I think it would be safe to assume my MIL is my twatwaffle complaint every week.
F&MIL came to our Thanksgiving dinner Saturday for one of their patented less than 24hr visits. Whatever. MIL made a point of not speaking to me for the first few hours they were here. When she finally did start speaking to me, it was only to make snide, bitchy comments. I just continued to murder her with kindness. She didn't start behaving like a human until after she'd had nearly a whole bottle of wine. Maybe I'll ask her to start drinking before she arrives next time.
Pretty sure I'm being punished because DH told her we weren't driving to TN (his decision!) to BIL's house for Thanksgiving. We are always driving everywhere. It had been over 18 months since they'd visited us, we drove to MO four times just this year, and we're going home for Christmas. Sorry, not sorry!
June 2016 April Siggy Challenge: Reasons my kid is crying
My Twatwaffle Tuesday is my cat...... He no longer pees on the carpet (thank god), but now he thinks play time is at 3 IN THE FRICKEN MORNING!!!! He will sit on the floor in my side of the bed, and whine and meow at me till either I comply or I throw one of his toys at him to get him to STFU. Then an hour later, he's back on the bed, right behind my knees sleeping as if he didn't do anything wrong... -_-
My Twatwaffle Tuesday is work. I love my job, but I cannot seem to focus on anything! I am an accountant and I will be in the middle of a client's work and just forget what I am doing to sit around and piddle on the computer. I am horrible. At least December is not a busy time for us.
My MIL too... I had the stomach virus over Thanksgiving and she would call, text, or come by the house several times a day to check on me. It's nice, but I just wanted to be left alone to sleep and watch Christmas movies. My own mother didn't even bother me that much because she knows I need my rest when I'm sick.
My twatwaffle today is the alarm clock. 4 AM IS TOO EARLY TO GET UP. Every day I want to smash my phone against the wall when it goes off. I just want to sleeeepppp.
My twatwaffle today is my son! He was out of control....he took off his diaper peed on the floor then when I caught up with him he was laying in it trying to DRINK it!!!!!!!! It was the third outfit of the day I had to change him out of and I was gagging the whole time
I'm the twatwaffle. Last night when DH & I went to pick up my new car, I managed to forget the file (with all the paperwork, my insurance, & void check) on my shoe rack...because that's where I put it when I got my boots on. I didn't realize until we were at the dealership, sitting down to sign papers. Luckily I had an extra check in my wallet, & my insurance company had already faxed my info to them...but, wow. What a dummy! DH was less than impressed with me, lol.
My body is the twatwaffle. I've been having this problem for the past few weeks where I will gag at everything and nothing. Mostly it is due to smells or me moving too quickly. Last night I had such a crazy episode of gagging that it made me throw up. Now I'm scared to go out in public. The fit came on so suddenly I hardly made it to my own bathroom. The weird thing is, the gagging isn't connected to nausea at all. I feel fine, gag, and continue feeling fine. Except when I threw up, I definitely did not feel fine then.
Ugh @copperlane - I feel you. The nausea from smells is overwhelming...I try to carry around peppermint aromatherapy in a little jar to mitigate any terrible smells that pop up. I feel like one of those ladies from the 1800s carrying around smelling salts for when they felt faint from their too-tight corsets.
Ugh @copperlane - I feel you. The nausea from smells is overwhelming...I try to carry around peppermint aromatherapy in a little jar to mitigate any terrible smells that pop up. I feel like one of those ladies from the 1800s carrying around smelling salts for when they felt faint from their too-tight corsets.
Haha!! That's actually a good idea. I try to have my favorite lotion or a dryer sheet with me at all times. Mints also help, because they keep me from gagging and the smell is pleasant.
Ugh this is going to be a long one! I need you all to tell me if I'm being the twatwaffle in this situation.
So hubby and I finally decided that Christmas would be a good time to tell our families neither one of us are really looking forward to telling them. We figured if we did it at Christmas we could incorporate telling them into a gift somehow and maybe people would react better. I shared this idea with the lady that I work with yesterday and they thought it was a good idea. Well today one of them decided that this was no longer a good idea and told me that it was selfish of me to ruin Christmas by telling them news that they wouldn't like. I understand that they are not going to be thrilled about the news but I think I have the choice of when to tell them. The woman kept going on about how we should just suck it up and sit them down and tell them before Christmas one on one and not around families it won't really be around families since it will just be hubby's parents and his brother and my sister in law.she continued to go on for a while about how we need to just suck it up and deal with the confrontation from his mother (the only one who is actually going to be mad). My whole point in telling them on Christmas was to try and avoid the confrontation but this woman thinks I'm just going to ruin everyone's Christmas....... Ugh!!!!!!
Ugh this is going to be a long one! I need you all to tell me if I'm being the twatwaffle in this situation.
So hubby and I finally decided that Christmas would be a good time to tell our families neither one of us are really looking forward to telling them. We figured if we did it at Christmas we could incorporate telling them into a gift somehow and maybe people would react better. I shared this idea with the lady that I work with yesterday and they thought it was a good idea. Well today one of them decided that this was no longer a good idea and told me that it was selfish of me to ruin Christmas by telling them news that they wouldn't like. I understand that they are not going to be thrilled about the news but I think I have the choice of when to tell them. The woman kept going on about how we should just suck it up and sit them down and tell them before Christmas one on one and not around families it won't really be around families since it will just be hubby's parents and his brother and my sister in law.she continued to go on for a while about how we need to just suck it up and deal with the confrontation from his mother (the only one who is actually going to be mad). My whole point in telling them on Christmas was to try and avoid the confrontation but this woman thinks I'm just going to ruin everyone's Christmas....... Ugh!!!!!!
I don't think you should play into MILs idea that this is bad news and just go about your plan if that's how you want to tell them. I would just make sure you and H are extra stoked and make it apparent that you are both really happy and excited. If MIL is mad, that's her own problem. Not yours.
Ugh this is going to be a long one! I need you all to tell me if I'm being the twatwaffle in this situation.
So hubby and I finally decided that Christmas would be a good time to tell our families neither one of us are really looking forward to telling them. We figured if we did it at Christmas we could incorporate telling them into a gift somehow and maybe people would react better. I shared this idea with the lady that I work with yesterday and they thought it was a good idea. Well today one of them decided that this was no longer a good idea and told me that it was selfish of me to ruin Christmas by telling them news that they wouldn't like. I understand that they are not going to be thrilled about the news but I think I have the choice of when to tell them. The woman kept going on about how we should just suck it up and sit them down and tell them before Christmas one on one and not around families it won't really be around families since it will just be hubby's parents and his brother and my sister in law.she continued to go on for a while about how we need to just suck it up and deal with the confrontation from his mother (the only one who is actually going to be mad). My whole point in telling them on Christmas was to try and avoid the confrontation but this woman thinks I'm just going to ruin everyone's Christmas....... Ugh!!!!!!
A lovely new baby ruin Christmas! Silly woman, she's the Twatwaffle. Christmas is supposed to celebrate family and if the festive season isn't the best time to tell people news, I don't know when is! Christmas softens things a little I think. From what I gather you are married so I really can't understand why your DH mum wouldn't be happy for you both. A baby is a blessing.
Ugh this is going to be a long one! I need you all to tell me if I'm being the twatwaffle in this situation.
So hubby and I finally decided that Christmas would be a good time to tell our families neither one of us are really looking forward to telling them. We figured if we did it at Christmas we could incorporate telling them into a gift somehow and maybe people would react better. I shared this idea with the lady that I work with yesterday and they thought it was a good idea. Well today one of them decided that this was no longer a good idea and told me that it was selfish of me to ruin Christmas by telling them news that they wouldn't like. I understand that they are not going to be thrilled about the news but I think I have the choice of when to tell them. The woman kept going on about how we should just suck it up and sit them down and tell them before Christmas one on one and not around families it won't really be around families since it will just be hubby's parents and his brother and my sister in law.she continued to go on for a while about how we need to just suck it up and deal with the confrontation from his mother (the only one who is actually going to be mad). My whole point in telling them on Christmas was to try and avoid the confrontation but this woman thinks I'm just going to ruin everyone's Christmas....... Ugh!!!!!!
I think your coworker is being a twatwaffle, and if your MIL thinks a baby will ruin Christmas than SHE is the twatwaffle. I say celebrate your baby and treat it like the amazing gift that it is. If anyone has a problem with it, that's on them!
As for me....I think I am the twatwaffle today. I am so tired and spacey that I am not getting anything done at work. I have a lot I need to get done but I seem to be doing nothing or checking TB. Not my best effort. Maybe I will be better tomorrow......probably not =(
So I have a SIL n I think she's being the twatwaffle. She came back from our destination wedding in August unsure if she liked this boy back home. Let alone they are married by October and DUE in july! DH and I r the oldest of both our families (I have 4 under me he has 3). We've done things patiently and planned yet here she is (age 20 - not that it matters just for a perspective on things) thinking finding a man to marry in 60 days and PLANNED to get preggers. I don't want this a competitive situation, but DH n I planned to announce at Christmas for our first pregnancy and now she's doing it the same day.
- maybe advice on how to cope is appreciated? Been needing to vent a bit since DH is taking this hard I feel venting to him is overwhelming enough about it. I'm pretty open minded so please don't be shy!
DH is my twatwaffle today. We have a dog and generally don't go out much on weeknight evenings since the dog has been in his crate all day while we're at work. He's super social and gets lonely when he doesn't have any interaction, plus I'm a homebody during the week anyway, so it's usually no big deal. DH definitely goes out more in the evening for work things, but I'm usually home so we don't have a problem.
Tomorrow night I am going to a paint nite that I booked IN OCTOBER and told him about right away so that he could make sure to be home since I won't be home until 9pm. Then last month he tells me about something he has to go to the same night and I told him immediately, "That's the night I'm going out so you'll have to make arrangements for the dog." Do you think he did that? Of course not. Because he has to wait until the last minute and by that time he's forgotten about it.
So only with my prompting last night I asked him to ask him mom if she would come over. So he did, but since it's last minute she already has plans and can only take him for a quick walk. So DH then, a) doesn't even tell me he's arranged that until I ask, and b) fails to realize that a "quick walk" isn't going to be good enough since our dog will now be in his crate for 13 hours which is not cool. So now apparently it's my responsibility to call my mom to see if she can come over even though it is extremely last minute and this should be on him.
I. AM. SO. ANNOYED.
End rant.
I feel like throwing the, "Is this how you plan to make arrangements for caring for our baby too?!" argument at him but even in my rage I know this is a bit different, lol.
My twatwaffle today is my son! He was out of control....he took off his diaper peed on the floor then when I caught up with him he was laying in it trying to DRINK it!!!!!!!! It was the third outfit of the day I had to change him out of and I was gagging the whole time
So I have a SIL n I think she's being the twatwaffle. She came back from our destination wedding in August unsure if she liked this boy back home. Let alone they are married by October and DUE in july! DH and I r the oldest of both our families (I have 4 under me he has 3). We've done things patiently and planned yet here she is (age 20 - not that it matters just for a perspective on things) thinking finding a man to marry in 60 days and PLANNED to get preggers. I don't want this a competitive situation, but DH n I planned to announce at Christmas for our first pregnancy and now she's doing it the same day.
- maybe advice on how to cope is appreciated? Been needing to vent a bit since DH is taking this hard I feel venting to him is overwhelming enough about it. I'm pretty open minded so please don't be shy!
So this might not be what you want to hear but I think you need to be a little more accommodating of your SIL. If she set out with the intent to get pregnant, she is likely just as excited as you are to share the news. Her situation/age doesn't matter in this case, you just need to be happy for her and move on. I wouldn't be thrilled if I found out my 20 year old brother had knocked up his girlfriend of 3 months but I would be happy for them and accept that we had to share the spotlight of pregnancy. Like I said, probably not what you wanted to hear but if you want any sort of relationship with your SIL, you'll have to suck it up and put on a happy face.
We went to her house on Black Friday because that's when she wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving because she wanted to spend Thanksgiving day with other relatives (Which I was super thankful for). Anyway, the day of her Friday Thanksgiving my son pooped his pants (he's only been potty trained for 3 weeks) and then immediately peed in his second outfit. So when I told her that we had to leave because I was out of spare outfits she got all upset and acted like we were looking for excuses to get out of there, and then implied that my DS is only having accidents because I potty trained him too early (he's 3 BTW!)
Then she calls me today and says that she wants to get together this Sunday, which I politely explained wouldn't work because my Mother had already offered to babysit my DS so that my husband and I could go out on a date. Then she said I should call my Mom and cancel with her so that she can do it instead. I understand that she's trying to be nice here by offering to babysit, but I really don't feel comfortable leaving my son alone with her since she's made it really clear that she thinks my son should still be in diapers. She has the really strange belief that NO CHILD should even begin potty training until 3 1/2 at the earliest!
Maybe this seems crazy, but I worry that she'll just encourage my son to poop in a diaper if I leave my son alone with her for half the day, and just attempt to thwart all my potty training efforts. She's just the type of MIL who looks for excuses to tsk tsk at all of my parenting choices, and give me advice when I don't ask for it- to the general tone of: "You clearly don't know what you're doing, I would do the exact opposite of that if I were you..."
Ugh this is going to be a long one! I need you all to tell me if I'm being the twatwaffle in this situation.
So hubby and I finally decided that Christmas would be a good time to tell our families neither one of us are really looking forward to telling them. We figured if we did it at Christmas we could incorporate telling them into a gift somehow and maybe people would react better. I shared this idea with the lady that I work with yesterday and they thought it was a good idea. Well today one of them decided that this was no longer a good idea and told me that it was selfish of me to ruin Christmas by telling them news that they wouldn't like. I understand that they are not going to be thrilled about the news but I think I have the choice of when to tell them. The woman kept going on about how we should just suck it up and sit them down and tell them before Christmas one on one and not around families it won't really be around families since it will just be hubby's parents and his brother and my sister in law.she continued to go on for a while about how we need to just suck it up and deal with the confrontation from his mother (the only one who is actually going to be mad). My whole point in telling them on Christmas was to try and avoid the confrontation but this woman thinks I'm just going to ruin everyone's Christmas....... Ugh!!!!!!
A lovely new baby ruin Christmas! Silly woman, she's the Twatwaffle. Christmas is supposed to celebrate family and if the festive season isn't the best time to tell people news, I don't know when is! Christmas softens things a little I think. From what I gather you are married so I really can't understand why your DH mum wouldn't be happy for you both. A baby is a blessing.
What I don't understand is WHY your mil would be angry about your pregnancy?? Does she hate babies?
Ok, I'm twatwaffling my dog also. Before we leave for work in the morning I make sure to put away anything she might get into or chew on. My favorite boots were sitting on top of a high shelf in the entry way. One of them must have fallen off at some point today, and when I got home it was shredded.
I am the twatwaffle... posted our baby news today & failed to realize there was a typo. I am always hating on grammatical errors & here I am screwing up our little baby's announcement. I then full out ugly cried bc there's no way of fixing it without deleting all the nice comments from friends & family
@Meglit89 Riddle me this...DH can leave his boots out on the floor in plain sight every day. She doesn't touch his. Ever. Just mine. Guess I need a new pair of boots. Like I need an excuse to go buy more boots
All the crazy drama people at work!! If we disagree on something, I get the silent treatment, talked about behind my back, and no "bye" when I say "bye! Have a good night!" Ugh. Then 2 days later when we agree on something all the sudden they are my best friend. Twatwaffles!!
Married July 2014 DD born June 2016 Second due August 2020 (team green!)
I am the twatwaffle... posted our baby news today & failed to realize there was a typo. I am always hating on grammatical errors & here I am screwing up our little baby's announcement. I then full out ugly cried bc there's no way of fixing it without deleting all the nice comments from friends & family
Oh man! Too bad there isn't a way to edit it without deleting it! Honestly I saw your pic early on the announcement page and didn't even notice the typo!! I had to look slowly.
Married July 2014 DD born June 2016 Second due August 2020 (team green!)
So I have a SIL n I think she's being the twatwaffle. She came back from our destination wedding in August unggsure if she liked this boy back home. Let alone they are married by October and DUE in july! DH and I r the oldest of both our families (I have 4 under me he has 3). We've done things patiently and planned yet here she is (age 20 - not that it matters just for a perspective on things) thinking finding a man to marry in 60 days and PLANNED to get preggers. I don't want this a competitive situation, but DH n I planned to announce at Christmas for our first pregnancy and now she's doing it the same day.
- maybe advice on how to cope is appreciated? Been needing to vent a bit since DH is taking this hard I feel venting to him is overwhelming enough about it. I'm pretty open minded so please don't be shy!
This is my experience with a similar situation: it started with 1) I got a puppy- my SIL (my brothers wife) got a puppy. I got pregnant- my SIL got pregnant. I threw out my couch (the dog ate it and we had extra furniture in the house to replace it) - my SIL threw out her couch (she saw me out her window as we live 2 doors down) and they didn't have a couch for 6 months, literally no where to sit in their house. I got a FitBit- SIL got a FitBit. I got a gym membership -SIL got one. I talked about getting backyard chickens, she orders a bunch online and put my brother through hell. I do arts and crafts with all the kids, she tries really hard but is the definition of "Pinterest fail" lol. Basically (in my eyes) she tries to do everything I do and "take the wind out of my sails" for lack of better description. I guess my point is in the beginning I was nice and sucked it up, then I started getting really offended and pissed off. now I just ignore when she does it and joke about it with DH and come up with silly things to try and see if she tries to one up me or "keep a level playing field". Mind you she makes almost 3 times much money as I do. I know she's just trying to attain my level of happiness (she rushed into marrying my bro and always threatens divorce at family functions like Christmas dinner etc. the theres me and DH who still aren't legally married but have been engaged for 5years and together for a number of years prior. We are that annoyingly happy couple that have a really healthy relationship) so I try not to let it bug and be the bigger person, but it's an ongoing (almost 7 years now) issue. best of luck and hope your situation doesn't turn into one like mine.
My twatwaffle today is definitely my DH, too. I drive an hour to and from work everyday. Every Tuesday DH goes to play pool on his pool league after work. He had to work late Monday and Wednesday this week. So that's Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday that I am driving home an hour, picking up our 5 y/o DS from my MILs house 10 minutes away, going home, doing homework, brushing teeth, getting ready for bed, etc. Today I tell DH i am going to my mom's for dinner since there are STILL dishes in our kitchen sink from the dinner party he arranged on SUNDAY. he then proceeds to ask if I will run home to let HIS dog out before going 30 minutes the other way to my mom's because he decided not to go home at lunch today. He only works 15 minutes away from home and only has pool to go to tonight WITH HIS FRIENDS. And when i say i won't feel like it cause I'm already tired he then proceeds to give me a hard time because I should have told him about going to my mom's ahead of time so he would have known to come home for lunch. aughhhh! Okay thanks for listening. Y'all are great friends!
@Mrsschmity My dogs do the same thing, but with underwear and socks! They'll go into the dirty clothes hamper and only pull out my undies and my socks. I like to tell myself it's because they love me more. Haha!
New boots... Christmas gift to yourself? Sounds like a good idea to me!
My SIL has been my tear waffle for two weeks. The Itch decided that our sharing the news of the baby with her meant it was fair game to tell anyone, including my other SIL (who I actually like). We hadn't told her yet because she was at a football game and we wanted to do it in person. But the SIL/Itch texted her right away... "Did you know Cari is pregnant?" I haven't spoken to the Itch since, except to send her a text telling what I thought of her behavior. MIL said "Oh, when you tell someone something like that, you have to SAY if they're not supposed to tell anyone!" Negative. The Itch is 30 and should know better. Christmas with the ILs is going to be...frosty this year!
So I have a SIL n I think she's being the twatwaffle. She came back from our destination wedding in August unggsure if she liked this boy back home. Let alone they are married by October and DUE in july! DH and I r the oldest of both our families (I have 4 under me he has 3). We've done things patiently and planned yet here she is (age 20 - not that it matters just for a perspective on things) thinking finding a man to marry in 60 days and PLANNED to get preggers. I don't want this a competitive situation, but DH n I planned to announce at Christmas for our first pregnancy and now she's doing it the same day.
- maybe advice on how to cope is appreciated? Been needing to vent a bit since DH is taking this hard I feel venting to him is overwhelming enough about it. I'm pretty open minded so please don't be shy!
This is my experience with a similar situation: it started with 1) I got a puppy- my SIL (my brothers wife) got a puppy. I got pregnant- my SIL got pregnant. I threw out my couch (the dog ate it and we had extra furniture in the house to replace it) - my SIL threw out her couch (she saw me out her window as we live 2 doors down) and they didn't have a couch for 6 months, literally no where to sit in their house. I got a FitBit- SIL got a FitBit. I got a gym membership -SIL got one. I talked about getting backyard chickens, she orders a bunch online and put my brother through hell. I do arts and crafts with all the kids, she tries really hard but is the definition of "Pinterest fail" lol. Basically (in my eyes) she tries to do everything I do and "take the wind out of my sails" for lack of better description. I guess my point is in the beginning I was nice and sucked it up, then I started getting really offended and pissed off. now I just ignore when she does it and joke about it with DH and come up with silly things to try and see if she tries to one up me or "keep a level playing field". Mind you she makes almost 3 times much money as I do. I know she's just trying to attain my level of happiness (she rushed into marrying my bro and always threatens divorce at family functions like Christmas dinner etc. the theres me and DH who still aren't legally married but have been engaged for 5years and together for a number of years prior. We are that annoyingly happy couple that have a really healthy relationship) so I try not to let it bug and be the bigger person, but it's an ongoing (almost 7 years now) issue. best of luck and hope your situation doesn't turn into one like mine.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery! She must admire you to want to emulate you. She's probably really insecure. My brother in laws girlfriend was the same. She used to come over and photograph the stuff I had.....very strange. When I sat down and spoke to her, I realised how unhappy she was in herself. I tried to get her to realise how great she was and to encourage her to be herself. As her self esteem got better she copied less and less.
I know it's not Tuesday anymore but I need to get it off my chest or I'm gonna lose my sh*t! (Sorry it's long!)
My twatwaffle is my little sister ... She asked me out baby names and I told her (Joshua or Emily). She then proceeded to go off about how horrible the name Emily is. I finally told her I wasn't arguing with her about it anymore and ended the conversation.
Same thing the next day. More of her drama over my baby name choice. Even went as far as to say "I hope you have a boy so you don't get to use it" even though she knows I really want a girl (but I'll be happy either way!).
Today she finally stops that argument and instead flips out because I talked to our mom about the situation and our mom told her to apologize. Now mind you talking to my mom wasn't me "tattling" on my little sister. I'm almost 28 and she's just turned 20. We don't always communicate well and I needed advice from my mom on how to handle it.
I finally told her until she can be nice and act like a grown up I'm not responding to any more messages.
I'm so afraid she is going to ruin Christmas at our parents house. It's stressing me out something fierce. I don't have the energy or time to deal with her crappy childish attitude. Ugh!!!
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So hubby and I finally decided that Christmas would be a good time to tell our families neither one of us are really looking forward to telling them. We figured if we did it at Christmas we could incorporate telling them into a gift somehow and maybe people would react better. I shared this idea with the lady that I work with yesterday and they thought it was a good idea. Well today one of them decided that this was no longer a good idea and told me that it was selfish of me to ruin Christmas by telling them news that they wouldn't like. I understand that they are not going to be thrilled about the news but I think I have the choice of when to tell them. The woman kept going on about how we should just suck it up and sit them down and tell them before Christmas one on one and not around families it won't really be around families since it will just be hubby's parents and his brother and my sister in law.she continued to go on for a while about how we need to just suck it up and deal with the confrontation from his mother (the only one who is actually going to be mad). My whole point in telling them on Christmas was to try and avoid the confrontation but this woman thinks I'm just going to ruin everyone's Christmas....... Ugh!!!!!!
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- maybe advice on how to cope is appreciated? Been needing to vent a bit since DH is taking this hard I feel venting to him is overwhelming enough about it. I'm pretty open minded so please don't be shy!
I. Am. So. Pissed.
Me: 26 | DH: 27
Me: 26 | DH: 27
DD born June 2016
Second due August 2020 (team green!)
DD born June 2016
Second due August 2020 (team green!)
This is my experience with a similar situation: it started with 1) I got a puppy- my SIL (my brothers wife) got a puppy. I got pregnant- my SIL got pregnant. I threw out my couch (the dog ate it and we had extra furniture in the house to replace it) - my SIL threw out her couch (she saw me out her window as we live 2 doors down) and they didn't have a couch for 6 months, literally no where to sit in their house. I got a FitBit- SIL got a FitBit. I got a gym membership -SIL got one. I talked about getting backyard chickens, she orders a bunch online and put my brother through hell. I do arts and crafts with all the kids, she tries really hard but is the definition of "Pinterest fail" lol. Basically (in my eyes) she tries to do everything I do and "take the wind out of my sails" for lack of better description. I guess my point is in the beginning I was nice and sucked it up, then I started getting really offended and pissed off. now I just ignore when she does it and joke about it with DH and come up with silly things to try and see if she tries to one up me or "keep a level playing field". Mind you she makes almost 3 times much money as I do. I know she's just trying to attain my level of happiness (she rushed into marrying my bro and always threatens divorce at family functions like Christmas dinner etc. the theres me and DH who still aren't legally married but have been engaged for 5years and together for a number of years prior. We are that annoyingly happy couple that have a really healthy relationship) so I try not to let it bug and be the bigger person, but it's an ongoing (almost 7 years now) issue. best of luck and hope your situation doesn't turn into one like mine.
Me: 26 | DH: 27
MIL said "Oh, when you tell someone something like that, you have to SAY if they're not supposed to tell anyone!" Negative. The Itch is 30 and should know better. Christmas with the ILs is going to be...frosty this year!
This Imitation is the greatest form of flattery! She must admire you to want to emulate you. She's probably really insecure. My brother in laws girlfriend was the same. She used to come over and photograph the stuff I had.....very strange. When I sat down and spoke to her, I realised how unhappy she was in herself. I tried to get her to realise how great she was and to encourage her to be herself. As her self esteem got better she copied less and less.
My twatwaffle is my little sister ... She asked me out baby names and I told her (Joshua or Emily). She then proceeded to go off about how horrible the name Emily is. I finally told her I wasn't arguing with her about it anymore and ended the conversation.
Same thing the next day. More of her drama over my baby name choice. Even went as far as to say "I hope you have a boy so you don't get to use it" even though she knows I really want a girl (but I'll be happy either way!).
Today she finally stops that argument and instead flips out because I talked to our mom about the situation and our mom told her to apologize. Now mind you talking to my mom wasn't me "tattling" on my little sister. I'm almost 28 and she's just turned 20. We don't always communicate well and I needed advice from my mom on how to handle it.
I finally told her until she can be nice and act like a grown up I'm not responding to any more messages.
I'm so afraid she is going to ruin Christmas at our parents house. It's stressing me out something fierce. I don't have the energy or time to deal with her crappy childish attitude. Ugh!!!
Thanks for listening to my twatwaffle venting!