I Guess It's Time To 'Bite The Bullet'

i am like you, lelin. i love my in laws. my MIL is like my very own mom. some of the things she does get me on my nerves, but i love her so much so doesn't even know it. lol.

It will be so hard for me to play 'happy families.' The FIL is OK as I've always got along well with him. It's the MIL I have problems with as she can be a bit of a cow, to be honest. I shall see how it goes tomorrow.

I know I'm not supposed to mention birthdays on here but in this case I have to...it's my birthday on Sunday. This leads me to believe that my FIL may have said to his Mrs, 'Enough's enough..let's make peace with her.' Not knowing that it's gone and backfired. You see, usually on a Friday John would be in the house when they rang up ('already in the area') but he wasn't, he was on his way home. They never, ever ring the landline number and it annoys me big-time. I reckon the reason why the MIL in particular wants to be friends is that she's missing out on what's been going on in the house. I bet she hated it when Ian would come round on his own, erect the chandelier and go on about it to her back home BECAUSE SHE WASN'T THERE TO SEE IT FOR HERSELF. You see what I mean? It's not me she wants to see but stuff we've been doing in the house. She won't have seen the red fireplace or my desk either, for example. Ironically, I've already seen her 'new' decor when she went on a cruise last year. Me and John went round to pick some spuds out of the garden. Her grandson was there so he would've passed on the fact I'd been round..so I wonder if she's forgotten all this and will mention her decorating all over again tomorrow. Oh, God, I hope not. I can't stand having to pretend to like something!

i was saying the same thing myself. your mother in law must want to be noisy and find out what has been going on. i say accept the extended olive branch and see what comes of it.

To be honest, Hatley, I'm not really looking forward to it. I'm only going to please John which isn't the way to go but I can't help it if I don't like the woman. I promise I'll be on my best behaviour...and she better be too!

No doubt the MIL will be showing me new stuff around the house but I'll just have to deal with it.

Yes, I can't understand why she would be like this and I reckon it's her husband that's persuaded her to 'come round' so to speak. I agree it's better than the cold shoulder treatment but it's her reasoning I'm struggling with. I know for a fact there are a few 'new' things in here she's not seen and it will bug her that she hasn't seen them. I've seen hers as we went round when they were on a cruise last year to pick some potatoes. That will rile her even more. Oh well, I shall be on my best behaviour tomorrow!

I wasn't going to open it until 'the big day' but Mum insisted on the phone lol. The MIL had already bought me the Heat perfume by Beyonce (small version) some time ago..well, she's gone and bought me the massive version. I don't know what it is with my MIL and Celeb perfumes. I've got loads of them but I guess they're cheap. Just a pity none of them are any of Elizabeth Taylor's perfumes. One I'm after is called Passion. If I mentioned it to the in-laws I'd just get a blank expression.

I could do without all this stress, what with my op coming up on Tuesday. They probably think they're doing the right thing being nice to me a few days before but all I want is peace and quiet, to be honest!

Would accidentally knocking it over cause any of it to spill out? (Shhh... I didn't say that.)

'Fraid not lol.

A massive bottle of Heat perfume by Beyonce. I've already got a small bottle (nearly all gone) but I'd much rather have Passion by Liz Taylor if they're going down the celeb route. It's one perfume that's cheap and something I've always wanted. Not gonna get it now though am I?