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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
March 23, 2008
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FEBRUARY
2008
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MIL couldn't be worse.
When I was pregnant with my first child, she constantly let me know
that she was afraid of what my baby's hair would look like. I'm
a redhead, and she was terrified to have a redheaded GC. My baby
was born with blonde hair, but that didn't stop MIL from having
nothing to do with her. She always said that she was scared to
touch her because she worked in a nursing home and had germs. Why
not wash your hands and hold your GC? Any time I was around her,
she was always with her other GC, by her two DD. She never came
around our child unless we begged her to. She is always putting
me down. When I shared with her my joyous news of my second pregnancy,
she replied, "Are you happy? Cause you won't be when you start
throwing up." No hug. No congratulations. And, of course,
she has nothing much to do with either child. When I've tried to
tell my MIL how I feel, she has yelled at me and called me "sick"
and "bipolar". But, it's not so much what she says to
me, but how she looks at me with a look of disgust. It has hurt
my self esteem. But, . . .
Signed - I Know That
I Am A Good Person
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I find it interesting
that so many stories here are about DH's mom. My mother suffered
from her DH's mother after she was married, and has always been
adamant about not interfering with her children's lives. My MIL,
however, is fully convinced that making life he!! is her mission
on earth. She was tolerable some of the time, when she was coming
every fall to stay with us a for few months. We were always happy
to see her, always happy to see her go. But, after our second was
born (6 years ago), she came and never left. It has been he!! on
me, on our marriage, and on our children. On the one hand, she
is always home, so we don't have to worry about childcare, and she's
a workaholic: The house is always clean, the laundry is done and
the grocery shopping is taken care of. But, what a price! She
is the most negative, bitter, vituperative and hateful person I've
met in any country. She constantly mutters under her breath about
us, scolds, yells, curses and often hits the kids. She uses every
obscenity in her native language on the kids, calls them names and
complains constantly that they're a) too loud, b) too messy or,
c) too energetic. Not exactly a sweet little old grandmother.
She treats me no differently, erupting unexpectedly to scream about
who knows what, adding personal insults and obscenities, threatening
me. My wife, meanwhile, says I should calmly take this, because
she's old and demands respect from those who are younger. She gets
furious at me if I respond to her batty old mother, who clearly
is missing a few normal brain cells, and supports her mother in
her outbursts. I tell her that my family would never treat her
(or anyone else, for that matter) like that, and I would never tolerate
seeing her treated like that by anyone. I also can't help thinking
about the parents of the girls I dated, and how charming and pleasant
they all were in comparison. Frankly, I've just about had it.
The toxic atmosphere can't be cleaned up because, as long as she's
here, she'll keep spewing out her poison in our house. I've never
met anyone that I've hated, until now, but she is so vile, so mean,
and so hateful that I cannot stand her presence. It seems to me
that DW and her mom would make a wonderful couple.
Signed - Stay Away
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I met DF over the phone
about twelve months ago. We have seen each other once. Since that
time, we have only talked over the phone, by e-mail and text. He
asked me to marry him. I accepted. We plan to marry pretty soon.
He has talked to my mother several times over the phone, but he
refuses to let me talk to his mother. Whenever I ask to speak with
her, he gets really upset and tells me that I can call her, but
he would rather that I did not. He gets really defensive and hangs
up the phone, and will not answer when I call right back. He was
raised by his grandmother up to the age of 13, and never had the
greatest relationship with his mother. He does not have anything
good to say about her. He tells me that she is loud and very outspoken,
and he does not care for me to meet her. But, his other GFs have
met her. I am not comfortable with this situation at this time.
How concerned should I be, as we are getting married?
Signed - How Concerned
Should I Be
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