MIL Monday

k3montel · May 2012

Lets's hear em...the good, the bad, and the ugly!

k3montel · May 2012

My MIL Monday story is that MIL accepted a job out of state! She leaves in 30 days. We live in Michigan, she's moving to Maryland. It's only for a few years until she can retire, but I think the distance will be nice. And, as much as I complain sometimes, we are going to miss her.

aracelyluna · May 2012

My MIL was here all week helping take care of LO while I went back to work. I am very thankful that she was able to be here. She drives me crazy sometimes but overall I am pretty lucky to have a supportive MIL. I was worried she would get on my nerves all week or try to boss me around. But, she was awesome. I missed our privacy but it was a necessity to have here and she tired to stay out of our way in the afternoons. She even told DH to make sure and spend time with me and not to feel he needed to entertain her in the evenings. And I loved not having to worry about making dinner because she took care of it. So, I need to find a little gift to thank her for her time.

megahof · May 2012

I think my MIL tries too hard. A couple days ago she brought over a joke book for Sophie, which had these little buttons you could push on the side and hear prerecorded laughter. I have to wonder if she even flipped through the book -- the jokes are just awful (as in, not funny in the slightest), and the laughter is really creepy. She said that Sophie might like it. Maybe, but probably not for a few years, since her latest obsession is fitting her hand into her mouth.

poobear2015 · May 2012

Mine isn't too bad - just can't take no for an answer!

We hosted DD's baptism party over their house last week and we had so much burgers and hot dogs left over - she wants DD and I to come over for a picnic. DH is coming home this afternoon from a 4 day bachelor party trip! He wants to do stuff with just us and she WON'T let it go! She keeps saying ' well you 2 can come over and leave him to relax'. DH even told her no - he wants to be with us. Sigh...

lancyjo · May 2012

Mine is good, bad, and ugly all at once...

Good: we haven't heard from MIL in the month since her "favorite son" had a new baby boy. (I've said before: my MIL prefers boys, especially when they're from the favorite son) The break has been so nice... No more text messages showing fake love for our daughter.

Bad: we haven't heard from MIL in the month since her "favorite son" had a new baby boy. While its been nice, it's also like a knife turning in my hubs' heart. It just reinforces what we already knew: that our child (and future children) will always be overshadowed by her preference for BIL and his kids. (which makes us thankful for my family... Where theres more than enough love to go around. It's helped hubs hurting heart a lot)

Ugly: because she's hurting my husband and ignoring my daughter (forget how she's treated me), I want more than ever to give her a piece of my mind... And maybe my fist.

cyndielise · May 2012

Mine almost drops my son EVERY time she holds him... we have started treating her like a four year-old making her sit to hold him!!

She also is on a new kick where she's convinced we're hiding him from her and refuse to let her see him because she tries to make plans twenty minutes in advance....

bleh...

kristin172429 · May 2012

My MIL is sweet as can be, but my goodness - she is a "as seen on tv" junkie. Pretty much any ridiculous thing that you would never need in real life she thinks is the coolest thing ever and she has to have it. She has an entire shelf unit in her dining room FULL of stuff. For mother's day, she was kind enough to buy me a gift (my own mom didn't even get me something). I truly appreciate the sentiment and love her for it.

The gift, however, was a crazy red giant silicone circle thing that is supposed to keep pots from boiling over... What the heck am I supposed to do with that? I have pot lids. I know how to reduce the temperature. I don't need some weird gadget-type thing for this. They come over for dinner fairly often! What am I going to do if I am boiling something?? Do I have to bust out the giant red frisbee just for her???

karleegirl · May 2012

Mil doesnt give a crap about my kids. She hasn't seen dd since she was 5 weeks old . She only lives 40 minutes away. I can't stand her but it really hurts dh. My children are precious gifts from God..ho w can you not love them because their half another race??

Lena122 · May 2012

We spent the weekend at my IL's vacation home and have no real issues to report! Normally I love my IL's but, like anyone else, they sometimes say/do things that irk me in regards to DS. We really didn't have any of those moments this weekend. It was actually really nice to be able pass off DS to someone other than DH when I needed a break.

preggersINschool25 · May 2012

Thank goodness it's MIL MONDAY!!

My MIL and her sister always acting like KNOW-IT-ALLs who know NOTHING! MY MIL insists that he needs more expressed milk than I say to give him. Well tonight I got some revenge because she gave him more, and then he spit up all over her (but she had the burp rag covering her - damn!). He never spits up when I feed him!!

lancyjo · May 2012

karleegirl:
Mil doesnt give a crap about my kids. She hasn't seen dd since she was 5 weeks old . She only lives 40 minutes away. I can't stand her but it really hurts dh. My children are precious gifts from God..ho w can you not love them because their half another race??

My MIL lives 10 blocks from me, and doesn't seem to have any desire to see Aria... because she's a girl. Why a grandparent wouldn't love their grandchild(ren) because of sex or race is beyond me.

I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. Your children are beautiful, and very much precious gifts from God. Their race is irrelevant, they're sweet children all the same.

Just wanted to let you know I know some of what you're going thru. Stay strong. I'll keep your family in my prayers.

mac&chip · May 2012

Several weeks ago, MIL mailed Audrey some super cute toys ? a penguin rattle, teether and toy (I love penguins, so this made me excited).

Last Monday, SIL had a baby ? so Audrey is no longer the only grandchild. I'll admit, I'm nervous about the new dynamic, just because I see how differently DH and SIL are treated. I'm worried about them being compared since they are only 4 months apart. (Audrey rolled over from her back for the first time last Thursday, and when DH called MIL to tell her the news ? while she was excited, she said that SIL's baby was also getting ready to roll over (this baby was only 4 days old)).

We're going up to meet our nephew this week, and the ILs will be there ? so it should be interesting.

lancyjo · May 2012

mac&chip:
Several weeks ago, MIL mailed Audrey some super cute toys ? a penguin rattle, teether and toy (I love penguins, so this made me excited).
Last Monday, SIL had a baby ? so Audrey is no longer the only grandchild. I'll admit, I'm nervous about the new dynamic, just because I see how differently DH and SIL are treated. I'm worried about them being compared since they are only 4 months apart. (Audrey rolled over from her back for the first time last Thursday, and when DH called MIL to tell her the news ? while she was excited, she said that SIL's baby was also getting ready to roll over (this baby was only 4 days old)).
We're going up to meet our nephew this week, and the ILs will be there ? so it should be interesting.

Good luck. I hope your situation doesn't turn out like mine... But feel free to PM me if it does. Praying that it all goes great for you tho!

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