Wahmtastic

Ohh i just found this area and thought it perfect to vent about my MIL.

I must say that my vent may be petty compared to others but she makes me so angry.

Where do i start.

My MIL is an overwhelming, manipulative game player. Think Marie from Something about Raymond just a bit younger and a bit thinner but the same mind

For past Xmas's she has gone overboard with gifts buying way more for our children then DH and I and even writing on the tags love Santa. Now some may see this is a lovely thing to do but by no means can we not afford to buy our children presents , in fact they are quite spoilt.

I have asked her several times this year to only buy 1 gift for my children. There is a three fold reason a) because they r our children and we want to spoil them b) it makes my mum feel bad that she can't buy them as much and c) we r going to there place for xmas and will have no room in the car to bring back alot of gifts.

She started talking to me the other day saying she had picked up this and that and I said to her that I had asked that she only buy one gift she basically told me bad luck. I told her that She had had her time to spoil her children and that this was our time to have that joy and experience with our children. And she said to me bad luck she wants another turn. SO i told her to have another child herself. At that point she laughed at me

It makes me angry that she has no respect for me or what I ask. It happens all the time when i ask her not to buy the kids chocolate or lollies and every time she sees them she has gifts for them. It was lovely to begin with but now my son thinks that everyone should bring him gifts and makes my dad uncomfortable when he turns up for a visit and my boy is demanding something and it makes me feel like a bad mum that he is doing it.

It is the same for birthdays as well and she insists that she must spend there birthdays with them. WTF?

We were planning a trip on my daughters birthday this year and she went off at my husband about how she has the right to be at her granddaughters first birthday and how dare we not discuss it with them first. My husband then decided to change the dates. Normally he is quite good with telling her to go jump but this one was different.

I know these r petty vents but it really gets to me, i really wanted to spend xmas at home this year but my parents and my husbands parents live only a few k's from each other and if we did not go my dad would spend xmas alone and i did not want that.

These ar some small issues from recent times but i have a list as that goes on forever from when she tried to punch me out, spitting on me to refusing to talk to me for around a year when i moved in with her son! Sometimes i would like to go back to that as she is just way to overwhelming and way to nice.(in a fake way)

If u got this far thanks for reading and pls add any MIL stories cause i would love to read them!

OMG I think we have the exact same MIL !!!!

I swear she thinks my boys are hers and she needs to buy everything for them. I used to make the mistake of mentioning what we were looking for to buy for their Christmas or Birthday present and next thing.... she rings and tells me she has bought it or just sends it to them in the mail
DH isn't much help as whenever I whinge and complain about her, he just tells me to leave her be and let her buy them whatever she wants as she ENJOYS it I would rather her just back off with the presents, toys and lollies and let DH & I choose their gifts.

It is just the kids she spoils too, as I don't think I am her biggest fan ( mutual feeling ) as DH told me for Xmas AND my birthday this year, I am getting a Bunnings voucher .... I figure she knows I will just give it to her son and he can get something for himself - she would prefer that.


Hmmm, feel better for venting.... Thanks Mindy

She didn't let me down... so angry she went over the top not only that the boogie board she bought for my son (which was one of the 3 gifts i knew about ) she gave to him the day we arrived unwrapped. She said it is not an xmas present because he might need it straight away...........give me a break. i had suggested she get a boogie board as his gift from them but not just as a general thing to give him.

Ohh i could go on all day..........................