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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
February 13, 2008
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I'm one of those who thinks
she can write a book with all the lovely stories of my relationship
with my MIL. DH and I have been married for almost 7 years, and
the problems with my MIL started when we had been dating for about
6 months. DH was adopted into this family when all their kids were
grown and had moved out of the house. As he grew, he became the
family do-it-all. He was the gardener, house-sitter, and personal
chauffeur, among others. So, you can imagine what her reaction
was when he told her he had plans to marry me. She kicked him out
of the house and told him that if he didn't move with his brother
to another state, she was going to make his life miserable. So,
he did. We were apart for 4 months and suffered a whole lot. As
soon as she discovered that our plans were for me to travel to be
with him and get married anyway, she moved there first. She made
numerous attempts to destroy our relationship. After we married,
she always found a "nice" sarcastic comment to let me
know how she felt. And, to give you an idea, the only picture of
our wedding displayed in her living room was the one of her, her
DH, my DH and his brother and sisters. In the same album where
she put our wedding photos, she also put pictures of my DH and his
ex-GF. When our son was about a year and a half, I went to visit
her. One of DH's aunts mentioned how much my son looked like my
DH. MIL's words were, "No way, they look nothing alike. I
don't see the resemblance." Those are just a few of the "lovely"
things my MIL has done or said to me. DH is obviously on my side,
but feels that he owes her for adopting him, so he really can't
do much about it. You know what the best part of this story is?
She's coming to visit in 2 days. What's even better? She bought
a one-way plane ticket, so God knows what she might be up to. It's
the first time in 7 years that she'll be staying with us. Wish
me luck!!!
Signed - Desperate DIL
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Worst gift: This year,
my step-MIL had really outdone herself! She brought our DD a medium
size teddy bear for New Years (Xmas). It did not have a tag attached.
She made a big fuss about giving this generous present. Guess what?
I looked at the toy closely after she left and saw that on the back
of the scarf it said "HOLIDAY BEAR 1997". I checked online.
It was actually made in 1997. Ain't she generous!!! I say she
gets the award for the best MIL-granny of the year!!! Biach.
Signed - Aged-Toys For
Only GC
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Worst gift: Our birthdays
are coming up, so I'm sure I'll have plenty to add to the list.
But, here goes - what we've accumulated thus far:
1) For DH's birthday the ILs gave him a worn shirt in SMALL (DH
has never worn small in his life) that smelled like sweat/perfume.
2) Used towels.
3) For my birthday I was given a "free with purchase"
WEDDING picture frame (after 2 years of marriage).
This Xmas - In November the ILs hosted a "shoe party"
at their house, where some retailer brought in a bunch of shoes
for sale. To say "thanks", he gave one pair of men's
shoes to MIL and FIL. They called DH and me and said that they'd
give it to him as a gift. Not thinking twice about it, we drove
to their house, and he liked the shoes. So, he took them. While
he was looking at the shoes, I was also browsing the collection.
FIL made it very clear that I'd have to pay for my shoes myself.
No thanks. On Xmas day, FIL came over with presents. He looked
at DH and said, "Since you got a new pair of shoes in November,
you don't get a Xmas present." I got a box of spoiled milk
chocolate candies
Signed - What We've Accumulated
Thus Far
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