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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
January 9, 2010
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This is a bit different
coming from a man, but my ILs are just plain heartless. VERY recently,
my wife was rushed to hospital via ambulance (sirens and lights)
because of a suspected heart attack. Luckily, it turned out to
be a cardiac infection. Regardless, she was in immense pain and
suffering, not to mention terrified. It took the hospital a long
time to calm her down and get her pulse rate back to normal. When
she was discharged from the hospital and I got her home, she got
a phone call from her sister (my SIL) verbally BERATING her for
being admitted to the hospital! SIL had announced her first pregnancy
only a few days beforehand, and had gotten it into her head that
my wife had "made up" this infection in order to get attention
away from her. She told DW that she should apologize and told her,
"Get over yourself'". I told DW that she should just
not call her sister until she got an apology for that horrible incident,
which she did. Her sister emailed her later on to say that she
couldn't apologize because of "hormones", and that DW
should still just "get over it". At the bottom of the
email was the "Mandatory Gift List" for the new baby,
and a note stating that DW HAD to buy some of the more expensive
stuff because of all this "attention seeking" by getting
ill. DW also has rheumatoid arthritis and suffers horribly from
that as well. It makes me FURIOUS that her sister seems to think
that all of this is "made up" to take attention away from
her and her baby! I wish I knew how to get it through this woman's
head that what she is saying is just plain evil.
Signed - Husband To An
Ill Wife
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Worst gift: My MIL is
notorious for bad gifts - to me. Her gifts to others still reflect
bad taste, but the ones I receive are far worse. This year, for
Christmas, I wasn't able to travel home due to finances. I still
supported my DH in going, since I think it's important to see family,
and I value that highly. My family understands that we are having
financial difficulties and did not supply the guilt trip that my
MIL provided. So, DH traveled home on the 26th, and was there for
MIL's birthday and the New Year. Nice, right! He came home with
my wrapped present. It was a used and STAINED Christmas dish towel.
She has sent me used bath towels in the past. They were ragged,
with threads coming undone. But, at least they were not stained!
Last year, I got a used sweater, in the wrong size. It stunk of
cigarettes (I have asthma and am highly sensitive to cigarettes;
she is a nurse, and she knows of my asthma and its intensity).
Don't get me wrong, I love garage sales and thrift stores. You
can find great things (including gifts) there. So, it's not as
if I am a snob who expects gifts of a certain price range. I just
prefer that it not cause me medical discomfort or be so obviously
unwanted by ANYONE. I know for a fact that she would not have a
stained snowman dish towel in her possession.
Signed - All Toweled
Out
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