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I need an intervention.
The girls were in my brother's wedding this weekend. They were escorted down the aisle by my older nephew and did just great. They made it down the aisle and to the pew just so, but the second Elizabeth saw me sitting there waiting for her, she burst into tears. I quickly carried her out of the sanctuary so she wouldn't ruin the bride's entrance. Crisis averted!
DH must have talked to MIL about the wedding this morning because she sent me an email titled, "How is the timid flower girl?"
The second I saw the word "timid" being used to describe Elizabeth I felt so angry! I responded that neither one of our children is timid and that on the contrary, it was quite brave of both of them to enter an unfamiliar sanctuary and get down the aisle successfully in front of almost 300 people.
Do I need anger management classes? If she'd said that to me in person I don't know what I would have done. I guess the protective Mama Bear instinct is super strong. I think I also feel guilty for putting E. in a situation that frightened her.
Sorry, just had to vent about it to other moms who might understand these feelings.
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Re: I need an intervention.
j+k+m+e | running with needles
Exactly!
My MIL sets me off in just that same way, KKKMex! She knows exactly what to say to anger me, or make me feel defensive about my child.
But honestly, in this case, I'd have beef with your husband, because he's obviously the one that relayed the story to her. I would be as mad at him as I was at her.
Word.
When something my MIL says irks me, I try to remind myself I wouldn't be bothered if *my* mother said it. And I try to calm down. Can be very hard to do, but yeah...
Your flower girls are absolutely gorgeous though!
6-yr-old Elena and 4-yr-old Julia.
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Amen. I think your response was perfect.
What gorgeous flower girls!
Agree to all of this!
I second that "word"!!!!
I try to ignore what she says as much as possible but it's hard. Like on fathers day DD was being cranky & loud at brennans. I made the reservation at 10 am so the restaurant would be empty. It was but she still proceeded to shush her. I mean really?? Thats just ugly & she doesn't even know what it means so your just adding to the noise. I gave DH the look & he proceeded to tell her not to shush our child please.
.Im so lucky they live in another state
This!
This may be the truest statement ever made.