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who does that?! MIL vent...
My MIL is a piece of work. Brief framework...she left DH with his dad when he was 2 and moved away. The only time DH saw her was when his dad drove him down (1 1/2 hours) for holidays. She never went to a single school event, even graduation. What mother leaves her kid and sees him for Easter, a few days in the summer and Christmas? Last time she was here, was Nov 2010, to see the baby. We did go there for Christmas
Well, she promised DH that she'd come on Tues. I, of course, didn't believe she'd come and figured she'd come up with an excuse. Sure enough...she calls this morning, Sunday morning at 8:30 am to say she's sick. Who cancels an even planned for Tuesday afternoon on Sunday morning? Obviously this is the excuse she's looking for.
I just feel so bad for DH. He says he doesn't care, but deep down, it would be hard to not care at all. I just cringe when she talks about her only son needing to take care of her when she's old.
Re: who does that?! MIL vent...
That just sucks. I'm so sorry for YH; but at least he has his own family for support-- you, Adrian, his own father, your family...
Very true. DH always says my family is more of a family to him than his own mother. I lost my mom when I was 15. I'd rather have 15 years of an awesome mom than dealing with the lifetime of crap DH has had to deal with.
I can tell you that when DD started throwing up on Friday night, I was positive we weren't going to be leaving the house for the next two days (and we didn't). But that's a pretty specific situation. In your MILs case, I agree that she's just making excuses. Some people just suck.