The WORST...

NestCayla · August 2013

Hey Everyone --

We want to hear from you, so fill us in:

What's the WORST thing that your MIL has ever said to you?

Ilumine · August 2013

Let's see,

1) there was the time she implied that I starved my DD, in front of DH's entire extended family

Or

2) there was the time she called me a bad mother because I would not force my DD to hug some man she (DD) had never met before

JemmaWRX · August 2013

My MIL told us that we beat our dog. After my husband spoke to her about it, the next time she was in our company she told us we lock the dog in the basement. I honestly have no clue where she came up with this stuff.

anssett · August 2013

Wow. Y'all have psycho MILs. Mine rocks. She likes to drink but just gets funny and charming. I have 0 complaints.

bride8622 · August 2013

I agree with @anssett My MIL is awesome.. I love her!

erollis · August 2013

I'm only doing this for you because it will make my son happy.

Granted she said this years before we were married and before she came to love me too.

DeannaCW · August 2013

I am lucky in that MIL and I get along great... though she really said some godawful things about BIL's and SIL's now-exes when they were with them. I'm well and truly terrified of what would happen if I ever made her mad based on that!

smbenevides1989 · August 2013

My MIL is pretty much blaming me for a lot of issues that she has caused. She plays the victim.

ranzzo · August 2013

She told me on our wedding day that I "looked better than she thought I would." Also, she cried to everyone at the reception that she lost her son. Then she started a FB thread that resulted in strangers threatening to "beat my ass." I haven't seen her since the wedding.

graciesmurf · August 2013

The first thing that my MIL said, after we told her we were expecting: "Don't get too excited, you're probably going to lose it". My DH flipped out on her.

R.Wilsonny · August 2013

graciesmurf said:

The first thing that my MIL said, after we told her we were expecting: "Don't get too excited, you're probably going to lose it". My DH flipped out on her.

That's terrible! How did you restrain yourself from punching her in the face? My MIL has said many things to annoy me, but I don't think she would ever say something like that....

graciesmurf · August 2013

R.Wilsonny said:

graciesmurf said:

The first thing that my MIL said, after we told her we were expecting: "Don't get too excited, you're probably going to lose it". My DH flipped out on her.

That's terrible! How did you restrain yourself from punching her in the face? My MIL has said many things to annoy me, but I don't think she would ever say something like that....

We were over at their place. I got up and went to the car while DH told her off. He was so angry that he wouldn't talk to her for a few months. She (eventually) explained that since we told her so early she thought she was doing us a "favor". She tried to make it seem like we overreacted and hurt her feelings. She played the victim card and DH explained to her how inappropriate that comment was. She never apologized, just kept justifying her reasoning.

Yes, we did tell them around 6 weeks. We decided to tell both sets of our parents around the same time. I had confined in my mom that we were trying and I couldn't wait to tell her. Incidentally, we told both sets of parents (separately.. thank God) on mother's day.

Whatever, lesson learned. If/When I get pregnant again we won't tell them. Just let them figure it out or assume I'm gaining weight until the baby arrives.

R.Wilsonny · August 2013

graciesmurf said:

R.Wilsonny said:

graciesmurf said:

The first thing that my MIL said, after we told her we were expecting: "Don't get too excited, you're probably going to lose it". My DH flipped out on her.

That's terrible! How did you restrain yourself from punching her in the face?

My MIL has said many things to annoy me, but I don't think she would ever say something like that....

We were over at their place. I got up and went to the car while DH told her off. He was so angry that he wouldn't talk to her for a few months. She (eventually) explained that since we told her so early she thought she was doing us a "favor". She tried to make it seem like we overreacted and hurt her feelings. She played the victim card and DH explained to her how inappropriate that comment was. She never apologized, just kept justifying her reasoning.

Yes, we did tell them around 6 weeks. We decided to tell both sets of our parents around the same time. I had confined in my mom that we were trying and I couldn't wait to tell her. Incidentally, we told both sets of parents (separately.. thank God) on mother's day.

Whatever, lesson learned. If/When I get pregnant again we won't tell them. Just let them figure it out or assume I'm gaining weight until
the baby arrives.

LOL....doing you a favor? What a crazy lady! Good for you for getting up and leaving and good for your H for telling her off. That's just so nasty what she did. My MIL says stupid things then plays 'victim' too, but if she ever said something like this to me, I don't care whose mother she is, she's getting knocked out.

Mine actually did say some awful stuff to me about 9 months before the wedding....we had a huge blowout and it was because of something that was completely her fault. Rather than go into what she did because it's long story....She came to our apartment and yelled at me, then turned to my H and told him that he should 'delay the wedding to see if he really wants to marry HER (errr...me).' It took every ounce of my being to not slap her, but I did get up and tell her off and then afterward, my H had a little chat with her about her very inappropriate behavior. The whole time she was yelling my H kept trying to jump in to defend me and she wasn't having any of it, so once the dust settled, he called her. We 'kissed and made up' so to speak, but to this day, I will never. ever. forget. what she said to me. ever. The day of my wedding she caused a scene over the flowers and then did some other stuff to my dress during the ceremony when my back was turned.
Oh yea, actually, about a month ago, she told us that people 'complained' about the wedding saying there wasn't any good music. (our wedding was 2 years ago btw) Not sure which wedding she was at because all of the photos and video from our show a packed dance floor with everyone dancing. Silly woman smh

Mrs.H. · August 2013

I know she meant it as a compliment but she said:

It is so nice at your house, I could stay here for a month!! ( OVER MY DEAD BODY!!!!)

FOFL!!!

mdupon70997 · August 2013

My MIL has never really said anything awful to me. She's pretty great, actually. The worst thing I ever anticipate her doing is giving unsolicited advice about our would-be children. She tends to have an opinion on how everyone should be raising their kids.

graciesmurf · August 2013

Mrs.H. said:

I know she meant it as a compliment but she said:

It is so nice at your house, I could stay here for a month!! ( OVER MY DEAD BODY!!!!)

FOFL!!!

lol

BeckyOff · August 2013

MIL and FIL were staying at our place. Everyone was sitting at the table and I brought out the dinner I had spent several hours preparing. MIL looked at it and said, "Oh... We should have gone out to eat."

Next time, I'll put her plate away and tell her to go ahead.

2012FutureMrsB · August 2013

When I showed my MIL my wedding dress a few months before the wedding, she said it was good I didn't get the "poofy slip" to go under it because it wouldn't look good on someone with my "figure." I'm overweight, but have a very curvy figure that my H loves. Anyway, I very confidently told her that I actually DID get the "poofy slip" because it looks great on me. She didn't say anything. . .

She also bought me a few "gifts" over the past couple of years that included clothing items. Every. Single. One. was at least 1 size too big (one pair of ugly PJ bottoms actually fell off me!), even though we told her I don't wear that size. She insisted that she thought it was best because of my "chest size" and that I must need a bigger size than I actually told her. Ugh. We either exchanged the items or donated them.

RedInLove · August 2013

If I was going to be seen going out with her, I had to dress to her standards. She has also implied that my sisters have no class. It's also her opinion that my parents don't love each other.

Now we're pretty good. I've not dressed how she wants me to, my sisters continue to be my best friends, and I told her to stuff it on everything else.

NewlyMrs13 · August 2013

Hmmm let's see...

First time I met her (my husband and I were just dating at that point), she said, "I don't get too close to any significant others anymore. You never know when they're going to be gone." FIRST TIME!

Then, when we were engaged, we invited them out to come stay with us and meet my parents. When showing them the very expensive hotel near our wedding venue, she leaned over to my mom and said, "Did they consider getting married here?" My mom was paying for every aspect of the wedding and felt completely insulted.

The week of our wedding, we went to dinner with DH's family and we were talking about how we were doing things: close friend officiating, our own music choices, our self written ceremony. She snidely said to his aunt, "Ohhhh it's going to be the most UNIQUE and interesting wedding you've ever been to." Then, we were talking about how we wanted our rehearsal dinner night to go (after they had asked since they were hosting), we told them we wanted our families and friends to have an opportunity to speak, and she kept putting our ideas down. "Oh you don't want that. Nobody will ever stop talking. You'll lose control." WHY ASK?!

Think this one takes the cake though! The night of our rehearsal dinner, she leaned over to husband-to-be and said, "So, are you ready to get married?" I mean whattttt! No, he's not. Good thing you pointed that out to him! It's happening lady whether you want it to or not.

It's the little jabs that bug me the most! The jabs that are said with a fake smile.

Mom987 · August 2013

R.Wilsonny said:

graciesmurf said:

The first thing that my MIL said, after we told her we were expecting: "Don't get too excited, you're probably going to lose it". My DH flipped out on her.

That's terrible! How did you restrain yourself from punching her in the face?

My MIL has said many things to annoy me, but I don't think she would ever say something like that....

What the eff???? So glad your DH reacted the way he did.

Mom987 · August 2013

Mine is pretty negative, but mostly about stories or things I tell her about, which is why I don't go out of my way anymore to be nice. Like I told her "my cousin (who she knows personally) got a new car!" "Why?" And I explained it was a good time for her, etc... (She didn't care)... And she goes "okaaay" AWKWARD. She does that a lot. Sounds dumb, but just negativity. She did tell a young friend of mine (21 year old) that she was skinnier than her, as a joke, but that's not funny, especially when you don't really know the person wtf.

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