to take things slow. A few weeks after he proposed, DH's family
was throwing a birthday party for his older sister, who was to be
in town for her birthday that year. I knew that FMIL would be there,
but my DH really wanted to see his big sister. Since we hadn't
seen each other in a while, he really wanted us to be able to spend
some time together. I had actually been good friends with his sister,
so I figured that this wouldn't be a problem. We went, and actually
were having a wonderful time, talking and catching up. SIL caught
sight of the engagement ring on my finger, and, seeing that it was
the family heirloom that their grandfather had asked my DH to use,
she immediately got excited. I admit that I bragged a little bit
on how my DH had proposed, and how great I thought it was. Boy,
I should've known that the moment wouldn't last. MIL came sprinting,
and I literally mean sprinting over, grabbed my hand and pulled
it up to her face. "You're using your grandfather's ring on
HER? She'll probably pawn it for gambling money, or alcohol."
Okay, Lady, I was clearly old enough to drink and gamble, if I so
chose to do so, but I would've never, ever, pawned my engagement
ring. My SIL, her DH and my DH's jaws just dropped. Their GF had
been very close to them growing up, MIL being too busy getting drunk
(not kidding, she's been in rehab, like, three times). When GFIL
was on his deathbed, he gave my DH the same ring he had used to
propose to his DW (who had passed years earlier), and requested
that he use it to make some woman as happy as the ring had made
GMIL. I jerked my hand away from MIL, shocked that she would say
something like that, even if she hated my guts. DH helped me up,
saying that if his DM couldn't respect me, then she didn't respect
him either, and he wanted nothing to do with people who didn't respect
him.
Signed - I Really, Really
Love My DH
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Worst gift: MIL came
to the baby shower of my first child. She brought a basket full
of items that were very obviously used by my niece. There was a
very used blanket that they were trying to get rid of because my
niece was so attached to it. It was so used that it was matted.
There was also a half used tube of diaper rash cream. It was horrible.
My second child was just born in November. MIL sent a package with
three little Christmas outfits in it. They were all very used and
extremely dirty, grubby, and old looking. My niece lives with her
and is so spoiled. I'm not expecting her to get anything for my
kids. I would appreciate if she would just not get them anything
at all, instead of sending stuff that we just throw away. It's
disgusting!
Signed - Horrified DIL
To A MIL With No Class
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