plim
Mon 11-Feb-13 21:16:47
So nothing new, my mil is a witch. I actually think she is very clever as she manipulates me, dh and her entire family like puppets on strings. Anyway, she hates me, offered me money not to marry dh, called dh two days before wedding begging him not to marry me saying he was making a huge mistake etc, that she was losing a son and then called me and told me a dark cloud has landed over her family and it's me. yada yada. I think it's because they are a family of top Drs and I didn't go to university - she brings that up a lot. I do however run a successful business but I am not what she hoped for. Anyway, on our wedding day she chucked a bottle of red wine over me - classy, she then ruined our wedding day by crying outside and then there was a fight between dh sister (a bridesmaid) and one of our family friends. Awful!
That's a very brief summary of ten years of hell. We agreed not o cut them off after much discussion and let them see the grandkids although she's starting her manipulative ways with the kids ( told my 7 yr old daughter that she shouldn't eat everything on her plate or she will end up like mummy) and tells my 4 yr old son to ask mummy if he can come and stay with her and she will give him lots of sweets etc etc. Anyway, trivialising for a moment - for the last three Xmas she has bought me the most obscure presents. A nailbrush from tk max with a bar of soap, following year a doormat, and this year a hand towel. Now, dh and I now laugh about it but it is a tad upsetting. It's her birthday next week.......what should I buy her?
JamieandtheMagicTorch
Wed 13-Feb-13 07:10:23
I agrre with those who say an oxfam goat or similar
I've got an HMV card kicking about somewhere. Not sure if it was ever used
Yours if you want it.
GregBishopsBottomBitch
Wed 13-Feb-13 09:07:56
HMV cards, you cant use them now anyway, can ya?
greg
thats why I thought it would be ideal 
freddiefrog
Wed 13-Feb-13 11:27:19
I have a similar MiL (although she didn't try to buy me off, she did tell DH he would be written out of her will)
We sponsored a donkey from the local donkey sanctuary for MiL one year but it went over her head
She just gets a card and a framed photo of the kids now.
bigbeniwish
Wed 13-Feb-13 13:30:16
À lifesize cardboard cut out of yourself Giving à thumbs up
Pigsmummy
Wed 13-Feb-13 15:45:39
Adopt a goat/chicken in Africa via Oxfam
A Sansevieria trifasciata plant. Common names are snake plant, or mother-in-law's tongue.
TitWillow
Wed 13-Feb-13 16:02:01
A very beautifully gift wrapped four pack of value evaporated milk. Gives the maximum anticipipation and the maximum disappointment.
slug
Wed 13-Feb-13 16:43:06
LittleChimneyDroppings
Wed 13-Feb-13 19:32:33
Get her a set of flying ducks to hang on her wall.
OTTMummA
Wed 13-Feb-13 20:09:56
Yeah, get the cut out of yourself, but flip the bird on the other hand and wink.
MyDarlingClementine
Wed 13-Feb-13 20:43:56
LOVE the Tame the Inner Dragon book.
DumSpiroSpero
Wed 13-Feb-13 20:54:17
TitWillow my mum would be delighted with a four pack of evaporated milk - she used to have it in her cereal every morning until she was diagnosed with diabetes!
glossyflower
Wed 13-Feb-13 20:59:07
A birthday card only with a message telling her not to contact you or your family again.
Sounds like a right bitch ... I think it's more harmful to put up with that kind of behaviour around your kids than to cut them loose completely.
plim
Wed 13-Feb-13 22:04:40
Ah mumsnetters, I love you guys! Just read all of the ideas and tenure all so good I'm going to save to my desktop and use them for forthcoming birthdays. And yes, on a serious note she is a horror and yes I would love to cut contact but hey that'll be another thread soon "how do I cut off my mil whilst keeping my dh" - watch this space, and 
plim
Wed 13-Feb-13 22:05:19
Tenure ??? Sorry they're not tenure (iPad)
Ridersofthestorm
Wed 13-Feb-13 22:51:40
One of them experience day gifts, like a bungee jump off a very very very high cliff
