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March 2011 Moms
tistampsup
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I can't keep catering to my inlaws.
tistampsup
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If you haven't realized it yet, I'm not a huge fan of my inlaws. The last 2 times they've been over, they come over after 7:30. In my eyes, that's late. They say they'll be over sooner, but it never happens. The previous time when they came over that late, at 8:45 I expressed it was our pajama time, and they continued to ignore my comments about how we like to unwind at this time. Finally MIL stated that she knows I'm not going to bed yet, because I haven't given LO a bottle. Kinda like she was saying, "You're not getting rid of me yet," or that I wasn't being honest.
Last Thursday we had to take LO to her office to show off, so I'd stop getting text messages about it. I asked her if she wanted to come over that Saturday afternoon, and she replied, "We need to come over, because FIL is having Jake withdrawals, but no. We're going to see our friend's daughter in a school play."
Then Saturday evening we get a text message from FIL asking if they can come over, but we were already out to dinner with my parents. I told DH that I extended the offer to have them over that night, but they told me they were going to a school play.
FIL texted back ok and that he's having withdrawals from seeing his grandson and wants to come over. We invite them over Sunday after they leave church or any time at all during the day, but they were busy. We ask them if they'd like to come over Monday...Tuesday....they're busy.
In a nutshell....STOP TEXTING ME HOW YOU'RE HAVING WITHDRAWALS FROM YOUR GRANDCHILD WHEN YOU'RE NEVER ABLE TO COME OVER.
I'm so tired of it! Don't guilt trip me about it. Don't text me about it. I've invited you over FOUR times.
Thanks for listening! 
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Re: I can't keep catering to my inlaws.
We need to make "stay strong" bracelets or something.
This morning she kept texting me, and the last text she asked how Jake was doing and that she missed him sssooooo much. I said he was great and that my mom kept him overnight so we could get some rest. That was it. No more texts. I know they get super jealous of my parents.
I hear ya!
I stopped responding to texts last week after I got one while I was at DS's 2 week checkup asking "if we were w/ DH so she could facetime and see her grandson"(DH has an iphone) I told her no that he was at home asleep (he works nights) and we were at the dr.'s office. I also mentioned that DS was healthy and that he gained almost a whole pound in a week! To which I got NO reply from her...if she is ooohhh sooo concerned w/ everything to do w/ her grandson you would think she would want to know about his HEALTH but apparently not!
I've wondered though since I now have a DS if I will be crazy when he grows up, gets married, and has a child...if I am I will just say I'm continuing the cycle and tell his wife horror stories of what I had to deal w/...I'm sure she'll love that
I think that all the time. You know what's hilarious? MIL's MIL was HORRIBLE to her. I hear the stories ALL the time. From the day DH and I got engaged, all I heard was, "I'm not going to be like that." Ummm...yes you are. For the longest time we were looked down upon, because we didn't do things their Christian way. But now since SIL shacked up with her boyfriend, and their precious church did MIL dirty and started stealing and sleeping with everyone in the pews, it's a different story. They've let up on us.