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Grandma Wars!

katybug499katybug499
in July 2012 Moms

So.  This is a fun situation.  Not really as stressful as it is kind of entertaining to watch, but I thought I'd put it out there in case anyone else is dealing with the same thing.

This is mine and DH's 2nd child.  Our first is a soon to be 5 year old boy who's the most precious friendly little kid you'd ever want to meet.  My mom, who lives only an hour away, has always showered him with affection and gifts for no reason all his life to the point where we have "Grandma's House Rules" which basically are, "While at Grandma's you can eat candy for dinner but once we step back into the car, all "Home" rules come back into effect."  My MIL clearly loves her grandson and, though she lives three states away, never forgets a birthday or to ask to talk to him on the phone.  But they don't have nearly the same relationship as our DS has with my mom.

But when we found out that LO #2 is a girl?  OMG!  You could hear my MIL celebrating on the phone all the way from Virginia!  You'd think she'd won the lottery or something.  Granted, she has two boys and her only grandchild so far was a boy so I knew she'd be excited...but goodness!

When I was pregnant with LO #1, my mom- who is a chronic over shopper btw- took it in stride and bought out BRU pretty much.  My MIL didn't really seem to mind and just sent cute little outfits here and there.  For some reason...this one is different.  My DH is on the phone with his mother at least three times a day giving her the update on "What's left to buy."  And every day...the list gets shorter and she gets more angry.  

She wanted to come down when our daughter was born and just take us shopping for whatever we still need and, in her mind, it was going to be a girly shopping spree.  But now...my warnings to her of, "There's going to be nothing left to buy..." are coming true.  

Sometimes I wish that the Grandmas would just get together and duel this out themselves because I'm getting tired of being in the middle.  My mom gets offended if I tell her to stop buying things and his mom goes into an all-out hissy fit whenever we tell her that we already have something!

 Like I said, not really a real "problem" by any means...just fun to watch the Grandma Clash of the Century. 

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  • iheartnjdevilsiheartnjdevils member
    That's too funny. I sort of have a "Grandma" situation too but completely different than yours. My MIL lives the next town over and will be our Nanny when I go back to work. This is making my mother, who lives almost 2 hours away, VERY jealous. I explained to her that my son will have completely two different relationships. He will be close with my MIL because he will see her every week day but my MIL will also have to disicpline him and won't be able to spoil him every waking minute that she watches him. While my mother will have that "excitement" factor when she's coming to visit, etc. It will be interesting to see how it pans out.
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  • aaimeeaaimee member

    Sounds similar, only differences is the my MIL lives ACROSS THE STREET! And my mom lives just 4 miles away. This is our first, so my mom is a FTG and this is the first girl on my MIL's side since she was born 51yrs ago...to make it more interesting, they're hosting my shower together..pop some popcorn and kick back!

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