The Essentail Post- Holiday My MIL did this.... thread

[PeachyClair]

My interesting boxing day with MIL, by Peachyclair aged 32 1/2:

Took ds's including ds1 (AS) to MIL's Boxing day, always a bad move but duty calls. She knows full well that Sam (DS1) is being taught to ask for time out when it gets too much. So several hours into the visit he comes to me and says 'I need time alone'. So I tell him to take a few pencils (MIL had been drawing with them at table) and a sheet of paper and go sit in the Kitchen, it's got breakfast bar around an extension bit so perfect and no damge he could do. She follows him and (thinking I am outside loading car with DH) SCREAMS at him to get in the front room, don't listen to Mummy she (MIL)is in charge...

AND THEN we ate lunch. Two of mine are lactose intolerant. DS1 went for the Pavlova anyway, but DS3 is too young to take responsibility and I said 'Can he have the chocolate one pleae'. Duly served and when finished, BIL said how nice the chocolate one was. 'mmm', said MIL 'It was a bit dry this morning, but I added half a bottle of rum to moisten it up'.

AAARGGGHH!! He's 2.5, for goodness sake! Run!

Don't think I am going back for a while.

Thanks for listening. Any more horror stories anyone?

We went to MIL's on new year's day. She announced that lunch would be soup followed by pizza and chips. That's fine, I've no problem with that. She bustled off to cook it and we got called through to the kitchen.

We all ate our soup.

She then went to the fridge and got out some veg.

She made a salad.

She then switched the oven on.

She waited for the oven to heat up.

She then got the pizza and chips out of the freezer.

She read the instructions on the packets.

She put in the chips and pizzas and set her timer for 20 minutes.

All this time we were expected to sit at the table waiting! Amazingly ds1 (who's nearly 3) managed it!

Time management skills, anyone?

LOL fisiltoe - thats a good one.

Actually atm I'm with lockets because my PILs had the kids to stay on Sunday evening and DH and I had our first night out on our own since May.

blackduck say "vouchers" thats always a good thing to say if anyone asks what should i get for xmas, tho I have to say my dd got nought of her aunties for xmas and this was her first xmas one sis forget to bring the voucher, one just forgot to get anything and the other well she's just a stuck up cow and i've heard nought from her in months still got her kids gifts tho, was annoyed coz i've always bought for their kids every xmas and there is bloody 7 altogether

SB the point s she doesn't ask - she just gives something....I spend time on thinking what her three might like, she wraps up something they were given ... makes me mad.....

My mil was playing with my dd, and "accidently" referred to her "as my lovely daughter" whilst I was sitting in the room. My blood boiled I can tell you. She completely takes over, and doesn't leaver dd alone for 2 seconds. It drives me mad, and makes me feel claustrophobic. I always feel quietly pleased when dd gets in a strop and tells mil to go away!

Oooo, just the thread for me The phone rang earlier but we left it to go onto the answerphone. I have just listened to the message, it's from my MIL. It went along the lines of "hi the pickles, just calling to wish DD pickle a Happy Birthday for Friday, is it Friday, the 7th, yes the 7th (DD's birthday is tomorrow) as we are coming over to stay with some friends for the weekend (they live in Spain) as they've paid for a hotel for us. We're then going to see the children on Monday (ie. DH's brothers and sisters). This is from the woman who sent DH a packet of Spanish underpants for his 30th, why does nothing she does anymore suprise me !