Oh crap. MIL gave me a very expensive dress, I gave it to charity shop, she wants it back......

[DrNortherner]

She put on weight and it no lobger fitted her. Was a very expensive long burgundy evening frock with bolero jacket. She said it was too expensive to give away, but she wanted me to have use of it.

It was too old fashioned for me, and she often dumps her cleared out stuff to me.

Anyway, she is off on a cruise next month, has lost weight and now thinks she'll fit into it. I did not have the heart to say I donated it to a charity shop.

She's coming round on WEdnesday to collect it.

Should I tel the truth, or say I can't find it, or I lent it to someone else.....?

HELP me.

you could say you and dh were going out to a big formal do and when he saw you in it , he was overcome by passion and I didn't really quite dare to say this to you MIL but he ripped it off me.

You had to be there to believe it

DrNortherner, My x's step mother used to knit the most disgusting jumpers in reallyhorrible shades for the children. they stank of old lady and fags. I used to dread getting them because i felt so guilty about being so ungrateful. I finally managed to be honest one day, I was asked if the chidren got much wear out of the jumpers. I left a long pause and said.... welllllllllll, it's very kind of you to knit for them,,,, but... no.

the no came out like a really shameful whisper. But

PHEW NO MORE DISGUSTING JUMPERS!!!

Loving this thread, God, you lot are so accomplished. I especially like the really brazen ones, Jamie's alien abduction, for e.g. or Trinny and Tranny scissoring it...

Are you going to detail what happens, or perhaps MNHQ could set up one of their new video link thingies for tonight?

Say you tried to press it and it was scorched so badly that you had to throw it away.

just marking my place for later! oh and good luck with the mil!

DSD came to our house over the summer wearing ill fitting tat as usual. That week I was sorting out the kids clothes, some stuff went to the charity shop DSD's too small clothes included. I thought nothing of it.
DSD's mum called DP a week or so later saying where were DSD's clothes as they were the best ones she had! I told DP that they were too small and I'd sent them to the charity shop. So I got the blame not DP.
In short get your DH to take the blame say something like you had asked him to take stuff to the charity shop and he had accidently taken the dress. When you went to look for the dress for your MIL you found it gone. DH then confessed his mistake. Job done

LOL at "norkage"

OK, update. I called the charity shop today in a last ditch attempt to see if they stll had it. They don't. My dilemma ende up being the talk of the office today, with peopl I don't even know offering their advice

Anyway, as I am off to the big smoke early tommorrow for posh work do MIL is taking ds to school for me, so she emailed me at wrk to say let him stay at hers. So, I am taking him to her house for 7pm ish, then going off to do an Armed Forces Fitness sesh (yes, get me) then coming home when I will update you all on the evening's proceedings.....

BTW, her email to me this afternoon ended like this:

PS Don't foget my dress xx

Aaaagh. I actually feel sick.

rofl
have oyu got a cauldron in for SIL?

you need to ring Chris evans with this
all his listeners can ring in with advice

My mate at work was windig me up saying it was like an heirloom she bestowed upon on her daughter in law and I just threw it away.....

THIS MARKING MY PLACE thing
w hat is that about?

The word bestowed made me feel terrible....

Its too late for the truth. There is only one course of action- blame your DH.

Bestowed my arse. She was having a clear out to make more room for hideous cruisewear other lovely dresses.

ha rl mate adn I were looking at sequins in H and m
our cruisewear alarms were ON

btw
what did the charity shop say

she didn't bestow it on you! she foisted it off on to you!

Refuse to feel guilty. You did her a favour taking her crap off her. Now she has decided she didn't give it to you, you were just big yellow were you??

you shoudlnt have binned though you fool

Tell her it's £40 a month for a 6x6

i think it's all for the best.... she'll never 'give' you stuff again.

ten minutes of very awkward shifty cringing... it 's worth that !

Charity shop lady was very lovely, I told her the whole story - opened up my heart to her. She spent 20 mins checking ALL AREAS and even phoned Doris and Joan at home (other volunteers) if they remembered it.....she said the fact that it was eveningy, sequined, complete with matching bolero and in a nice winter colour like b urgundy it would have sold like a hot cake.

Get yor DH on side and when she comes to collect this hideous dress that she's probably still too fat for, you say: "I can't find that dress anywhere" then when pressed DH says "oh bugger, did you put it in the wrong wardrobe, as I took a load of stuff to the charity shop". Cue contrived arguement with DH over wardrobe space and piles of clothes all over the place. MiL will then say "oh my DS is such a silly sausage".

The alternative of you 'fessing up or taking any responsibility will have a completely different outcome. Trust me, if she's like my MiL, you'll never hear the end of it.

Give yourself an easy life and blame the DH, that's what they're there for

"your" DH even