Well, time to stick up on booze. MIL visiting

[rosiebear]

ETA: Stock up, darn it. Not stick up.

My MIL arrives Sunday; she'll stay until Thursday (down from the proposed week). She's a nice woman at heart, but OMG so up in everyone's business and judgmental.

The worst part is she'll gossip and complain about something (usually another SIL) does, and how awful it is, knowing damn well I do the same thing. Either she doesn't realize what she's doing , or it's a passive-aggressive way of criticizing me to my face without looking like that's what she's doing.

She also never. stops. talking. Like, never. Not even when we are watching a tv show or movie she wanted to see.

I swear I will buck up and it won't be as bad as I fear, but dammit, I don't even like my best friend to stay more than 3 days in our tiny house. Does anyone have a cabin I can hide in next week?

[sparkythelawyer]

Yes. Time for you to buy ALL the red wine.

[lime]

Ugh. I sympathize.

[Deleted]

Sounds dreadful.

[justmeandmydog]

Any time she does one of those things, you should drink. You'll either be very drunk (and not give a damn)or pass out; win win.

The worst part is she'll gossip and complain about something (usually another SIL) does, and how awful it is, knowing damn well I do the same thing. Either she doesn't realize what she's doing , or it's a passive-aggressive way of criticizing me to my face without looking like that's what she's doing.

[sequins]

*sprinkles the special sequins brand patience dust*


good luck!!

[crazycakes]

:drink:

Can you tell me the name of your local liquor store, so I can buy stock? Buy all the booze.

[rosiebear]

Thank you for all the hairpats and pixie dust. Now I feel like kind of a dick, though, because I'm a middle-aged woman and I should be able to handle a visit from my MIL without bitching about it.

But I can't seem to do that, so ... I'll be drunk and only vaguely listening Sun-Thursday.

[crazycakes]

Don't feel bad. My ILs recently finalized their divorce and DH briefly entertained the idea of MIL moving in with us.

My response: 

Luckily, she had little interest in this plan. Thank goodness. 

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I feel the same way when my mom visits. I just get her drunk and she passes out early and then sleeps all day. Makes the time fly. lol!

[rosiebear]

Jul 30, 2014 21:08:28 GMT -5 crazycakes said:

Don't feel bad. My ILs recently finalized their divorce and DH briefly entertained the idea of MIL moving in with us.

My response: 

Luckily, she had little interest in this plan. Thank goodness. 

Wow, that's bad. Really bad. I made the same face when H suggested we could go on a 9 hour road trip with MIL (every ten minutes: "Do you think we should stop for gas? I think we ought to stop for gas now."). I can't even imagine the "moving in" conversation.