okay - i already know it's no big deal and i've calmed down but she started the day mumping at everyone, sniping at her sister and mother, followed it up by coming to the park with me, dh and ds (11 months old) slid ds down an enormous slide on his own which he fell off and ended up biting his lip (blood and tears everywhere) then dropped in to visit in the afternoon and ended up ranting at me because i said i was disappointed that ds won't get health screenings (things like stacking blocks, checking his weight, height etc before he starts school) because they've changed the system here. "well they're just a waste of time and they just make people worry - these educational psychologists are just a waste of space, we come across them all the time, any problems will be picked up at nursery, ALL children go to nursery blah blah blah blah" it just went on and on and on and on (bit like this post!)
Yes, you've guessed it, she doesn't have children! but she is a nursery nurse who drops a lot of hints and gives me a lot of articles about what i should be doing - all good advice but it just comes across as a lot of head nipping from someone who could do to just butt out once in a while.
...and here's the evil part - she's mid forties, single and becoming more and more bitter as the years go by - i know she would love to have kids and that makes me feel bad for complaining about her because she does adore ds but she waps on about safety issues too (our house, garden, where we take him) and then pushes him down a sodding enormous slide so he ends up with a fat lip!
blimey - ok i don't really want her head on a spike, i really want her to meet someone and settle down and have a baby and just be happy but she is such a pain in the arse that i just can't see that happening!
last evil comment - as dh says if she was charming, fun and lovable surely she wouldn't be in this situation (oh dear i can hear the lightning about to strike me down!)
btw - when baby boy did fall off the slide i didn't glare, trip her up or even nip her - i sneakily wiped off the blood so she (SIL) wouldn't see and be upset and breezily said "oh, he's fine - he's just a bit too small for that one, ooh look there's a bus - no harm done" i know, what a wuss, should've thumped her there and then!