MiL came and stayed for a few days. I find her a very difficult woman as she can be very unpleasant to me when DH isn't around. She also is very manipulative of our children. She ended up looking after our two eldest for 1.5 hours whilst I had a hospital appointment against my better judgement. When I got back the children were not well behaved and she made a comment to them of 'remember what I said to you'. It turns out that she said that they could have fun while mummy wasn't there but they had to behave when I got home otherwise She wouldn't be allowed to look after them again! But that wasn't the weirdest thing she said.
DD1 (7) was being particularly vile towards me. It was the last day of term and she had lost her teddy the night before. We turned the room upside-down that she said she had lost teddy in and looked throughout the house but were unable to find teddy. For the first time in her life she slept without her teddy and so was tired the next day. She was angry with me for not finding teddy (believe me, I tried!) and even more angry when I didn't let her have a day off of school (she said that she had a tummy ache but managed to eat her breakfast fine and had no other symptoms). After I returned from the hospital appointment, I had a chat with DD1 and says that she faked the tummy ache to try and get a day off so I explained this wasn't acceptable. By now teddy had been found.
I made a comment to MiL that DD1 kept on giving me vile looks whenever she looked at me even though teddy had now been found and that DD1 must be exhausted if she is still in that much of a foul mood with me. To which MiL responds that DD1 has ALWAYS given me horrible looks whenever she looks at me. What?! No, she hasn't! I can't help but wonder what else she may have been telling DD1 and DD2 in my absence.