In-law problems?

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mummyJune:

i really duno y my mil can b so dirty.her house is practically so messy with books & toys everywhere. since she is taking care of 2 older kids(3 & 4yrs), she should tell them to pick up the toys yet she can juz leave it there, when i help her pick up she tel me aiya juz leave it. ok, what if someone trips leh. haiz.


not only that, her kitchen got so many ants, big & small. dining table oso ve. aiyo...for a clean freak like me, i c liao so terrified. my hubby bought a box of ant combat for her to use, she said cannot, later the ants duno how to go home.
i tell my hubby so silly theory.

if say we are of different era, my mum is not like that. my mum's place is clean unlike mil. aiyo, horrible. now everytime my son eat tibits, i always tel him eat dun drop hor, later got ants. my hubby used to tink im over-reacting. i asked him what is so wrong with being clean? u want a house full of ants & cockroaches?

MummyJune,
My MIL own house also full of ants....different kinds. I get all phobia as I hate insects, all types. When PILs shifted over, they brought them over & infested my house, took me so much time & effort to rid them. I would sit & watch till I find their nests, seal it, spray, ant poison....whatever methods I can, the whole process can last 1-2 months. Another 2 times, MIL brought back some cardboxes with food and when I discovered ants, too late....again built nests in my house and I had to go thru' the whole process. Now, I straightaway insist MIL discard those boxes the moment she's back from market. For now, I'm cleared of ants but cockroaches and lizards are frequently sighted :rant: :mad: I do not leave food lying uncovered especially through the night, but MIL would insist some food cannot be placed in fridge and leave them uncovered overnight. When there were ants, I would have ants crawling all over, now I see big fat lizards and many baby lizards scurrying away.......I dunno how to kill them except spray whenever I see them :mad: So nowadays, anything uncovered overnight, I will refused to let my children eat it.

In addition, I have repeatedly told MIL not to bring food into room to no avail. I just hope all those 'pets' she's feeding will congregate in HER room and not venture out.

There's many things I find it irritating and disgusting too.
>> Spitting out of room windows.
>> Littering despite there's bins around
>> Hanging her dripping wet clothes out. Once someone downstairs send a kid up to ask her not to drip and she can lied that washing machine spoilt
>> Dripping water all over the floor......so when I walk around the house and step on wet floor, floor becomes dirty and I dun even know am I stepping on plain water, juices or from FIL who spits or drip urine around (that's when he was mobile). It's just plain disgusting.
>> Sometimes after she wets the floor, she'll use a tissue to wipe and then leave the wet tissues lying on the floor!!!
>> After touching raw meat, does not clean & dry her hands properly and start touching other things....so sometimes I find raw meat sticking on fridge handle, cabinets handle etc.
>> One of the thing I hated most.....thawing and rethawing raw meat/seafood. Mushy prawns, sticky slimy meat.....when she took over cooking, I was having watery stool 2-3 times everyday (from alternate days). Damn glad when she relinquish the role.
.........etc etc etc.....

[sall]

cwc, to kill lizards, pour boiling water on them. Quick and easiest way.

[Sun_2010]

cwc, you are a saint :hugs:


Cant imagime how you do it.

A word of advise - dont let it turn you to be bitter.

Things we have to do for the family

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sall:

cwc, to kill lizards, pour boiling water on them. Quick and easiest way.

Lizards run very fast one leh
Think someone should invent hotflask water guns.....then I can carry boiling water around and just aim & shoot the lizards
But frankly, in times of face-to-face encounters, I run faster than them (opposite direction) :rotflmao:

[auntieM]

cwc:

sall:

cwc, to kill lizards, pour boiling water on them. Quick and easiest way.

Lizards run very fast one leh
Think someone should invent hotflask water guns.....then I can carry boiling water around and just aim & shoot the lizards
But frankly, in times of face-to-face encounters, I run faster than them (opposite direction) :rotflmao:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

maybe 'cooked' lizards might end up in your MIL's noodles/porridge.. ..

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Sun_2010:

cwc, you are a saint :hugs:


Cant imagime how you do it.

A word of advise - dont let it turn you to be bitter.

Things we have to do for the family

No lah, many of us have grouses......just different threshold levels for different types of things :skeptical: I'm sure there are many who will bear with it gracefully. For me, after venting out, :stompfeet: :slapshead: :stupid: :rant: :mad: :nunchuk: :frustrated: it sure feel better But come to think about it, poor MIL has nowhere to vent her frustration......

[linden2000]

Raw meat on handles of cabinets ! :yikes:

This one I sure freak out

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linden2000:

Raw meat on handles of cabinets ! :yikes:

This one I sure freak out

Ok, need to clarify.....not big pieces lah....more like scraps of minced meat.

[linden2000]

cwc:

linden2000:

Raw meat on handles of cabinets ! :yikes:

This one I sure freak out

Ok, need to clarify.....not big pieces lah....more like scraps of minced meat.

Bad enough. Raw meat a lot of bacteria.

[Chenonceau]

linden2000:

cwc:

[quote=\"linden2000\"]Raw meat on handles of cabinets ! :yikes:

This one I sure freak out

Ok, need to clarify.....not big pieces lah....more like scraps of minced meat.

Bad enough. Raw meat a lot of bacteria.[/quote]Yup! This really has the yuck factor.