Let's rant about our ILs or future ILs

gisa886 · September 2011

It seems so funny that there are so many rants about ILs all across the bump and I"m sure the nest and knot. So let's have a post and get it all off of our chest.

My SIL told me she and her family are not coming to DD's 1st birthday for financial reason, but she and I were both invited to a cousin's second baby shower (they are having a boy this time and had a girl last time so it will be clothes and diapers). I declined because it is an 8 hour trip for me and I have school, but I am watching like a hawk to see if SIL rsvps yes to the shower. It is 2 hours further than my house and if she goes to this baby shower and not the birthday I will be making a phone call. Also, my MIL whines all the time about how she is missing out on DD's life, but has only seen her 5 times. She is retired and could come visit whenever she wants. Hacks me off.

wwnbw · September 2011

We got in a big fight with MIL last June. We didn't talk to her for over a year. She did come to our wedding last September but didn't speak to us. That is the only time we have seen each other. She even invited DH's EX to Christmas dinner. WTF?! And of course she went. DH decided to be the bigger person and invite MIL to SS's birthday in August of this year. She came and gave us hugs like a day had never passed. We then saw her at our nieces party. I have a feeling it's going to go back to family get togethers etc and I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. I can't stand this woman and I can't go through all the things she did to us agian (way too much to go into).

BuffyJMB · September 2011

My MIL is great, don't get me wrong. We always have so much fun, laughing all the time. HOWEVER, she's tough as nails when it comes to alot of things. EX: A couple years ago, we were walking in the ocean and I ran my foot into a rock reef of some sort and had a rock stuck under my toenail. It hurt sooooo bad! She told me to "suck it up" and pull it out. So I did, trying not to be grossed out by pulling a rock the size of a dime out from under my own toenail!! She raised 3 boys (all 10lbs+, natural birth by the way), so maybe this is where her mentality is. However, the other day she asked how I was feeling, and I told her (half jokingly) that the baby seems to be sucking the life out of me because I have had no energy lately. She tells me "don't start this sh!t." Kind of hit me like "WOW, nice support there MIL" and I told my husband how I felt. He called her and told her to quit it and that she wasn't very kind, and she should be a bit gentler (both BILs confirmed she was the same way with their wives). My mother passed away 6 years ago, so I need support and maybe sometimes she forgets that?? I don't know, she's just different when it comes to feelings! Not about sugar coating anything...kind of disappointing since my mom would have been stroking my hair and cuddling with me if she were on Earth!!

Christina_Diane · September 2011

Can this post be a rant/rave?

I love my ILs. They are amazing and I know that I am very fortunate. I actually have a better relationship with my MIL than I do my own mom.

However, MH can always rant about his MIL. She never introduces him when she introduces me. She just ignores him. I feel bad about it.

NayNaysPlayPen · September 2011

I have a small one that happened yesterday. MIL wrote me an email saying how am I feeling lately? (We told her the Baby news on Fri).

Im usually very shipper and upbeat but I was having an emotional and just hard day, so my response was: I am exhausted and pretty naseous today but making it through. Just cant wait to get home from work so I can veg out on the couch all night!"

Her response to my email was "k..."

I know emails are hard to interpret what the person is feeling...but what kind of response was that? I dont get it?

shealy12 · September 2011

I'll play. Let me preface this by saying - I love my ILs. I really do. They are great, and would do anything for us. MIL has just been driving me crazy lately with checking up on our appointments. The first thing she asks me is 'when is your next appointment?' Which I fill in both sides every time I do have an appt. Then she said let me know how it goes....which I responded to 'it's a pap smear'. lol. When we went to visit the high risk doctor, she literally called my hubby 3 times while we were meeting with the doctor!! It was just a consult so she knew we weren't finding out anything 'important'. And also - DH calls her after every appointment, so it's like just be patient please!!

Also - we lost our last baby at 22 weeks, so I've been real hesitant to tell anyone about this pregnancy other than our immediate family which we told right away. I have given strict instructions to everyone we've told NOT to say anything yet because we're not ready, and NOT to post anything on FB. She was talking to a girl I went to hs with mom who asked if me and my hubby were going to try again. And she told the mom that we were pregnant!! This is not even someone I'm close with!! I was PISSED. She was just like 'well, I didn't want to lie...' So I told her 'then you just tell her that yes we will try again. No need to tell her.' Seriously - I would think she would understand after all we've been through why we don't want to tell people yet. PLUS, it's OUR news to tell when we're good and ready...NOT yours!! ughhhh. I'm sure she's probably told other people too. I swear next child (if there is one) she's not knowing until I'm ready to tell everyone.

I know she's excited. I know this normally probably wouldn't bother me, but with these pregnancy hormones, it's driving me nuts! But I really do love her

DragonflyBelle · September 2011

I don't think you guys want to read a novel....I love my ILs....for the most part, but there is too much to rant about. I think you would get bored half-way through and quit reading. haha!

My FIL is the best though and he's the Mayor, so we have a unique set of political pressures to deal with.

KFCupcake · September 2011

We've been staying with SIL for a while until we can move into our own place which has been a very generous gesture. We really don't see much of each other because she works 3rd shift. But there are definitely things that bug me! She has this dog that she got after we moved in, and it's awful. In her eyes she can't do anything wrong though! This morning the dog attacked me and bit my leg as I was walking by and she laughed! We start talking about baby stuff, such as names, and she keeps pushing us to name the kid after a Harry Potter character (today it was Godric and Rowena). She whines about how she never has money for nice stuff, but she eats fast food every single day (she refuses to cook or do dishes), and spends her money on stuffed animals, dog toys, and Hanson memorabilia (yes the MMMbop band).

She means well I'm sure but she keeps saying how she's going to buy all this dumb stuff for the baby (I abhor Disney stuff). I know it could be so much worse but some days it just drives me nuts!!

sbost0118 · September 2011

Ugh, In-laws. There are websites dedicated to horrible in-law stories. Individually, mine are fine. But they always travel en masse. The root of the problem is my SIL.

She has been coddled and treated like a victim her entire life because she didn't have a twin like my husband and his twin brother. Her parents feel like she needs special consideration so she is NEVER hurt or disappointed or left out. This is Dh's big sister.

The result is a 37-year-old, co-dependent mother of one that has unofficially moved back in with her parents. (the divorce was 5 years ago). She acts like a teen mom (no offense to good teen moms plz - but this *** acts she's still a kid burdened with a kid). Her cat and dog still live at her house and FIL goes by once a day to let the dog outside. I can't imagine what's happening over there.

Now DH's parents are pretty much raising the kid (and his mom), but they are retired and TIRED. He's a hellion with zero boundaries (spits, kicks strangles, curses everone from infants to his 83yo great grandmother). And because SIL refuses to take care of him, we cannot see MIL/FIL without him. And they brush it all off - it's just his age. He's six, he's been doing this since he was 2.... Also he and mom are both super spoiled with extra gifts to "make up" for all the injustices in their lives. Entitled, spoiled, just unbearable....

The kid is just acting out because no one wants to step up and raise him and pay attention to him, and I feel bad about the whole situation, but it makes visiting the in-laws a nightmare.

gisa886 · September 2011

KFCupcake:
We've been staying with SIL for a while until we can move into our own place which has been a very generous gesture. We really don't see much of each other because she works 3rd shift. But there are definitely things that bug me! She has this dog that she got after we moved in, and it's awful. In her eyes she can't do anything wrong though! This morning the dog attacked me and bit my leg as I was walking by and she laughed! We start talking about baby stuff, such as names, and she keeps pushing us to name the kid after a Harry Potter character (today it was Godric and Rowena). She whines about how she never has money for nice stuff, but she eats fast food every single day (she refuses to cook or do dishes), and spends her money on stuffed animals, dog toys, and Hanson memorabilia (yes the MMMbop band).
She means well I'm sure but she keeps saying how she's going to buy all this dumb stuff for the baby (I abhor Disney stuff). I know it could be so much worse but some days it just drives me nuts!!

So I take it there will not be an Albus Severus or Hermoine Luna in your future??

KFCupcake · September 2011

You joke, but she's suggested all of those names...

Lizzyie325 · September 2011

I used to say that I got along with my IL's. For the most part, we do. I just don't feel like I know them any more and it bothers me that they want so little to do with either DH or DS. We have not yet told them that we're expecting again, so I have no idea how they'll react. When we see them, they go on and on about how much they love Thomas and how wonderful he is. But the last time we saw them was in June, when we drove downstate to meet them. My MIL and SIL have become eerily best friends (I have no problem with mothers and daughters being best friends, but they only hang out with each other, and SIL referred to FIL as "your husband"). My MIL and FIL have sadly made it clear that they only care about SIL, her husband and their daughter. Because she married "well", they see her as their success.

We moved in March to upstate NY, 3 hours from my family and 2 hours from his. Since then, my entire family has driven up here at least once (for DS's birthday party) and last weekend my mom decided she missed Thomas so much she'd drive up to spend time with us. He loved seeing his Grandma! I have a feeling we'll only be seeing them at Christmas, but it makes me very sad to have them so removed from our lives.

harper818 · September 2011

My inlaws dont know we are pregnant yet.

I DO NOT want to deal with my MIL at all. When we were TTC last year she was constantly saying "when OUR baby comes..." and telling me how she was going to keep the baby but I was not allowed to continue working and OUR baby wasnt going to go to daycare and OUR baby wasn't going to do this or that. She also showed me the crib and rocker she has all ready for OUR baby to come stay at her house all the time. I won't be leaving my kid with her just so she can play house for a night. There's no reason for it.

I also know that as soon as she finds out we are pregnant shes going to think its all her doing because of her magical connection with God who answers her prayers first. I am not looking forward to telling her and I am going to hold off for as long as possible. DH will be in charge of politely setting the boundaries or I'll set them in a real nice aggro pregnant way. She's bat *** crazy to begin with and this will only escalate it. She's one of those that will continue to call you every 5 minutes until you answer the phone...I don't even answer her calls anymore and once had 27 missed calls while I was in my one hour kickboxing class.

Super fun times are ahead.

gisa886 · September 2011

KFCupcake:
You joke, but she's suggested all of those names...

This makes me giggle. I actually like the name Luna but it won't go with our middle name choice.

TotallyLoCo · September 2011

I'm fortunate that I only have one in-law. DH was raised by his single aunt (long story). Other than some cousins he's not that close to, she's really his only family.

I love her, don't get me wrong, but she really can be a piece of work. If she doesn't get things her way she'll complain about it nonstop. I'm 100% positive that she'll drive me crazy about the right way/wrong way to handle things with the baby - in spite of the fact that she never even raised a baby herself (DH moved in with her when he was 11). She's already complaining that we're going to be moving farther away from her. The only reason we're moving is that my office moved and I don't want an hour+ commute each way with a baby at home.

I haven't actually seen her since she found out I'm pregnant but will next week. I'm curious to see how she is with me.

katieluke1983 · September 2011

I'll play too....

My FIL and his new wife, are CRAZY and absolutely the most annoying people Iknow. They talk to each other in fake british accents (we live in TEXAS) and say "risque" things to each other....they hang and kiss on each other like 15 year olds, and they keep inviting themselves to our house (they live 2 hours away), and then when they're here want us to entertain them with games and things to do....

maccalovah · September 2011

harper818:

I don't even answer her calls anymore and once had 27 missed calls while I was in my one hour kickboxing class.

Indifferent oh my god, 27 missed calls?! Suddenly, I'm feeling super lucky my inlaws live 1200 miles away!

Sarah

pensparade · September 2011

I have a hard time relating to posts about bad IL's because mine are seriously amazing. Probably once a year we might disagree or butt heads on something but it's nothing catastrophic. I like my in-laws better than my own parents sometimes! (well, half of my parents that is)

pensparade · September 2011

wwnbw:
DH's EX to Christmas dinner. WTF?! And of course she went.

WTF?!??!

pensparade · September 2011

BuffyJMB:
She raised 3 boys (all 10lbs+, natural birth by the way), so maybe this is where her mentality is. However, the other day she asked how I was feeling, and I told her (half jokingly) that the baby seems to be sucking the life out of me because I have had no energy lately. She tells me "don't start this sh!t." Kind of hit me like "WOW, nice support there MIL" and I told my husband how I felt. He called her and told her to quit it and that she wasn't very kind, and she should be a bit gentler (both BILs confirmed she was the same way with their wives). My mother passed away 6 years ago, so I need support and maybe sometimes she forgets that?? I don't know, she's just different when it comes to feelings! Not about sugar coating anything...kind of disappointing since my mom would have been stroking my hair and cuddling with me if she were on Earth!!

I am so sorry to hear about your mother! I think our MIL's are a lot alike. My MIL had 3 boys and a bunch of grandsons from the first two. She grew up on a farm and is used to things being tough. She really has a "no ***" kind of personality. She doesn't have a lot of sympathy for many people. She's got this "just push through it, that's life" mentality. For the most part though she is an amazing person. I'm sorry your MIL is so tough like that sometimes. I don't doubt you miss you mom a lot

gisa886 · September 2011

pensparade:

I have a hard time relating to posts about bad IL's because mine are seriously amazing. Probably once a year we might disagree or butt heads on something but it's nothing catastrophic. I like my in-laws better than my own parents sometimes! (well, half of my parents that is)

Mine weren't so bad until I was pregnant with DD. Or maybe I didn't notice until then. After she was born it became really obvious that they favor SIL over DH and in turn they favor her daughter over mine. DH says it is because our niece is older by a year and is in a different place and doing different things, but our new babies will be 3 months apart so we will see how they act then.

ImThisBabysMom · September 2011

I feel lucky because I like my ILs. I don't always agree with everything they say or do, but they are good people. We just have different views and opinions sometimes. They are very family oriented and I like that.

laurack · September 2011

I like my Inlaws too. Just MIL and one SIL as hubbys father passed a couple years back.

I did have a few small disagreements with MIL already, I think she said something about how nobody should use pacifiers, and I said oh I think it depends etc. But she wouldn't budge so I just dropped it. I expect to find a lot of this happening with people, I've heard everyone will give you their advice etc. Also she tried to convince me to use cloth diapers but I firmly said not for me. Then she was talking about buying them for me anyway just in case and I yet again said, very clearly "please do not buy those for me, they are expensive, and if you want to spend the money, I would rather you buy the equivalent in pampers".

But really they are pretty great. My SIL has been awesome through all this, she's due in a few weeks so I've been picking her brain

learningfromlife · September 2011

I went through 17 different dimensions of he11 with my former in laws, but sadly with this marriage, it's my husband that has ridiculous inlaws. My parents are ridiculous. My father, who was very cold to me as a child, does not know what boundaries are with my daughter and treats EVERYONE (even my mom) like they can do no right by my daughter because they aren't him. Things got heated this past weekend (I had posted about it on Saturday).

My mom is super materialistic and only pays attention to people who will get her attention from other people (like this bizarre relationship she has with one of my cousins that we swear is just her way of getting to her own sister). She also enables my dad's ridiculous behaviors and makes excuses for him constantly, but she hasn't tried making excuses for his most recent bout of stupid yet.

dojo1 · September 2011

KFCupcake:
We've been staying with SIL for a while until we can move into our own place which has been a very generous gesture. We really don't see much of each other because she works 3rd shift. But there are definitely things that bug me! She has this dog that she got after we moved in, and it's awful. In her eyes she can't do anything wrong though! This morning the dog attacked me and bit my leg as I was walking by and she laughed! We start talking about baby stuff, such as names, and she keeps pushing us to name the kid after a Harry Potter character (today it was Godric and Rowena). She whines about how she never has money for nice stuff, but she eats fast food every single day (she refuses to cook or do dishes), and spends her money on stuffed animals, dog toys, and Hanson memorabilia (yes the MMMbop band).
She means well I'm sure but she keeps saying how she's going to buy all this dumb stuff for the baby (I abhor Disney stuff). I know it could be so much worse but some days it just drives me nuts!!

Your SIL needs her own sitcom. I would watch religiously. You had me hooked at "Hanson memorabilia"

dojo1 · September 2011

harper818:
My inlaws dont know we are pregnant yet.
I DO NOT want to deal with my MIL at all. When we were TTC last year she was constantly saying "when OUR baby comes..." and telling me how she was going to keep the baby but I was not allowed to continue working and OUR baby wasnt going to go to daycare and OUR baby wasn't going to do this or that. She also showed me the crib and rocker she has all ready for OUR baby to come stay at her house all the time. I won't be leaving my kid with her just so she can play house for a night. There's no reason for it.
I also know that as soon as she finds out we are pregnant shes going to think its all her doing because of her magical connection with God who answers her prayers first. I am not looking forward to telling her and I am going to hold off for as long as possible. DH will be in charge of politely setting the boundaries or I'll set them in a real nice aggro pregnant way. She's bat *** crazy to begin with and this will only escalate it. She's one of those that will continue to call you every 5 minutes until you answer the phone...I don't even answer her calls anymore and once had 27 missed calls while I was in my one hour kickboxing class.
Super fun times are ahead.

I call my niece "our girl" to my mom and my sister because I love her so much I feel like she's part mine too.. my sister doesn't mind and she's been calling her future niece/nephew "our baby" too. That being said, neither of us has ever said "our baby will be" or "will not be.." doing anything. It's just out of total love.

jesbeth · September 2011

I could go on and on, but my latest complaint is MIL's attitude. She called the other day to see how I was feeling, and I admitted they discovered two SCH's and I have to rest, etc. I hate telling her anything remotely bad because she's a drama queen.

Right off the bat, it was "OMG YOU LOST THE BABY!" Ummmmm, NO, I never said that. Baby is fine. Then her tone became all hushed, and they way she has been speaking to me and DH lately is like someone died or the world is going to end.

Also, she didn't believe me when I told her there's no way to FIX a SCH and she also doesn't believe having ultrasounds are safe so according to her having more to monitor the SCHs are a bad idea. Angry

kkfeb04 · September 2011

harper818:

My inlaws dont know we are pregnant yet.

I DO NOT want to deal with my MIL at all. When we were TTC last year she was constantly saying "when OUR baby comes..." and telling me how she was going to keep the baby but I was not allowed to continue working and OUR baby wasnt going to go to daycare and OUR baby wasn't going to do this or that. She also showed me the crib and rocker she has all ready for OUR baby to come stay at her house all the time. I won't be leaving my kid with her just so she can play house for a night. There's no reason for it.

I also know that as soon as she finds out we are pregnant shes going to think its all her doing because of her magical connection with God who answers her prayers first. I am not looking forward to telling her and I am going to hold off for as long as possible. DH will be in charge of politely setting the boundaries or I'll set them in a real nice aggro pregnant way. She's bat *** crazy to begin with and this will only escalate it. She's one of those that will continue to call you every 5 minutes until you answer the phone...I don't even answer her calls anymore and once had 27 missed calls while I was in my one hour kickboxing class.

Super fun times are ahead.

I hate to tell you it can get worse. My MIL started out like this but now she's just plain crazy. Sorry for the long rant ahead:

It started with my SIL's baby shower in May 2009 (actually before then but I ignored her). We found out DH's brother and SIL were pregnant at Christmas and that they got pregnant "the first time they tried". Obviously we were a little hurt because MIL like to throw that around all the time and we were in the middle of IF treatments. Well she calls up and tells me what I have to do to throw this shower. I was like WHAT? I'm not throwing the shower...well one of her DIL's have to throw it and the oldest doesn't want to (the oldest lives 10 minutes away and at that time lived with them, I live 2 hours from MIL). I said no, no, no. I never agreed to it. So I threw the phone at DH and told him that he needed to tell her that I wasn't going and that I wasn't helping either and why. Well he did she still thought I should do all these things. God bless DH because he is the one that did the ordering of the food (even though she picked everything out and lived 2 blocks from the place--we had to order it because she's BSC), made the favors and bought a gift and wrapped it. The following month the treatments finally worked and she said well it was her doing because she prayed really hard. I told her nope it was the treatments.

Fast forward to DS's birth (the pregnancy was the typical crazy stuff)...she kept calling DS HER baby. At the hospital FIL and her wanted me to nurse in the bathroom in MY HOSPITAL ROOM. I said you can leave the room but my son needs to eat. So they left so I could pump and MIL comes back in and stares at my nips in the pump with her head 2" from my chest. She's like that's gross I said do you mind not watching, I can't cover up because my hands are full. She wouldn't move. So I could reach the call button and I had the nurse come in and she kicked her out stating she needed to do something and she was like I'll watch thank you, the nurse stated no you won't and made her leave. The nurse could obviously see I was not happy.

She came to "help" for three days after the c-section. Her helping was helping herself to the meals that my church brought DH and I instead of cooking meals for us. I actually had to cook her and FIL a meal for them less than 2 weeks from the birth because she was "too tired". She was to clean and she complained that my shower was "too dirty" and that I should clean it more often. I told her that I had a 10 lb baby and couldn't see my feet for the past 7 months how the hell would she expect me to get on my hands and knees to scrub a shower in the past 3 months. She told me she thought she would help with the baby and not be a "maid". I said I'm BFing how can you feed him? You can't. The one morning she was to take care of him so I could nap (DH's request). Her idea was to take a nap herself and let DS cry. "He needs to cry". He was again under 2 weeks old, he wasn't crying to hear himself. That and she claimed he had colic, I said he's hungry not colicky. That is when I really started to not like her. That and she watched him at 6 weeks old for 3 hours and fed him 12 oz of BM even though I had just nursed him right before we left. Remember it's a 2 hour drive without traffic. So needless to say that I needed to nurse and he was having nothing to do with it and had issues with my supply since we didn't get home until 12ish and he last nursed at 4:30. She also put him on the counter while she cooked dinner (no seat nothing, just laid him on the counter) because she thought that was the safest place for him. She did a few other things that I specifically told her not to and she did them, told me she did them as if to prove to me that she could do them. She also said that the other SIL's have rules to but she just does what she wants to do. No she is never allowed to watch DS again.

After that incident at 2 months old, she called me and asked if I was done poisoning HER child. I asked her what she meant and she meant breastfeeding. I said it's the best thing for him. No, it's not formula is best. He needs to gain weight. I said he's 12 lbs at 2 months old, no he doesn't need to gain weight. She's said well it doesn't matter he needs formula and you need to get over this sick obsession with your boobs and MY child.

Few more months pass and DS's Christening. FIL decided to be a douche and yell at me for not giving DS's SS # stating he needed it for bonds. I said 1st, no you don't DS has 6 bonds without his SS# on them (the person that purchased used their own #); 2nd it's your SON that doesn't want to give it out, it's not our # to give. He did this in front of 30 guests. He stated his bank won't do it and has to have DS's number. I said well fine he doesn't get them. He then proceed to state how much the other grandchildren got and that DS will never get. I said he doesn't need them anyway. He also told me I was wrong even though 4 of the people there gave savings bonds to him with their own #. One said well go to a different bank. Well he continued to scream at me and I told DH he needs to control his parents as his mother was getting in the middle of it and letting everyone know about it if they showed up late. I even had my own mother ask me for it stating the same thing and I said you don't need it. Later DH said it was totally uncalled for and out of line and MIL said she agreed...but there has never been an apology. To this day I will not talk to FIL nor is he welcome in my house since he can't show a little respect to me, DH, DS, or our home.

Needless to say we don't have much contact with IL's. When we do she is obsessed with DS's weight. Say's he underweight (she wanted him to double his weight at 3 months, triple in 6 months like hers), wants the pedi's #, etc. HER kids were all chubby and short, she doesn't understand what it is to be tall and skinny. She claims DS's height (he was 22" at birth, currently 34.5") is from their family. She's 4'10, DH is the tallest at 5'7". My father and brothers were/are all over 6'2". I'm 5'6". She claims DS is taking after his uncle and cousin to be tall and skinny...again DH is the tallest by 2" and the skinniest by 30 lbs. His cousin is 5 years older than DS and is only 6" taller and about 24 lbs heavier. DS doubled his birthweight at 12 months old and will not triple in the next year. He's only 24 lbs. She only buys him girls clothing because she wanted a girl (she did that with DH too as he was the youngest). He wore pink the first year+ of his life because that's what HER mother did. She does things HER mother did. When I call her back from her messages, she asks me what do I want. I said nothing and typically hang up. When she does state what she wants it's how's HER baby doing. I say I don't know he's at work. She didn't get it until the 5th time she stated it and I would tell her how DH is because that's her baby. She said they are all her babies and that it wasn't just me that created DS. I said no, it was me, DH and the doctors that did it. She shut up after that. She's obsessed with his weight, the first thing out of her mouth to me is what does he weigh, I had a coworker tell me to say 150 lbs. It's not just with DS. She makes her other grandchildren stand on the scale when she is with them. It's sick.

It will be a cold day in hell to ever get an apology and DH has talked to them several times but they are 71 and will do what ever the hell they want. Thank God they live 100+ miles away.

Sorry again for the long rant. My IL's just grind my gears and I have no place to vent. Sorry again. Oh and they don't know about this pregnancy and won't for as long as I can keep it from them.

biochembelle · September 2011

pensparade:
I have a hard time relating to posts about bad IL's because mine are seriously amazing. Probably once a year we might disagree or butt heads on something but it's nothing catastrophic. I like my in-laws better than my own parents sometimes! (well, half of my parents that is)

This is my situation, at least with moms. I like my MIL better than my mom. FIL is okay, but both DH and I agree my dad is way cooler. We need a similar thread entitled "let's rant about our parents." I may post that, but not this weekend because my parents will be in town! In fact, I promise I'll do it on Sunday because by then I'll have plenty to share!

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