The in-laws from heck

[Krikit 1,164]

Well I've wracked my brain and I can't think of anything to complain about with my in-laws. If anything, they're TOO nice. However, I do have a few relatives I'd like to complain about.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Well I've wracked my brain and I can't think of anything to complain about with my in-laws. If anything, they're TOO nice. However, I do have a few relatives I'd like to complain about.

Fine, we'll allow your complaints justcuzweluvyah.

[Marilyn. 340]

I have a sister-in-law who likes to tell everyone she meets that her baby brother met his wife online and they got married in Canada...

sometimes she says it like it was a strange thing to do

[Emancipation 2]

Tee hee.. my inlaws are wonderful people too.. I only have one BIL on hubby's side.. and he's an incredible person too..

But now if we talk about EX In-laws.. well now.. I have some stuff I could dig up there!!

[JenT 0]

I don't have parents in-law.... my husband wishes I did. So do I.

[vnoe 0]

I don't have parents in-law.... my husband wishes I did. So do I.

I don't either.....daily I wish I could have had the chance to have met them!!!

[~Nini~ 2]

I know I'm resurrecting an old thread, but I have to get this off my chest.

While baking pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving, I brushed the back of my arm against the oven door and lightly burned it. My mother-in-law, who has a tendency to freak out about every little health-related issue (*ahemhypochondriacahem*) wouldn't stop pestering me to get it taken care of. I finally put some ice on my arm just to make her stop nagging at me

This might seem trivial, but Bee had surgery on Friday for a minor hernia and spent the morning in the hospital. My mother-in-law was with me. She was upset at the people that were yapping away behind us (granted, they were a prayer circle - can you believe it?! ) and couldn't stop muttering curses at the people that had their cell phones ringing. I wanted to crawl under a chair and cry from the stress of it all.

The rest of the week was spent fussing over Bee and getting pissed at him for walking around the house. We were both like, "It's doctor's orders for him to walk around so that things can get better." It was just one thing after another - does he need ice for his teeny incision, don't walk, don't get out of bed, don't do this, oh I get sick on this type of medication so tell your doctor to prescribe you another one, take another pill.

The worst part is that she's like this all the time. I don't know how Bee's dad deals with it - after two minutes of listening to her complain about her aching head and how she had to take codeine pills at work that day, I have to leave the room. Part of it is me refusing to be dependent on any type of medication unless it's absolutely necessary.

Oy, I love her and she has the sweetest heart, but what kind of fit is she going to have when I have babies...

[trailmix 77]

Oy, I love her and she has the sweetest heart, but what kind of fit is she going to have when I have babies...

Move to another country

Well that would drive me barmy too, the fact that she is a hypo is one thing, it's also clear there are control and Mother issues here It is good that she is generally a nice person though!

Do you guys all live together?

[~Nini~ 2]

Yeah, we all live together in the same house currently. Both Bee and I have student loans to pay off, and we all agreed that it would be in our best interest to live together until our debts were cleared and we could start saving up for our own home.

The environment is great and we all get along, but Bee and I just need our own space to breathe. Living with the parents can always be stifling.

[Krikit 1,164]

Good grief, Nini. Your MIL would drive me batty.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

nini.... for a decent fee I can make your MIL well... errr... hmm... 'go away'

KIDDING (before I get the "you're promoting your services as a hired killer, that's ILLEGAL)

sorry to hear she is still thinking Bee is 4 years old. As per your kids, good news is.... they are/will be YOUR KIDS. And if she misbehaves, call 1-900-KILLAH.

[~Nini~ 2]

sorry to hear she is still thinking Bee is 4 years old. As per your kids, good news is.... they are/will be YOUR KIDS. And if she misbehaves, call 1-900-KILLAH.

I'm honestly worried about having kids around her - she's ridiculously overbearing. My sister-in-law said to me the other day, "I'm surprised Debbie (my MIL) lets me take Maya (her 3-year-old daughter) home at night."

The other night Bee was taking a basket of laundry downstairs. I've never heard my MIL scream that loudly: "PUT THAT DOWN! ARE YOU CRAZY? YOU JUST HAD SURGERY A FEW DAYS AGO! DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL?!" Bee and I were like,

...and then she did all our laundry.

If we moved to another country (ie. Canada) we would never hear the end of it. Why do you think I'm here?

[Delicia 1]

I just spent a good portion of my 5 days in Canada with my in-laws. Then, first she tells me in her very broken English (and partly translated by my husband for my benefit, "You in Arizona now, now you learn espanish." (Yep, espanish). I said "You're in Canada for 15 years, you learn English." I am annoyed by that whole never learning the language thing and making your eldest child translate every single piece of mail and call and make doctor appointments and every-other-normal-day-to-day-function-that-requires-a-person-to-communicate-with-someone-outside-the-family things. I couldn't resist. My husband just gave me a look and changed the subject.

I cooked a big quasi-Thanksgiving dinner for everyone on Saturday and while we were eating, she started going on (best I could understand anyway) about how when my husband moves to the U.S. we can just take his little brother (still in High School) and he can go to school and live with us while so she and her husband can move back to Chile. We tried to explain about the BIL needing sponsorship and how I (the USC) couldn't sponsor a BIL and having to wait for hubby's citizenship before we could do much, and she just said, 'no, he go with you now!' and she practically has the BIL all packed and ready.

My only response equates to: "....."

[Krikit 1,164]

I cooked a big quasi-Thanksgiving dinner for everyone on Saturday and while we were eating, she started going on (best I could understand anyway) about how when my husband moves to the U.S. we can just take his little brother (still in High School) and he can go to school and live with us while so she and her husband can move back to Chile. We tried to explain about the BIL needing sponsorship and how I (the USC) couldn't sponsor a BIL and having to wait for hubby's citizenship before we could do much, and she just said, 'no, he go with you now!' and she practically has the BIL all packed and ready.

OMG, that's hilarious! Since when did parents give birth to children then pawn them off onto others so that they no longer had the responsibility? No wait. Don't answer that.

[Carlawarla 1]

I'm sure I wrote on here or some other thread about how I love my in-laws, and they love me. Well, am I allowed to count my BIL's girlfriend an "in-law"?? Hopefully not! I'm a big talker, but this girl can out talk me ANYTIME. I swear she doesn't take a breath. Anyway, we met up with a few of Gene's friends the day after Thanksgiving, and his brother came (he's a sweetie), and brought his girlfriend. She had been up at 3 am to go shopping blahblahblah. She then starts talking about her shopping travels. I hate shopping, well, unless it's for someone else. Anyway, she's out shopping, and trying to tell me about all her great deals at Macy's, Nordstrums, Dillards etc. I said, wow, I don't do a lot of shopping but I know I couldn't afford something at those stores. I swear...she gets into a "discussion" with me, (I think it was more berating me!) about how it's not expensive to shop there etc. She went on and on...giving me a hundred examples to what she's bought there on sale (which is still more than I'd pay), and she kept raising her voice, and I'm thinking...this is a discussion??? NOT. So, I just shut up. Everytime there is a heated discussion, I always say to myself...is this the hill I want to die on? This obviously wasn't.

I just hate it when a woman thinks that because I'm a woman, I share her "love" for shopping. Especially for clothes. ick! She drives me nuts!

Carla

Phew...that felt better!