MIL vent

jase&bran

If MIL compares my pregnancy to SIL pregnancy last year one more time I might scream. That and oh did you register for xyz SIL would have never survived without it, she just loves it. OK lady ever thought that our kids might be different, have different personalities, likes and dislikes? 

When it is true advice I don't mind hearing it but when everything I do and am going through gets judged next to her daughters ways it makes me want to scream.

In fact DH didn't assemble and threw away the ottoman that went with my glider before i could catch it because my MIL told him it was useless and I would never use it. LET ME MAKE THAT CALL LADY! Again because she and her daughter didn't like it automatically means I don't need it. DH got an @ss chewing for this one. Sorry so long. I feel better.

Dee1028

This scares me because I know that MIL and SIL will be exactly like this.

kayash

uhh dh would be going out to find me a new ottoman!

Would you like me to throat punch mil for you? Sounds annoying.

PinkRoses

Just to play devil's advocate a TINY bit... if SIL's pregnancy is the only frame of reference she has, then maybe she's just trying to be helpful in the only way she can.

That said... that ottoman thing would REALLY, REALLY pi$$ me off.  And why didn't your DH think for himself before THROWING IT AWAY???  Something like that is very obviously an individual comfort thing.  And just trashing it???  Good lord, what a waste.  At least sell it on ebay or SOMETHING!  A perfectly good, brand new ottoman going in the trash... lovely.

Hopefully your chewing him out made him come to his senses!  sigh.... men.

jase&bran

kayash:

uhh dh would be going out to find me a new ottoman!

Would you like me to throat punch mil for you? Sounds annoying.

 

Give me a few more encounters and I just might take you up on your offer! 

Hawt83

when it comes to inlaws, you have to create some boundaries...if not, you are destined for a life of FRUSTRATION and anger.  If you need to voice your opinion do it NOW, cuz 5 years from now, when it has all built up, you might let loose and ruin a relationship that could have been nipped in the bud now!

Stand up for yourself, remember you dont have to be nasty to get your point across, but if you disagree with her or dont like how she talks to you, now is the time to call her on it!

Trust me, Inlaws are a "special" relationship...but it can be a GREAT one, you just have to set it up to succeed!!

Best of luck!! 

Disneygeek77

Dear Lord, I hope you get your ottoman.  I know I liked mine.