IL/Family bitchfest! Nov 1st.

[obi]

My brain could not decide on 1/11 or 11/1 so I spelled it out.

Anyway, let's hear it! Who we gotta' drag for you this week?

[obi]

Also, I realize this is a day late. I am clearly #doingtheleast this week in the mental acuity dept.

[obi]

So, backstory on Hs family because it feels somewhat relevant.

Hs mom was 17 when she had him, and we are only in our mid-late 20s now so she is a young Grandma (early 40s). She has a sister who is younger than H and I. The sister has a 4yr old, so that is Hs aunt and cousin.

So, MIL is on the phone with her the other day and aunt says "If they have a girl will you love her as much as your niece?"

....you just asked a mother if they will love their only son's daughter as much as they love their niece... Wtf?
She will continue to absolutely adore the niece but yes she will probably love her granddaughter just a tiny, reasonable bit more.

This didnt annoy me so much as it made me *head tilt* and wtf? a little.

[Deleted]

Yesterday when we went to tot at my moms she had already been drinking...

So she was drunk and acting like a bitch.

[erinshelley21]

I wish mil would stop doing whatever it is she is doing to make herself DS's most favorite person on the whole damn planet.

[moutonrouge]

I got a request from MIL that I write a letter for SIL2's school retreat.

The purpose of the retreat is to explore your relationship with God, become a better Catholic, etc. So the letters are meant to be religious in nature. ETA: SIL2 goes to a Catholic HS

I was raised and still am an atheist. What she thinks I would have to say in that letter, I'm not sure. I'm ignoring it because that's as adult as I can be.

[madameovary]

Nov 1, 2016 15:56:10 GMT -5 moutonrouge said:

I got a request from MIL that I write a letter for SIL2's school retreat.

The purpose of the retreat is to explore your relationship with God, become a better Catholic, etc. So the letters are meant to be religious in nature. ETA: SIL2 goes to a Catholic HS

I was raised and still am an atheist. What she thinks I would have to say in that letter, I'm not sure. I'm ignoring it because that's as adult as I can be.

Rap lyrics . Obviously

[Quinstar]

So apparently FIL is quite the gossip when he drinks. (Which is constantly). Especially on harvest crew. Which is where he's been for 4 weeks.

People are coming up to us and asking how the baby is, since they heard there was something wrong with his heart. We told MIL because we had to stay an extra day in town to do a second ultrasound with the MFM doctor, and she proceeded to tell FIL and her sister that the baby had something wrong with his heart, even though she didn't know what exactly yet (Because I just fully explained it to her last night, when I brought it up and she asked what the spots on his heart meant).

We asked her not to say anything once we got home, but she admitted to telling FIL and DH's Aunt because 'Well how was I supposed to explain that you had to stay an extra day for more ultrasound pictures?'

This is a woman who kept a dog in the house a secret for over 6 months from her husband. Who granted, drinks a lot, but still. She constantly lies. FIL and Aunt found out that we were pregnant the very same way 'Well how was I supposed to explain why she wasn't driving combine this year?'

Think of a lie. You're good at that. Now people are asking us what's wrong with our child's heart, when there's a good chance it's nothing, but if there were actually a problem, the last thing I want is people coming up and asking questions about it. It's a small town. People gossip.

He also apparently told people his daughter was engaged. News to her, since she's actually sort of having relationship problems with her BF.

[moutonrouge]

I'm sorry Quinstar. I don't know why people share like that - it seems so much easier not to tell.

The dog secret reminds me of when Sharon Osbourne got those 2 identical dogs and told Ozzy she just got 1 and he didn't notice for days until he saw them both next to each other.

[moutonrouge]

MIL has these weird dietary restrictions and they're driving me crazy. Friday night she ate her weight in pad thai. But then yesterday we went out to breakfast and she wanted scrambled eggs cooked with no dairy or oil. She became convinced they didn't follow her directions and that the eggs were causing her to feel ill.

She has some legit issues (she really can't do any fats/oils due to her gallbladder) but H and I think she probably has IBS and just thinks it's food allergies. It makes finding a place to eat hard and then if we cook at home I always mess up something because she didn't mention that only turkey is okay, or whatever.

[Quinstar]

Nov 5, 2016 22:01:30 GMT -5 corinne said:

Quinstar How does someone keep a dog in their house for 6 months without someone knowing??

Kept it hidden in the bedroom while he was home at night, (they have different bedrooms) it was a small, quiet dog. 

Don't know how six months made any difference, he still found out, and was still pissed. Unless she was planning on him never finding out, why just put off him saying no? She did keep it, in the end.