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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 12, 2009
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We were only married a
few months, when we let MIL be our real estate agent. She offered
to work for no commission, and she did all the work. It seemed
like a great thing, until we realized she expected us to buy the
very first home she showed to us, which happened to be owned by
her good friends. We loved the house, but it was very old. So,
we wanted an inspection. She advised us to not have an inspection,
and to just be thankful it was such a nice place. Well, we were
stupid and bought the house. Four years later, we had to sell because
it was way too small for our family. We also found out that it
had a non-working septic tank, so we had to replace it and pay for
the environmental cleanup. Six years and $15,000.00 later, we are
still hurting from this situation. We made no profit on the sale
of the home. Our new property is newer, and we had an inspection,
which found thousands of dollars of repairs that the owners credited
us for. Of course, MIL had nothing to do with this house, and that
really upset her. She has only been inside our home five times.
She can't stand the fact that . . .
Signed - We Went Over
Her Head
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While I was pregnant with
my first child, there was a lot of controversy over what the baby
would be named. I was convinced that it was a boy, but due to many
factors, some more insane than others, people kept trying to convince
me it was a girl. DH and I discussed names, and decided on one
for a girl and one for a boy. He then had to go overseas for four
months. While he was away, I tried to include my ILs in the preparation
for the pregnancy, and ended up telling them the names we had chosen.
When I told MIL the name we'd chosen for a boy, she responded with,
"Where I come from that's a *insert ethnicity* name. Sorry,
but it is." I blinked at her and said that it was in the Bible
and we liked it, and that was that. When I told her the name we'd
chosen for a girl, she wrinkled her nose. "Well, what will
I call her?" So we went over a few nicknames and she hated
every one of them. Finally she said, "If you name her X, I'll
call her Z." "But, MIL, that's not her name." "Oh,
well, I like it better." So I shrugged, "Fine, but she
won't answer to it." Later, we found out it was a boy and
she was devastated, as she had been convinced it was a girl. At
my sonogram they made me a DVD with the name on the cover. MIL
kept saying, "That's such a *insert ethnicity* name. What
if he's born and he doesn't look like that's his name?" I
smiled, "That's his name, MIL." And she had to deal with
it. DS was a VERY big baby. Not fat or anything, just big and
very determined to crawl early. As he shoved himself along the
floor, MIL laughed, "He's such a little *insert large vehicle*."
I said that I didn't want them calling him that, as it made him
sound stupid. She laughed and called him that again. I told her
that she could say it all she wanted, he wasn't answering to it.
I guess she went around and told the whole family to call him that
stupid name, because the last time we visited, people kept smiling
and calling him that. BIL apologized when I stated how much I hated
that name. He didn't repeat it.
Signed - Just Call Him
By His Name!
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