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Think I offended the MIL

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MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 06/04/2013 11:03

You know how sometimes you just forget that other people don't hang out on here and think the same things, on occasion?

I am going to get myself in trouble Grin

We are going on a self-catering holiday soon with lots of the in-laws (don't ask, it was not my idea) MIL rang me this week to tell me her latest plan. Apparently, when we get there, all the women are going to go to the supermarket to stock up for the week.

I said Bloody hell, where are we going on holiday, to the 1950's?

Ooops. And I will have no internet while we are there and she will drive me bonkers. If anyone else has some verbal diarrhoea stories to share then please do.

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Andro · 10/04/2013 14:52

MoaningMingeWhingesAgain - you don't need chicken pox, you just need a couple of spoons full of syrup of figs/a large serving or 2 of prune juice. Oh dear! I think it would be a bad idea to go on hols MIL, I seem to be needing the.........

TeiTetua · 10/04/2013 01:37

Tell them that if it's a question of recreational shopping, you claim conscientious objector status.

orangeandlemons · 09/04/2013 21:27

Wear a strap on and sit with the men when the 'girls go shopping'. I would just not go deliberately, making it obvious why. Then I would go with dh. But I'm an awkward cow!

cuttingpicassostoenails · 09/04/2013 21:23

"Basically, no good ever comes of going on holiday with MILs, even lovely ones."

Rubbish.

ashesgirl · 06/04/2013 20:58

Oh gawd, how awful. Reminds me of my MIL who thinks we should go clothes shopping together as a "girls'" treat.

Hmm, I'm not the ideal DIL for her, methinks Confused

bigTillyMint · 06/04/2013 14:40

OP, love your use of the MIL and the 1950's commentGrin

Can't believe she's planning the shopping trip when it's not for 8weeksShock

TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 06/04/2013 14:35

Like the bingo idea!

buttercrumble · 06/04/2013 14:15

Sounds horrendous

Anniegetyourgun · 06/04/2013 13:48

Ironing, definitely, I'm sure they can manage that. My dad was the original Red-Blooded Man's Man (in his eyes at least) but he was bloody good at ironing.

Basically, no good ever comes of going on holiday with MILs, even lovely ones. Faking illness looks like the only solution.

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MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 06/04/2013 13:36

Well yes, he is a pretty decent human being actually and perfectly able to supervise the children even without having any ovaries Shock Grin

In fact he is out with the DCs now and I have no idea what they are doing.

I might make myself some MIL bingo cards to keep myself amused while we are away. She reads the Mail and has a 'thing' about benefits - she wouldn't last 5 minutes on MN. I think I need to see it as a challenge.

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TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 06/04/2013 13:27

Annie, presumably the OP's DH is one of the "menfolk" and is a reasonable human being.

Please say what TeWi said about the ironing.

Anniegetyourgun · 06/04/2013 13:02

I wouldn't leave the DC with a bunch of menfolk if there's barbecues involved. MIL did that with her DS1 (my XH) when he was small. He was lucky: not only did he survive, but after extensive surgery he recovered the full use of his hands. (Could have set him up for a successful life of crime actually, as he no longer had fingerprints.) MIL never quite recovered from the guilt of not being there to prevent it. FIL, who was there, didn't seem all that worried.

Disclaimer: not all menfolk, obviously. But if the OP's MIL exemplifies the family culture, I'd say it's a risk not worth taking.

BabyMakesTheBellyGoRound · 06/04/2013 12:18

Now make sure you put on a nice frock and some lippy Grin

Thank fuck my MIL is a feminist.

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MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 06/04/2013 12:14

Broken leg, growing a penis...I think I need something that won't involve surgery or a cast. She would promise to look after me for the week

Arf@ BBQs, they are planned too. Not DH's forte really, as a non-meat eater. He must have really let her down.

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TheHumancatapult · 06/04/2013 12:09

Now that all depends can you leave any dc with the men folk and then have long coffee while shopping

NiceTabard · 06/04/2013 12:06

only the meat obv not the salads and bits that went with it

NiceTabard · 06/04/2013 12:06

What will the "menfolk" be doing while you are all at the supermarket - something involving fire or heavy machinery presumably?!!

We had a holiday like this once, the women did the shops and cooked all teh food, the men did the cooking on the day we had a BBQ...

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 06/04/2013 12:03

I was about to say, just pretend you've grown a penis for the week! deciding who goes to the supermarket based on genitalia, rediculous idea!!

onedev · 06/04/2013 12:01

You must be a saint as no way I could do that Grin.

Id just give her a list of things to buy for you guys & pass on going to the supermarket!

Booyhoo · 06/04/2013 11:58

what would she/they do if you just stayed with the menfolk when they left for the supermarket? you know as if you were a man, pretended you never even considered going to the market just because you have a vagina? would there be a commotion?

AKissIsNotAContract · 06/04/2013 11:54

Don't go. Can you break your leg?

JoJoCK · 06/04/2013 11:51

Beatlegirl, I have sent you a pm as the destination outs me!

Startail · 06/04/2013 11:43

Look on the bright side, it will be a lot cheaper healthier week if you don't involved the men folk in the shopping.

(My DDs much prefer to take DH shopping due because he buys biscuits and doughnuts.)

Just make it very clear that those males who know how to cook do and those who don't wash up and hover at the end of the week.

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MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 06/04/2013 11:35

Don't tempt me, Fairylea.

The children have already had chickenpox so that's out... Grin

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Fairylea · 06/04/2013 11:34

Sounds like hell.

I'd be infectiously very ill and unable to go.....

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