If you have a mother-in-law, then, for sure, there are a lot of claims against her. And the worst thing is that they are becoming more and more from year to year. If you live separately from your parents, then things are not so bad. But if together, the irritation accumulates exponentially. This condition often leads to a real "war" between two women ...
One mom of two babies and our reader, who wished to remain anonymous, named four statements of her mother-in-law that have greatly annoyed her over the years.
"I knew it!"
This phrase is my mother-in-law's favorite, as she considers herself a wise woman by life experience, so she knows a lot in advance. She pronounces it constantly and in suitable and inappropriate situations.
When we met, my (at that time future) husband and I decided to live together and rented an apartment. However, his father and mother were categorically against and made their own conclusion: she "flew" and wants to forcefully marry their boy to herself ...
After a while we got a kitten. During the telephone conversation, the husband told the mother that we had a new “family member”. She just shouted into the receiver in a voice that was not her own: “I knew it !!!”.
She thought she had become a grandmother and her doubts were confirmed. But when it turned out that she was wrong, she had to somehow explain herself and she made excuses: “I knew that something would still happen ...” We have been married for several years, and this wisest woman always knows everything in advance.
"He has it in me!"
As soon as we had children, they began to find out who of the relatives they look like. There can be no doubt that all the best they have from their mother-in-law and father-in-law, as well as from the parents along the line of the husband's mother. But my parents and I somehow had nothing to do with it, but only by chance were involved in the birth of children.
Outwardly they look like a mother-in-law. If they are praised at school or have abilities in the humanities, then it's all in her, in the mother-in-law. Quickly grasp everything, good memory? - What is surprising here, because it was also transmitted through her line. But everything is not entirely outstanding - exclusively from me and my parents.
Once we went with the eldest son to the clinic, and the mother-in-law went with us.
When the doctor examined the child, we left the office and waited in the corridor for the doctor to fill out the entries on the card. There were also other children with their parents, as well as a black boy, the same age as my son. With the baby there was the same black dad.
When the doctor took out the cards, the mother-in-law quickly flew up to her and grabbed the one lying on top, and the doctor says: "What a cute grandson you have, such a rare appearance!" The husband's mother immediately answered with pride: "He got it from me!" The doctor was very surprised and said that the child still looks like dad sitting next to him. The mother-in-law turned to follow the doctor's gaze. Then it turned out that she had taken the card of a black child. Everyone laughed, even my husband could not resist, who still remembers this story with a laugh.
“Everything was / was lying wrong here, and I did it right!”
Each housewife will find a place for all the items in the house (no matter what: towels, spices, cereals, clothes, etc.) and arrange them in the way that suits her. But my mother-in-law has a completely different opinion on this matter. She is firmly convinced that things in our (and not at all her) apartment should be in the same place as hers.
Once we asked the mother-in-law to pick up the child from school, feed and look after him while we come home from work.
I cooked dinner, I just had to warm it up, so I told what and where it was.
When we returned from work, my husband's mother went to her home. The next day I prepare breakfast and cannot find spices in the kitchen cabinets, everything else is also arranged differently. I was surprised, okay, I started spinning, I forgot, I put it in the wrong place. Then I notice that the dishes are somehow strangely out of place.
Well, I think, probably, my mother-in-law decided to put things in order in my kitchen. I asked my son what my grandmother was doing. He confirmed my guesses: “Granny said that she will do the right thing, because everything is not there for you. She arranged everything correctly in the bedroom closet, arranged things so that they were always at hand ”... I quickly go into the bedroom, open the closet and see: everything is shifted, outweighed, in short, “complete order”.
My husband reacted calmly to my complaints: "Honey, mom just wanted to help you"... And I don’t want to poke around in our underwear!
"Professionals know their stuff!"
In no way do I question the fact that grandmothers have a lot of life experience, but, you see, not in all matters.
For example, they do not manage to change diapers correctly right away, because when they were raising their children this necessary thing was simply not there, so they have no experience in this matter. By the way, many items that facilitate the life of modern parents were not yet created at that time. And here we are already teaching mother-in-law how to use the same diapers.
But grandmothers are not used to giving up! My mother-in-law, in order to take revenge, decided to show how to quickly put the baby to bed, more precisely, to demonstrate “how real professionals do it”. When the mother-in-law and father-in-law came to us for some holiday, and I could not put my six-month-old baby to bed, my grandmother decided to demonstrate her professionalism in this matter. She kicked everyone out of the nursery and took care of her grandson. After 10 minutes, the mother-in-law proudly entered the living room. We asked with great doubt: "Did you really fall asleep so quickly?" Granny triumphantly replied: “Of course! Professionals know their stuff! ”
Yes, it was her triumph, my husband admired his mother. But before she had time to sit down, a loud cry of a baby was heard from the nursery. The professional was somewhat surprised ...
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