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[quote=Anonymous]Just be glad you still have your own parents.  My mom died 14 years ago, and never got a chance to see any of her kids get married much less meet a single grandkid.  She loved children.  I'm sorry that my kids will never have decent grandparents.

You can take my MIL.  She's cold and selfish.  She invited 14 extra guests for a gathering at my house without clearing it with me first.  When they arrived, she didn't even ask if we needed a hand serving all of these uninvited guests.

Upon meeting my daughter at 6 weeks old, the first thing she said is that she doesn't change diapers.  I was stunned, particularly when I hadn't asked her to change one.  She refused to watch my daughter for 15 minutes so I could pump when my daughter was 3 months old.  My husband and FIL were outside tending to a gutter issue with an extremely high ladder.  When I told my husband that he would have to put off the gutters for a bit so I could pump, she angrily said, "Just hand me the baby."  Later she would chastise me for pumping beyond 6 months telling me to just feed her formula (I guess since she had breastfed each kid for 6 months, that's the only acceptable approach).

When we visited her one holiday, she refused to turn up the heat (keeps house below 60) even for a 2 year old.  Found my DD the next morning as cold as an icicle (my husband had forgotten to put the fleece sleep suit that I had brought for the tr

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