my MIL once asked me (soon after my first was born) if my nipples leaked when I had an orgasm :/
Wha the wha?
That makes my ILs mentions of BFing, etc., soooo tame.
I happened to mention to DH recently that on a trip to the ILs when DS was about 8 mos. old, FIL asked me if I was 'still lactating?' ^o) I was annoyed b/c FIL is just generally an annoying and socially awkward guy. But when I told DH in passing, he was PISSED that his dad asked me something so personal. I figured it was just a factual question like are you or aren't you still BFing, NBD. But your MIL...holy inappropriate.
Right after DH and I got married she wrote us a letter (she's big on letters) and said that now that we were married, anything that we did together was ok...except for having sex with animals.
I love this thread so much.
Please tell me you saved that letter! That would be the kind of thing I'd pull out to read and laugh at every so often. Animals? WTF?
ETA: JJWritergirl...I'm literally howling with laughter at the idea of you moving to your ILs so that you can deliver a baby in their basement. Wha...?!
Post by bluelikejazz on Aug 17, 2012 10:16:13 GMT -5
I was on vacation and my email got spammed and sent the "hey I thought you would like this: *insert random link to Canadian viagra here*" email to everyone. By the time I realized it about 48 hours had passed.
The day after we got back from vacation, we had to fly out again for GMIL's funeral. As we walk into MIL's mother's funeral, I get a long lecture in front of everyone from MIL about sending her a link to Canadian viagra and how mad she is. When I (and DH and SIL) explained that I had been hacked/spammed and that she should never open a link that doesn't make sense she just replied with "well, you still shouldn't have sent it. it was inappropriate"
My mother-in-law gave my son his first haircut, without asking first or telling us afterward. She didn't save the hair. When we called her out afterward, she claimed it was an accident.
My son was obsessed with tractors (in fact, "tractor" was his first word). So they bought a tractor. Like, full size, not a garden tractor. They do not have a farm.
MIL told my baby son that she "wished she could breastfeed him, because she had been good at it."
My parents have a farm and are known for their peaches. After seeing pictures of my kids eating their peaches, my in-laws planted their own peach trees. (they only live like 10 minutes from my parents, they could easily just buy some peaches at the farmstand)
I remembered another one. H has met one of his grandpas maybe 2 times in his life, but we invited him to our wedding and then went out to lunch with him and his wife a few months later (they spent the entire time talking about his wife's family, who we have never met and certainly don't care about.) A couple months go by, and H and his GP exchange a few emails. Then his mom gets a scathing lettee from him going on and on about how we hate them and told them off - which is totally untrue. We haven't talked to GFIL since.
While I have a good relationship with MIL, now that she's sober, it hasn't always been so great - drug abuse, suicidal threats, arrest, etc.
She's also an over sharer. There was one time that she encouraged anal sex. She said that everyone should try it. And she's also gone on in great detail about her anal and vaginal reconstruction surgery. +o(
H does not speak to his father for many reasons. I'm still pissed at my FIL for breaking a chair my great grandfather made, interrupting our first dance at our wedding, and also for making my grandma cry.
Post by aerowife2010 on Aug 17, 2012 10:38:14 GMT -5
DH just told them last weekend that he will probably have to go on an extended work assignment for the next 9ish months. MIL started bawling because "when would she get to see him" with no concern about the fact he and I wouldn't see each other for most of that time.
BIL took a swing at DH during an argument about the fact that DH will do things we (he and I) want to do and doesn't take into account DH's family. But it doesn't matter that DH dropped everything to drive 4 each way hours to help BIL move one weekend since he had gotten fired again and couldn't afford movers.
BIL started screaming at DH the other day that I wouldn't give him accounting advice (I'm not a CPA nor do I actually do accounting) because I'm his SIL and should be willing to help him out with his newest business thought.
Post by galaxy8227 on Aug 17, 2012 10:46:20 GMT -5
We lived in a 2 family home owned by my IL's before we got married. I came home one day to my MIL renovating our apt--she gutted the bathroom and ripped up the kitchen floor without telling us--our stuff was covered in dust and we had to live in a hotel for 4 nights since the people she "hired" had no idea what they were doing. To say I flipped out is an understatement.
My mother-in-law gave my son his first haircut, without asking first or telling us afterward. She didn't save the hair. When we called her out afterward, she claimed it was an accident.
My son was obsessed with tractors (in fact, "tractor" was his first word). So they bought a tractor. Like, full size, not a garden tractor. They do not have a farm.
MIL told my baby son that she "wished she could breastfeed him, because she had been good at it."
My parents have a farm and are known for their peaches. After seeing pictures of my kids eating their peaches, my in-laws planted their own peach trees. (they only live like 10 minutes from my parents, they could easily just buy some peaches at the farmstand)
So my DH proposed to me at Maggianos (I'm a sucker for their cheese ravioli). We did the whole classic pasta thing where you can order 1 and bring another home. I was so excited I didn't eat much, so I brought back my ravioli plus spaghetti.
We stayed the night at my DH's parents house that night. I wrote my name on both of my take out boxes and stuck 'em in the fridge.
Yep, in the morning I discovered Dh's mom, dad, and sister had devoured my engagement dinner. Every last morsel. My favorite ravioli ever. I was FURIOUS.
I pretty much threw the biggest tantrum ever (in my family, you never, ever, ever touch someone elses food).
They were embarrassed and felt terrible so they bought us a gifcard for a new meal. Also, they now send us a giftcard for Maggianos every year on our anniversary--I think I may have reacted a bit strongly, but its a funny story now.
Also, when we are actually there they steer far away from my food. Lol.
I'm not sure this is a story about how crazy your ILs are...
Indeed. Is it better that I didn't throw a tantrum in front of them, just DH after we left? DH only told them I wasn't happy about it. I'm sure he definitely thought I was crazy though for sure.
@galaxy--wow. How did the renovating turn out at least?
My mother-in-law gave my son his first haircut, without asking first or telling us afterward. She didn't save the hair. When we called her out afterward, she claimed it was an accident.
My son was obsessed with tractors (in fact, "tractor" was his first word). So they bought a tractor. Like, full size, not a garden tractor. They do not have a farm.
MIL told my baby son that she "wished she could breastfeed him, because she had been good at it."
My parents have a farm and are known for their peaches. After seeing pictures of my kids eating their peaches, my in-laws planted their own peach trees. (they only live like 10 minutes from my parents, they could easily just buy some peaches at the farmstand)
You were going to save your kid's hair? For what?
We have a lock of each kid's hair from their first haircut...my baby book even had a little envelope where my mom saved a curl from my first haircut. I have no idea why we all do this, but when I took both kids in, the stylist's first question was 'Do you want me to save a lock of hair for you?'
My mother-in-law gave my son his first haircut, without asking first or telling us afterward. She didn't save the hair. When we called her out afterward, she claimed it was an accident.
My son was obsessed with tractors (in fact, "tractor" was his first word). So they bought a tractor. Like, full size, not a garden tractor. They do not have a farm.
MIL told my baby son that she "wished she could breastfeed him, because she had been good at it."
My parents have a farm and are known for their peaches. After seeing pictures of my kids eating their peaches, my in-laws planted their own peach trees. (they only live like 10 minutes from my parents, they could easily just buy some peaches at the farmstand)
You were going to save your kid's hair? For what?
^o) Youve never heard of saving the first lock of hair?
Youve never heard of saving the first lock of hair?
I have. I just don't understand the significance of keeping the actual hair that was cut off. I have pictures from my son's first haircut. I didn't save his hair- I guess I didn't see the point since there is still hair on his head
She is anti-vax to the max. Even her teenage daughters (well past the autism risk) won't get anything likely until collge. My dad had the shingles, and she asked if her kids could kiss it (it's on his torso) so they could get the chicken pox. Her rationale:
-She won't vaccinate them for CP -No one gets it any more because most people vaccinate -"They'll have to get a booster when they're 18, and who does that kind of follow up?"
I backed away quietly and my dad just looked at her funny
I'm not sure this is a story about how crazy your ILs are...
Indeed. Is it better that I didn't throw a tantrum in front of them, just DH after we left? DH only told them I wasn't happy about it. I'm sure he definitely thought I was crazy though for sure.
@galaxy--wow. How did the renovating turn out at least?
It looked like shit--we moved into our house a few months after that--it was better for our relationship with them to be out of a house that they owned
We got engaged, fil and his (then) gf got engaged 2 weeks later. We decided on an island for our honeymoon and they planned to follow us there and get married on OUR honeymoon. They didn't get why we said we wouldn't come. We moved from our starter home into a larger home with more land. So FIL sold his perfectly fine home and moved into a house double the price. We bought a car, they bought a nicer car. We bought a camper, they bought a better one. We bought a large truck and they have theirs for sale so they can buy one "better than ours."
And out of those things, none have worked out. They lost the big house, the lost the nicer car, they never got married, and they never use the camper. Poor MM decisions to try and keep up with us. It is SO freaking weird. Dh hates that his dad competes with him, but he said his dad has always been like that.
Oh! And mil is great, but after we got engaged, she grabbed my hand and saw the ring. She turned to dh and said, "You spent way too much on this." Ummmm, ok.
My ILs aren't crazy per se. Just lovingly misguided at times.
Back when we'd just started dating, H told his mom he'd starting dating someone. H's mom called H's sister and asked if H was engaged. So H's sister knew he had started dating me so called H and asked if he was in fact engaged. Of course we'd been on about 3 dates at this time.
When we had been married about 3 years, MIL asked me if I had noticed a difference in my DH's performance since we had been married. I had no clue what she was talking about and I was trying to figure it out when she hissed at me, "you know, sexually!". I'm pretty sure she thinks our wedding night was the first time her son ever had sex. He was 35.
I burst out laughing. Never in a million years did I think that was where the conversation was headed.
Alas, my parents are the crazy ones, not DH's family.
My mother gave my SIL Frederick's of Hollywood lingerie and doesn't understand, even after I explained it 3 different ways, why that was creepy and inappropriate. My mother was all set to give my nephew his first haircut until I mentioned that she probably wouldn't be allowed to babysit anymore if she did that. She didn't understand why my SIL might be upset about it because "You know, I'd be doing them a favor. His hair is just too long."
First thanksgiving, i was walking back to the table and FIL took my seat next to DH..I had to share a table with complete strangers with DH's cousins since I was considered the new one.