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I walk in my Mother-in-law’s house with my four-year-old daughter. My mother-in-law immediately examines her. After scanning her from head to toe she grasps the skin on one side on my daughter’s ribs and says, ” Gosh, she’s skin and bones. All she needs is mucous running from her nose with a swarm of flies around her to complete the picture.”
There was no smile as if it was a joke. This is just one of the many comments she makes about my mothering skills.
Susan
Her name is Patricia. By day, she is Mrs. Corporate America, by night, she is an “Ann Landers” of sorts. Patricia is the founder of the internationally-recognized website, motherinlawhell.com.
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9 Responses to “A MIL’s observation of her grandchild”
She’s a nut case, we all think our mothering is better than any one else’s but this level is over the top.
I would never let her see her with daddy there, but then ya gotta do what you gotta doo.
good luck
sounds like your mil is a major b$%#h. i wish you luck. mine likes to do sneaky stupid things behind my back, never to my face. it wouldn’t be saintly…..good luck!
My MIL was the very same way! Everything she took care of was over weight, even her pets. Her butt was the size of Texas. She would come in and ask my children “who wants to go to McDonald’s?” what kid doesn’t want to go to McDonalds? When they would reply, “I DO” she would give me “THAT” look and reply”these kids are starving”. And NEVER not once took them anywhere.
After a few times of defending myself, I began to say .. “OH, I know, poor darlings” when she realized that I wasn’t going to “go there” with her, she stopped with that BS.
My childhood in a nutshell. My grandma didn’t like us. She would’nt even TALK to my older sister because she reminded her of my mother!
my in laws say the same thing about my son, and once they made comments at one of their family parties that he was so skinny, and they took it upon themselves to fix him a plate…i was insulted, sooooo…i rubbed it in all their faces that the pediatrician said my son was the perfect weight and size, i said…do u have a phd? are u a dr? because he says im doing something right.
LMFAO Betty Lou!!!
Ya know, these are the same women who use the starving kids in third world countries line. They make their kids eat every scrap of food on their plates, then complain when as an adult when we are overweight.
When my nieces were little they could eat two bites of food then go play. Later they would ask for more food and be given it gleefully…When I told them no, eat what’s on your plate, I was told that was wrong by my mother who made me eat everything!
I don’t get it!
I just found this website and I love it. I am so happy to say that I had the best MIL ever and so did my husband. They had their own wierd little traits, but the strangest my MIL had was to walk into a room, where everyone was already sitting and relaxing and she’d say “everyone……relax”. It would always put us on edge, but after hearing all these stories, I can’t believe it ever bothered me! My mother’s wierdest thing was to hum or sing whenever there ws no converstaion, just to fill the quiet I guess. Now, I’m a MIL and a grandmother and I know my son in law would say I was fabulous, mostly because his mother has most of your MILs beat. Complete nutcase, but luckily for my daughter, her wonderful husband has separated himself from his crazy family, won’t even let them near his daughter, he knows them so well. But boy, could my daughter tell you all some stories! Some other time…….
Tell her that’s how she’ll look when she FINALLY dies…I can’t wait for mine to leave this planet!