Help me find my eyebrows.

baconsmom

DIL,
I already told (your husband) and he said it was fine but I had to tell you. Well, I Hope you don't mind but I took the kids out of school a little early today to spend some Quality Time with me. I picked today because I know they don't have Dance or Soccer so you won't be mad.I will have them home with homework done after dinner.I would have told you but you would have said no and its not Fair because they are my Pride and Joy. Oh I made you Apple Raisin Muffins for your breakfasts tomarrow.  
LOVE,
MIL

mrsconn23

WTF?  Where did you find this?! 

baconsmom

Also:

SIL,

Are you aware that your husband took a sht in my ficus tree? I can only assume that you are behind this. You disgust me.
Sincerely,
SIL

Butter Cookie

I would drive to this woman's house and punch her in her muffin and take my children and then instruct the school that Gramma isn't allowed to take my kids ANYWHERE ever again.

baconsmom

http://www.emailsfromyourinlaws.com/

It's the source of all my fun for the day. 

ReturnOfKuus

Both the MIL and the husband need a cast iron skillet to the face.

loveshine1

Nothing like a double kidnapping to brighten up an average Tuesday. They didn't have dance or soccer after all.

nicoleg1982

Oh sweet fancy moses.  You know there is only one color I would see if this happened to me - blood red, all over my hands.

TheDuckis

I love the capitalization of "Fair" and "Pride and Joy."

But honestly, assuming she's not a sex-offender, I don't understand why the DIL wouldn't just let the kids hang out with their grandmother every so often so this wouldn't have to happen. 

6fsn

Holy hell!

The ficus is funny.

AuntFlo

This really gets my blood boiling!    Literally!!! 

baconsmom

Honest to God, what is wrong with people?

Everyone,

All that afternoon de-light
sure got her done right! 
Now she's got my seed
growing up warp speed.

We find out next week what the gender is. We would like to have everyone over Friday night at 7 to celebrate the gender. Will it be fish tacos? Or juicy sausage on bun? Join us to find out. BYOB.

BIL

ReturnOfKuus

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_eyebrows?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:70b96fd7-e1e9-41c2-bdb3-545e5c8ee1b9Post:e04440e0-0375-47ae-ae0d-4417b1c61145">Re: Help me find my eyebrows.</a>:
[QUOTE]I love the capitalization of "Fair" and "Pride and Joy." But honestly, assuming she's not a sex-offender, I don't understand why the DIL wouldn't just let the kids hang out with their grandmother every so often so this wouldn't have to happen. 
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]


Maybe because she's so crazy and overbearing that she thinks this kind of thing is okay?

baconsmom

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_eyebrows?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:70b96fd7-e1e9-41c2-bdb3-545e5c8ee1b9Post:e04440e0-0375-47ae-ae0d-4417b1c61145">Re: Help me find my eyebrows.</a>:
[QUOTE]I love the capitalization of "Fair" and "Pride and Joy." But honestly, assuming she's not a sex-offender, I don't understand why the DIL wouldn't just let the kids hang out with their grandmother every so often so this wouldn't have to happen. 
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]
Because there are a bagrillion other reasons not to let people have unsupervised access to my child. Not least of which is such utter disrespect for me as her parent. 

dharmabunny

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[QUOTE]I love the capitalization of "Fair" and "Pride and Joy." But honestly, assuming she's not a sex-offender, I don't understand why the DIL wouldn't just let the kids hang out with their grandmother every so often so this wouldn't have to happen. 
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]

Because she's the kind of BSC tw@t that thinks kidnapping the grandkids from school is an OK thing to do.  Probably a good reason for it.

DG1

Seriously - do you think this woman will ever be satisfied? no.  She's nutso.

I'm shocked it was allowed. My daycare won't let the kids leave with someone unless they have written permission from me AND see that person's photo ID.  They even made H show his photo ID the first time he picked up Dex.  

6fsn

They probably put MIL on the list for emergencies. 

That invite would make me vomit. 

TheDuckis

Eh, I just think so many in-law problems are manufactured. In general (and I'm not saying there aren't major exceptions), if they did a good enough job raising their son that you were willing to marry him, they probably aren't going to be a danger to their grandchildren. Obviously I'd be livid if my mom or MIL ever took my kids out of school without my knowledge, but I also can't imagine it ever coming to that, because I want my kids to have a relationship with their grandparents.

It's well-documented that my mom rates pretty high on the overbearing and annoying scale, but she'd have to do something REALLY bad for me to deprive my children of spending time with her.

NOLABridesmaid

You can check out the kid as long as your name is on the contact form at my school. I always check before I talk with someone on the phone or in person that's claiming to be stepdad, mom, gm.

I once got a call from a "dad" wanting to know if his kid attends our school. Me thinks you would know that info already.

ReturnOfKuus

I'll be honest and say that if I had kids, I wouldn't leave them with the ILs outside my presence.  They're not a physical danger, but MIL is emotionally abusive, and has passive-aggressive ways of trying to tear down people's self-esteem, and while I think I could counteract that and render her harmless if I'm there to do so, I think a kid would be vulnerable to that sort of thing when there's no authority figure there saying that MIL is the jerk in the situation.  I've seen the effect that she has had on all of her kids, and I'll be damned if I'd let that happen to mine.

baconsmom

I won't let my MIL see Bacon unsupervised. I won't. She's not only a crazy bitch who thinks our boundaries and rules are stupid, but she's an addict who only barely raised her own children. H's brother is a goddamned mess. H turned out well enough to marry IN SPITE of her. She calls me names to my face as well as behind my back, she tells us all the time that "I don't care what you say, I'm going to [whatever we've asked she not do]."

My own mother is crazy, yes, but H and I agree that she gets to see Bacon because every time we've explained a rule to her (from "no princesses" to "no soda" to "no clean plate club"), she's said, "OK." She understands that Bacon is our child, and has to follow our rules (which allow ample room for spoiling). 

Having a relationship with crazy people is not better than not having one. Ever. I wish my parents had kept us from my mother's parents. Life would have been so much easier without that extra layer of crazy abuse. 

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[QUOTE]I'll be honest and say that if I had kids, I wouldn't leave them with the ILs outside my presence.  They're not a physical danger, but MIL is emotionally abusive, and has passive-aggressive ways of trying to tear down people's self-esteem, and while I think I could counteract that and render her harmless if I'm there to do so, I think a kid would be vulnerable to that sort of thing when there's no authority figure there saying that MIL is the jerk in the situation.  I've seen the effect that she has had on all of her kids, and I'll be damned if I'd let that happen to mine.
Posted by ReturnOfKuus[/QUOTE]
I could have written this.

loveshine1

BM, nothing is better than the eye drop story with your grandmother.

The only reason I find it so entertaining is that you made it out ok.

baconsmom

Oh, see, I always think of the mothballs in the cereal cabinet. (And then how my father didn't believe that the cereal tasted funny until *he* ate it,  but that's a dad quirk.) 

loveshine1

I don't believe I have heard that gem. Please share when you have a moment.

MizBiscuit

I think everyone has a different opinion of a 'proper amount of time to spend with the grandparents' is. I know if DH & I ever have kids this will be an issue. For me once every 4-6 weeks for an afternoon visit is good. Maybe a date night babysitting job once in a while. MIL has already stated that she expects to see any future grandkids multiple times a week. I can see her trying to pull a stunt like this. I only hope DH is stupid enough to OK it though.

TheDuckis

But see, abuse, addictions, etc. all fall into the exceptions I was talking about. Maybe I had a fairytale upbringing and those problems are a lot more prevalent than I realize, but I have a feeling that in a lot of cases it's petty sht like "how dare you call MY children YOUR pride and joy."

I saw my grandparents almost daily growing up. Certainly there were things that my mother and grandmother didn't agree on, but it was mom's house, mom's rules/granny's house, granny's rules. I can't imagine my life without my grandparents, and I'm just sad for people who deny that for themselves or their kids.

ReturnOfKuus

I saw my maternal grandmother almost daily, too.  I could have done with less.

loveshine1

I saw both of my grandparents at least once per week. They were all pretty awesome.

mrsconn23

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[QUOTE]I think everyone has a different opinion of a 'proper amount of time to spend with the grandparents' is. I know if DH & I ever have kids this will be an issue. <strong>For me once every 4-6 weeks for an afternoon visit is good.</strong> Maybe a date night babysitting job once in a while.<strong> MIL has already stated that she expects to see any future grandkids multiple times a week.</strong> I can see her trying to pull a stunt like this. I only hope DH is stupid enough to OK it though.
Posted by MizBiscuit[/QUOTE]

#1- This.  We see my IL's way.too.much IMO. I'd prefer once a month at the most. 

#2-Oh hell no.  She'd be seeing my kids once every couple months if she made demands like that. 

jojobrn

I grew up very near my grandparents and saw them regularly. But the way this email reads, I bet even if Grandma does see the kids on the regular, it isn't enough or how she wants it. Anyone who thinks mssing school for "quality time" is okay won't be seeing my kids.