The Craziest (or most annoying) Thing...

old_time_girl

HappyKlamb10:

I'll add in another thing.  MIL is desperate for us to make our registry.  Little does she know we already started it weeks ago, but we're purposely not telling her.  She has a problem with registries...she'll go in there and buy EVERYTHING off it now, months before anyone has any idea when the shower is, leaving us in the lurch when shower time comes around and barely anything is left on the registry.  It's nice of her to be generous and all, but it's a huge PITA for us and the shower guests...she only thinks about herself.  (This is based on experience from the wedding.)

Well now I think she's taking our "we haven't registered yet" as "we don't know what to register for."  She called last week and said, "I have the BRU catalog right here, did you know they sell cribs?  And high chairs?  And car seats?"  etc. etc...

I told DH we're going to have to have a sit down with her and put a money limit on how much she's allowed to buy.  Otherwise she's going to go nuts, and I can't keep this registry a secret much longer or else she might just try to register for us.  lol.

 

Ugh! I feel your pain. My MIL is exactly the same! Another thing, I hate BRU but she's been bugging us to go there with her. I needed to go to a friends baby shower and was going to find something off her registry there, so I thought that would be a good time to take MIL. MIL was mad that I didn't pick out something for her to buy RIGHT THEN so DH and I wandered around the store looking for something (And it had to be expensive because she didn't want to waste her coupon on something cheap) So we picked out a baby monitor. She bought it and then complained as we were leaving that she really wanted to but something with color! (Team green) Um, sorry, I was only 11 weeks, I didn't have my nursery planned yet.

A week ago I picked out my nursery bedding set, sent her a link 'cause she's been naggin me about it, I guess took it as a 'suggestion' to the type of theme I wanted and sent me a text at 5:30AM! to tell me to look at the other link she sent me. I texted her back at 4:00pm after I looked at what she sent, it was 4 times more money than we are willing to spend and not really the theme at all. I told her this and she made a comment about how late I was getting back to her, what was I doing all day? Is that any of your business?

I could go on and on....I've already written a book. Sorry.

socialworksarah

noodles922:

Most annoying thing FMIL has said so far is telling FI's siblings that she doesn't think the baby is really his. Other than that I have only met her once so there is only so much she can do.

My mother on the other hand keeps referring to this baby as HER baby. This is not her baby, unless you were there to make it, you can't claim it.

 

yeaah, I know my MIL is pumped, but I've heard her saying the same thing. Which is kind of sweet, but... come on. I'm glad she wasn't there to make it. haha.