ds1 and 2 are off shopping with MIL

[Deleted]

I'm sorry, Sue.

[spedrunner]

ugh, im sorry sue sue, i get annoyed at things like this too, but with birth mom of my step daughter.......

[emsumm]

They are showing frugality! And resourcefulness! Kind of?

[montereybride]

There's no such thing as a free t-shirt!

[blackcat]

Aug 18, 2012 14:24:51 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

and I'm annoyed.

She takes them every year to buy them some t shirts for school, and I am just annoyed. I don't like her, and I don't want her around my kids. Who are jaded enough to say this am "HEY. It's a free tee shirt Mom".
Sigh. I wish things were different.

This is how I feel when DH is around his mother. He went over to their house this morning to fix their computer, and it really bothered me. She has been nasty to me lately and although DH stands up to her, etc etc., I just don't want her in our life, and I don't like him going over there. I feel like it's positive reinforcement, like, "hey it's ok that you're a bitch to my wife, I'll still come over here and see you, and bonus, without her." I think this is more of a confession.

[WOT?*]

I was going to say you have to get over it, she's their grandma and you should appreciate that she spends time with them. But then I saw it was YOUR mil and I totally don't blame you in the least. The times my kids spent with ExH didn't bother me so much as the fact they were spending time with SM who went out of her way to call me names that can't be repeated even here, in front of the kids, and without his stepping in and telling her to "STFU she's their mom and you shouldn't talk negatively about her." Any time they spent with SM made me ragey. If she was a decent SM (or at least decent new wife to the kids' mom) it would be one thing, but she wasn't so it was hard to not let my head explode. And this is the witch who put you in the hall and hasn't looked back so yeah, I don't blame you.