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MIL has stolen my shoes!

469 replies

ratherbeshowjumping · 26/09/2018 11:43

This is not a joke...!

Historically I've had a very difficult relationship with Satan my MIL. DH pops his head in once a week on his way home from work but we otherwise have little to do with the witch. We get on OK when we do see her.

Last week I had to work away and she did massively help us out by popping in and checking on the puppy.... and since then I cannot find my very, very naice pair of wellies that my lovely DM treated me to.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, DH went in to say hi yesterday eve and my wellies were there, neat by my backdoor. He immediately said "are they showjumpers wellies?", she laughed and said "no, of course they're not." DH then said "oh showjumper has lost hers, exactly the same."
She then laughed and commented how absentminded I am!!

(I am but that's not the point!)

With risk of sounding awful, I do not think she would be familiar with the brand and even if she was, she would have the money to spend £300+ on a pair of wellies.

WWYD? All suggestions appreciated Grin

OP posts:
Andtheresaw · 26/09/2018 13:01

Bloody Hell! If I paid £300 for wellies I'd expect them to clean out the byre themselves!
YABU to call Dubarry boots mere wellies.
YANBU to get them back. She clearly has no idea of their value or she'd have hidden them.

HowlsMovingBungalow · 26/09/2018 13:01

Horsey/countryfolk have them for when they are working outside in all weathers. They are comfy!

BitOutOfPractice · 26/09/2018 13:02

What an absolutely horrible post. She’s a witch and Satan but good enough to look after your puppy?

TidyDancer · 26/09/2018 13:05

I'd go with the idea of sneaking your initials into them and then showing her. It's bizarre she'd steal something so valuable and leave them to be seen by your DH.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 26/09/2018 13:06

If you have wellies costing £300, surely you can afford £10/hour for a dog walker to come in and check your puppy?

Also - buy her a very obviously cheap pair from Decatahlon* - a bright colour,; they do scarlet, sunshine yellow etc, and swap them.

*these are actually pretty good wellies for less than a tenner.

Mia184 · 26/09/2018 13:07

If she likes to wind you up, I would simply ask your DH to steal them back.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 26/09/2018 13:08

I’d get DH to tell her that as they cost GBP380 they have an in built tracker ‘Find My Wellies’ that the police can trace right down to the actual cupboard they’ve been stashed in, just as soon as you report them stolen. Smile

fernandoanddenise · 26/09/2018 13:08

Pop in: "Hi there! Just come to get my wellies back! DP said they were here"
Any push back from her simply state, "These are my wellies, I can see they are mine and I've come to collect them"

Mia184 · 26/09/2018 13:09

Also - buy her a very obviously cheap pair from Decatahlon - a bright colour; they do scarlet, sunshine yellow etc, and swap them.

Great idea!

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 26/09/2018 13:10

I find it hard to believe MIL has taken them because she's a witch. Especially as her son has been round and they weren't exactly hidden. I would think dementia is the likeliest reason.

huggybear · 26/09/2018 13:12

Le Chams are amazing. They are so comfy. If someone stole mine I'd be livid. Steal them back immediately!

steppemum · 26/09/2018 13:15

I would think dementia is the likeliest reason.

sadly I think winding up her DIL and trying to cause trouble between her and her DH is much more likely.
I bet she is sitting waiting for the next installment.

Saltedcaramelcake · 26/09/2018 13:21

I once left a pair of wellies at my mil's I think she binned them, swears she didn't but they disappeared, poof into thin air. She wouldn't be seen dead in wellies so pretty sure she just lobbed them, it's the sort of thing she'd do. It still makes me angry and they were a cheap pair from river island!

£300 pair that she nicked, I'd be going mental!!! You need to get your husband to get them back, the chances of her buying the exact same pair seems very unlikely, I mean unless she normally shops at the same place that you got them?

AfterSchoolWorry · 26/09/2018 13:23

Be prepared that she'll have the wellies hidden next time your husband goes back!

SandAndSea · 26/09/2018 13:26

Yabvu to use the word witch as a term of abuse.

Cabochard · 26/09/2018 13:28

I agree that that with suspecting she may have dementia, you decided to leave your puppy with her?
You don’t like her,admittedly there is probably loads more to this story... but what a weird situation! Confused

RiverOrange · 26/09/2018 13:30

Yabvu to use the word witch as a term of abuse.

No she didn't. Witch and Satan are terms of endearment surely. Its you that's being very unreasonable to read the reverse into it.

NotACleverName · 26/09/2018 13:30

She's a witch and she's Satan but apparently good enough to check up on your puppy when you need her to? How does that work?

If the wellies are yours just take the sodding things back.

Singlenotsingle · 26/09/2018 13:32

Bet hers are a different size!

diddl · 26/09/2018 13:37

"Be prepared that she'll have the wellies hidden next time your husband goes back!"

Yup-he's a bit daft for not just taking them, isn't he?

Why did you ask for her help since you think so little of her?

Needahairbrush · 26/09/2018 13:38

It’s not the same Mil who stole an expensive corkscrew or bottle opener earlier this year is it??

ShotsFired · 26/09/2018 13:39

Many years ago, a "friend" stole my amazing new Nike trainers from the locker rooms where we worked, and denied all knowledge, happily wearing them right in front of me.

Some time later, it ended up somehow being a party back it her shared house, but she wasn't there. My trainers came back home with me that night and she never uttered a word about their mysterious disappearance, despite knowing I had been there that night.

Go round there in flip flops OP, and just put them on before you leave. Stride with pride!

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 26/09/2018 13:40

Witch and Satan are terms of endearment surely.

Sure they are. Fucking hell.

Aridane · 26/09/2018 13:41

*WTAF^ - £300+ for a pair of wellies

< misses point of thread >

Gemini69 · 26/09/2018 13:42

OMG imagine stealing your wellies Hmm

is she bonkers Flowers

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