MIL grrr...
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Speaking of cars and MIL's here's another little creepy thing she did to my son...
Finally we found a doctor who had enough 'you know what' to get her off the road and tell her she can't drive any longer....she was 90! And was great driving straight, as long as she didn't have to turn her head, or had to make any turns....
So this was a very big deal, she called the doctor all kinds of names, and ranted and raved for about 2 years... (I called him my hero! lol) so that passed, and since I was working at home, I ended up driving her all over the place and that was a bad bad bad experience... anyway
She had little red used ford escort, that was just laying in the garage,
My son's car died, since we got him a large safe, used car when he first started to drive it lasted about 2 yrs, now he needed a car to go b ack and forth to college and work.
My son thought he'd make granny an offer, since the car was just laying there for a few years, so he offered her $2000.00, lol
She actually told him NO, b/c it's worth at least $3000.00 in the red book. Ahhhhhhhh I was so mad. I had no idea he was going to do that I would have discouraged it. Good ol grandma.:skeptical:
Finally we found a doctor who had enough 'you know what' to get her off the road and tell her she can't drive any longer....she was 90! And was great driving straight, as long as she didn't have to turn her head, or had to make any turns....
So this was a very big deal, she called the doctor all kinds of names, and ranted and raved for about 2 years... (I called him my hero! lol) so that passed, and since I was working at home, I ended up driving her all over the place and that was a bad bad bad experience... anyway
She had little red used ford escort, that was just laying in the garage,
My son's car died, since we got him a large safe, used car when he first started to drive it lasted about 2 yrs, now he needed a car to go b ack and forth to college and work.
My son thought he'd make granny an offer, since the car was just laying there for a few years, so he offered her $2000.00, lol
She actually told him NO, b/c it's worth at least $3000.00 in the red book. Ahhhhhhhh I was so mad. I had no idea he was going to do that I would have discouraged it. Good ol grandma.:skeptical:
My mil was controlling and jealous too, so we moved 3500km away 
She tried to split us up many times, refused to attend our wedding, and told me to abort 2 of our children, since I "couldnt cope" with the ones we had.
She tried to split us up many times, refused to attend our wedding, and told me to abort 2 of our children, since I "couldnt cope" with the ones we had.
I can relate! My MIL is a *&%! and she ruins EVERYTHING. When my husband and I got engaged she flipped out, when we got "legally" married for convenience for lower rent before the actual wedding she flipped out, and now we're expecting a baby she says we're going to have to go on food stamps and doesn't understand why we would still want to have the wedding (only in a month from now and I'm not far along). She married a millionaire so she doesn't understand that people get by on less than $200,000/yr. My husband put it this way, every joy we have she sees as tragedy and lets us know it.
We're on the brink of just not even having her in our lives.
I disagree with people that say we shouldn't keep our kids from certain people but I say hell yes we should. It's our job as parents to decide what we want them exposed to. If people (no matter WHO they are) are disrespectful, negative and are not supportive then we don't need you and neither do our kids.
The only tough part though is <I>how does your wife feel about it?</I> It's her mom so you can't really make the decision by yourself to keep them from her but if you AND your wife decide that <U>something needs to change in your MIL before she has the privilege to be part of your life</U>, then go right ahead.
We're on the brink of just not even having her in our lives.
I disagree with people that say we shouldn't keep our kids from certain people but I say hell yes we should. It's our job as parents to decide what we want them exposed to. If people (no matter WHO they are) are disrespectful, negative and are not supportive then we don't need you and neither do our kids.
The only tough part though is <I>how does your wife feel about it?</I> It's her mom so you can't really make the decision by yourself to keep them from her but if you AND your wife decide that <U>something needs to change in your MIL before she has the privilege to be part of your life</U>, then go right ahead.
I guess once again I have a little different spin on things. My Grandmother on my mothers side was "The Queen of Insane Bitches" Yes thats right you MIL haters. She was #1. At one point we (my brother and I) were no longer welcome in their home. Her insanity became one of our favorite inside family jokes. We would set her up during visits to see which one of us could get her to hit the insanity ball out of the park. It was freakin hilarious.
One of the last meetings we had. She had taken a nap at my brothers house on thanksgiving. She woke and came upstairs and just went off. We were all conspiring against her, F this and F that. None of it true of course. We had not even talked about her. She took her insanity to a new level. My dad ended up kicking her out of the house and getting her brother to drive her home 3hrs away.
So my advice. Have some fun with it. Use it for teaching lessons. The first person to get her wound up get a candy bar.
When my MIL calls and asks about the kids. I say "I dont know: Have not seen them all day: I told them to clean up the broken glass and fireworks by the pond this morning."
One of the last meetings we had. She had taken a nap at my brothers house on thanksgiving. She woke and came upstairs and just went off. We were all conspiring against her, F this and F that. None of it true of course. We had not even talked about her. She took her insanity to a new level. My dad ended up kicking her out of the house and getting her brother to drive her home 3hrs away.
At my grandma's funeral, One person that was not family showed up. Thats right one. The family had some funny stories to share.IADad said:
So my advice. Have some fun with it. Use it for teaching lessons. The first person to get her wound up get a candy bar.
When my MIL calls and asks about the kids. I say "I dont know: Have not seen them all day: I told them to clean up the broken glass and fireworks by the pond this morning."