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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 20, 2010
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We had to move my MIL
in after my FIL left her. She's got some illnesses and can't work.
She gets SSI, and it became cheaper just to move her in with us
than to continually give her cash for her needs. FIL was supposed
to pay alimony, promised to it in court, then never paid a dime.
This has proven to be a huge, freaking mistake. Here's what she
does all day:
1. She has her own room with a nice TV and her own en-suite bathroom.
We did that so she could have the privacy she wants. When DH and
I come home, we want to watch TV in the living room. We do not
want to hole up in our bedroom with the tiny TV. Sadly, when we
come home, she's stretched out asleep on the couch, with her hand
gripping the remote. It's the only seating we have from which you
can see the TV. If you try to gently remove the remote from her
hand, she wakes up and claims she's watching that program, even
if she couldn't tell you what it is she's watching, or the plot
of the show. Yep, I questioned her. If you leave her to watch
the show, she just goes back to sleep. Attempts to make her go
into her room to nap don't work.
2. She runs out her cell phone plan, then gives her friends DH's
and my number so that they can call us. This kills our minutes,
instead. I finally am putting my foot down on that one because
she was taking our phones and disappearing into her room for a couple
of hours. We don't have a lot of minutes ourselves because we can't
afford it, either.
3. When we do get to watch TV, she talks through the entire program.
If you ask her to be quiet, she pretends to be sorry, shuts up for
30 seconds, then starts right back up. She claims her doc told
her that she had to talk a lot. I call it BS. It's just an excuse
for her to misbehave.
4. When she moved in, she promised that she had lots of friends
down here, and that she'd always be off with them. Yep. A month
later, she's still there 24x7. DH and I get NO privacy in our own
home. We have to leave the house or lock ourselves in our tiny
bedroom to get any time together. She does not leave. Any efforts
to make her get out of the house are met by her flying the "sick
old lady" flag.
5. The "Sick Old Lady" flag. She uses that excuse when
she has to do something or she can't get her way. She claims that
she has a terminal illness, and the world must give her things because
of it. I'm getting sick of it myself, because she chooses when
to be sick and when not to be. I understand that people with illnesses
have good days and bad days, but you can't claim to be sick, then
be seen moving a 50 pound piece of furniture 30 seconds later.
I'm actually working on confirming what she actually DOES have,
under the pretense of being concerned with her health, if we have
to call 911. I think she's exaggerating a LOT.
6. She was storing her stuff in a friend's garage. For a year
we've been asking her to clean it out. When she moved in, she brought
the contents of a thrift store into our home. We spend time daily
trying to keep it contained to her room. She won't clean it out,
like she promised. It's frustrating. She's passive-aggressive,
and I have realized that I have to choose my words carefully, because
the wrong thing will start her on a temper tantrum. Have you ever
seen a 57 year old woman stick her fingers in her ears and stomp
her feet because you asked her to clean out some of her stuff?
I have - two weeks ago.
Signed - Holy Cr@p, 5
More Years Of This?
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Worst gift: For Christmas,
my MIL gave me ornaments that my own mother and I had picked out
for her the previous year. They were a set of crystal angel ornaments,
as she loves anything with angels. I put a lot of thought into
them, and thought she would like them.
Signed - Guess Not!
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