What drives you nuts about your MIL?

msnehz

Vent away!

My MIL keeps bringing friends and families over to our house to show off LO.  She calls the day off or when she's on her way!

MrsRebecca

huh?

msnehz

MrsRebecca:

huh?

Haha! sorry, for some reason i must have pressed the wrong key and it posted before I can finish typing my post.

MrsRebecca

msnehz:

MrsRebecca:

huh?

Haha! sorry, for some reason i must have pressed the wrong key and it posted before I can finish typing my post.

LOL, it makes sense now!

Shana051008

Before she passed away it used to drive me insane when she would try to come between me and DH when it came to our relationship!!  He is the baby of 5 kids and a mamma's boy for sure.  But then somedays I would give anything to have here giving us a hard time, she never did get to meet DD before she passed away.

 

 

Ivana_Stolichnaya

I hate how she seems to keep tabs on how much DD takes after my husband.  She's constantly pointing out how certain features come from her side of the family.  She actually said that DD's cowlick comes from her (MIL's) great uncle.  I hate to break it to you sister but she is half of me.

Don't tell her that DD has brown hair, she'll instantly correct you and say it's red.  My mom found that out the other day.

 

Amazing enough, my FIL is worse.  I'm still pissed 7.5 months later from when we were in the hospital and he dressed DD in her going home outfit.  He barged in and insisted he dress her.  He didn't ask if I needed help, he just picked up her outfit and proceeded to put it on her.  It was an uncomfortable situation.  I've been left with a bad taste in my mouth and it took a few months before I could look at these pictures without getting really mad.  It's silly really, but it was something that I was looking forward to , I picked out that outfit and was excited to finally get her out of the hospital shirt and he ruined it.

Look at the way he's man-handling her head....grrrr

He then picked her up and walked away with her.

AshlynsMom

She calls African-American people "chocolate boy" or "chocolate girl".  I find it offensive.  She's also incredibly loud.  All the time. 

And she pronounces the number after two, "tree". 

And she always wants to talk politics.  And I pretty much disagree with 90% of the things that come out of her mouth, so I don't really want to turn every GTG into a debate, but, apparently, she does not feel the same.

Osment

That i work with her 5 days a week, and they still wanna hang out on the weekends to!

sometimes i need to get away from the Inlaws- 5 days a weeks is too much some times! 

Shana: Sorry about your MIL!

She has seen DD!! Im sure of it, and she is with you in hard times to! 

AshlynsMom

Ivana.Stolichnaya:

I hate how she seems to keep tabs on how much DD takes after my husband and his side of the family.  She's constantly pointing out how certain features come from her side of the family.  I hate to break it to you sister but she is half of me.

Don't tell her that DD has brown hair, she'll instantly correct you and say it's red.  My mom found that out the other day.

 

Ha!  My mom and I were just talking about my grandma (my dad's mom) doing the same thing!  My sister and both my kids have blue eyes.  It's not because my maternal grandpa was super Irish fair and had blue eyes.  It's *obviously* because my paternal grandmother's second cousin's had blue eyes.

aocain02@yahoo.com

She wears old lady perfume and after she holds DS he smells like her.  YUCK!

msnehz

ALG29:

She wears old lady perfume and after she holds DS he smells like her.  YUCK!

Haha this too! I always change LO's clothes and give her a sponge bath after she's been with MIL!  I wash her blankets too!

PeridotEyes

I hate that my MIL changed after my DD was born (her 5th grandchild but our firstborn)

 She used to be so sweet and never interferred in our business. Now, she'll barely even hold DD but she feels free to lecture me on how to feed her (she's breastfed, which MIL never did), change her diaper (she never even watched me do it) and how often she should poop... she went so far as to tell DH that HE needs to tell the doc that LO doesn't poo enough.

(I keep reminding her that bf babies do not necessarily poo every day)

 All this and IF she holds her at all and LO makes even a whimper, I hear "HERE MOM" and she practically throws her back at me like she's afraid of her. This from a woman who raised 3 boys? WTF?

dulcinea03

My children are 3.5 months old and MIL still does not call them by their right names. It is Julianna- NOT Jillian, Julius, or Joanna. The other is Katherine- not Kathleen or for Gods sake Elizabeth.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

dulcinea03:

My children are 3.5 months old and MIL still does not call them by their right names. It is Julianna- NOT Jillian, Julius, or Joanna. The other is Katherine- not Kathleen or for Gods sake Elizabeth.

 

lol...Elizabeth, way off on that one!

My husband's name is Aaron and my dad still screws up and calls him by my ex's name, Erick.  Erick and I broke up in 2002.  

MrsChowBella

Ivana.Stolichnaya:

I hate how she seems to keep tabs on how much DD takes after my husband.  She's constantly pointing out how certain features come from her side of the family.  She actually said that DD's cowlick comes from her (MIL's) great uncle.  I hate to break it to you sister but she is half of me.

 

THIS! Also it drives me nuts when she gives us a guilt trip about how much time she gets with DD. It's not my fault we live in different cities!

cubuff98

She lives in IL and we are in WA and she's always making comments making me feel guilty that she can't see LO.  I have a great job out here and we are very happy and plan on visiting home a couple times a year.  My parents are totally fine w/ the situation but MIL isn't

angiegail78

My ILs are pretty awesome and this is absolutely petty but she's made ugly curtains for both Abe's room and the bathroom and I am now stuck displaying them forever because DH won't let me take them down.

LSzwaya

Everything.

LSzwaya

Everything.

colacrock

My MIL is a hypochondriac. And it pisses me off to no end. She is also the laziest person I've ever had the displeasure to be around.

hopeful9

MrsChowBella:

Ivana.Stolichnaya:

I hate how she seems to keep tabs on how much DD takes after my husband.  She's constantly pointing out how certain features come from her side of the family.  She actually said that DD's cowlick comes from her (MIL's) great uncle.  I hate to break it to you sister but she is half of me.

 

THIS! Also it drives me nuts when she gives us a guilt trip about how much time she gets with DD. It's not my fault we live in different cities!

In my case its my sil...you would think my children were her children. "Oh, thats just what sil was like."  "She get's that from sil."  "The spitting image of sil." 

shindylahoe

You know... I truely apreciate my MIL.  She used to drive me insane until my  mother passed away suddenly a few months ago. Now she's the only mom I have. Sometimes the quirky things they do are put into perspective after some of the life situations you go through.

At least she loves your baby and wants to be involved in your life and the baby's life. What more can you ask for?

mrs_sherod

Her voice...at 62, it's more high pitched than Minnie Mouse!  Mainly though, the way she treats DH like crap and she doesn't know when to STFU.

LissaLee

My step MIL doesn't have any kids of her own and is trying to make up for lost time with our family. Any time I mention any vacation-type places I'd like to take the kids someday, like Disney, she will pipe up "Oh that sounds like such a good time! We'll have to tag along with you!" Ummmm, no.