MIL ate my birthday chocolates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now you know what to get her for Christmas

Box of chocolates missing the same number she ate out of OP’s.

Better still: just give her this box and tell her you saved them for her since she enjoyed them so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, is there a reason you’re not telling us the name of the candy store? We all would like to enjoy some delicious chocolate!

I would say something to MIL after I was able to discuss it without being angry, and explain that she overstepped in a major way. Then I’d get her a box for Christmas, as someone suggested.

Everyone trying to guess the candy store has issues! She said it was a local store from her hometown. Obviously she’s not talking about some chain brand you can buy at Whole Foods. I don’t blame the OP for not wanting to give away her hometown. You people are nuts.

I think it’s more lighthearted. Heck, I love chocolate so I’m curious, too! Then again, I’ve been ordering custom boxes of See’s all pandemic, so perhaps my taste is suspect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please, OP, tell us the chocolates! I would hope that wouldn't out you in any way, we just want to know.

I already have Lake Champlain and Enstrom's tabs open!

But the rest of y'all have to be better guessers because anything you can easily order online can't be it. It would have to be something way more boutique/farm market or from a place run by oldsters who don't want to mess with "the computer."

Lady, you can buy lake Champlain chocolates at most high end grocery stores around here! Obviously that’s not what she’s talking about.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine my MIL opening my packages. What if it was a kinky sex toy?!

[Anonymous]

OP,

My mother is terribly lacking in boundaries. Her specialty is declining invitations for us. She once declined on our behalf when my aunt called her (we were visiting my mother but happened to be out at the time) to invite us to stay over for Christmas. I found out a few days later and was livid, and had to call my aunt back and say that yes of course we'd love to come. She's also obsessed with our weight and tries to physically grab us, the kids and I, and push us on the scale.

So I get the immense irritation you're feeling, because it's not "just" chocolates. Your MIL is not someone you can trust.

But happy birthday anyway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

My mother is terribly lacking in boundaries. Her specialty is declining invitations for us. She once declined on our behalf when my aunt called her (we were visiting my mother but happened to be out at the time) to invite us to stay over for Christmas. I found out a few days later and was livid, and had to call my aunt back and say that yes of course we'd love to come. She's also obsessed with our weight and tries to physically grab us, the kids and I, and push us on the scale.

So I get the immense irritation you're feeling, because it's not "just" chocolates. Your MIL is not someone you can trust.

But happy birthday anyway

OP here. Thank you for understanding. She always asks if I’m on a diet (I am not overweight and only dieted once to lose pregnancy weight) and makes much of the fact that she’s so thin. She snoops and has control issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine my MIL opening my packages. What if it was a kinky sex toy?!

You got this big vibrator today in the mail. I tested it out for you and it seems to work well. XO-MIL

[Anonymous]

“Aren’t those laxatives the best?! They’re like eating real chocolates! You didn’t have more than 2, did you?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine my MIL opening my packages. What if it was a kinky sex toy?!

You got this big vibrator today in the mail. I tested it out for you and it seems to work well. XO-MIL

Lol. This was definitely hilarious

For the record OP you are a saint for putting up with your MILs petty garbage while being so thoughtful. I hope your DH does the explaining as to the fact that HE doesn’t feel comfortable having them stay in the future.

[Anonymous]

Burdick chocolates? Those are the best American chocolates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please, OP, tell us the chocolates! I would hope that wouldn't out you in any way, we just want to know.

I already have Lake Champlain and Enstrom's tabs open!

But the rest of y'all have to be better guessers because anything you can easily order online can't be it. It would have to be something way more boutique/farm market or from a place run by oldsters who don't want to mess with "the computer."

Lady, you can buy lake Champlain chocolates at most high end grocery stores around here! Obviously that’s not what she’s talking about.

Do you have trouble following movie plots, too, "Lady?"

I have those tabs open because those companies were mentioned here and sound good.

They are things "you can easily order online" per my comment (and get in some stores, too).

Things you can easily order online or find locally in the DMV are likely not OP's chocolate.

Thus, I am well aware that Lake Champlain and Enstrom's are not OP's chocolate.

Which was my entire point.

Which you seemed to think that you need to make.

I am also asking for the name of OP's chocolate so I can put it on my now-growing list of chocolates I can try-- though I might have to wait until I'm in OP's hometown.

The end.

[Anonymous]

Dunmore Candy Kitchen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, is there a reason you’re not telling us the name of the candy store? We all would like to enjoy some delicious chocolate!

I would say something to MIL after I was able to discuss it without being angry, and explain that she overstepped in a major way. Then I’d get her a box for Christmas, as someone suggested.

Everyone trying to guess the candy store has issues! She said it was a local store from her hometown. Obviously she’s not talking about some chain brand you can buy at Whole Foods. I don’t blame the OP for not wanting to give away her hometown. You people are nuts.

No, we want good chocolate!! I’m ready to order a box myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine my MIL opening my packages. What if it was a kinky sex toy?!

You got this big vibrator today in the mail. I tested it out for you and it seems to work well. XO-MIL

Lol. This was definitely hilarious

For the record OP you are a saint for putting up with your MILs petty garbage while being so thoughtful. I hope your DH does the explaining as to the fact that HE doesn’t feel comfortable having them stay in the future.

Thing is, as long as I made arrangements for a sitter—my parents, my aunt/uncle, my cousin, one of our friends, my brother—it would never occur to him that his family needed “a turn.” I have gone out of my way to be “fair” about this sort of thing, and to make sure that our kids spend fairly equal time with both of our families. That stops now. From now on, if we go away for a night or a few nights, it’s going to be someone I can fully trust watching my kids. DH’s parents can visit when we are home, and we will still occasionally go on vacation with him. But I don’t even need to declare to DH or to MIL/FIL no more unsupervised visits. They will simply never be in our home alone again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine my MIL opening my packages. What if it was a kinky sex toy?!

You got this big vibrator today in the mail. I tested it out for you and it seems to work well. XO-MIL

Lol. This was definitely hilarious

For the record OP you are a saint for putting up with your MILs petty garbage while being so thoughtful. I hope your DH does the explaining as to the fact that HE doesn’t feel comfortable having them stay in the future.

Thing is, as long as I made arrangements for a sitter—my parents, my aunt/uncle, my cousin, one of our friends, my brother—it would never occur to him that his family needed “a turn.” I have gone out of my way to be “fair” about this sort of thing, and to make sure that our kids spend fairly equal time with both of our families. That stops now. From now on, if we go away for a night or a few nights, it’s going to be someone I can fully trust watching my kids. DH’s parents can visit when we are home, and we will still occasionally go on vacation with him. But I don’t even need to declare to DH or to MIL/FIL no more unsupervised visits. They will simply never be in our home alone again.

Pp here. This is totally reasonable. Honestly, if they won’t notice, then no need for your DH to make it a thing. You know your MIL will never change, so simply making this silent change is the high road. No point in confrontation. Again, sorry, this stinks and you are of course right this is ridiculously inappropriate even if the upshot is just a lack of chocolate.

But on the less high road, I have found myself worrying that eating all those chocolates at once might have been more than her slight figure can stand. Is that the start of a roll around her middle..?