Rude things your MIL has said

[Anonymous]

I lost 40 lbs.. I had gained 50lbs w my son. MIL told me I looked like a scarecrow and some people were just not meant to be skinny. I reminded her that I was 10lbs lighter than my current weight. Her response ? Honey you were NEVER that thin..

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When I told my mil that I was getting some help for after baby arrived, she said "2 weeks after I gave birth, I was out on the roof scrubbing the outside of my windows."

At the thanksgiving dinner table, she said "If I could have chosen to have sons or daughters, I would have only had sons." She has a daughter and a son. And I was very pregnant with my daughter at the time. Then she was loudly yelling commands to my mom like she was a dog. My mom's English was poor so she didn't even realize she was being disrespected, which made me even more mad.

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I have a PhD and my MIL insists that I should be at home raising my kid instead of working, because according to her "they're not raised right without a mom at home". It's offensive because my mom worked all her life and I was a daycare kid.

After I had my baby, she visited when he was 5 days old. She said "The mother does all the work to bring him to this world, but he ends up belonging to the father's family." (We're Indian and she has a lot of old school values). I still can't get over the fact that she said that. She acts like it too. If we go to visit her she only hands me my kid when it's time to eat.

[Anonymous]

My Inlaws gave me the book "This is why you're fat" when they came to visit my son for the first time.

My MIL complained bitterly because he spit up on her (after declining a blanket to cover her shoulder).

They told me if I ever returned to work my son would end up in rehab.

[Anonymous]

My MIL said women who had c-sections weren't "real women."

I can only think of what she considers me, a childfree-by-choice woman.

[Anonymous]

Refers to her daughters as "My spinsters."

[Anonymous]

I had a Catholic wedding and my newly minted MIL refused to shake my hand/kiss me at the Sign of Peace during the ceremony.

[Anonymous]

Last year when she was telling me goodbye at a family gathering she looked wistful and said, "Oh, he used to have so many women chasing after him."

I told her, "That's probably why he chose me: because I was the only one who didn't."

[Anonymous]

My own mom said to her 5 year old grand daughter, "your glasses really make your eyes look funny" right after she got them. Everyone else was telling her how nice they looked. I don't know how my SIL puts up with her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a Catholic wedding and my newly minted MIL refused to shake my hand/kiss me at the Sign of Peace during the ceremony.

Okay, that is downright rude. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Inlaws gave me the book "This is why you're fat" when they came to visit my son for the first time.

My MIL complained bitterly because he spit up on her (after declining a blanket to cover her shoulder).

They told me if I ever returned to work my son would end up in rehab.

omg. I'm sorry pp, that's brutal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My own mom said to her 5 year old grand daughter, "your glasses really make your eyes look funny" right after she got them. Everyone else was telling her how nice they looked. I don't know how my SIL puts up with her.

That's so sad. What a bitch!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIL at a brunch with my family and Dh's brothers family. She told BIL's daughter " you are my favourite DIL" when my daughter was sitting right there. Luckily she didnt hear it but i did.
The irony is that her other son and DIl really do treat her very badly and she constantly complains to us about that. We on the other hand treat her pretty well but she takes us for granted
Oh well.

What an asshole! Did you tell her not to make remarks like that when your DD or you are in the room?

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Anonymous wrote:

Terrible.

Mine said to me when I was in the hospital after having my first, "I weighed the same when I left the hospital after having my son as I did before I got pregnant."

She has repeated this to me many times. One of these days I'm going to present her with a trophy.

I am the above poster. She also brags about working out in the middle of the night and how she used to run stairs in the middle of the night. She also doesn't really believe in the evening meal and usually does not serve dinner when we visit.

Although one time she did serve dinner, and it was to drive to Chik Filet and buy 40 chicken strips. She has a gourmet chef's kitchen, 6 burner stove, double oven, granite all the way to the very high ceilings. Kitchen island is the size of my whole kitchen. But, does not cook, ever. They eat fruit, yogurt, Progresso soups, and bagged salad with no dressing.

She has an eating disorder. Poor thing.

[Anonymous]

I've been traveling a lot for a new job and desperately miss my kids (and they miss me). Last week DS came downstairs in the morning and ran over and jumped in to my arms and gave me a big happy hug. MIL quips, "wow, he ran right by the two people who care for him the most."