Anonymous
09/16/2013 16:33
Subject: Annoying mil
Anonymous wrote:Dcum is full of whiny, insecure, sell righteous women. There is definitely a lack of maturity on this board.
Which one are you, besides whiny?
Anonymous
09/16/2013 16:23
Subject: Annoying mil
Dcum is full of whiny, insecure, sell righteous women. There is definitely a lack of maturity on this board.
Anonymous
09/16/2013 16:03
Subject: Annoying mil
Anonymous wrote:In laws are in town for DD's first day if school. She's a little over 2. She started 2 days before Labor Day then they came. Over the weekend. She was playing with blocks. Stopped playing and said "now I clean up." FIL announced - that's so amazing. School is so wonderful. She's learning so much. MIL agreed "school is clearly working!"
I replied "well, she's only been in school 2 days and I taught her to clean up."
They always do stuff like that - applaud little things in her and credit random external factors as if I'm not the one teaching her all these things. She sang the ABC song in the car yesterday and mil said "she's learning so much from television. How wonderful!" Um. No. Your DIL spends time with her kid and that's where she gets this stuff...
Just venting.
1. You're likely being over sensitive. They may just come from a generation/perspective in which parents did not really do that kind of things: school and television did the teaching. My mom NEVER sang the ABCs with me. It's not a dig.
2. Who makes the decisions about tv she watches or schools she attends? You and your husband? Then by proxy, they are praising your daughter AND the choices you make, thus, your parenting.
3. But it is probably easier to get butthurt and act like a 2 year old yourself and whine that they're not constantly telling you, the adult, that you're the perfectest mother ever.
Anonymous
09/16/2013 15:53
Subject: Re:Annoying mil
Anonymous wrote:Yes, another oversensitive parent.
Why do you have to make everything into WWIII? Just respond "Thank you, she was doing that before she went to school," and leave it at that.
Wrong. No one is starting WWIII except maybe you? OP, I can see why this would be annoying. And you said it was just a vent. I have a similar MIL. I usually can't help but say "Well, I spend an awful lot of time teaching her...."