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ScissorTailedFlycatcher
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Heaven, help me (the final chapter and LONG)
ScissorTailedFlycatcher
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Okay, there are several parts to this story, so I'll try to keep them to the point.
My IL's have a cabin on a lake that is about two hours away. It's a small 2 br house, but it's right on the lake. Every 4th of July, the lake puts on this big boat parade. MIL is obsessed with this and plans it a year in advance. This year's theme was the Addams Family.
MIL has been hounding me to make sure we have all of our costume elements. She told me to put them in the trunk a month ago. I didn't. Sorry, but with a stroller and groceries, this stuff would have been messed up. DH and my 6&7 yr olds will be Gomez and the kids.
DH has Wednesdays off, so we went out to visit earlier this week even though we were coming back out. DH and his parents had a huge fight and I didn't even want to go back out. I knew we'd never hear the end of it if we didn't, so we still went.
Meanwhile, I decide that I will take the kids out Friday through Sunday. DH would come out Saturday (tonight) after work. We were actually going to stay longer, but dh's bro was coming in from OOT and there were disagreements on where we should sleep.
Some time passes and MIL tells me that my niece, who has been staying with them for a month and is BIL's daughter, has a stomach virus and has had diarrhea since about the time we left on Wednesday. She also mentions That it's highly contagious. OH, GEE, THANKS FOR TELLING ME NOW. I was two hours away from home and it's getting dark. I can't drive at night, so now I'm stuck there hoping that my niece is being as sanitary as humanly possible.
Okay, because the guest bedroom is so small, FIL agreed to keep DD and her pnp in their room. Well, around midnight, fil comes in and says DD is whimpering. He's concerned, so I go in and check on her. She's asleep and fine. MIL starts complaining about how she can't sleep with her making so much noise so she wants me to move her to the living room. I tell her that I have no problem with that, but it will wake DD up and she'll be crying for who knows hot long and wake everyone up. FIL tells me not to worry and that we'd see how the rest of the night goes.
I talk to DH in the morning after my niece's tummy issues still haven't gone away. I let him know that I'm definitely concerned about DD. We agree that it's totally cool if I want to leave our other two kids there and take DD home. He'll come out for the weekend still and just take them home with him. DD and I aren't in the parade, so no harm done. I let ILs know that I'll be taking off later. MIL responds with "Well, she's probably already exposed anyway." Gee, thanks.
By now it's lunchtime. I had to feed DD while FIL cooked and MIL instructed the older kids on what to put on the table. During lunch, she informs me, not asks, that I'll be doing the dishes. That was the start of an ugly conversation.
My 6yo eats about 2 bites of his Burger and overhears the dessert discussion happening with me and FIL. He then says he's full. I give him the choice of either eating more and getting ice cream or wrapping his Burger up for later and not getting dessert. Suddenly, he's not so full. I tell him that's fine and he keeps on eating. MIL comes over and tells him she'll wrap it up and he can still have ice cream. I tell her what I just told him and that he had to eat more if he wanted dessert. She yells, FINE, YOU SHOVE THIS DOWN YOUR THROAT, while holding his partially eaten Burger. I got upset and told her I was leaving now. She adds, "Shorty, you are warped!"
My niece lets MIL know that I'm leaving a few minutes later after she sees me loading up the car. MIL tells my niece, "Yeah, she's good at ruining things." She says this in front of my kids.
I call DH crying and then he tells me to take the kids with me. Now I am dealing with myself crying and my kids being confused and upset. I left without saying goodbye, granted, they were doing an excellent job of staying away from me.
So we finally calm down, get home, and go to our neighbors for a last minute BBQ. This was TOTALLY what I needed........ until my infamous Burger eater somehow spooked their dog. The dog bit him in the chin and we got to have a fun trip to the ER. 11 stitches later, he's doing good. I'm not sure my weekend could get more eventful....
My IL's have a cabin on a lake that is about two hours away. It's a small 2 br house, but it's right on the lake. Every 4th of July, the lake puts on this big boat parade. MIL is obsessed with this and plans it a year in advance. This year's theme was the Addams Family.
MIL has been hounding me to make sure we have all of our costume elements. She told me to put them in the trunk a month ago. I didn't. Sorry, but with a stroller and groceries, this stuff would have been messed up. DH and my 6&7 yr olds will be Gomez and the kids.
DH has Wednesdays off, so we went out to visit earlier this week even though we were coming back out. DH and his parents had a huge fight and I didn't even want to go back out. I knew we'd never hear the end of it if we didn't, so we still went.
Meanwhile, I decide that I will take the kids out Friday through Sunday. DH would come out Saturday (tonight) after work. We were actually going to stay longer, but dh's bro was coming in from OOT and there were disagreements on where we should sleep.
Some time passes and MIL tells me that my niece, who has been staying with them for a month and is BIL's daughter, has a stomach virus and has had diarrhea since about the time we left on Wednesday. She also mentions That it's highly contagious. OH, GEE, THANKS FOR TELLING ME NOW. I was two hours away from home and it's getting dark. I can't drive at night, so now I'm stuck there hoping that my niece is being as sanitary as humanly possible.
Okay, because the guest bedroom is so small, FIL agreed to keep DD and her pnp in their room. Well, around midnight, fil comes in and says DD is whimpering. He's concerned, so I go in and check on her. She's asleep and fine. MIL starts complaining about how she can't sleep with her making so much noise so she wants me to move her to the living room. I tell her that I have no problem with that, but it will wake DD up and she'll be crying for who knows hot long and wake everyone up. FIL tells me not to worry and that we'd see how the rest of the night goes.
I talk to DH in the morning after my niece's tummy issues still haven't gone away. I let him know that I'm definitely concerned about DD. We agree that it's totally cool if I want to leave our other two kids there and take DD home. He'll come out for the weekend still and just take them home with him. DD and I aren't in the parade, so no harm done. I let ILs know that I'll be taking off later. MIL responds with "Well, she's probably already exposed anyway." Gee, thanks.
By now it's lunchtime. I had to feed DD while FIL cooked and MIL instructed the older kids on what to put on the table. During lunch, she informs me, not asks, that I'll be doing the dishes. That was the start of an ugly conversation.
My 6yo eats about 2 bites of his Burger and overhears the dessert discussion happening with me and FIL. He then says he's full. I give him the choice of either eating more and getting ice cream or wrapping his Burger up for later and not getting dessert. Suddenly, he's not so full. I tell him that's fine and he keeps on eating. MIL comes over and tells him she'll wrap it up and he can still have ice cream. I tell her what I just told him and that he had to eat more if he wanted dessert. She yells, FINE, YOU SHOVE THIS DOWN YOUR THROAT, while holding his partially eaten Burger. I got upset and told her I was leaving now. She adds, "Shorty, you are warped!"
My niece lets MIL know that I'm leaving a few minutes later after she sees me loading up the car. MIL tells my niece, "Yeah, she's good at ruining things." She says this in front of my kids.
I call DH crying and then he tells me to take the kids with me. Now I am dealing with myself crying and my kids being confused and upset. I left without saying goodbye, granted, they were doing an excellent job of staying away from me.
So we finally calm down, get home, and go to our neighbors for a last minute BBQ. This was TOTALLY what I needed........ until my infamous Burger eater somehow spooked their dog. The dog bit him in the chin and we got to have a fun trip to the ER. 11 stitches later, he's doing good. I'm not sure my weekend could get more eventful....
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Re: Heaven, help me (the final chapter and LONG)
I'm sorry, that just sounds like it has sucked all around. And your MIL is a piece of work for sure.
I hope you guys actually get to enjoy the rest of the weekend and that your little guy healsup fast from the bite. (:(
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
Ooh.Emm.Gee. Your mother in law is NUTS. What a BITC*. I am SO sorry she treated you this way, especially in front of your kids. UGH.
Hope the rest for your holiday weekend improves.
I feel so bad for you right now, Hppe your son is feeling better. Poor thing!!!
wow, kudos to you. you put up with it longer then i would have.
someone is in need of a throatpunch.
Oh Jez Girl! Im so sorry you are having a bad weekend! I hope things get better soon!
Good Luck, Hope your Son Heals Fast!