Re: Re: The INSANE MILS support group

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Niki- Maybe your MIL could be our cover MIL of the month on our first magazine THE INSANE MIL's! Along with Kellies MIL's feature article on "how to get The Gulf War Syndrome" when you were never in the Gulf War! Too funny. ~

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Hi everyone these stories are great. I get on better with my MIL now as i

live 5000 miles away (hehe!!) My husband is an only child so i am sure you

can see where i am going with this. Those darn apron strings.

My MIL is very proper and she does think she is helping when giving advice -

which is more interfering - her way has always got to be right - oh my god

if you have your own opinion. I can so relate to all these stories - my

husbands keeps saying to me though " with 2 boys what are you going to be

like as a MIL " - i am glad to say that is many years away! i hope i will be

one that's nice (there must be some nice MIL somewhere)!!

Kerry

>From: " niki_jay175 " <niki_jay175@...>

>Reply-Plagiocephaly

>Plagiocephaly

>Subject: Re: The INSANE MILS support group

>Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 05:47:01 -0000

>

>Oh man, I am loving these MIL stories! Its so nice knowing I'm not

>alone with the crazy in-law. Kellie, I have know idea how you are

>able to keep a straight face when she comes out with things like the

>Gulf War Syndrome!!

>

>I swear I could write a book on my MIL. Like how when and I

>were dating (he was 20 and I was 19) he had a 10:00 curfew on

>weeknights, and 11:00 on weekends. Or when we told her that I was

>pregnant (, stop singing Love Child!!!) she literally threw

>herself at screaming that she curses the day he ever met me.

>Hmmm, or the fact that even though I was pregnant and we had been

>engaged for over a year, she was still trying to fix him up with a

>Polish girl (my Irish blood isn't good enough I suppose) And when

>Urzula ran out of the house at Christmas dinner because she was so

>heartbroken that I was pregnant, MIL ran after her to console her and

>was mad at me the rest of Christmas. It wasn't until after the twins

>were born that Urzula finally got it through her head that I'm not

>going anywhere. So whenever we watch the Little Mermaid, I make it a

>point to remind the kids that anyone named Ursula is a bad person!!

>Oh man, she stormed out of my house once because I had little

>in a shorts suit for his first Easter, he was 4 days old and she

>didn't think it was right for him to be in shorts. At one of little

>Kev's birthday party, my saintly mom and I were saying how

>(meaning the little one) was a terror with the new baby and didn't

>know how to care for the baby. In front of all of my guests she

>YELLED at me saying that I was lucky to have (meaning the big

>one) in our lives and she won't stand for someone to talk about him

>like that. After listening to her for a good 10 minutes we told her

>that she misunderstood, did she once apologize....nope. Oh, and at

>the twins first birthday party, just as we were lighting the candles

>on the cakes, she yet again stormed out of my house because we

>weren't paying enough attention to her! I swear to you that was her

>reasoning! I told that he is not allowed to show her any

>pictures of the twins making a mess of their cakes because its her

>own fault she missed it. If she wanted to see it, she should have

>stayed. Like I don't have enough to worry about with 4 kids and a

>house full of guests, now I have to wonder if I'm kissing her arse to

>her liking too? I don't think so!

>

>I'm sure I will have a lot more stories after Easter. And wish me

>luck, next weekend is my oldest's birthday party. I'll let you know

>of she storms out of this one too.

>

>Sorry this is so long, but it sure feels good to vent!!

>

>Niki (who hopes she didn't offend anyone that is Polish or named

>Urzula)

>Kaylie & Danny

>Phila., PA

>

>

> > Hey, can I join? Please? Pretty Please! My MIL is a Bible-

>thumping hippy

> > from the 60's who thinks she has every ailment from fibromyalgia to

>MS. What

> > she does is she looks up illnesses online and reads the symtoms,

>and if even

> > one correlates, that's what she has! She once called me in a panic

>yelling

> > that she had the Gulf War Syndrome....hmmm...I thought you had to

>be in the

> > Gulf War to report that illness! Then she went to the doctor and

>TOLD the dr

> > she had MS!

> >

> > My MIL is a very nice person, she likes me, she doesn't judge my

>parenting

> > skills...in fact she tells me all the time that I am doing a great

>job with

> > , but to hear the stories about my husband's childhood with

>her, I am

> > like June Cleaver compared to her. She was constantly sick and

>spent the

> > whole day laying in bed watching tv...

> >

> > I can only take about 15 minutes of her, because she cannot talk

>about normal

> > things. She takes about five Bibles with her wherever she goes,

>and I

> > believe in the Bible and have no problem with people's beliefs,

>however if

> > she's visiting and my husband's at work, I can rest assured I am

>going to get

> > a preaching-to! Eight hours worth! She doesn't try it with my

>husband, as

> > he isn't afraid to tell his mom enough's enough...I'm too nice...I

>just smile

> > and nod, smile and nod and add the appropriate uh-huhs and mm-hms,

>and " Oh,

> > that's interesting. "

> >

> > And then! Almost every conversation has to involve 's dad

>and how he

> > didn't really want to divorce her and some day he'll wake up and

>realize he

> > doesn't love his new wife and that he wants to be with her

>again.....I don't

> > have the heart to tell her the truth.

> >

> > Anyway, sometimes I am grateful though. Although she is annoying

>in ways,

> > she is not judgmental of me, never has been. She loves her son but

>is not so

> > overprotective of him that it affects how she treats his wife. She

>tells me

> > all the time that she is glad he found me....now don't I feel bad

>for ragging

> > on her? hehe

> >

> > Kellie, mom of

> > Tacoma, WA

>

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Re: The INSANE MILS support group

Oh man, I am loving these MIL stories! Its so nice knowing I'm not alone with the crazy in-law. Kellie, I have know idea how you are able to keep a straight face when she comes out with things like the Gulf War Syndrome!!I swear I could write a book on my MIL. Like how when and I were dating (he was 20 and I was 19) he had a 10:00 curfew on weeknights, and 11:00 on weekends. Or when we told her that I was pregnant (, stop singing Love Child!!!) she literally threw herself at screaming that she curses the day he ever met me. Hmmm, or the fact that even though I was pregnant and we had been engaged for over a year, she was still trying to fix him up with a Polish girl (my Irish blood isn't good enough I suppose) And when Urzula ran out of the house at Christmas dinner because she was so heartbroken that I was pregnant, MIL ran after her to console her and was mad at me the rest of Christmas. It wasn't until after the twins were born that Urzula finally got it through her head that I'm not going anywhere. So whenever we watch the Little Mermaid, I make it a point to remind the kids that anyone named Ursula is a bad person!! Oh man, she stormed out of my house once because I had little in a shorts suit for his first Easter, he was 4 days old and she didn't think it was right for him to be in shorts. At one of little Kev's birthday party, my saintly mom and I were saying how (meaning the little one) was a terror with the new baby and didn't know how to care for the baby. In front of all of my guests she YELLED at me saying that I was lucky to have (meaning the big one) in our lives and she won't stand for someone to talk about him like that. After listening to her for a good 10 minutes we told her that she misunderstood, did she once apologize....nope. Oh, and at the twins first birthday party, just as we were lighting the candles on the cakes, she yet again stormed out of my house because we weren't paying enough attention to her! I swear to you that was her reasoning! I told that he is not allowed to show her any pictures of the twins making a mess of their cakes because its her own fault she missed it. If she wanted to see it, she should have stayed. Like I don't have enough to worry about with 4 kids and a house full of guests, now I have to wonder if I'm kissing her arse to her liking too? I don't think so! I'm sure I will have a lot more stories after Easter. And wish me luck, next weekend is my oldest's birthday party. I'll let you know of she storms out of this one too.Sorry this is so long, but it sure feels good to vent!!Niki (who hopes she didn't offend anyone that is Polish or named Urzula)Kaylie & Danny Phila., PA> Hey, can I join? Please? Pretty Please! My MIL is a Bible-thumping hippy > from the 60's who thinks she has every ailment from fibromyalgia to MS. What > she does is she looks up illnesses online and reads the symtoms, and if even > one correlates, that's what she has! She once called me in a panic yelling > that she had the Gulf War Syndrome....hmmm...I thought you had to be in the > Gulf War to report that illness! Then she went to the doctor and TOLD the dr > she had MS!> > My MIL is a very nice person, she likes me, she doesn't judge my parenting > skills...in fact she tells me all the time that I am doing a great job with > , but to hear the stories about my husband's childhood with her, I am > like June Cleaver compared to her. She was constantly sick and spent the > whole day laying in bed watching tv...> > I can only take about 15 minutes of her, because she cannot talk about normal > things. She takes about five Bibles with her wherever she goes, and I > believe in the Bible and have no problem with people's beliefs, however if > she's visiting and my husband's at work, I can rest assured I am going to get > a preaching-to! Eight hours worth! She doesn't try it with my husband, as > he isn't afraid to tell his mom enough's enough...I'm too nice...I just smile > and nod, smile and nod and add the appropriate uh-huhs and mm-hms, and "Oh, > that's interesting." > > And then! Almost every conversation has to involve 's dad and how he > didn't really want to divorce her and some day he'll wake up and realize he > doesn't love his new wife and that he wants to be with her again.....I don't > have the heart to tell her the truth.> > Anyway, sometimes I am grateful though. Although she is annoying in ways, > she is not judgmental of me, never has been. She loves her son but is not so > overprotective of him that it affects how she treats his wife. She tells me > all the time that she is glad he found me....now don't I feel bad for ragging > on her? hehe> > Kellie, mom of > Tacoma, WAFor more plagio info

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Niki,

That was a good one! Thanks for sharing - it makes me realize that my MIL may

not be as insane as some of the other ones out there. LOL!

Marci