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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 2, 2010
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My birthday fell a couple
weeks after my wedding, so I didn't make a big fuss. My colossal
birthday was last year, so no hoopla needed. Instead, DH took me
to a fab dinner followed by a night at a sing-a-long pub. DH and
I aren't really into gifts that you take home, because he can't
really give me a bigger piece of jewelry than my engagement ring,
and I have everything else I'd want. I just buy it myself when
the urge comes. Also, we don't want to run the risk of me hating
(again) the things and never wearing them, as in the piece from
a famous designer that he bought me two years ago. Just don't.
I'd rather go out, blow-it-out and do something I really want to
do, instead of lying, "Oh, honey, I'll wear that when I lose
weight." Trust me, that will never happen. And, as I learned
by the birthday wishes from the ILs, I need to make this arrangement
understood to them also. Except, the idea of spending more time
with them than I already do would actually ruin any birthday, or
day for that matter. Let's discuss the gifts, shall we. 1. Shells
from the beach house. To be specific, shells I just saw in the
beach house upstairs bathroom. Let's be sweet, ok? They are pretty
gorgeous. I mean, not new, but as shells take years to form, I
guess they are never really new. B/B+ gift, but likely to be returned
to the beach house, because it's at the beach, and they are shells.
2. Rayon black Capri pants with lace-trim, size 12 from a moderate
priced, non-designer mall chain store. And where do you think these
came from? You guessed it - the back of MIL's closet, as I'm sure
she's outgrown them and thinks they're smashing. As I was unwrapping
them, she said, "I'm not sure if they'll fit, but I thought
I'd give it a try." A size twelve! I guess I can cut one
leg off and wear the other as lace-trimmed rayon pencil-skirt.
Awesome. Love it. 3. A white porcelain square basket painted
with red strawberries and green vines to go with my informal china.
I'm not sure how my Nantucket Basket pattern turned into Country
Bumpkin Misshapen Easter Basket Scare-bear, but I'll take it. It
probably needs to stay here at the beach house, though, until I
find a place for such a grand piece in the city in which I live,
or you could just buy me a piece of my actual china. I know you
think I'm being mean and should be grateful for the hand-me-downs.
It's just that I generally refer to used items from my parents as
"my inheritance". But, who wants to inherit their mother's
pants, much less her Capri pants? Can we discuss those for a minute?
1. Those should not even come in a size 12. Unless you're 5'2
and 80 lbs, carry around a long cigarette and named Audrey Hepburn,
you should not wear Capri pants. 2. Only suburban women pushing
baby strollers and driving minivans wear Capri pants. And they
generally have on some sort of comfortable, horrible brown sandal,
and a solid knit tee. Gross. They probably haven't shaved their
legs in a week (hence the need for the pant part), much less gotten
a bikini wax in the past year, or ever! Basically, no one where
I live would be caught dead in Capri pants. I know I seem like
the cold-hearted one here. I get it.
Signed - Happy Birthday
To Me
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Frequent
Fry Her TM.
- LawyerDIL, 4 of 4 needed/Posted:
2-FEB-10
MIL's been cutoff by DH. My cutoff started
last year, and it is now a total no-contact cutoff. Why? It's
a long story, spanning over 10 years, but it currently involves
her inability to accept the idea that we make decisions for our
children, and she doesn't get a say in their care and upbringing.
She's a homophobic, religious zealot crazy lady. The email below
is what she sent DH. She thinks that insulting my profession will
somehow hurt me. Fail. "You have both angered me so ... that
I may get a 'fact' wrong now and then ... am I in court being tried?
How cold and heartless lawyers can sometimes be ... I have seen
one in action at a Federal Court in downtown, bullying a man who
only tried to help a woman shopping at a (name of a discount department
store) ... and yes, I was picked for the jury. At this point, I
am so angry, that if ever get invited to anything at your home,
I may Never come." Promises, promises.
Signed - I'm Not An Angry
LawyerDIL, I Just Play One On TV
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