Helped preg friend get MIL off her back :) (kinda long)

erineileen317 · September 2011

Tee hee! I have a decent relationship with my MIL, but have seen both my mom and my MIL have terrible relationships with theirs and it always breaks my heart when people aren't accepting of ILs into their families (especially if there's no reason to act that way).

So... my best friend, since 5th grade, is 31 wks pregnant (i've posted about her before) and she moved in with her bf's mom to be closer to bf, otherwise they would have been states away. Well, her shower is in 2 weeks and her MIL (even though she's not married to bf, we'll say MIL for convo purposes) has been freaking out about why they don't have a carseat yet. Yes, she actually explained to a law grad (so her is bf) that they can't leave the hospital without one Indifferent . My friend has tried explaining to her that they have one picked out on their registry and they want to wait until after their shower to see if they need to buy one or if someone would get it. MIL keeps saying they're too expensive and no one will buy one for them. Her MIL does not know her family even a little or if people would go in together to get one.

I was feeling really bad that she's stuck living with her MIL, especially since bf is living at his dad's, and not with her, while working crazy hours and they never get to see each other. Well, ever since she asked MH and I to be the godparents, I wanted to get her a really nice gift. So I scanned the registry and low-and-behold, the carseat. So I ordered it and just had it shipped to her MIL's. I asked my friend first if it was okay for me to just ship a bulky registry item so she doesn't have to road trip it in her tiny car with all of her other shower gifts and she agreed it made more sense. Well, she just got it and apparently that morning MIL had woken up bf (stayed the night there) at 7:30am (really? on his day off???) and told him they needed a carseat asap.

Tee hee! So now her MIL has shut her trap and my friend is super excited for her first real present. She said it's her favorite new toy! Haha. I told her if her MIL gives her any more problems to send her my way. Take that, crazy MIL! No one messes with my bff.

lovinthomas · September 2011

You are a great friend. That had to make her day.

velveena · September 2011

Aw that's great! I shipped a surprise garment bag as a gift to my best friend when she was living in Chicago and a week away from her wedding in NJ. Last minute expenses had piled up and she was planning on packing her dress in a box lol. That's what friends are for!

Annya26 · September 2011

Ha ha that is an awesome DOUBLE gift! (shut the MIL up and a great present!) Love it!

bigbear · September 2011

You are an awesome friend! I can only imagine how good it must have felt for your friend to finally get that pushy MIL off her back.

m1ssl1ss · September 2011

lol- such a great friend-- and to help her stick it to her MIL- double great!

SoonToBeMsP · September 2011

That's a really sweet story. And you're an awesome friend!

kristenina · September 2011

That's such a sweet thing to do! And it's great that you're in a position to be able to do that for her. It's good to have good friends!!

erineileen317 · September 2011

Thanks guys! I was worried the MIL would be all "so you must have been complaining to your friends about me" when she saw it, but sounds like she was pretty excited that she didn't have to worry about it any more. I just know I wouldn't want to be living with a practical stranger, while pregnant, and have them telling me how to live my life and raise my child.

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