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WhatsApp the craziest things your MIL has said?

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Summerends1 · 21/08/2025 10:28

  • WHATS Not whatsapp (thanks predictive text!) 😅
My DD, 1 at the time, had the slightest runny nose, a little sneeze and MIL screeched, “You better call the Doctor and demand you get seen this afternoon! You better had, or you’ll have social services at your door for neglect!” That sneeze never transpired into a cold….. But whats the craziest thing your MIL has said? This is NOT a MIL bashing thread, but it perplexes me that woman says the darndest things, but thats just who she is as a person! I do love her, she just confuses me.
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CurlewKate · 21/08/2025 11:08

Summerends1 · 21/08/2025 10:28

  • WHATS Not whatsapp (thanks predictive text!) 😅
My DD, 1 at the time, had the slightest runny nose, a little sneeze and MIL screeched, “You better call the Doctor and demand you get seen this afternoon! You better had, or you’ll have social services at your door for neglect!” That sneeze never transpired into a cold….. But whats the craziest thing your MIL has said? This is NOT a MIL bashing thread, but it perplexes me that woman says the darndest things, but thats just who she is as a person! I do love her, she just confuses me.

If it’s not a mil bashing thread why is it a thread encouraging people to bash mils?

backandforthup · 21/08/2025 10:59

Such a shame you’ve only had girls, boys are much better.

NannyOgg1341 · 21/08/2025 10:57

Year's ago my MIL punched me (softly and playfully) on the arm because I'd said "Ah well, at least it's not raining". She was genuinely annoyed at me because of my (hitherto unknown) ability to control the weather by tempting fate.