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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 26, 2008
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I've had enough with my
MIL. Long story short: DH and I were at a friend's cottage the
other day, along with several other people. We offered to make
a big breakfast. My specialty, eggs, turned out bad (I burn water,
ok?). Later on, I told MIL about my eggs and she said, "That's
because you didn't put butter in." DH and I proceeded to tell
her that I don't do it that way, and it still turns out good. She
kept on saying that her way was the right way, and, "Oh my
god. DH is gonna starve to death!" Last time I checked, it
wasn't 1950. He's a grown man. He can make food himself. Grinding
teeth.
Signed - Eggs Benedict
Arnold
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Worst gift: You think
you have gotten bad gifts from your MIL? Wait until you hear what
my MIL gave me the first Christmas after our marriage. We spent
our first Christmas as husband and wife alone in our apartment,
as we were living hundreds of miles away from all of our relatives
(too bad we didn't keep it that way). My MIL sent me a box, which
I opened. I began to pull items out of this box. There was a black
shawl, a pair of used and dirty leather khaki gloves that had a
big rip on the top of one of them (with a very obvious stitch to
close it). There was a broken Christmas ornament (plastic and cheesy
- looked like it was from the dollar store) and other horrible things
just like that. I, apparently, have blocked the details of the
rest out my mind. It was a whole box of used, useless, damaged
stuff. I was so shocked and hurt. The shawl looked like something
you would wear to a funeral, and the gloves looked like something
a homeless bum would wear. Was she trying to imply that this is
all I was worth to her? DH was even shocked, and didn't know what
to think.
Signed - What In The
World???
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Worst gift: How sad
is it when your MIL drops off gifts for Christmas at your front
door, you and your DH open them, and then you watch your DH cry?
That is what happened this last Christmas. DH almost never cries,
so this really bothered me. We received: fruitcake. They gave
us food items from their church's food pantry (no, we don't need
food from the food pantry - FIL is the preacher at a church here
in town and they take things out for themselves and to give to their
family, even when we don't need it). The other gifts included a
copied off little kid's Sunday school game, even though DH is over
30. The game was literally on two pieces of paper and we were supposed
to cut it out and play with it. We also got a homemade apron and
four water glasses with trees and snowflakes on them. I am sure
they were from a secondhand store and had already been used (not
in a box or anything, just sitting in a bag). They threw in a couple
of religious books, obviously meant to instruct us as to how we
should live our lives. There was also a card that was not written
in or signed. It was totally blank inside, but it held a check
(surprise, surprise, since they are notorious penny pinchers).
The catch was that the check stated on it that it was to be used
towards our house payment (but what a joke, since the amount would
barely cover dinner at a restaurant). It was at that point that
I saw tears well up in my DH's eyes (and, no, they were not tears
of joy). Again, as every Christmas, we were given a bunch of junk
that we are either going to throw away or donate, and then a card
that said nothing. It was not even signed. Mixed in was the implication
that they still see us as five years old. But, hey, at least we
could use the check for something that we might actually want!
Signed - How Sad Is It
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