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MIL Vent
MIL has been really...I don't even know the word...something...lately. Needy. Mean. Passive aggressive. Insecure. All of those wrapped into one.
Earlier in the week she was calling Seth multiple times a day and giving him a guilt trip because she hadn't seen Abe. Finally one night Seth asked her if she wanted to come over and see him. Nope...she didn't want to. Then next morning he asked if he could stop in on the way to school. Nope...didn't want to. Ugh. So she ended up visiting Abe at school (with Seth's permission) and got discouraged because Abe cried when she was there (it was time to eat).
SO. Last night we bring Abe over to stay with them an hour so we can go out to Panara. This is how the evening went:
1. She locked the door even though she knew we were coming over. So we are standing outside and had to call to have someone come let us in.
2. When we do get in she starts slamming around dishes which wakes up my sleeping baby.
3. She gets flustered and he won?t take a bottle from her so she wasted a bottle of my milk (it was frozen) and didn?t feed my kid.
4. She asked about my father's wife's injured leg. Then told me, ?I had a sinus infection for three days!? No. No you didn?t. Because I?ve had my share of sinus infections and you don?t get one that lasts three days.
Blaaaaa.
Re: MIL Vent
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. -Henry Miller
http://cookthehumbletable.blogspot.com/
I was thinking what Mollie was thinking-- menopause? It can really make some women experience a form of dementia.
She sounds like she needs some professional help. Seriously. What does Seth think of all this? Is this just "normal mom" for him?
I can't believe you have to deal with all of this. One more bit of stress you don't need!
Ahhh, this is my MIL
Not even just about the baby either. It's always, "you guys are too busy. I'm lonely. I don't have anything to do. I'm lonley." then we invite her places and she has to "wash the floors", or "sorry, I've got to run errands" aka go to the bank or the post office 5 minutes away.
Blah. It's hard, but ignore it and let her work it out on her own. If she says something remind DH to tell her that he has invited her and she is the one that refused.