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Mother-In-Law Mall
A place to find great gifts!
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 4, 2010
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I had a post on 1/14/10
about my MIL calling me and our 2 kids my DH's "other family".
I should have put in that post that, yes, DH was upset and he will
defend me and my kids to anyone. We have not seen MIL in almost
2 years, due to her treatment of me and the kids. She lives in
another state. I think that is why she is now pulling this stuff
with DH. She hates that he sticks with me and will not put up with
her cr@p. She called us the "other family" in an e-mail
that she sent to him, because DH didn't call her Christmas Day.
She told him, "I guess you were too busy with your other family".
Yes, he was. We have small children, and it was Christmas. He
did send her gifts and cards, and he called before Christmas. She
will also go places and not tell us where she is going. Sometimes,
she is gone for a week or more. For instance, she did this when
she went to her DD's for Christmas. I guess DH was supposed to
hunt her down. He has not answered the e-mail yet, as he was really
upset. So, I told him to wait until he could tell her why this
upset him without flying off the handle and making things worse.
Plus, I told him that our lack of reaction would annoy her just
as much. She thrives off of the drama. I know that she likes to
play the victim, so the fact that he did not come crawling to her
or yell at her has got to have her steaming. She can brag about
how her DS snapped to attention, or cry to her friends about how
mean he is and how I control him. In the past, DH has told her
that I am number one and, "No one treats my wife like that,"
when she was snotty to me. I love that man!!!!
Signed - We ARE His Family!!!
( responses to this story )
( here is my story )
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Worst gift: How about
this one: My *lovely* MIL of 23+ years gave me ZIPPO for Xmas this
year. This was fine, since I'm not speaking to her anyway, due
to her ongoing nasty mouth and behavior towards me. I also didn't
attend the family Xmas gathering, with my DH, at the IL's (because
of her). But, I still had the class to send a gift (handmade, no
less), and included her name on it. I just couldn't see being totally
petty at Xmas time, even if I can't stand the woman!! Well, she
not only gave me nothing (first time in 23 years), but she also
deliberately left my name off of the tag on the one gift that she
did give my family. Real classy, huh? I can't say that I was surprised,
by any means, but I think her "choice" just really confirmed
for me what kind of person she really is. I guess because I didn't
fall all over myself to forgive her when she offered this laughable
apology a few months ago, I am now being "written off"
altogether. It's so *nice* to know that someone whom I once thought
of as a close friend, and whom I'd allowed full access to my children,
was so quick to turn on me the moment I started setting down boundaries
with my kids. She is someone who is something like a quiet steamroller
in getting what she wants, and she pretty much always gets it.
But, when someone dares to deny her something, they are quickly
drawn and quartered, so I found out. Our entire relationship went
out the window because I asked and expected her to respect my wishes
and keep a watchful eye on my children in public. That was something
that she agreed to do over and over again, only to purposely defy
me. She was thereby putting my children at risk numerous times.
The kids would eventually tell us when it happened, and that's when
we also found out that she was telling them to lie by NOT telling
us when she was letting them go off on their own in malls, stores,
etc. These were young children, BTW, and when DH and I spoke to
her about these incidents, nothing ever changed. So, when she started
asking for the youngest to come and stay with her, alone, for an
extended time (in another state), we said, "SORRY, it's not
going to happen." That's when the slanderous, snarky comments
all started to filter through the family grapevine to me. She never
let up during all the years that followed, even though I just kept
quiet and let her run her mouth. No, my DH never spoke up, which
is obviously a BIG part of the problem!! Anyway, everything came
to a head last summer when she just went too far with her character-assassination-type
blabbering. I finally made my DH confront her, and I haven't seen
or spoken to her since. I plan on keeping it that way! I just
think it's abundantly amusing that she's taking the defensive position
now, as if SHE was the one who was wronged. The woman has b@lls,
I'll give her that!!
Signed - Exiled DIL,
And Glad Of It!
( responses to this story )
( I can top this )
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