Sometimes you just have to laugh it off

jlw2505

So my DH has been getting really annoyed with his parents for a while and I have never had a great relationship with my MIL due to her depression that she refuses to treat.  We live 10 mins away from them but still try to limit how much we see them.

DD's birthday party was this past weekend.  I mailed them the invite a few weeks ago and then followed up with them in an email on the time and place (they have gotten  a bit forgetful in recent months so we do this often to confirm things with them - they forgot they invited my kids to sleep over a few months ago!).  Sat morning at 9:30, FIL calls to ask where the party is at so I tell him.  Party starts at 10.  At 10:30, no ILs so I call to make sure everything is OK.  MIL wrote the time down wrong so they showed up an hour late - no big deal as they were just watching as this was the friends party.

DH's aunt/uncle and a cousin will be in town this weekend.  My ILs have been going back and forth with my DH and his 2 sisters for over a month in regard to plans for 2 dinners (Thursday night which we will not be at, Friday night and then a brunch on Sat morning).    They sent my DH 15 text messages the other night in regard to this.  And then started adding in questions about dinner on Sunday for Father's Day.  This is after my DH has gotten about 5 emails a day for a few weeks on this.  My DH finally called his mother and asked her to stop sending him messages and that when the plans were finale, to just tell us and we will be there when we can.  She then asked about Sunday night dinner stating she wants to plan for 6pm which means dinner would start at 6:306:45 since she is always very behind schedule.  DH made a comment about how its a school night (the girls go to summer programs since we both work).  MIL made a comment back about why is it a school night, school ended!  Hello - she knows we both work, she knows the girls summer schedule is basically the same as the school year in regard to what time we leave the house in the morning.  

I have been staying totally out of this and DH is dealing with it all since its his family.  Last night we just started laughing at how nuts his family is acting right now.  His one sister is staying out of it and just showing up when told but the other one is trying to control everything so the mom and this sister seem to be having a tug of war with the plans.

karlahi

laughter really is the best remedy and keeps you sane! xx

2Gma

karlahi:

laughter really is the best remedy and keeps you sane! xx

So true! I definately find my ILs more tolerable when I laugh and shrug it off for DH to deal with instead of flying into a fit of anger over something ridculous they've done.  Hope you are able to make it through the weekend!

PS. thanks for mentioning Fifty Shades of Grey awhile back...flew through the first 2 books in less than a week...hoping the 3rd will have a good ending.