My MIL has absolutely spoilt her great nephew rotten. She buys him everything he could ever need to the point where we don't know what to get him for his birthday as he has everything twice- once at home and once at her house. She talks about him none stop (even DPs nana said she's sick of hearing about the nephew and thinks MIl should try talking about her GS once in a while).
Anyway, she's gone out with her husband a few times this week and got absolutely leathered and got home falling down drunk. She thinks she's really cool for it and kept going on about it.
We entered DS into a cute baby competition thing as we thought the portraits were free nd we couldn't afford to pay to get them done ourselves. Turns out you have to buy the pictures. DS's is absolutely gorgeous- the cutest pictures ever taken of him. But we can't afford to buy them ourselves, so we laid the cards on the table and said we were very embarressed but we'd put to it what would could and we'd be very grtesful if anyone could spare a little towards it.
My mum said of course and put money in. SIL said yes and put money in.
Before we'd even finished our sentences MIl said 'No way, I'm skint, I'm not putting money in'. Yet she was going out all weekend drinking, and she has started buying her great nephews xmas prezzies.
DP was very embarressed as we never ask for anything and it's really obvious that she won't buy anything for DS but she spoils this other kid.
So I asked SIL to come and help me pick which picture to use for the baby competition and MIL got pissed off that I havn't asked her to go.
So I'm really disappointed in her, AND she wants one of the pictures. Which I'll give her anyway as I don't want to be rude, but I think it's cheeky.
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BabbaMamma · 22/09/2008 13:47
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