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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 8, 2010
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I get quite frustrated
with the ILs, and get quite annoyed because my DH just says, "It's
their loss, they don't wanna see the grandchildren." But,
I want to know WHY! Why do they only see the GKs at the shops and
make no effort to come to our house? They drive past our house
on their way to the shops every day (no lie). If we run into them
at the shops, they follow us through the baby section and the kid's
section, but yet they never make a purchase. They just follow,
while I look at clothes and toys. It just frustrates me like crazy
every time. I walk to school every day with 3 kids, in the rain
or in sweltering heat, yet they never, ever offer DS a lift. They
live a street away from the school, and 5 minutes from our house.
But, when we see them next, they say "Geez, that rain was bad.
We had to close our front door." Grrrrr. They seem nice,
but I just don't understand them at all. DH turns the big 30 this
year. When I told them (I will say anything to try and make a conversation,
anything is better than talking about the news) that DH wants to
have a party of some sort, they just said, "Ohhhh." That
was it. That's all I got. I tried bringing it up when they followed
me to a coffee shop. DH's mother rattled off all of her other kids'
birthdays (mind you, they are all in there 40's), but made no mention
of DH's. I just don't get it. He has worked hard and looked after
his family (me) well. He has always respected his family. We were
the only ones who visited his mum every day, when she was in hospital
for 3 months. But, they fob him off. I'm pretty sure that we are
not told everything that goes on. We live 5 minutes away by car,
and yet they treat us like distant relatives. I'm making a stand.
I will avoid them like crazy. I hate the idea that the kids only
see them at the shops. Does anyone know why GPs act like this??????????
Signed - One Confused
Person
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Fry Her TM.
- BabyBeware/Posted: 8-FEB-10
A couple of years ago, when I was pregnant with DS, DH and I had
planned to visit my parents for the weekend. We made the arrangements
the weekend before, and planned to arrive on Friday to have dinner
together. On Thursday, Dad called and told us that my sister wanted
to prepare dinner for DP with her BF. Because there would not be
enough food, we were requested to show up a few hours later. I
agreed, although I thought that it was quite strange and indeed
rude to make such a request. Meanwhile, earlier in the day I had
sent an email to my sister inviting her to the dinner that we were
planning to prepare on Sunday for Dad's birthday. On Friday, we
received an email from Sister saying that her BF had found some
more venison steaks in a friend's freezer, so we were welcome to
come after all. We might have to divide up the mushrooms they had
gathered into small portions, but oh well! See, the trick of the
dinner was that her BF was a hunter and had some frozen elk from
the previous season, but not enough for six. And, apparently, he
did not have enough mushrooms, either. It's just me, but if I were
in that position, I would head to a nearby supermarket and get some
food. Maybe it's not elk, but there are places with venison and
buffalo. Just some extra beef would be fine. Or, they could give
smaller portions of elk to everyone, but it's not a big deal. Anyway,
we had already changed our plans to arrive later, so I declined
her offer. We showed up at 8, as requested. The kitchen was immaculate.
They cleaned of all traces of dinner, which was a little suspicious
to me. Dad immediately asked what our other plans were. Also suspicious.
When I went to get a glass of water, I saw a half-eaten pistachio
cake, my dad's favorite, with "Happy Birthday" on it.
So, it wasn't just dinner, it was a birthday dinner, and we were
excluded. I gently confronted DM on the logic of asking family
not to join a family meal. She protested, "But they wanted
to cook elk for us," or something like that. The next morning,
DH confronted Dad, asking whose idea it was to ask us not to come.
DF apparently blushed three shades of red (at least he had the grace
to do so) and stammered that it was him. My sister got off the
hook because, after all, she did end up inviting us and we were
the ones who turned her down. It's not unusual, though. The same
sister took Dad away to golf on Father's Day, while the rest of
us, his three children, DW, and son-in-law waited at home for them
to arrive. Why that day? Why not give a golf outing as a gift,
and go on another day? But that's a different story. BTW, this
same DS is a psychiatrist. You'd think she'd have a clue. Then
again, maybe I'm overreacting and being sensitive. Maybe it's normal,
when you don't have enough of an exotic food, to ask people to delay
their arrival so you won't need to serve them. After all, . . .
Signed - They Wanted
to Serve ELK
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