In-law problems?

[BeContented]

sall:

Hi cwc.

You can use a cloth instead of a belt to tie his hands. I don't think it's abuse, the staff in nursing homes do that too. They also have no other choice, some old folks reached into their diapers, took the poo and throw all over.
But when fil's hands are tied, he may try to spit as far as he can, then how? Get another cloth for his mouth... :evil:

Oh yes, cloth will be less 'forceful/traumatic'.
Well, FIL also will reach into diaper and then start touching anything within reach.....
Right now, FIL seems to have no strength to spit far, that's why he spit onto hand and fling. Otherwise, it'll normally end up on himself, bed or wheelchair depending on his location.....but at least I dun have it over my hall cabinets, walls, floors & all sorts of places. I find it disgusting to step or touch it accidentally. You can't depend on maid to 100% diligent.....
FIL Naughty right? DH scolded him, just glare back and still know how to purposely hide his intention to spit and tried to do it secretly. So DH just sat there and watched and tried to stop him for 30 mins before he concluded, no choice, gotta tie up his hands.

[Chenonceau]

cwc… It’s so easy to say that people do that because they’re sick and cannot help it, and so one must be forgiving… but really having to forgive day in and day out is a different matter. I think your hubby married an ANGEL, and I hope he knows it too.

[Chenonceau]

My in-laws will be moving in with us in the next few months. This is the 3rd time I am trying to stay with them. The first time, I was the maid because we had no money to get a maid. We moved out to my own place because I didn’t want to have 2 jobs (my day job and the maid on evenings and weekends).


The 2nd time, she moved in (even though her huge flat was just within waving distance from mine). She had her place but insisted to have a room at mine. This time, I was the dispossessed mother who was criticised for everything I did from cooking to child-rearing… nothing I did was good. I almost wondered why she didn’t marry her son and take my place in my home. I didn’t dare to say anything but managed to move her back to her place by arguing that SHE HAD HER OWN PLACE, and that I needed space to bring up my kids without being criticised all day.

This will be the 3rd time. I’m older and in the past years, have managed to bring up 2 kids + one foster kid pretty much to the satisfaction of my husband and myself. The kids are doing better now after we moved her out and made things simple. My husband agreed that I deserve my personal space. He also agreed that family harmony was more important than family proximity. So we structured a self-sufficient apartment (with separate kitchen and hall) within our home.

Now that I am older and more assertive, I also told her that after she moves over there, she should mind her own business in her apartment and leave me to run things at my home, and that even if she didn’t agree, I was gonna do things my way.

But she really didn’t improve until DH told her that HE had left that the decision to stay with her to ME… and that if there was no harmony under one roof then it makes better sense to have 2 roofs for the sake of relationships, and the children. Since that ONE talk with her son, she has completely stopped criticising me, and she even said that she understood that I needed personal space to do things the way I think best.

I do so hope this lasts.

[sall]

mummyJune:

hi all mummies, actually i do appreciate my mil for taking care of my kids, i always tel my hubby, his mum does a good job especially when come to taking care of kids, & yes, is no easy thing taking care of a sick baby. but the only thing i dun like is every morning when my kids go over her place she sure got something to comment on for example Y my son got rashes on his neck etc, i tel my hubby wa, yr mum trying to say we duno how to take care iszit? OK, mayb she dun mean it that way, but call me petty la, since when do DILs & MILs get along?


sign...i might sound like an ungrateful DIL but sometimes angry words juz come out from my mouth. yes, we are grateful for sil for helping us get the soy milk, my hubby told his mum he will pay her back.

in fact i felt guilty after what i said abt the granddaughter, sometimes i see her i feel so paiseh. sign...

Ya, a lot of mil think they know everything, so they must comment on everything. If the dil argue with them, they will say the ridiculous stuff like 'I eat more salt than you eat rice'. :roll:

[jtoh]

Chenonceau, you very brave to have your mil with you again.

[janet88]

sall:

mummyJune:

hi all mummies, actually i do appreciate my mil for taking care of my kids, i always tel my hubby, his mum does a good job especially when come to taking care of kids, & yes, is no easy thing taking care of a sick baby.


in fact i felt guilty after what i said abt the granddaughter, sometimes i see her i feel so paiseh. sign...

Ya, a lot of mil think they know everything, so they must comment on everything. If the dil argue with them, they will say the ridiculous stuff like 'I eat more salt than you eat rice'. :roll:

Mine here will play the 'victim' role...CRY. When she is unreasonable, she twists the facts.
In yesterday's article about this MIL-DIL, I must say the MIL is so modern and gone all the way to treat her only DIL as her daughter. Wow, can even bond over latest skincare and iPhone games...simply amazing!

[Chenonceau]

janet_lee88:

sall:

[quote=\"mummyJune\"]hi all mummies, actually i do appreciate my mil for taking care of my kids, i always tel my hubby, his mum does a good job especially when come to taking care of kids, & yes, is no easy thing taking care of a sick baby.


in fact i felt guilty after what i said abt the granddaughter, sometimes i see her i feel so paiseh. sign...

Ya, a lot of mil think they know everything, so they must comment on everything. If the dil argue with them, they will say the ridiculous stuff like 'I eat more salt than you eat rice'. :roll:

Mine here will play the 'victim' role...CRY. When she is unreasonable, she twists the facts.
In yesterday's article about this MIL-DIL, I must say the MIL is so modern and gone all the way to treat her only DIL as her daughter. Wow, can even bond over latest skincare and iPhone games...simply amazing![/quote]It is REALLY rare... so rare that it is newsworthy.

[Chenonceau]

jtoh:

Chenonceau, you very brave to have your mil with you again.

Actually no... I think I am just stupid.

[jtoh]

Chenonceau:

jtoh:

Chenonceau, you very brave to have your mil with you again.

Actually no... I think I am just stupid.

Good luck!!!!!!!

[Chenonceau]

sall:

mummyJune:

but the only thing i dun like is every morning when my kids go over her place she sure got something to comment on for example Y my son got rashes on his neck etc, i tel my hubby wa, yr mum trying to say we duno how to take care iszit? OK, mayb she dun mean it that way, but call me petty la, since when do DILs & MILs get along?

Ya, a lot of mil think they know everything, so they must comment on everything. If the dil argue with them, they will say the ridiculous stuff like 'I eat more salt than you eat rice'. :roll:

mummyJune, it's not being petty ok!! I thought I was being petty too and put up with the subtle undermining of my competence as a mother for TEN years... and the insidious undermining of my relationship with my kids. It's not petty because kids benefit from a strong relationship with Mommy. My kids were a lot better off emotionally and academically away from such an unhealthy daily dose of undermining comments.

Sall... my MIL said that to me every day for a decade. And after I told her off, she began to do it behind my back... criticising this action or that decision. Nothing I did was good enough. Even soya sauce also buy wrong (in her opinion). She has however completely changed after her son had a talk with her about keeping separate roofs if there was no family harmony and interpersonal respect.

I think it won't last. But at least, when she moves in with us, there is a wall separating our 2 households. To get to my house, she needs to go outside and come in again.