to ask my mother-in-law to put some clothes on?

[smeeglemum]

Every time we stay with my mother-in-law she invariably ends up parading about starkers at some point.. now you can't exactly call me a prude but she's got a bush bigger than Sherwood Forest and the nudity is just getting ridiculous.

The other day DD and I had just finished our coco pops when granny proceeded to just get her kit off there and then to put something else on out of the dryer- sorry but we were eating breakfast! then she sits there with her enormous norks hanging out of her dressing gown at lunch (she still hadn't got changed by this point)

To top it all off she had a poo whilst talking to me from the toilet.. I even heard the plop.

It's just getting ridiculous - and I really want to just tell her to put some God damn clothes on as no one wants to see her naked - but she's my mother-in-law so I need to tread carefully - anyone got any suggestions?!

No suggestion, but run and run fast. The loo thing is mega grim even more grim than viewing bush at breakfast!

Could your dd not say something?

I know it's not funny but that does sound truly dreadful.

It is her house and she's every right to act like she wants in it, but most people adjust their behaviour when they've got guests. Perhaps she feels really comfortable with you and as part of the family she thinks it's OK.

I'm not sure how you can bring it up with her though, don't know how old your DD is, but could you subtly prime her to pipe up that she doesn't want to see grannys norks?

omg op are you serious, are you having a laugh

LOL tell her to get a haircut!!!
Seriously, you should maybe say to her your no prude, but you dont want your dd to be exposed to nudity? Thats all i can think of, i cant stop laughing! Oh, and ask her to shut the bathroom door when using the toilet!

Ewwwwwww! Yuck, I mean great for her having the chutzpah but still! I don't honestly think you can say something without you looking bad so-
buy her a nice dressing gown/ bed jacket and pj set then ifshe doesn't wear them look dead offended and /or sad and say ' oh, is the present not comfertable enough/don't you like it?- dd picked it out for you herself!

Lol...great minds Doodley

You could by her some gardening shears as a hint to trim her bush?

OMG!! Surely your DP doesn't want to see his mother naked? What does he say about it?
If it was me I don't think I would be able to go and stay there. I'm no prude either but there are certain times and places for nudity and in front of your DIL and GD is not one of them!!

YANBU.

Count yourself lucky - we were sorting late FILs stuff at MILs recently, taking pics, selling some and upon uploading them to picasa it threw up lots of MIL with her legs in the air, fanny spread. Fingers inside, the lot. She must have known they would be there with all the pics. She leaves them on the screen too, but with it in 'sleep' mode, but the DCs sometimes knock the table and it sparks into life with all this crap showing.

Frankly I think you're an idiot.

Imagine what it would be like without the bush

am being completely serious.. I think it may be a weird female power trip/ intimidation thing on her behalf!

Unfortunately DD is only 18 months but can say boobies so maybe could be trained..

@ ASecretLemonadeDrinker

seriously, plucked granny fanjo with breakfast would be worse

cloud, silver, lining - rearrange appropriately.

Why oh why doesn't MN have a vomit smiley - bleurgh bleurgh.

It's funny you should say that about the power trip/intimidation thing.
Me and DH once ended up staying the night at a friend of his parents and the woman called me into her room in the morning while she was starkers (she was an all round odd-ball), but I felt that about it too.

Ha ha ha at "a bush bigger than Sherwood Forest ".

Lay it on the line - no visits when your fanjo is visible. And def train your daughter, then you can blame it on her.

I have nothing to say except.... ew!

maybe I could train DD to say bush on fire as she's standing next to the cooker... that'll teach her.

at sherwood forest.

at granny porn.

I would be v tempted to strip the minute I walked in and if questioned I would say I presumed there were trying naturism.

Either that or exclaim loudly, fuckin nora mil, never heard of a trim, bet fil doesn't know whether to shag it or strim it!

You need to buy some large sunglasses and paint strategic triangles on them, then if she strips off, put them on and cock your head accordingly

I'm not saying its good, or particularly pleasant for you, but what a chilled out MIL. You are lucky, seriously, that she's not uptight.

Plus, its her house, so you are going to have to suck it up! Trust me, there's worse things your MIL could do.

I believe lovebeingahungparliament has some large vegetables she could use to block the offending view.

We have some friends who are naturists. They keep whipping their clothes off and jumping in the swimming pool to cool off. I suspect 'attractive naturist' is an oxymoron.

You know what's worse than granny doing this to you, your boss!
I used to be a live in nanny, on my first day my (female) boss walked in naked and claimed after childbirth she had no shame left it just a body.
From there it progressed to he calling me into bathroom in the morning when she had a bath to PEEING in front of me.

She was in her own home so I would say nothing and just accept the person she is as nothing you say is likely to change her mind.

Should add my boss was lovely just a bit mad.

Opps 3rd sentence I meant to say she, her DH always kept his clothes on.

You could also run around in circles screaming, my eyes my eyes