Can u believe this...
By mgmagana
@mgmagana (3618)
United States
May 8, 2007 10:55am CST
On sunday, my mom in law left my 3 yr. old son crying for cereal, it turns out her son was pestering her to leave and take him to work and instead of letting me know wut was going on so i could pour the cereal she just left. so when she came back she my hubby asked wut happened and she said that shes tired of hearing her son yell and scream at her b/c it affects her blood pressure. so she just left, she said my bro in law says that my son has parents we should do for them not her, she needs to tend to her own son b/c he's all she has. so we confronted him on monday about that selfish comment, my mom in law denied it, she said she said it but then came into our room and explained we took it the wrong way, but she didn't do that she came into my room and said sometimes her son says things he doesn't mean b/c he says them w/o thinking. she totally lied, then on sun. she was complaining about how her son talks to her, he's very disrespectful, but on monday during the confrontation she said, i'm all he's got, who else does he have! she was totally trying to play like she cares in front of her son. i'm soooo frustrated and fed up. she's moving out in august, but if it goes on like this she's gonna have to leave sooner. wut do u guys think?
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@my4kidsmom (3)
• United States
8 May 07
How old is her son?
IMO, I dont think you should leave your son with her again .. if you can help it
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@paidreader (5143)
• United States
9 May 07
Hi mgmagana. I'm sorry you're so stressed over the situation. I can definately understand why you are upset. My mother-in-law lives with her son and wife. Sometimes she can just drive my sister-in-law up the walls with the things she can do at times. At least my mil does do things that consider all of us family and we do tend to help each other out. We are in the process of fixing up the house next door so she has her own space, but it's going to take quite a while as we're doing it as we can afford to. When things get real bad, there's always a big flurry of activity on the house as they work out their stress productively, lol.
Maybe you should point out to your mil that the 17 yr old does have more than just her, obviously or they wouldn't be staying there, and that everyone needs to work together so that everything gets done and no one is left unfed. There are more than just the two of them there after all. I take it there's no cell phone? At least my mil calls if she has to leave unexpectedly, though other than the occasional grocery store trip, that's pretty rare.
It's only a few more months, so I hope things are able to calm down again soon. :)
@paidreader (5143)
• United States
12 May 07
LOL, I got my cell phone for emergency use primarily but we have a family plan that lets us all talk to each other for free, no matter what time it is. I think having to leave a crying child unfed would qualify as an emergency even if the call had to be paid for.
Oh well, I hope you all have a peaceful Mother's Day. ;)
