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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 14, 2010
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During the years when
our children were in diapers, I used cloth diapers. When we were
away from home, I brought along disposables. When we had house
guests, such as the ILs, I'd use disposables the whole time they
were with us, just to make things, in general, easier. Besides,
I didn't want my house guests to have to put up with a diaper pail
in the bathroom. Good enough choices, or so I thought. Get this:
TWENTY YEARS later, my SILs (MIL's DDs) and I, along with MIL, were
all talking about the never-ending cleanup involved with caring
for small children, especially diapering. The older SIL had used
cloth diapers exclusively. Fine. The younger SIL had used disposables
exclusively. Fine. And, I had used both. MIL fixed me with a
stern look and said, "YOU never washed no diapers. YOU always
wasted your husband's money on them throwaway things!" I answered
truthfully, "Yes, I did use cloth diapers. But when we had
guests, I used disposables to make it a little easier all around."
MIL was not convinced. I knew that because she had that look on
her face: That triumphant look I've seen on her when she doesn't
believe me. She shot back, "No ya didn't! I never saw no
cloth diapers in that house!" I replied sweetly, "Sure,
I used cloth diapers. You just were not there when I used them."
MIL smirked and said, "Uh-huh!" in that tone of hers,
which means she has chosen to be unconvinced for all eternity.
Her eyes were glittering. The old bag had been saving it up, waiting
TWENTY YEARS to throw her cheap shot at me! Just because of dirty
diapers! Her wrong assumption about how I handled dirty diapers
was nothing but a pile of cr@p! Pun fully intended! Well, by that
time I had put up with enough from MIL. Besides, we were having
a long-awaited family reunion, and the last thing I wanted was to
get into an argument (though MIL would have LOVED it!). So, I excused
myself and went to the bathroom. I spend an awful lot of time in
the bathroom when visiting with MIL.
Signed - I ALWAYS Tell
MIL The Truth, But MY Truth Isn't Good Enough For Her
( responses to this story )
( here is my story )
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Frequent
Fry Her TM.
- madashell/Posted: 14-FEB-10
I just had a flashback to my first wedding anniversary.
On the day of our anniversary, MIL called us all excited because
she was at a gallery in the city, and had found a painting that
"would go just perfect in" our home, and was "a great
anniversary gift". She asked if she and FIL could bring it
over. When they arrived, they unloaded quite a large framed print
(not painting). It wasn't really to our taste, but we didn't hate
it. MIL then proceeded to tell us of the drama and aggravation
she faced getting it from the city to us. They had to double-park.
They nearly got a ticket. It was heavy and the gallery wasn't helpful.
It was expensive, so they had gone back several times, not sure
whether to get it, etc. It was quite a story. A few months later
I ran into a friend of mine who works for a large retail craft store.
She asked if I liked the print that MIL had brought in to them for
framing. She told the store employees that it was a print that
she had bought off a well-known on line auction website. The next
time I saw MIL, I casually asked her if there were any matching
prints to the one she had bought us. I must have caught her off-guard,
as she replied, "I don't know, let me check eBay." The
look on her face was priceless when she realized that she had slipped
up.
Signed - If You're Going
To Lie, At Least Try To Keep Your Story
( responses to this story )
( here is my story )
(
I want my own
Frequent Fry Her TM
Page )
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