Crazy Mother in Laws

[Lilacs4Me]

I cannot stop laughing at this article because my very own MIL is kind of crazy too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...58ae4b072e9d1c7cbee?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

What is the craziest thing your MIL has said or done?

Not me, but my sister's MIL - when sister was having her 1st chld, the MIL made a comment that she couldn't wait for the baby to be born and to babysit because she wanted to try to breastfeed her grandchild! LOL I have no idea if she was joking or not (knowing her, I don't think she was!) but my sister made me promise that day that if anything happened to sister during the birth or after, that I would take care of her baby and not let that woman anywhere near him!

Still cracks me up 7 years later.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Aaaaaaand cue the defensive DIS in laws

 

[Tiffylv]

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[Soldier's*Sweeties]

My MIL always gives me really weird wives' tales as advice, especially when my twins were babies. You know what??? 90% of the time she was right. Turns out that after raising three boys she knew a little more about babies than I did.





Not that I'd ever admit that of course

 

[Teresa Pitman]

After they went on a vacation trip, my mother-in-law invited everyone over and handed out gifts they'd bought for them while on vacation. They gave me: a package of napkins. Paper napkins. And not even souvenir-type napkins - just plain paper napkins. Like you could buy in the grocery store down the street. (And maybe they did.) These people were well-off and gave lovely gifts to everyone else. But apparently they weren't that fond of me.

 

[disney4us2002]

My mil said during my third pregnancy that she really needed me to have a girl. She had two sons and we had two sons already and would've been happy with a girl too (obviously). When we called to say we had our third son, she actually said, "oh well, maybe your brother will give me a granddaughter."

 

[lennon2004]

I'm not even sure where to start...but luckily my husband just helped. A few years ago before we were married my MIL paid for a Europe trip for my DH and his brother. Although I hadn't said otherwise she kept trying to convince me to let him go and basically she said she'd ruin our wedding if I didn't let him go. Again, I'd never said that I wouldn't let him go!

 

[wilkeliza]

Futurw MIL is getting much better but she is very judgemental. I have a very laid back job and the ability to work from home. Our puppy had his nueter surgery last week so the day after I worked from home so I could watch him closely since the vet said the first full day at home is most important. My fiance works in our apartment building (His family owns the building and he works on the management team) so on his lunch break he ask if I would like to have lunch and bring the pup down since everyone in the office loves him and wanted to see how he was doing. Well I take my alloted time and take the pup down. His mok sees me and asks what the heck am I going to do when I have kids since I took off for the dog! I told her I didn't take off I worked from home which is what my jon allows me to do and encourages in situations like this and when I have kids if they have surgery I'd take the day off for real not just work from home.

Early on in our relationship I was often refered to as "That one".

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

The very first day I met her when DH and I were still dating, the first thing she said to me is that I was fat and looked like I had been sleeping around. I was 16, 5'11, a and a size four. Also certainly wasn't sleeping around. Fast forward to now, she isn't allowed to have my phone number because the insanity has continued. The day we got engaged we called to tell her (even though I tried to talk DH out of it..) and first she hung up after we told her, then called back 5 min later and told DH "congratulations on flushing your future down the toilet". She also called us as we were driving to our wedding in a last ditch effort to talk DH out of it "This is the dumbest decision you have ever made". Some things never change. That said, my FIL (they are divorced) is like, the coolest in-law in existence, loves me so much, and is just a generally awesome person who I love so much too. So, ya win some ya lose some!

 

[superme80]

The very first day I met her when DH and I were still dating, the first thing she said to me is that I was fat and looked like I had been sleeping around. I was 16, 5'11, a and a size four. Also certainly wasn't sleeping around. Fast forward to now, she isn't allowed to have my phone number because the insanity has continued. The day we got engaged we called to tell her (even though I tried to talk DH out of it..) and first she hung up after we told her, then called back 5 min later and told DH "congratulations on flushing your future down the toilet". She also called us as we were driving to our wedding in a last ditch effort to talk DH out of it "This is the dumbest decision you have ever made". Some things never change. That said, my FIL (they are divorced) is like, the coolest in-law in existence, loves me so much, and is just a generally awesome person who I love so much too. So, ya win some ya lose some!

I'm sorry. What a piece of work she is.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

I'm sorry. What a piece of work she is.

When people ask, I just usually say that she's a real gem, bless her heart

 

[superme80]

When people ask, I just usually say that she's a real gem, bless her heart

DH's step mom is a "real gem" as well. His mom is amazing. His step mom is the one who was mad at me and refused to call my husband to tell him his father had passed away.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

DH's step mom is a "real gem" as well. His mom is amazing. His step mom is the one who was mad at me and refused to call my husband to tell him his father had passed away.

Yikes!!

 

[minniecarousel]

I didn't have in-laws, so I've modeled being a mother-in-law by my mothers example. So far, so good. Not to say we haven't had a few bumps, but who doesn't? I watch my older grandson (19 months old) & I've made it clear that I want to do things their way.

 

[gotomu212]

When we were about to be married, My MIL told us that she threw our wedding invitation in the trash in disgust ...then asked if I could send her two extra ones to show her friends.

We've patched things up over the last 10 years...sorta.

 

[sailorstitch]

I cannot stop laughing at this article because my very own MIL is kind of crazy too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...58ae4b072e9d1c7cbee?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

What is the craziest thing your MIL has said or done?

Not me, but my sister's MIL - when sister was having her 1st chld, the MIL made a comment that she couldn't wait for the baby to be born and to babysit because she wanted to try to breastfeed her grandchild! LOL I have no idea if she was joking or not (knowing her, I don't think she was!) but my sister made me promise that day that if anything happened to sister during the birth or after, that I would take care of her baby and not let that woman anywhere near him!

Still cracks me up 7 years later.

I read that last night. A lot of them are just but the first one is my favorite.

sailorstitch

 

[Jaya]

Mine always referred to me as "The ***** of Babylon" - really. She boycotted our wedding.

 

[aprilchem]

After they went on a vacation trip, my mother-in-law invited everyone over and handed out gifts they'd bought for them while on vacation. They gave me: a package of napkins. Paper napkins. And not even souvenir-type napkins - just plain paper napkins. Like you could buy in the grocery store down the street. (And maybe they did.) These people were well-off and gave lovely gifts to everyone else. But apparently they weren't that fond of me.

My ILs are notorious for doing that; they'll often give DH money for Christmas, sometimes thousands of dollars. On the check, they put his name and then write ONLY after (as in, John Smith ONLY"). Then they'll give me something like a $10 gift card to Starbucks. Once they dug up some plants from their yard and gave them to me in a black plastic trash bag. I always make it a point to gush over how wonderful their gift is - It's a joke amongst DH and I to see what they'll do next!

 

[*3*Mouseketeers]

My ILs are notorious for doing that; they'll often give DH money for Christmas, sometimes thousands of dollars. On the check, they put his name and then write ONLY after (as in, John Smith ONLY"). Then they'll give me something like a $10 gift card to Starbucks. Once they dug up some plants from their yard and gave them to me in a black plastic trash bag. I always make it a point to gush over how wonderful their gift is - It's a joke amongst DH and I to see what they'll do next!

My ex-MIL (God rest her soul) used to give me and my SIL (my ex's brother's wife) the exact same Christmas gifts. When my ex-SIL was pregnant, she gave us both the exact same maternity clothes During that time, I didn't think I could ever get pregnant so I was shocked. Another time when my ex and I first married and didn't have much money we had stopped by a little mom and pop store on the way to their house and I had spotted a huge basket that I wanted and mentioned it in front of her. She gave my BIL some money and told him to go get the basket. I thought "Aw, how nice!" When he got back she gushed about what she was going to put in it and where she was going to put it. I was so upset with her. She had her quirks, but she ended up being a good one and we stayed close even after the divorce. She died last year.

 

[LinderInWonderland]

My mother had a truly wonderful relationship with her MIL (my grandmother was amazing), so I expected it would be like that for me when I got married. Unfortunately, my MIL has what they expect is Alzheimer's and I came along when she'd already started the decline. We will never be close because I wasn't firmly a part of her life beforehand and I know that it's easier for her to lash out at me because I am the newbie (even after 11 years). I try very hard not to take it personally because I know it's a disease, but it makes me sad that we aren't close.