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I'm your Mil ask me anything

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Milfromhades · 30/06/2018 21:00

I don't think iabu to rearrange your knicker drawer, just being helpful! Any questions on how to be a good mummy or what amount of sugar is appropriate for a 2 year old?

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HollyBollyBooBoo · 02/07/2018 15:42

Best thread ever!

PinstripeElephant · 02/07/2018 15:44

I love you really. And I know you love me because whenever you make me tea you give me your special royal wedding mug Grin

And thank you for letting me have two birthdays a year. Though you really don't need to worry about getting my birthday wrong every year and sending me a card for both occasions.

Hang on ... do you think I'm the queen!? Shock

Drummingisfun · 02/07/2018 15:45

Why didn't you teach wash labels to your son? It's a bit frustrating when brand new merino cardigans end up in a 60deg cotton wash.

And why do you insist on overcooking fish until it's dry as a bone yet adding no seasoning at all?

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Milfromhades · 02/07/2018 15:46

Why do you keep asking me for prescriptions for Corsodyl?
Sorry I meant tramadol. I like to mix it into your FiL cocoa on a night to stop him getting frisky.

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lenalove · 02/07/2018 15:50

This thread has me in stitches!!!

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Milfromhades · 02/07/2018 15:50

Do you realise that those short dresses from TopShop are aimed at girls ten years younger than me, rather than someone in their sixties?
With my legs I can get away with it, but I can see why you have to be careful about looking like mutton dressed as lamb yourself.

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IlikemyTeahot · 02/07/2018 15:54

why do you behave the way you do

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Milfromhades · 02/07/2018 15:56

Why didn't you teach wash labels to your son? It's a bit frustrating when brand new merino cardigans end up in a 60deg cotton wash.

Obviously I hoped he would live at home with myself for some time and perhaps eventually marry a woman of my own quality who would take care of the laundry for him. Its a disappointment I was mistaken, but thats just how life turns out sometimes.

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chickedychicked · 02/07/2018 15:59

Why is nothing I do good enough for you?Why do you guilt your son into doing things for you on days that you know we've already got plans for?

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Milfromhades · 02/07/2018 16:02

And why do you insist on overcooking fish until it's dry as a bone yet adding no seasoning at all?
Thats just a little punishment I devised for your FiL when he tried to take up fishing.

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DiddimusStench · 02/07/2018 16:03

Do you realise that your quest to look eternally young has made you look, well, old?

crispysausagerolls · 02/07/2018 16:03

Honestly the responses to the questions are 👌🏻

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Milfromhades · 02/07/2018 16:09

Why is nothing I do good enough for you?Why do you guilt your son into doing things for you on days that you know we've already got plans for?
The easy solution here is to check with myself as to if I need any jobs doing beforeyou think about your leisure plans. Just think how much money you will save staying in while my son enjoys a nice break doing my diy. He loves a bit of diy, so try to let him have his hobbies. I know he often babysits the dc while you go off gallivanting to the shops and GP appointments.

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LongSummerDays · 02/07/2018 16:17

This thread is great! 😆

FreezerBird · 02/07/2018 16:23

When you son and I got engaged, and the engagement ring came back from re-sizing while I was away for the weekend, why did you spend that weekend wearing my engagement ring?

You are in all other respects great, with no boundary wierdnesses, so I don't feel I can ask you this question other than in this anonymous setting.

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Milfromhades · 02/07/2018 16:39

When you son and I got engaged, and the engagement ring came back from re-sizing while I was away for the weekend, why did you spend that weekend wearing my engagement ring?
If this bothers you so much I'd better not let you know how I put on your wedding gown whenever I am alone in your house.

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Grassisgreeener · 03/07/2018 18:51

I wish you were my mil op. I love you ❤️

PinstripeElephant · 03/07/2018 19:00

I'm glad the OP isn't my MIL. I think I would actually wet myself on a daily basis Grin

FrogOfFrogHall · 03/07/2018 20:39

Why do you say titty milk instead of breastfeeding?

Justalkintomydog · 03/07/2018 20:42

Why do you say titty milk instead of breastfeeding?
I think you may have got me confused with David Walliams. This has happened before.

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Milfromhades · 03/07/2018 20:45

Oops name change fail!

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VanillaSugar · 03/07/2018 21:39

See, MIL - we always knew you put on an act GrinGrinGrin

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Milfromhades · 03/07/2018 22:03

See, MIL - we always knew you put on an act
Just a wee false name nothing to worry about.

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MollyHuaCha · 03/07/2018 22:29

We need to talk about present exchange etiquette.

We buy you lovely expendable gifts - flowers, theatre tickets, luxury chocolates...

You give us a huge garden statue of a unicorn. And then you tell us where in the garden it has to go.

Iwantaunicorn · 03/07/2018 23:01

*Do you actually like me?

I would if you hadn't STOLEN MY SON!*

So sorry about that, but karma is a bitch and I now have a son, so it’ll come back and bite me soon enough! Wink