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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
March 21, 2008
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FEBRUARY
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It all started several
years ago with an innocent (or not so innocent, I have come to learn),
"I wish you the best of luck," every time we turned around.
Little did I know that we needed all the luck in the world to protect
ourselves from MIL! The first few years were pretty much normal.
SIL never was around much, even from the beginning. When we had
them over for dinners, etc., SIL would have a headache or be sick
in some shape, form or fashion, and immediately have to leave after
the meal or event. MIL stuck around being friendly, or actually
fake, as I would come to know her behavior. As time went by, MIL
was willing to visit less and less with DW. DH was expected to
bend over backward for both unmarried MIL and SIL, even washing
MIL's car upon visits for dinners/events. As the DW's relationship
waned with MIL, the SIL began wanting to spend time with DW. DW
had already noticed a pattern with SIL not being able to keep a
friend for very long, and basically swapping them out, only able
to keep one at a time. During what was to be the end of the DW
and SIL's "friendship", DW was moving to a new home with
DH and gave her an heirloom given to DW by MIL. Downsizing and
having to part with items, DW asked DH if he would mind if DW offered
this heirloom to SIL. DH did not mind, as it was a "female"
related heirloom. So, DW gave it to SIL. Not long after moving
into the new home, MIL called DH and gave him down the road over
DW giving this item to SIL. They are RELATED, aren't they?????!!!!!
Well, a long period of MIL not speaking to DH ensued. Needless
to say, DW was estranged from MIL and SIL over this whole situation.
Then, over time, when DW was alone with either MIL or SIL, they
would eventually report to DH that DW had said something untrue.
But, since DW placed herself unknowingly in these situations, they
were able to claim that these comments were made. We're talking
multiple occasions here, not just once. Eventually, SIL remarried
for the 2nd time, and invited long lost BF and family to stay with
her and her DH for the wedding reception. Obviously, since SIL
and BF did not have a relationship, this was only to gain whatever
SIL could, while the getting was good. After SIL received a present
from BF, she sent BF and family packing, and had no time for them.
They were originally going to stay 1 week with her. Well, of course,
DH and I took BF and family in for a week, entertained them, spent
time with them, took off work, spent unplanned money on them, etc.,
to make sure they felt welcome. More to come.
Signed - DH Was Expected
To Bend Over Backward
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This one isn't about MIL,
but DM. She is a widow. She lives alone, and is fine with that,
except in one instance. She is terrified of thunderstorms. She
watches the weather reports obsessively, and if there is a cloud
within 500 miles, she panics and wants to come to my house and sleep.
The problem with that is that the only place for her to sleep is
in bed with me. DH has a medical problem and sleeps in a separate
room. She would sometimes call and beg, but other times simply
show up on my doorstep with suitcase in hand. I am a light, restless
sleeper with chronic insomnia, and I absolutely HATE sleeping with
someone, even DH. But, to have my aged DM snoring next to me, dressed
in her baggy nightgown and hair-net, giving off all those "old
people" smells, is simply too much. The straw that broke the
camel's proverbial back, however, came when she called me up to
tell me that she was sick and throwing up, and wanted me to come
get her and let her sleep with me. Now, I understood that she was
ill, but having her vomiting in my bed was simply too much. I refused
to allow her to come to my house, and we had a major falling out.
That was a couple of years ago, and she is still whining and b!tching
about it. So far, I've stood my ground, but she never ceases to
try to make me feel rotten about it. Am I wrong?
Signed - The BAD DD
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Help! FMIL wants me to
be her best friend. I am a pretty reserved person, and all I want
is to move forward with having a private, loving relationship with
my DF. I keep telling DF that his mom is more concerned about him
getting married to someone who will be BFF with her, than she is
about him getting married to someone who makes him happy. She constantly
buys me things and tries really hard to get my attention. It is
annoying, and I just want to be left alone. When DF tells her to
back off, she cries. Uggh.
Signed - BFF
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