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Message for WWB regarding MIL and knicker elastic

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Blandmum · 09/01/2006 15:52

My darlin MIL is as mad as a box of frigs when it coems to gifts. Often we never know what they are. But they are always chosen with great love, and MIL is wonderfully generous.

I told her about the Great Knicker Elastic Fiasco and she was shocked on your behalf. She said, 'How awful, do you think that she doesn't like her DIL????'

So there you go, chick, even other MILs think your MIL is mad!

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Blandmum · 09/01/2006 15:52

Box of frogs, but frigs sound quite mad!

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WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 16:36

It's some comfort that even other MILs think mine is mad ...

I wonder what on earth can have made her think that my MIL doesn't like me, though?

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Blandmum · 09/01/2006 16:37

Can't think! I mean the woman was just so darned generous!

My MILs face was a pictute BTW! I LOL!

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eemie · 09/01/2006 16:39

I was thinking of you testerday WWB. Needed some elastic and there was none in the house. And it's very difficult to get nowadays you know, especially on a Sunday at five o'clock

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 16:49

Very scarce, precious commodity, elastic. I'd offer you some of mine but with it being so rare I might be better off hanging onto it myself

Yards of elastic could become the benchmark by which all MILs are judged ... "She's a 34 metre MIL" ...

starlover · 09/01/2006 16:51

wwb you could put it on ebay and you might become a millionaire!

fastasleep · 09/01/2006 16:52

My FIL has a SIL who's a bit like the knicker elastic lady, this year he got...wait for it... a potato peeler!

Knicker elastic is still the best though!

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 16:52

I'm hanging onto it until the price of elastic has reached its optimum.

Do you think I could sell it as the Famous MIL Elastic - As Seen On MumsNet?

starlover · 09/01/2006 16:55

pmsl! definitely

someone on our feb post-natal thread MIL gave her little boy a piece of wood for christmas!

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 18:05

Erm ... if it's not too silly and obvious a question ...

Why??

HunkersDSHasNoFlowertotGoodies · 09/01/2006 18:07

MB, you mean you didn't tell your MIL about WWB's pressie this year?!

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 18:08

Ah, but this year's wasn't a patch on last year's, nowhere near as scarce.

HunkersDSHasNoFlowertotGoodies · 09/01/2006 18:09

Oh, I thought there must be a shortage, hence only getting half of one

carlk · 09/01/2006 18:12

Of course the danger of selling it on, is that any shrewd MIL will be scanning bargain pages or ebay looking for this rare and treasured commodity, and you are likey to get it back next Christmas.

Be honest though when has anyone else's present given so much mirth and cheer.

Hmmmm I have an idea for dw's birthday

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 18:12

Well yes ... you could be right.

Still haven't worked out who got the other half though ...

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 18:14

Mirth and cheer is one thing; getting ideas about giving it to your dw is quite another ... you do know how much divorce costs these days, Carl, don't you?

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Blandmum · 09/01/2006 18:15

I think this topic has to be the one that has given me the most persistant PML moments. Mad table cloth lady thread didn't have the 'legs' that the Great Knicker Elastic Fiasco thread has.

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WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 19:28

I'm glad my MIL has at least come in useful for something, even if it does involve wet knickers

philippat · 09/01/2006 19:41

i was wondering about this the other day - i missed what you got this year: what was it?

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 19:43

If you really, really want to know ... it was half a loofah.

philippat · 09/01/2006 19:46

tee hee
what did you get her? weren't you considering a goat or toilet?

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 20:05

Chickened out ... I would have loved to have had the nerve though. She asked for a toaster ... we gave her a toaster last year, the exact one she asked for, and apparently it's not big enough so she had another one this year. Wandering around measuring the slots of all the toasters in the electrical stores was fun ...

alittlebitshy · 09/01/2006 20:17

did she have a reason for the half a loofah??

mad as a hatter...... at least mine, although loopy and insane and hard to live with, gives us presents we want

popsycalindisguise · 09/01/2006 20:23

my own mother brought me a potato peeler to the hospital when i had ds2////

WigWamBam · 09/01/2006 20:39

My dd has a good idea of the reason - she looked at it and said "Nannie must think you really stink, Mummy!"

Whatever did your mother think you were going to do with a potato peeler in the hospital, popsycal? I know hospital food is awful but that's taking things one step too far!

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