mother inlaw using phone all the time
By goodtogo
@goodtogo (149)
Pakistan
January 9, 2009 1:01am CST
i am really sick and tired of my mother in law usning phone all the time.she is all the time on the hpone and i don't even get a chance to talk to my mother or call her.Right now she is calling her sisters then she will call her friends and all the time in the morning while her husband is not here she will keep on calling.and i don't get a chance while my husband is also not around and when he gets backl i have to be with him.Friends tell me what to do?
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5 responses
@goodtogo (149)
• Pakistan
12 Jan 09
+yeh i know it's her house and it's her phone.but if i am married to his son then it's my house too.secondly i can;t go out and talk from a paid [phone because i do have a cell phone and i use it whenever required or to make a samll call but i was only talking about using a phone as you do in your own house because this is my own house.as far as i think.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
9 Jan 09
Buy a cellphone for your mother in law.This is the only solution to get the phone free.
@thunderstar17 (323)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Try telling her you need to make a phone call. Or maybe bring the issue up with your husband and see if he has a good way to handle the situation with his mother.
Last resort...get a cellular phone!
@Nisha_Verghese (551)
• India
9 Jan 09
Well be patient.. Mother-in-laws are meant to bug the hell out of Daughter-in-laws. There are so many things that you can do.
1.
You can either talk to her and tell her to give you sometime to talk to you mother. You can atleast come to an arrangement that daily during some specific time, it would be just you who can use the phone. Nobody else can use during that time
2.
You can get a separate phone connection for her so that she can use it exclusively without bothering you too much. In that way both of you can be happy.
3.
If its the phone bill thats bothering you then you need to talk to her or call the phone company and ask them if there is some means of getting a lock on the phone so that it can be used only when a password or PIN number is entered. Some phone companies do allow that option.
@goodtogo (149)
• Pakistan
9 Jan 09
you see nobody can ask mother in law that you can't use phone during that time.She can call whenever she wants and as she thinks that she is doing me a favour that she has kept me in her house so how can i say this to him that this time is mine for using this fone?and second opinion of urs is also good but i thought of getting a separate phone for me not for her then we both can have our own phones but this too is not the solution to my problemns as they are gonna mind that i have a separate phone in my own room and my needs of phones were not fulfilled by that one phone.And there is another problemn also that i can;t give my number to my relatives and friends.i've just given it to my mother and she too feels very awkward to call at my place because sometimes my father inlaw is sleeping etc.so i have stopped her from calling too much and i usually encouirtage her to call on my mobile which costs a lot to her while as i;'ve already told the other wireless phone is free cause my mother and myinlaws both have wirelsss phones.PPhone bill is is not bothering me because my father in law is the one who buys the card for that phone so naturally they feel thay have an advantage and they are right but there are sometimes when i am in desperate need.and i don't have balance in my mobile or i amn feeling lonely to talkn to them or anything else.
@ershadtjy (24)
• Singapore
9 Jan 09
if its a handphone you can just cancel the line and buy another one. if its a homephone, try to meet her in the middle and divide the time when she can use it and when you can. if your home phone is always in use, maybe you should get a hp.
@goodtogo (149)
• Pakistan
9 Jan 09
it's a wireless phone so i can't cancel the line and i can't even say her that i want a phone if her son cannot.She stitches clthes so after breakfast she goes to stitching room with her phone.i do have mobile but you see it becomes very expensive because that wireless phone is free for all other wireless phone so all my relatives have almost the same wireless phone.there is a nominal rent per day and than it's free.
