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MIL just called (from midwest) to tell me its SNOWING in dc
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Anonymous
| She's concerned. You are loved, enjoy it. |
Anonymous
| One day you will miss this. My mother has dementia. She doesn't call anymore. |
Anonymous
| "Hi, I'm just calling because I assume you have no judgment at all, so I'm interrupting you at a busy time to provide unsolicited, unnecessary advice. Love you!" |
Anonymous
NOT AT ALL. remember those days when you were 5 and your mom would fight to get you to wear a jacket before leaving the house? oh wait, there are threads on such topics every single day here! yup, for our moms we'll be their little children FOREVER. get used to it, if you really care about your children you'll do exactly the same thing when they grow up. |
Anonymous
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Is this one poster going berserker on OP? Yes, maybe MIL was trying to be nice, (though I think there's something else going on with the "don't take the kids out," direction, but it's not like OP said "imma kill that woman!" She just said it's annoying. presumably to us, and not her MIL. It's not like OP is being mean or terrible. She's annoyed because her MIL called at bedtime and woke up a kid and almost a baby. Perfectly understandable. My MIL calls a lot but she has never called around bedtime except once or twice in a serious emergency.
A total eyeroller, OP. And maybe worth having DH let MIL know the bedtime trouble that can happen when the phone rings. Sure, it happens, but it's not hard to know when bedtime is and call sooner. In my family, we were told it's impolite to call anybody after 8 PM. |
Anonymous
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"Scientific Correlation Between Weather and Aging":
http://jezebel.com/5744017/truth-about-weather-and-old-folks |
Anonymous
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Sounds like another annoying MIL - we should introduce ours so they can call each other.
My mom has a clue - not sure why MIL is such an idiot... |
Anonymous
Would LOVE to hear back from you after your kids get married. Bet you'll be quite the beloved MIL! |
Anonymous
This. Who taught the evil MILs how to use a computer? And who let them out of their cages? |
Anonymous
This. Young men, be cautious and don't marry a mean-spirited woman. A kind and loving heart means everything in a relationship. |
Anonymous
I sent my parents and inlaws thank-you text. My DH was using extra warm gloves my mom had given him as a gift last year- came in handy for shoveling snow. The kids and I were bundled in our snuggies (another mom gift ) as the heat dropped to 50 as we had lost power last night. And my inlaws got us this great lantern that can split into four pieces (one for each of us) that we used last night when the power went out. I felt like we were heading out on the frontier and our parents were making sure we had some things we would need and so thankful they did. As for,phone we keep the phone near the bedrooms with the ringer off so we dont get the random wrong number at 2am or a little too early or late call waking us or the kids up. The ring from the other room is enough to hear if we are awake but not loud enough to wake us from sleep. |
Anonymous
Whatever 
Ignore this bitch OP. She's probably a similar MIL. This is TOTALLY something my own mother would do and I would be equally annoyed. Of course, since it's my own mother I would have no problem calling her out on how obvious she is being (duh! I live here, have eyes and can see it's snowing and am NOT stupid!!) Of course, I would never say such things to my MIL. I would probably thank her for her concern, say I am in the middle of putting the kids to bed/feeding the baby, can we talk another time? Maybe MIL just wants an excuse to call and check up on your family, and if she's in a different time zone, she might forget that there is a time difference (some of my out of state friends do all the time!). |
Anonymous
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OP,
Have her call your cell and don't answer if you don't want to speak to her. Or get caller ID. She doesn't know what you are doing when she calls. She is probably aching because she's so far away from you guys. |
Anonymous
That's my MIL right there. The worst part is that DH totally encourages her and wonders why I don't want to talk to her every day like he does. Don't get me wrong, my MIL is a lovely woman who is very involved with her grandkids. But I have a mother, and even she doesn't give me annoying unsolicited advice and Mom Guilt, thanks. |
Anonymous
Ditto. |