In laws are so much fun

Litgirl77 · May 2014

Someone entertain me with crazy in law stories so I know I'm not alone here.

Here's mine for the day...

We had my in laws over for dinner last night to celebrate Mother's Day. I figured this would be great, because then I wouldn't have to spend mother's day in a car driving to go see my MIL. Plus, their house has absolutely nothing for LO to play with - aside from a cat that hisses at him, that they constantly push at him anyway.

Everything was going pretty well - MIL was making the usual passive aggressive comments that insinuate I don't know what's best for my child, but whatever, I'm used to that. And then we get to dessert. DH puts a small scoop of ice cream in a bowl for LO, and I say "Oh, he shouldn't have that much." MIL proceeds to take him and start feeding him, assuring me that she'll go slow so he won't get an ice cream headache. Ummm….NOT my concern. He eats about half of it at which point I say, "Ok, I'm going to get his milk so we can switch to that." And she keeps feeding him. I reached over and took him away and said, "He's cut off."

Fast forward to bedtime a hour later - LO screamed bloody murder for OVER AN HOUR before I could finally get him to go down. This from a kid who never cries at bedtime and always goes down without an issue. And of course, he's overtired and woke up bright and early at 5am for me.

Happy Mother's Day, indeed.

LittleFish1 · May 2014

probably would have had her putting LO down ... what a mean moron! Guess next time dessert is fruit only with no ice cream and no extra sugars. Sure she will love that!

I have great inlaws & we're having them over today. It is my family that sometimes makes comments (my sister at times, or my Dad). Guess it is good that they put less effort into visiting so they are not around as often to get away with some of that type of behavior.

ChevelleRivers · May 2014

I'm a nutritionist so there probably would have been blood over an incident like that in my house. Good grief. How frustrating.

Also, I'm with @LittleFish1‌; my in-laws aren't bad but MY family is a nightmare.

jac409 · May 2014

I told this story on another thread a couple weeks ago, but I will tell it again. Mine were here a few weeks ago. We went out to dinner and FIL got French fries with his meal, which he proceeded to feed to DD. I didn't mind a couple, but I obviously didn't want her filling up on them. Well, of course, after she had a couple, that's all she wanted and refused to eat anything else. I repeatedly told him no more, which he ignored and kept giving them to her anyway. Fast forward to the next morning when she was up at 5 am, starving. Later, he asked why she was up so early and I told him it was because she had nothing for dinner but carbs, which was not going to get her through the night. During the same weekend, he was also appalled that I would not let him give her any Coke. To save his life, he could not understand that one. I just have to shake my head sometimes.

dlbello23 · May 2014

My in laws are let's just say weird. They are just annoying and live in their own little world. They are pretty good with dd, so I can't complain about that. It's just when we go out to dinner, they have to assign who's sitting next to who, there is always something wrong with there food etc it's just embarrassing. Mother in law is ways soo tired, as well as father in law. This guy hasnt worked a day in his life but constantly needs a nap. No matter where we are he needs his nap, he will sit in the car or go back to his hotel room. Meanwhile there is not a thing wrong with him and he does nothing all day lol. We have learned not to go away or to dinner with them. Ahh they are good people but like I said ANNOYING!

ExcitedAunt2b · May 2014

I'm lucky, in a way, I don't have to deal with in laws. My DH's biological father is deceased and his mother is who knows where with husband #5 or 6. She hung around for a while after our son passed away because she thought we were getting a big insurance check, she even came out and told DH that he owed her because she raised him, so when we finally got it through her thick skull that we weren't getting money she left. Haven't seen or heard from her since.

kerbear135 · May 2014

My inlaws are real peaches as well. We offered to spend all day Sat with them to celebrate Mother's Day and FIL's birthday...they texted DH Fri morning and told him something came up that would require their time all weekend, but they wouldn't say what. DH got freaked out and ended up going over there yesterday to check on them...apparently re-doing their bathroom is more important than spending time with their son and granddaughter....I think they were just being vague so DH would do what he did and come spend Sunday with them instead of with me and my family...

SingleMom31 · May 2014

@ExcitedAunt2b‌ - That's horrible that she'd try to profit off your son!

My in-laws are mostly nice albeit with some oddities, but they live 9 hours away, so we see them like once a year. If I had to see them every week, I might react differently, but a few days a year, I can handle.

Our issue is my family. They're, um, special. Tonight's issue: My mom lives alone in a five bedroom, 3500 sq ft house and spends six months of the year down south. Well, my little brother needs to move out of his apartment and wants to move home until his wedding later this year. You'd have thought that he proposed murdering puppies. She said yes eventually, but really is beside herself at the prospect. If I were closer, I'd offer him our extra room, but I'm too far away.

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