After Dh had to step out with MIL to the grocery store for something, that meant I would be staying home with our twin newborns and my older toddler daughter. Twins were about 5 weeks old.

She says to DH in all seriousness, "Wait....you're going to leave her all alone with AL of them?!" I'm not sure what she thought was happening every day DH went to work.

Thanksgiving- "Don't even worry if your turkey comes out dry, we can just let it sit in some chicken broth" (for the record, it did not )

"Do you always cook this much food and set in nilly willy everywhere. Crazy.."

Says to BIL on phone, " I wish you were here- you could make us your super special yummy pancakes, ____. What are we eating? Oh, we're just eating scrambled eggs w/ cheese, sausage, bacon, and..she made this cake. Oh crumby cake or something or either. She says you eat it with coffe? Oh right, a coffee cake."

"That Blake Shelton is a hottie!" Ewww, why do I have to be privy to my MIL's younger man crushes?

Anonymous wrote:My husband's ex-girlfriend's daughter looks JUST like my daughter.

My mil would say something like this!

Thanksgiving - MIL following me around the kitchen saying "you can always tell a table at a restaurant that has Jewish people seated because they have big noses and talk very loud". And she kept following me around the kitchen wanting me to agree. I just said "we don't talk that way and we don't encourage our children to either". She needs a filter between her brain and her mouth.

There are so many good MIL quotes. She has a refrigerator magnet that says, "I just stuck my foot in my mouth and I can get it out." Says it all! How to pick just one...

My husband's ex-girlfriend's daughter looks JUST like my daughter.

My MIL refers to every short email as a "quickie": "Hey kids! Just a quickie from Mom to let you know ..." "DS, didn't have time for more than a quickie, but wanted to tell you ..."

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL was feeling very awkward about my recent m/c and we saw her for the first time since then this weekend. She took me aside, gave me a great big hug and told me that "God takes the defective ones off the assembly line" ... No words. I know she means well, but there are just no words

Oh my god, that's horrible. Sorry for your loss (and that moment with your mother in law).

Good lord.

Anonymous wrote:She just looked me straight in the eye and told me that "square dancing was coming back." I tried my best not to laugh but couldn't hold it in.

She doesn't invite my two living family members to Thanksgiving. One of whom came 309 miles.