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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
January 17, 2010
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I have been married for
twelve years. In all those years I have never been mentioned by
name in the IL's Christmas letter. They send it out to everyone,
including my family. They go on and on about Dr. BIL and his wife
and kids. I mean, it lasts for two or three paragraphs. Then,
when they mention DH, they say, "Our youngest enjoyed his job
and camping with the family." That is it. BIL's section was
like a novel. Dr. Favorite Son went to Hawaii, and bought a new
car. His lovely and talented wife, Mrs. Dr. Favorite Son got a
boob job. Their perfect, flawless children are starting high school,
blah, blah blah. They really didn't mention the boob job, but they
might as well have. We used to laugh and just let it go, but now
I am tired of it. So, I didn't include them in our holiday plans.
They called to invite us, but I let the machine get the messages.
When DH talked to them, he just said that we were busy. We have
yet to hear from anyone on that side of the family. This was the
first Christmas that we have missed. The sad thing is that they
seem to enjoy our company and we have a great time. But, after
it is over, they go back to treating us like black sheep.
Signed - Black Sheep
SIL
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My MIL isn't so bad.
But, two of my BILs and their wives get on my nerves. They have
a habit of getting together and deciding what gift the family will
get my MIL, and then telling us how much we owe them. Basically,
we decided to stop giving them money, which makes us the bad guys.
I've told them that if we are not in on the decision, they should
not bother asking anymore. The last time was when they wanted to
fly my MIL overseas, and wanted money. DH told them no, but I had
considered doing it anyway as a birthday gift to my MIL. But, when
I emailed my SIL after she asked us for money again, I told her
that it hurt that the only time that anyone contacted me (we live
10 hours away) was when they wanted something. Her answer was,
"So, does that mean that you won't be sending money?"
That hurt. The worst part about it is that she had her DH call
that night and start calling my DH names on the answering machine.
When I finally got tired of it and picked up the phone, he kept
going on about how we were the richest people in the family and
we should help out. We had just moved halfway across the country
and bought a house, and we didn't have a lot of extra money left.
But, he thought that since our two DD were also working, we should
have a lot of money. The thing is, he owns a boat, two SUVs and
several rental houses. He also has a pool and a jacuzzi. Anyway,
I got mad and had my MIL listen to his recorded message on the answering
machine. When she confronted him, he got angry about that and said
that we should not have been recording his words. Duh. Then, the
other BIL and SIL got in on it. We were portrayed as the bad guys
to everyone. I have not talked to them in the two years since this
incident, and I have no desire to ever see them again. We had to
go to a wedding, and we didn't even sit with the family. We've
visited my MIL at the family reunions and when she came down south,
and we had her to our house last spring. Now she has Alzheimer's,
and it's going to get harder to visit with her. Thinking about
it, the people in these two families are not people whom I'd be
around if they weren't related. One family has no class, and the
other are control freaks and busybodies. She's going to be the
MIL from he!! when her boys marry.
Signed - Thankful I Live
10 Hours Away
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