MIL vent!! (very long so be prepared)

mrsolsenk12 · June 2010

I know we have these a lot and I am the author of what....half of them, but that woman really got to me again over the weekend and I have to get it out so if you don't want to listen to me whine about her, I would stop now.

We had a garage sale over the weekend. I had a bunch of crap to get rid of and decided to get it done. MIL had a small amount of things (maybe 10) that she wanted to get rid of so I told her she could bring them over and put them on my sale. She brings them over already priced really high (like $25 for a dress!). I didn't think much of her stuff would sell but thought ok, she can price it for whatever she wants. Only 1 of her things sold for 50 cents. That was all she made. DH and I did quite well and made $200. So of course she complained about her stuff not selling and how I must have "hidden it" from people. OK, whatever crazy lady! Now our town has a town celebration each year in June. There is a parade, a carnival, beer garden, water fights (which are a lot of fun to watch). MIL and FIL live about 4 blocks from the parade route so we drive over and park and their house and then just walk the last few blocks. I brought Hayden in his stroller with a canopy so he wouldn't have to sit in the sun the whole time (since the boy won't wear a hat). I put sunblock on him and we went to the parade. He is out crawling around and MIL and SIL are playing with him. After about 20 min. I put Hayden back in his stroller since the parade was starting and I didn't want him crawling into the street, plus I thought some shade would be good for him. I figured if he spent 10-15 min. in his stroller watching the parade, he could get out again. He was fine sitting there but after 5 minutes, MIL says "Well, Hayden since MOMMY won't let you out, then GRANDMA will do it." Um....he is fine, LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!! What really gets me is that she goes to pick him up and she picks him up by his arms. Everytime she lifts him, she picks him up by his arms. This is not good for his shoulders and it was really annoying me. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to start anything with her (which is really easy to do). I did tell DH after we got home and he was annoyed as well and is going to talk to her about it.Plus after she gets him out she asks if he has a hat and I said no because he won't keep one on. She then says "well you should have brought one anyway so he wouldn't be in the sun so much." Ummmm.....why do you think he was in the stroller with a shade canopy!!!

Ok, so after the parade we go to watch the water fights. Basically the water fights are about 8 local fire departments use fire hoses and a bucket on a wire. It is basically a tug of war and they do eliminations. We were there about an hour and Hayden was starting to get bored. I tell DH that we should probably go do something else since Hayden was getting bored. DH tells MIL that we are going to go over to the carnival and SHE ROLLS HER EYES at us but then comes along. Ok, whatever. We let Hayden do 1 game (the duck game where you pick a duck out of the tub) and of course she has to be right there next to him, coaching him. WTF! Then it gets really weird and she asks DH if we are coming to the BBQ tomorrow (Sunday). DH says, WHat BBQ? She then tells us that DH's uncle is having a BBQ at him house on the Missouri River. DH tells her that he doesn't want to go but has stuff he wants to get done at home. She gets mad and tells him that he is "turning his back on his family." WTF? DH then tells her that I have to work (which I did) so she says "Well you and Hayden can come without HER!" So now I am "her". Whatever! DH still says no and she gets pi$$ed and storms off without a goodbye or see you later. Of course DH was mad that she was being such a PITA. She still thinks DH is a child and she can tell him what to do. Of course she calls later that night and apologizes for losing her temper and begs DH to come. DH stood his ground and told her no one more time and to stop asking. She thinks everything is about her and if DH or myself don't do what SHE wants, then she gets mad. I am so glad we are leaving town on Friday for 10 days to visit my normal parents and won't have to deal with her and her craziness.

Thanks for listening to my vent. I needed to get that out.