When you have a moment and/or need a chuckle, you guys MUST read this incredible hilarious and true mother-in-law story:
http://barefootfoodie.com/?p=286
And now onto this week's topic: ILs and money. There will probably be a lot of topics that fall under this, because, well, everyone needs money, it is the #1 cause of divorce, and until I win the Lotto, it will always be a problem. Yes, I deserve it, because I will be oh-so-generous and heck, I'm tired.
Anyway, let's keep it to one for now—giving/lending you money and then using it to control you, guilt you, make you perform ridiculous acts of gratitude, or otherwise make your life miserable.
Yes, this includes paying for weddings or portions thereof. Like the gefilte fish you had to have on your appetizer tray because it was Poppy's favorite, God rest his soul.
Discuss.
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When our LO was first born, my MIL came to stay with us. She helped a bit, and of course we fed her, housed her, took her out for meals, etc. She was kind enough to accompany me to my first trip to the grocery store with the little one, and after a poo-splosion, a change in the grocery aisle, and an hour of shopping, we finally made it to the chekout, where my mommy brain realized I had forgotten my wallet.
ReplyDeleteMIL graciously paid, and I wrote her a check as soon as we got home. She had me drive her to the bank to cash it that day.
But she still cannot let this story go! She acts like it's funny, but she uses it to humiliate me in front of every new person we meet (like, the second we meet), and she of course leaves out the part about getting paid back. Noo, she is the generous Grammy taking care of the mindless and poverty-stricken idiot that her son married.
By the way, it was SIX years ago.