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To tell you all how fucking ace my MIL is?

47 replies

D0oinMeCleanin · 30/04/2013 19:23

Dd2's birthday is due soon. I've had lots of unpaid time off work lately.

DH just realised he needs a new passport. We still have all the holiday to pay off....

Needless to say we were not happy when dd2 told us all she wants for her birthday is a Kindle Fire. We'd have found a way but it would have been a struggle.

Dd2 has been telling everyone that it is all she wants, so when MIL asked her what she wanted she told her she wanted a Kindle Fire or vouchers to buy one. MIL has only gone and bought her one Shock She's even paid for three years accidental damage cover for us.

I luffs my MIL.

OP posts:
LimitedEditionLady · 30/04/2013 19:39

I think thats the first MIL thread ive read thats positive!
I hope she reads it!

LegoAcupuncture · 30/04/2013 19:41

How lovely of her. :)

IneedAsockamnesty · 30/04/2013 19:43

Yanbu. How lovely of her your dd will be over the moon

diddl · 30/04/2013 19:47

YABU.

Only stories of bad MILs are allowed on here!!

tiredemma · 30/04/2013 19:47

My mil is the most amazing woman. I love her as much as i love my own mum. They are rare i believe!

Dawndonna · 30/04/2013 19:51

That's fabulous.
I too have an amazing MiL. Not only will she do anything for dh and the dcs, she'd do it for me too. I luffs her much more than my mother who is, in the politest possible terms an absolute fucking crazed hellbitch! Grin

EleanorFarjeon · 30/04/2013 19:53

That's lovely.

I have a wonderful mil too.

CoffeeChocolateWine · 30/04/2013 19:54

How refreshing to read a post bigging up the MIL! ANd how generous of her.

My MIL has just looked after DD (9 months) all day and done the pre-school run for my DS (4 years) so that I could do a day's work and earn a bit of cash. My MIL rocks too Smile

whataboutbob · 30/04/2013 19:58

As the mother of 2 sons (and no daughters) I find these positive posts about MILs absolutely wonderful!

thebody · 30/04/2013 20:00

I had an amazing kind wonderful fun mil too op. lovely to hear.

RatherBeACyborg · 30/04/2013 20:02

Aw, that's lovely.

Sadly, I never got to meet my MIL. FIL, however, is a star. Always willing to help and a godsend in my pnd days.

NotQuiteWithItAtAll · 30/04/2013 20:02

Mine has just paid my deposit to go to reading festival Woooooo. Mines also awesome.

MummytoKatie · 30/04/2013 20:04

I have a nice MIL. We are very very different and sometimes she annoys me (and I suspect I annoy her too) but she loves dh and dd very much and in the end that is all I care about.

ThedementedPenguin · 30/04/2013 20:05

I had a bit of a bad patch with my MIL, got lots of help here and thankfully we have sorted everything out.

She is a lovely woman and she is great with my ds.

flyingspaghettimonster · 30/04/2013 20:06

Lovely! My Mil is great too. We are very different people - she is always elegant, sophisticated and loves classical music and art. I am scruffy, buy my clothes in thrift stores, like rammstein and have no time for art unless it is pretty. So even though we are total opposites, she is always nice to me. It is like she read a book before my wedding on how to be the perfect mother in law and follows other religiously.

Some examples:- i can borrow her nice house for the kids parties, use her home as though it were my own, she takes the kids overnight regularly and loves it, she gives us restaurant vouchers for our anniversary and keeps the kids so we can go out, she makes her special chicken soup when I am ill and brings it to me... I love her almost as much as my own mother and even if i am vaguely aware she probably thinks i am vulgar, common, ill educated and weird, she hides it pretty well. :D

nilbyname · 30/04/2013 20:08

My MIL is also a legend. She currently has day (4) living in as I am in Scotland with my family (dad is dying) with the baby s d dh is working away. She does and would do anything for us. I am lucky.

Imnotaslimjim · 30/04/2013 20:08

I luffs my MIL too. we voiced a while back that we would like to move nearer to her, but can't afford to, and a few weeks ago she offered us Dh's inheritance early so we have a decent deposit to get a good house :D She takes the DC's at the drop of a hat, and rings me randomly just to say Hi. I heart her lots.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii · 30/04/2013 20:10

What a lovely MIL. I love nice MIL threads Smile. I hope your DD has a lovely birthday.

....but you do realise that you should be all whiney about it. It is MN law. You should be complaining that he is trying to spoil your DD, step on your toes, show up how poor your are or how rich she is, etc etc etc etc (yawn, yawn)

Ps, I have a lovely MIL too. She has never ever said anything remotely Confused to me in the last 28 years and she tells me I am beautiful and that she knows I make her son happy Smile

mrspaddy · 30/04/2013 20:11

I actually love my MIL.. she is a really nice kind woman. Very genuine and non interfering. Hugs and kisses me when we meet. I'm lucky :)

HavingAnOffDAy · 30/04/2013 20:11

Wow, that's so kind Smile

My MIL has been to stay for a couple of days & has done all of my ironing Smile

NoWayPedro · 30/04/2013 20:12

Another one here with a lovely MIL (and FIL) :). I love a bit o' mumsnet but I was thinking the other day how many MIL bashing threads there are. Now I'm not saying some don't deserve it you know who you are but surely there's lots of lovely ones too.

Pleased for your DD :)

D0GWithAYoni · 30/04/2013 20:13

I'm jealous, our ils our awful, I so wish my dc had two lovely sets of gps.

Elkieb · 30/04/2013 20:14

My lovely MIL has our DS one day a week so that I can afford to go back to work. Between my mum and her our childcare bill is manageable. She supports my DH and our family every step of the way. We love her lots. Smile

NotInMyDay · 30/04/2013 20:14

I also have a great MIL. If I phoned her and asked her to come and get me 200 miles away at 2am, not only would she come without a word she'd bring helpful items like a drink and tissues and a jacket. She's a keeper. Grin Grin

Barbarashop · 30/04/2013 20:16

Haha, iiiiiiii, I was just about to say the same - usually, you hear "dd asked us for a kindle fire for her birthday, we have scrimped and saved the money to buy it and mil, knowing this, has undermined us YET AGAIN, by going out and buying a kindle fire!! What a bitch!! "
Nice refreshing change (my MIL is fab too btw, if a little odd sometimes...)

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