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I guess MIL is upset that she didn't get invited to our impromtu cookout on Monday.
Um...ok. Are we not allowed to hang out with just our friends? I guess she was so upset step-FIL even took the time to call Nick and tell him that MIL was upset about it. WTF? Is this junior high again? We need a phone call from someone else saying she's upset? Really? This is ridiculous. So now we're going to feel obligated to invite her to our next GTG just so we don't hurt her feelings. I almost feel like we have to ask her permission to have people over to OUR house without her now. So stupid.
Yeah, I'm a little peeved.
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I have, in my best estimate, fifty thousand mosquito bites from the weekend.
We also have our first softball game tonight. Maybe this will be the season I learn to not throw like an 80 year old grandma with arthritis.
NO! No no no no no! Put your foot down NOW or it will be 85,000 times worse with "her grandbaby" in the mix. Some people just need to grow the hell up. Party with your friends! Enjoy them! Save the family drama for, you know, family parties.
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Oh, no I will not give in. I told Nick that the whole thing is stupid and she needs to grow up. I'll even go so far as to purposely not invite her to our next GTG just to make a point.
The crazy thing is, we were having dinner at her house the very next day! So it's not like we never see her. AND they don't invite us over for every GTG they have at their house. AND (x2) we've invited them over for GTG's in the past and they've declined almost every single one.
MIL is usually not like this. I don't know what her deal is.
Hi! Sorry to hear about the difficult MIL and mosquito bites. Both sound like very irritating situations.
My MIL is obsessed with the Casey Anthony trial. Obsessed. We were having DH's birthday dinner on Saturday, and she had to leave the table to go into the living room to watch the mom testify. And then she went on and on and on about the case. I now know way more about it than I would like. I'm pretty sure she sits at home all day everyday and watches Headline News all day to follow this trial. I wish she had another hobby.
My mom got really weird/emotional/moody when she hit menapause. She readily admitted it. It was interesting there for awhile though.
Since this sort of behavior isn't characteristic of your MIL, maybe she's having similar issues?
I agree. This isn't your problem, this is her problem. Explain that you were just hanging out with friends and will continue to have friends-only functions in the future.
Sorry about the MIL drama Wop.
I am cranky. My Ob now considers me "high risk". But won't tell me why or what it means. I get the impression he doesn't think women should know the statistic of things b/c the would just worry. But now I have to drive 30 mins to his office, once a week for an office visit, every other week for an ultrasound and twice a week for a non stress test. I would probably be more ok with this if he could help me to understand why I need the monitoring. I miss my old doctor.
Ok, I am now done b!tching for the day.
That sounds disturbing to say the least
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I would not leave the office until he told me exactly why I was "high risk". That's crazy.
At least you don't have much longer to go!
He won't tell you why?! That's awful. He sounds very old-fashioned. Sorry you have to deal with this. Hope you and Baby have a great 40 more days, and then you can be done with this silly doctor.
My friend had this later in her pregnancy - I believe it had to do with an elevated blood pressure if I remember correctly. I would make your doctor give you the answers you want, I can't believe he wouldn't be upfront with you. That just seems strange.
Talk to the nurse(s) next time you're there; maybe they can help you understand why he is that way, or maybe get him to spill more info about your situation. Frustrating!
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I've think I might have the sense of humor of a middle school boy.
The teacher for our birthing class, cannot say vagina. (Don't get me started on what I really think of a middle age nurse who cannot say the word vagina). But instead she says "vag". She also feels the need to end every sentence with "m'kay".
"The baby will enter your vag, m'kay?"
"You will experience bleeding from the vag, m'kay."
"You may noticed fluids leaking from the vag, m'kay?"
And every single time the H and I bust into a fit of giggles like a couple of little boys.
That does sound pretty funny actually. Is she trying to be young and hip or something? She sounds entertaining.
Haha. I would make a point to use the full word 'vagina' every chance I could during the class.
A window washer just bounced off my window and scared the ever-living-daylights out of me.
That is making me giggle just reading it! Too funny. My hubby about passed about when the video of child birth came on. I barely even watched it since I was watching my DH cling to life.
As far as the high risk thing...I would totally make him tell me. Like PP said, it is probably your blood pressure or something. Good luck! At least you get to see little mister alot on the u/s.
Sounds like the MIL Drama Llama is on the loose. My MIL barley talks so I don't have that type of drama. I wouldn't invite her to the next GTG at your place either.
Amachuta - teething never sounds like fun.
Confession: I sleep for almost 10 hours. I went to to bed at about 10:30pm and woke up at 10:02am today. I'm ok with this since I was up so freakin early yesterday. The cold that I've had for the last month is finally freeing itself from my body. I can breath better and my coughing is lessing a bit more.
Sounds like simply lovely dinner conversation. I would have totally lost my appetite.
Mira, that's weird about the doctor. It could be a zillion little things, but not knowing is worse than knowing. You have a right to know. I can't believe that insurance would pay without a dx/reasoning of high risk. At your next appointment, I hope you set up camp until you find out what's up.
WOP, weird about the MIL. Kasa's reasoning might be on, or maybe she thought there was family involved?
Juli, sorry about the bites. We've been having fun counting them here, too. Good luck with your grandma throwing.
I'm ticking things off of my to-do list like crazy today. Stopping in, only on the way to find some articles for a lit review for this weekend's class.