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    In-law problems?

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    • K Offline
      KSmom8
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      popireis:


      Worse was once (or twice, can't rmb), she even compared me to my maid.
      She asked DSs who they liked better, the maid or me, who takes better care of them, whose cooking they prefer, who does the housework better etc... :siao:

      In my heart I was thinking, so what now, u prefer to have a maid as your DIL? Ask all your sons to marry maids instead....
      Prefer maids... Probably so.

      My MIL chose to believe my ex-maid whom she hardly knew than to believe in her DIL of more than 10 years. Still can't believe it. Trying to understand, forgive and forget.... But still still working on it ...

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        KSmom8
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        janet_lee88:
        mine here also the same...only wants bragging rights that she is grandmother to xx number of grandchildren...blah blah but just for show...my parents give way but not to the extent of spoiling.

        My children are her only grandchildren... Yet MIL makes no effort to get to know them and never offered to babysit once. Does not play with them, look after nor feed them. DH says she's forgotten how to. How does a mother forget such things? However, always have lots to say about how to raise them, feed and clothe them.

        My mum looked after DS1 when DS was younger and I was working. Whenever DH was irritated with my mum, he would say MIL wouldn't do this if she was looking after DS. Finally, couldn't stand his complaints anymore, told him to stop complaining, that MIL never offered to look after DS. DH finally shut up.

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          janet88
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          My hubby here is blinded by her acting. I know she is acting, bcos she behaves differently when sons are not around. Never once has she been interested in what my kids like to eat or how they are. Never. But come any occasion, she will ask them ‘我是谁’.

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            vinegar
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            janet_lee88:
            My hubby here is blinded by her acting. I know she is acting, bcos she behaves differently when sons are not around. Never once has she been interested in what my kids like to eat or how they are. Never. But come any occasion, she will ask them '我是谁'.

            '我是谁'...she muz be Jackie Chan's fan.

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              janet88
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              vinegar:
              janet_lee88:

              My hubby here is blinded by her acting. I know she is acting, bcos she behaves differently when sons are not around. Never once has she been interested in what my kids like to eat or how they are. Never. But come any occasion, she will ask them '我是谁'.


              '我是谁'...she muz be Jackie Chan's fan.

              Big fan. That is the only phrase on tip of her tongue.

              I am stressed enough with daughter...if ils do not want to look after themselves, nobody can tell them what to do. Cut down on smoking and drinking, money spent on eating proper meals is better right? Hubby already gave up advising.

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                popireis
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                Mine’s fav phrase is 傻瓜 & 笨蛋 (meaning stupid, for the benefit of those who dun understand chinese).


                She will go "your XX son…"
                or say to DSs "you are so XX…"
                or ask DSs "are you XX?" for nothing, or as start of conversation.

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                  buds
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                  :hugs: popireis..

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                    janet88
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                    popireis:
                    Mine's fav phrase is 傻瓜 & 笨蛋 (meaning stupid, for the benefit of those who dun understand chinese).


                    She will go \"your XX son...\"
                    or say to DSs \"you are so XX...\"
                    or ask DSs \"are you XX?\" for nothing, or as start of conversation.
                    If she jokingly says 傻猪, I can still accept.
                    But if she ever tells my kids 笨蛋, I will ask her why she said that.

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                      vinegar
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                      janet_lee88:
                      popireis:

                      Mine's fav phrase is 傻瓜 & 笨蛋 (meaning stupid, for the benefit of those who dun understand chinese).


                      She will go \"your XX son...\"
                      or say to DSs \"you are so XX...\"
                      or ask DSs \"are you XX?\" for nothing, or as start of conversation.

                      If she jokingly says 傻猪, I can still accept.
                      But if she ever tells my kids 笨蛋, I will ask her why she said that.

                      if she says 笨蛋 to my kiddo, i'll tell her,\"they carry ur genes\"

                      my MIL always says i am short,short arms,etc...She is shorter than me,yet still says i am short.

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                        janet88
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                        If she says my kids are stupid, then I will tell her must be inherited from father. In fact, even daughter’s big eyes also bcos hubby’s eyes are big. Never bother to care about grandchildren…so I would expect any uncalled comments.

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