General Chat

Sorry to hear what you're going through Lin, if it's any consolation, there are worse mums out there, as I have THE mum from hell. Hope you get through it soon. Regards Lisa

Sorry Lin, did not mean to sound rude, but I just think life is too short to waste time on this woman, if she only seems to bring trouble into your life i would not put up with it!!

Going by all of your mother in law stories on this thread, it makes me feel better not because there is someone else suffering from the old dragon syndrome, but because you all seem to be managing to keep that barrier up against their acid tongues and enjoy what really matters most in life. So I have decided to grab the ball by the horns say a few things that I am sure she will not like to hear and be damned with it, and if anyone else in the family wants to follow her I will personally hold the door open for them. Phew! now I feel much better - ready to rock and roll. Lin

seens like Mag and i r the only ones luck enough to have great in-laws. my mother-in law had been dead a year now sadly missed and i was only the daughter-in-law. remember she is still some 1's mum

Oh dear - I'm a mother-in-law, I do hope I don't cause as much grief to my son-in-law and daughters-in-law. I do try to remember that I was once a daughter-in-law and my m-i-l was a cow!! Kathleen

Kathreen you are probably a very very nice MIL - I have heard that they are out there. Lin

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Oh that made me laugh....sorry.. Good on the old girl for using her IQ Getting a meal out on xmas day is difficult enough lol Take her words with a pinch of salt. If on Boxing day she makes a big thing of it, that she said she had no family....laugh along with it. Tell her what a good idea it was and you think shes really clever for thinking up such a story to get a meal. Dont take the bait when she throws acid your way and shell have nothing to fire at you. And in your drawer, when the day is getting strained, take out that little figure & stick those pins in !! Glad you have saved your day to yourselves Elaine x

Lin Mailed you xxx

Hello Harlowgirl Going to gauge myself silly over the festive season - and everytime I pelch - well you know the rest Have a Good one in Harlow Lin

Just to add balance - my mother-in-law, who died 10 years ago, was absolutely lovely and I miss her very much, especially at Christmas. Sadly she took her recipe for chocolate rum charlotte with her when she went! BUT her mother was a bit poisonous. She used to make notes after we'd visited saying we'd only stayed half-an-hour. She was always fainting, or going to have an attack - emotional blackmail was her forte. Never a headache, always a migraine, she never bled, she always haemorrhaged. My m-i-l lost her first baby (he lived 2 minutes) and then had my husband, and 5 years later, his brother. When she returned from the hospital her mother said "You can't have any more. You can't put ME through all this again!!!" nell

nope i wouldnt and hubby just read that and said nope thats what she wants you to do is give in, dont, bet she hasnt even booked in the sally army. makes your smile doesnt it