mil starting to really annoy me with her copying

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Mil has now coloured her hair the same colour as mine, to top this off it is now in the same style to go with the same glasses as me.

Some people may say to take it as a compliment but it's gone too far for that, and it is different when a friend buys the same top. she also copies everything i say to ds when we go round, she's like a demented parrot.

Do you think she will try and poison me next so she can try and replace me for good...i know it's probably my pregnancy hormones getting the better of me, but she is just so annoying.

Any tips?

You could buy her a DVD of Single White Female for Mother's Day...

No advice I'm afraid, but I sympathise! Must be such a pain in the ass

lol @ demented parrot

Oooh! Oooh! Get a fake piercing in your lip or nose or tongue or something and make sure you show it off in front of her. Or a tattoo (fake, again, but you don't tell her that).

My MIL repeats everything I say to dh or dc's and if I address a comment or question to them she answers it. Drives me insane, so I sympathise, but can't offer any solutions - sorry.

gosh single white female dvd, that is rather spookily familiar, would she get the message!!!

I also like the fake piercing and esp. the tat, think i may go for that!

Ta for your support. Any more suggestions pls.

I'd like to see her copy the bump

Oh god, mine's like that, but with products and activities. Dh got me a DS for Chrismas the year before last, so guess what she nagged him for this year?
And she's suddenly developed an interest in Dr Who, as we love it.
And she always has to know exactly what make of anything we've got. It's quite creepy, actually.

She said to dh, "Aw, didn't you get her a proper present?" when he told her he gave me a vacuum cleaner for Christmas just gone. And was obviously veeerry happy that he, dutiful son, had given her a 'more exciting' present.

I hope she never finds out it's a roomba.

lol at trying to copy my bump! Unfortunately she will copy my hormones and expect everyone to rally round her and treat my hormones with utter contempt

For Mothers day you could buy her a sympathy tummy (belly sorry don't like that word) Then she could be your twin.

I would start doing some strange things and see if she copies you then.

make sure you try and wear stuff that is way too young for her!

Or you could comment every time she does it.

"Oh, I see you went and got one too."
"Snap! Again! I'm flattered you think I've got such good taste."
"People are going to think we're twins if you carry on like this."
"Hahahaha oh you do make me laugh with this."
"I owe X (dh) a fiver, he said you'd get one too."
And so on and so forth.

Or you could say nothing and just pity her because she is obviously very insecure.

i owe dh a £5 sounds good but probably wouldn't be able to say that!

Saying people will think us twins would just encourage her, really it would

i think maybe i'll just pity her and rant on here and to anyone who will listen

Get one of those bald wigs .......

v good hecate

dh & i have been married for over 3 yrs now, but pil have always been APITA and difficult & controlling towards me & dh. Could mil be jealous that i am dh's wife & the mother of her gs?? or am i reading too much into it all??

Could be worse - My MIL is trying to turn me int her. She buys me clothes that she would wear, jewelery more suited to her, tells me my hair would be 'so much nicer short' ...like hers!!!

oh poor u sparky, that must be scary too. Do u give the clothes etc to charity or have u started buying her clothes for your age group - perhaps not a good idae then you might end up in the same boat as me

what is wrong with some mil's!

I usually gice the clthes to my mum - she's more MIL's age! Oh and grown my hair even tho I quite like it short.