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Cf SIL alert. Just moaning/venting

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lilpumpsmum · 27/06/2019 22:08

Just lighthearted venting.

Who wants to hear about my CF SIL?? Grin

DH comes from a large (7 child) family with very humble beginnings and has, in their view, "made it" in that he is very successful in his career, working overseas and earning bucketloads. He's very generous with his family and spends on other people nearly as quickly as he earns (but that's a whole other thread)

In the past SIL has shown her grabby side by, for example, spending £800 on make up when DH gave her his card to treat herself on (his words) "some perfume or nice make up or something" after she babysat for one night when she was over visiting for a couple of weeks.
Yes, he's a fool for giving over his card like that (again, that's the other thread)

DH uses a concierge service for travelling etc and she knows this and always asks him to book her train tickets, flights, cars (chauffeured, naturally) because she knows the soft touch will always say yes and she'll never have to pay.

DH got an unexpected bonus with work at the end of last year and shared half of it among his siblings - around £12000 each. With this money she has spent most of it on a certain baby clothes designer for her kids. She has decided she's going to set up an Instagram and get them Instagram famous and modelling for said brand....

In order to do this she said she needs a good computer so could she have our iMac that we don't use. This isn't a problem as we really don't use it so the plan was to fedex it to her as we only see them a couple of times a year as she lives overseas. We don't have the original packaging so I've been all over eBay trying to get it and had a couple of hiccups in that one box got lost in the post, one arrived and it wasn't the right size, you get the picture. I also took it to Apple for her to get it wiped clean and updated (software). In fairness, it's been about a month.

Well when DH went to visit her a fortnight ago she moaned that she still hadn't received it. So he (he only just told me this, mind) like a fucking donut gave her money to buy a new bloody iPad to tide her over Angry he also must've told her I've been getting wrong boxes delivered as I've just received a message from her saying
"So it's your fault that the computer hasn't arrived yet"

I said
"No. Blah blah boxes blah blah"

She said
"Since all this time it's still not here"

Dear readers, I'm tempted to wrap it in brown paper and throw it in the nearest postbox. Let her put it together again like a modern day technological humpty fucking dumpty.

I'm glad I've got that all out.
Anyone else have a IL as CF as this !?

Must admit though, pretty sure I also have a spineless, soft touch DH problem AngryGrin

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lilpumpsmum · 27/06/2019 22:11

That was so long, sorry 🙈

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tobedtoMNandfart · 27/06/2019 22:11

Yep you have a DH problem ... & a CF SIL.

toomuchfaster · 27/06/2019 22:14

We'll she doesn't need it now she's got a brand new iPad. I think you need to tell her to get to fuck with all the ungratefulness and like hell would she be getting my old computer!! Also tell DP to fuck off with setting her up to expect this.

RandomAmanda · 27/06/2019 22:14

Hi, can you let your DH know that I'd like a new pair of shoes please? Thank you. Grin

pinkyredrose · 27/06/2019 22:16

Why the hell is your DH giving her and his siblings so much money!? Surely it's family money if you're married?

Either you really are swimming in money or he's a soft touch. Is he trying to buy thier approval or something?

TheQueenSnortsAvocados · 27/06/2019 22:17

Wtf does your husband do where he can get an unexpected £120,000 bonus?!

Aqua25 · 27/06/2019 22:20

My sil is the same, hints at hubby and other brother, oh that's nice, I'd love this but can't afford it, always has sob story to tell regarding her marriage, app her husband is useless! Oh and the waterworks, omg there are always waterworks! So hubby and bro always just buy her what she wants!! What pisses me off the most is that she and her husband have much better paying jobs than us, they own their own home ect, if been married 15 years and we still can't afford to buy our own home despite working our socks off! She just takes takes takes!!

lilpumpsmum · 27/06/2019 22:24

Ugh yes I def have a DH problem too.

He just loves giving away money to loved ones. He says seeing them happy makes him happy. And God can see what he's doing, that's why He blesses him with more money (?!?! I'm not religious so I can't get along with this particular line of thinking)

Honestly, I'm not sending her it. Or I will but without the power lead and with insufficient polystyrene padding

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pinkyredrose · 27/06/2019 22:24

Aqua she takes because they keep giving.

lilpumpsmum · 27/06/2019 22:24

@RandomAmanda claim you're my cousin, he'll buy you some designer heels no problem!

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SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 27/06/2019 22:25

I hope you have savings. Jobs can finish and I bet no one in his family would be bailing you out if you needed help.

SymphonyofShadows · 27/06/2019 22:26

Why is he throwing cash around like this? What happens if he loses his job in an industry downturn, falls ill etc? I hope to god you have a massive nest egg behind you. As for SIL “who the fuck do you think you are talking to?” should suffice.

lilpumpsmum · 27/06/2019 22:26

Wtf does your husband do where he can get an unexpected £120,000 bonus?!

Won't say exactly what he does but I probably could've worded that better. We knew he was getting a bonus but didn't know it was going to be that much. So he gave away the "extra" IYSWIM

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SymphonyofShadows · 27/06/2019 22:26

X post with Sissy

lilpumpsmum · 27/06/2019 22:29

@Aqua25 I feel like it's playing up to the stereotypical 'weak little woman needs saving' thing. I hate that.

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livefornaps · 27/06/2019 22:30

Mate, squirrel away some hefty savings now and tell that cheeky arsewipe to get to fuck

Durgasarrow · 27/06/2019 23:07

You have a husband problem, not a SIL problem.

NoSquirrels · 27/06/2019 23:10

Fucking hell. £12K wasn’t enough to buy her own Mac??

ABoozedMoose · 28/06/2019 07:20

Stealth brag much?

RonnieScotts · 28/06/2019 07:24

Sounds like their relationship has come down to money. Your DH sounds like a very weak person.

Mishtry · 28/06/2019 07:35

I’d kill my husband. If he wants to give away a generous set amount of money to help out family I’d be fine with that and it’s really kind of him. But this just sounds ridiculous. I get he wants to share his good fortune but he’ll be bankrolling his sister forever. How old is she?

I also echo the whole make sure you have hefty savings for yourself in case something happens. Cos you are not going to get anything back. It’s not good for relationships to get so built around money or freebies his sister expects it, £800 on makeup etc?? He’ll have trouble unravelling it or saying no now.

MrsMozartMkII · 28/06/2019 07:44

Good luck on reigning in your DH!

As for the SIL... All joking apart she needs to grow up.

I like livefornaps post.

Myfoolishboatisleaning · 28/06/2019 07:52

Why didn’t he take it when he went to visit her 2 weeks ago? Cool story bro.

lilpumpsmum · 28/06/2019 07:56

Why didn’t he take it when he went to visit her 2 weeks ago?

It's HUGE. It wouldn't fit in any of our suitcases and it's too fragile to just squeeze in and hope for the best

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lilpumpsmum · 28/06/2019 08:00

Your DH sounds like a very weak person.

He's weak until it comes down to standing his ground to me on the fact that he wants to provide for his family.
He comes from a culture where this is normal. So do I, but my parents moved to the UK and became much more laid back thank goodness . Him not so much.

He says that when he stops earning/if he loses his money he will still be happy as he knows he's done the best for his family 🙃.

His generosity towards his friends and family was ironically one of the first things that attracted me to him. Now it's pissing me off lol

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