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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
March 20, 2008
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Frequent
Fry Her TM
- IHateHer, 4 of 4 needed /Posted: 20-MAR-08
Worst gift: While I
was pregnant with our DD (now 2 months old), MIL gave us a lot of
hand-me-down clothes. She would bring them to our house, give them
to my DH when he visited GFIL, call my DH to come get them, etc.,
like they were going to catch her house afire if he didn't remove
them promptly. I swear, there was a bag of clothes every week for
one month. I'm not saying that I didn't appreciate the gifts, but
a lot of them were stained, shrunk, holey, mismatched, and some
were obviously boys clothes. Oh, and they smelled funny. But,
she even told me that she got them from consignment shops AND yard
sales. I'm not knocking secondhand stuff, but you buy secondhand
for your OWN kids. You don't give used items as gifts! If that
wasn't enough, fast forward a few months. When my DD was a couple
of weeks old, she brought over yet another grocery sack full of
old, faded clothes for our new baby (who, mind you, has oodles of
clothes - too many). We had told MIL that she did not need anymore
clothes, and that we didn't need anything else for her. DH even
told her, "Supper would be nice." Anyway, she told me
that they were her friend's niece's clothes. "The outfits
are just precious, and she can't wear them. I feel bad for the
little girl. Her mom is a crackhead." WHAT? You brought
me clothes that have been in a crackhouse? If I could remember
which ones she brought, I'd donate or burn them. I don't need contaminated
stuff.
Signed - Not A Crackhead
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Frequent
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- IHateHer /Posted: 20-MAR-08
I recently posted (above) about the clothing that
my MIL bought that came from a crackhead. A couple of days ago
she came over with another pile of clothes. They were all mismatched.
A few minutes after she got here, she mentioned that she and her
friend went shopping at a place here for poor people to go get clothes
for either free or close to free. It is charity - not like a thrift
store, either. It is for people who cannot afford anything, and
she went "shopping" there. *Rolls eyes*.
Signed - That Cheapo
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- IHateHer /Posted: 20-MAR-08
Worst gift: I don't
know if this one counts as a "worst gift" or just a story.
It isn't really a big, big deal, but I just read something that
brought it to mind. When we were about 5 months along, we decided
that we were going to use cloth diapers. We made up our minds,
then told MIL. She looked like I'd hit her with a brick. Her jaw
literally dropped. But, she wanted to give me a diaper and bath
shower. Just like she gave me that wedding shower two years prior.
*Sarcasm*. She declared, "I'll give you diapers anyway. You
won't stick with the cloth." She never did give me that shower.
*Surprise*. But, I did receive a few packs from different family
members, coworkers, etc. My little one got here, and the cloth
was going fine. But, she popped up with some disposables. We told
her that the cloth was still working perfectly, but she got them
anyway. And, a couple of weeks later, she gave us more. I don't
want to sound like an ingrate, but we TOLD her that we did NOT need
disposable diapers. If she wanted to help new parents, she could
have picked up a pizza for much less money. After all, we spent
a LOT (I mean a $LOT$) of money up front on really great diapers.
We want to use them to the max. And, she also signed herself up
for a "Welcome Additions" package from a formula company,
AND gave me a coupon for formula - and we are exclusively breastfeeding.
DD has never had formula. Why buy the milk when you got the cow
at home?
Signed - Guess I'm Just
An Ingrate
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