Crazy stuff family/IL's say...

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Well since Easter was this past weekend and I'm sure a lot of us had family get-togethers to attend. 

What eye-roll worthy stuff did people say? About anything. kids/pets/climate/anything.



MIL said 'kids who pick their noses and eat boogers do that because they are hungry.' 



Add yours!

[thebamker]

lol!

I didn't have to see my xILs (yipeee!), but I always have material when I do.

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"She can have eggs right? She's 8 months old. I've given her eggs" BILs brothers gf.

[speckledfrog]

Apr 1, 2013 11:56:59 GMT -5 skippingstones said:

"She can have eggs right? She's 8 months old. I've given her eggs" BILs brothers gf.

8 month olds can have eggs unless there are other issues at play

[tantek]

MIL brought us two sets of sheets (on our Christmas list, but "they're cheaper in the States!" so we got them now as she's returning from a vacation)
"Here's a nice white set, and here's another set in case you make a mess"

 

[livinitup]

My mother was "offended" that my sister in law came to my home for Easter dinner in blue jeans. When SIL arrived and I welcomed her, I noticed the jeans and thought "I'm going to hear about this later." Yup, I was right.

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Apr 1, 2013 11:58:13 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Apr 1, 2013 11:56:59 GMT -5 skippingstones said:

"She can have eggs right? She's 8 months old. I've given her eggs" BILs brothers gf.

8 month olds can have eggs unless there are other issues at play

Did not know that and neither did the little girls mom.

She also gave her baby icing from a cupcake and a toy she could swallow

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Apr 1, 2013 11:59:04 GMT -5 tantek said:

MIL brought us two sets of sheets (on our Christmas list, but "they're cheaper in the States!" so we got them now as she's returning from a vacation)
"Here's a nice white set, and here's another set in case you make a mess"

 

Eww! MIL also mentioned her and FIL did the deed... and it was really good  ::shudder::

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Apr 1, 2013 12:02:55 GMT -5 livinitup said:

My mother was "offended" that my sister in law came to my home for Easter dinner in blue jeans. When SIL arrived and I welcomed her, I noticed the jeans and thought "I'm going to hear about this later." Yup, I was right.

Ha! Did your mom expect the Queen over?

[meggers5]

Apr 1, 2013 12:14:15 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

MIL asked if I was having twins. "You sure there's just one in there? Heh heh."

Also, she spent ten solid minutes harping on how absolutely impossible our lives are going to be with two kids. "It's just going to be chaos. You just have no idea.."

And then capped it off with a visible eyeroll at our name choice.

lol.

Is the name choice one that you've shared here?

I'm nosy.

[meggers5]

Apr 1, 2013 12:17:11 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Apr 1, 2013 12:15:37 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Is the name choice one that you've shared here?

I'm nosy.

We've been thinking against Alexander b/c we know too many of them around here, and are leaning towards Jack.  Same middle name though, b/c KHC likes it.  We told MIL the story of the middle name, which is when she rolled her eyes.

Nice. That's a good classic name.

[emjacobs]

Apr 1, 2013 12:17:11 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Apr 1, 2013 12:15:37 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Is the name choice one that you've shared here?

I'm nosy.

We've been thinking against Alexander b/c we know too many of them around here, and are leaning towards Jack.  Same middle name though, b/c KHC likes it.  We told MIL the story of the middle name, which is when she rolled her eyes.

I love Jack, I've never known a bad Jack. 

And she can go fuck a duck, it's not her middle name and it's not her choice. 

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omg. I have one from last night. MIL is very jaundice but we don't know why. H was talking about how it looked worse and how we want her to go to the doctor and get another opinion. 

FIL then says 'It just looks like she has a really nice tan!'   I almost died. 

[lust2hart]

We didn't have a family Easter this year, but in a couple of weeks we're going to MIL's for a mid-year family get-together - except SIL won't be there because she's "still mad about the way [15yo niece and 13 yo nephew] acted over Christmas."

Uh, what? You're almost 40, and you're holding a 4-month grudge against your teenaged niece and nephew that you only see once a year as it is? Oooookay.

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I'm afraid you might get that alot, LHC. Not because it isn't a cute story (it totally is) but because its an unusual choice. Are you prepared for peoples' reactions?

[lightbulbsun]

Oh, there was the typical judgement and guilt trips from my grandma. And my grandpa forgot the wine at home and had to go back, and she gave him shit about it for the rest of the night. She's just obnoxious in general.

Lol, also when H and I left we noticed my bro and bil both texted us within a minute of each other saying that it was the most boring story ever, but I don't remember what was happening at that specific time.

[nomad100]

My brother, who works in the kitchen at a retirement home, preceeded to tell me all the ways we made the ham wrong for Easter dinner (cooked too long, glaze had the wrong ingredients, should have been carved at the table, etc.) At that point, I just told him to shut it. Best part was when my parents both pointed out that apparently the ham wasn't all wrong because brother had 3 servings of it.

I love him because he is my brother but sometimes he is an oar-carrying member of the Douch Canoe Club.

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By some miracle, my MIL agreed to watch our son for us on Saturday night so we could go to dinner kid-free. When we got to her house she asked "Is he potty trained yet?" because she didn't want to change any diapers. He's not quite two yet. I'm sure that's possible, but we would have told her that by now.

And then, as I was pulling things out of his bag, I had brought a dinner for him in case she didn't have anything he could eat or she wanted to give him. I showed it to her and she said "Oh, am I feeding him?" 

And yesterday, my mom insisited that my son had named a toy dinosaur she gave him "Chipper." He was holding his dinosaur when he pointed at his slippers and asked for them, lol.

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We went to a buffet yesterday and I mentioned I might go back for anouther dessert.  My mom and sister started going back and forth about how I could be pregnant since I'm hungry and oh how awful that would be.  In front of my extended family all the way to second cousins.  I wanted to crawl under the table and cry.

I told DH I'm never announcing this pregnancy to them.

[lkoenig]

I had my cousin Bob, his wife and little girl over for lunch Saturday, my Dad (his uncle) comments to Bob about how we usually hear all about "bob just talking about Bob" for the first hour now he's talking about his little girl instead.....uh great Dad thanks for breaking the ice

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H's dad is looking into a building a bunker. Doomsday prepper style.

He told H "make sure your gas tank is always full" in this weirdo ominous voice he uses when he does his dramatic apocalypse rantings.

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We didn't announce our kid's name until after he was born. My parents and DH's mom were at the hospital that night. H announced the name to everyone and my MIL rolled her eyes. I just about came out of that bed.

She didn't like it because he was named after H's dad.

[CurlyQ284]

Apr 1, 2013 12:45:32 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

I'd have a hard time not b*tchslapping someone who gave me any type of eyeroll/speech about my name choice. I admire your reserve.

If we have a kid, the name will most likely be weird. I am currently hooked on two 'hippie' names and I can't wait for the barrage of, 'Hope that key-ud doesn't wanna be Presidunt. Her..her...derp.'

And, I can be all, 'Well, lookit you Dave, with your normal name, all... not being President.'

Well Barack has an unusual name and he made it! I don't know what LHCs middle name choice is but I'm sure its fine and ILs can suck it.

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Lol, everything that comes out of my mil's mouth is crazy/insane. For real.

On the baby name thing (I've mentioned this before), when I was pregnant with S I mentioned a name wi a 'th' in it and she legit started screaming that we can never name our kids anything with th because russians can't pronounce th or some such bullshit. She was ANGRY, dude. Sooo, we're naming our baby Theo  <). Suck it, mil. 

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Apr 1, 2013 12:38:20 GMT -5 @schmancy said:

By some miracle, my MIL agreed to watch our son for us on Saturday night so we could go to dinner kid-free. When we got to her house she asked "Is he potty trained yet?" because she didn't want to change any diapers. He's not quite two yet. I'm sure that's possible, but we would have told her that by now.

And then, as I was pulling things out of his bag, I had brought a dinner for him in case she didn't have anything he could eat or she wanted to give him. I showed it to her and she said "Oh, am I feeding him?" 

And yesterday, my mom insisited that my son had named a toy dinosaur she gave him "Chipper." He was holding his dinosaur when he pointed at his slippers and asked for them, lol.

her reaction to changing his diaper and feeding him would have made it very uneasy for me leave my child. I hope you had fun and your DS was clean and happy when you picked him up.

[cuddlyevil]

"Oh. he's coughed like that ever since he was a baby, I've brought him to the doctor for it but they haven't told me anything. The doctors don't tell me nothing."

ETA:

It's not really crazy, but my SIL was trying to get DS #2 to sign "more" when he wanted another chip. She's making the sign and saying "Do you want more?" and he looks her square in the eye and says "More".

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Apr 1, 2013 12:40:36 GMT -5 squirrelymom said:

My inlaws haven't seen Forrest in over a week. They're 20 minutes away.

This confuses me, although it shouldn't because I've known how they are for 16 years now and I shouldn't expect anything different.

This is sad. I feel sorry for him. Your IL's are missing out.

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Apr 1, 2013 12:46:37 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Apr 1, 2013 12:42:14 GMT -5 @tifvolley said:

We went to a buffet yesterday and I mentioned I might go back for anouther dessert.  My mom and sister started going back and forth about how I could be pregnant since I'm hungry and oh how awful that would be.  In front of my extended family all the way to second cousins.  I wanted to crawl under the table and cry.

I told DH I'm never announcing this pregnancy to them.

What? Why would it be so awful?

I'm not quite sure, but my mom has mentioned numerous times that two kids are enough. When I got pg with DD, I got a ton of grief from them for having my two so close together. I felt so awful that time, that I lied and told my mom DD was more of a surprise than planned. 

[looseseal]

MIL told us (for what is probably the twentieth time) that tickling or surprising small children causes them to grow up with a stutter. She also mentioned to me that I shouldn't be lifting my arms above my head because it will cause me to miscarry, she firmly believes that's what caused her miscarriage 36 years ago. First, what? How am I supposed to get dressed? Second, why didn't you give me this gem of wisdom when I was pregnant with the first kid?

GMIL wondered if I could tell her which nursing home in town had the best food, because she wants to pick the place she'll rehabilitate after her hip replacement. I am an accountant, at an insurance company. How would I know what kind of food nursing homes have? That one amused me.

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Apr 1, 2013 12:51:36 GMT -5 @fogducker said:

Apr 1, 2013 12:38:20 GMT -5 @schmancy said:

By some miracle, my MIL agreed to watch our son for us on Saturday night so we could go to dinner kid-free. When we got to her house she asked "Is he potty trained yet?" because she didn't want to change any diapers. He's not quite two yet. I'm sure that's possible, but we would have told her that by now.

And then, as I was pulling things out of his bag, I had brought a dinner for him in case she didn't have anything he could eat or she wanted to give him. I showed it to her and she said "Oh, am I feeding him?" 

And yesterday, my mom insisited that my son had named a toy dinosaur she gave him "Chipper." He was holding his dinosaur when he pointed at his slippers and asked for them, lol.

her reaction to changing his diaper and feeding him would have made it very uneasy for me leave my child. I hope you had fun and your DS was clean and happy when you picked him up.

It did make me uneasy. She just has a thing about messes. Which makes me wonder why she buys so many toys to keep at her house to "encourage" us to come over with him.

But he was fine, fed and clean when we picked him up. And bonus, since it was kind of a "never again" moment for H, he's finally agreed to get a Care.com membership and interview some babysitters.