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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 7, 2009
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I have an eight month
old DD, whom I have been breast-feeding. When I first started breast-feeding,
I encountered a lot of difficulties. MIL decided that I should
stop and "put that baby on a bottle". My baby did not
want a bottle, as hard as I tried to give it to her. MIL said that
my baby would "eat when she is hungry". I told her that
it could take days for her to be hungry enough, and that I really
wanted to persevere with the breast-feeding, because I felt that
it would be so beneficial to her. I had much support from my own
family and from DH. I overcame the challenges, with a lot of effort.
For example, I visited a lactation consultant on a weekly basis,
and I am still nursing my baby today. MIL refuses to speak to me.
Shouldn't MIL be happy that I did everything in my power to ensure
that my baby got the best start that I could provide her with?
Instead, she feels insulted because she did not breastfeed her own
children. And, she feels that if formula was good enough for them,
then it should be good enough for my baby. I do not judge her for
the choices that she made as a mother.
Signed - Why Does She
Feel She Has A Right To Judge Me?
( responses to this story )
( here is my story )
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Worst gift: Every Christmas
Eve we go over to my MIL's house to eat and to open gifts. I always
buy them a few gifts each. I give very nice things like tools,
jewelry, perfume, etc. DH always receives exactly what he wants:
Tools, shoes, clothes etc. You know, something just for HIM, that
she searched and searched for. Now, my ILs have a lot of money.
MIL is a pharmacist, and FIL is an engineer. But, they are penny
pinchers - big time! As for our two girls and me, we get total
cr@p. We've received dollar store and grocery store items. I don't
expect anything awesome or expensive, just something with a little
thought put into it. Ya know. Now, get this - MIL and FIL buy
gifts for each other, together. They wrap them up like they don't
know what's in the box, put them under the tree, then proceed to
open them while we are there. AHH! Also, every year, for the past
several years, my MIL has asked that I go pick out my children's
gifts, because she claims she doesn't know how to buy for our girls
(she had only boys). Well, last year I refused, in a nice way.
She convinced DH to buy them gifts behind my back. AHH! But, as
for me, I still got the same ol' cr@p I always get. One year, I
received body wash. Another year, I got a snowman candle. Last
year, though, I received a umbrella stroller for my 9 month old
DD. She thought I could use this. Needless to say, I have always
been nice and accepted the gifts she has given. I do this in spite
of myself, only for my DH's sake, though. Of course, I'm furious
and hurt all the way home. DH says that I set myself up because
I know how they are about things. This year, I am letting DH do
the shopping for dear ol' MIL and FIL. You'd think that, after
13 years of this, I would get the picture.
Signed - Expecting A
Miracle
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