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MIL Vent
Yes, I know, there are probably hundreds of threads on this exact subject, but MILs drive us crazy, am I right?
Anyway, my SIL and her family are flying in from across the country tomorrow to visit for a week, and my husband's grandma on his dad's side (his parents are divorced) lives a few hours away and can only visit on Saturday evening. So, we planned a family get together for Saturday evening for their dad's side of the family.
Then, my husband calls his mom and asked when she would like to have a get together for her side of the family, and that we are available any day this week except Saturday at 4pm. So then she decided that SHE wanted Saturday at 4pm... and Saturday morning, Friday evening, or any time on Sunday, or any other day of the week was not acceptable to her. (She doesn't have a job, she doesn't have any plans, and her whole family already said they were free all weekend.)
Then, today, the MIL calls and says that she planned party for my SIL on Saturday at 4pm, and that "she will just have to choose which family she would rather see."
How EVIL do you have to be to do that to someone?
And this is the woman who cornered me demanding that I admit that I am using her son for his big d*ck, and when I refused to "admit it", she told him that I was going to break up with him. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
Re: MIL Vent
Why do you guys keep in contact with this woman? What does your H have to say about her?
Man, if I had a MIL like that, I'd send her a birthday card with a picture of me fellating her son with a big thumbs up.
We literally see her like 4 times a year and she lives 20 minutes away. Every time we try to make plans with her, she cancels on us like as we're getting in the car to leave, and then later complains that DH is a horrible and ungrateful son because he never visits her. So we put up with her on major holidays, and in this case, a yearly visit by his sister. I feel so bad for him (and his sister)... No one deserves a parent like that.
I dunno about EVIL. It just sounds like she is an incurable crazy b!tch. Much like the poster below I would just ignore her, eliminate any expectations of normal when it concerns her and when you are forced into a situation with her just plaster on a smile and nod along with whatever nonsense she is spewing.
Did you laugh when she was demanding that you admit that you were using her son for his *cough* sizable asset?
Um, and you're upset that she won't be hanging out with you guys, WHY?
Yeah... not sure why you keep reaching out to her. SIL visits? Let HER make plans w/ her mother on her own if she wants to see her.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
What usually happens when you don't choose her?
I think you are giving your MIL power that she doesn't need.
First of all, if you wanted to gtg with "her side of the family," I'm not sure why you didn't reach out to these people on your own and plan a party. I sense some jealousy over your dad's family and competition, but you played right into her hands. The conversation could have gone "Hi mom, with sister visiting, we'd throught we'd throw a party on Sunday afternoon. How does that sound?"
At this point, H should tell his mom he has plans for Saturday. So sorry. If he wants, he can plan an alternate party for his maternal aunts/grandparents on a different day and invite her like any other guest.
you have to stop giving her that kind of power.
Instead of saying "hey MIL lets' go to dinner together."
try "hey MIL, DH and i are going to eat here, we'd love it if you can join us."
Then if she cancels at the last moment. "aww, that's too bad maybe next time." and then go enjoy your dinner.
" And this is the woman who cornered me demanding that I admit that I am using her son for his big d*ck, and when I refused to "admit it", she told him that I was going to break up with him. ON HIS BIRTHDAY. "
you seem surprised at how she's acting now. why?
I literally laughed out loud for a good minute.