Eldon (WA)

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How many of you could survive a 3 week visit from your mother in law? If you don't hear from me, you know my answer LOL!
 
Just pretend she is a rare model Allis Chalmers that needs rebuilding...it may help to change your attitude...OK... I know you'd prefer she'd be in one of the barns with your well
behaved tractors...oh well we wish you the best :)
 
My wife's stepmother was a real piece of work and wife hated to see her visit us. I let the step-MIL know that she couldn't buffalo me so she left me alone. Old gal seemed to know that I was just as hard-headed as she was - and that I'd boot her out if she messed with me.
 
I love my MIL, and can tolerate my FIL far better than my wife can. That said, three weeks is a long time for any visitor. Good luck. Be glad you are busy with harvest, etc., and remember, she will not be around forever.
 
I'm not joking about this. After two weeks,I threw everything in to her car,including the cup with her false teeth in it,and told her she'd better be in the road by the time I was done milking. I told my wife if she didn't like it,she could go with her. And that's the truth.
 
same here ,,, visitors is like keepin fish ,,, after a few days .. ,, had to laf at randys response ,,,
 
LOL, Now thats funny. I had one that was overbearing also but i didnt tell her that. Now i did think that alot though lol.
 
3 weeks is too long for any visit. My
mother-in-law was weird, but we got
along good. She passed a couple years
ago and I kinda miss her.
 
show no weakness, feel no fear, don't talk much LOL

remember, mother-daughter issues, good or bad, were formed long before you came along....stay out of them...your well-meaning outsider opinion will be resented by both.

Your wife is your wife, take care of her.
an adult daughter with her mother present in her house will always be stressed a little.
give your wife a little wink or squeeze on the sly...
if she giggles, you'll know you made her feel better.

....then, go back to the shop to do that dawn to dusk job that has to be done...now :D
 
(quoted from post at 21:21:11 08/27/15) How many of you could survive a 3 week visit from your mother in law? If you don't hear from me, you know my answer LOL!

I get along great with my mother in law. My father in law is lot harder to put up with. 3 weeks is a awful long visit.
 
I always got along great with my late mother-in-law, and we had a lot of fun. I believer my mother reciprocated with my wife. When I first commented to my mother that C______ and I were talking of getting married, my mother's first comment was, "I can't think of any girl I'd rather have for another daughter". Not "daughter-in-law", just "daughter". And that's the way my mother treated her.

My father-in-law? He was a distinguished looking gentleman, and the proverbial pillar of the community, but his political convictions and mine were at completely opposite poles. In the interest of family harmony, I refused to get into any political conversations.

That being said, about the three weeks, my wife and I built a house about eight years after we were married. We had to give up possession of our old house before the new one was done, so we stayed with her parents for three months that summer. No one got knifed in the night, but we were very happy when we could move into our own place again.
 
The day of our wedding I made a comment that clearly got the attention of my MIL and she responded with;
" Boy you are a smart azz"
I replied;
"Would you rather your daughter married a dumb azz?"
That seemed to have broke the ice and 20 years later we still get along great.
 
The last time my MIL was here was right after my double bypass,9 years ago, she made the comment that I needed to be doing her eldest sons work. He's 2 years older than me. Then she proceeded to come down with a flu, my cardiac rehab nurse told me to stay far away from her and I have every since. She hasn't been back and I don't go to the home to see her, so we get along fine now.
 
Its sort of like the good part about being beat with a stick is it feels so
good when its over.If she's anything like my MIL #1 I'd of loved to had her over for
the 3 weeks and sent her daughter packing.
 
I kinda,almost know what that's like,in a way. I dated a gal who was drop dead gorgeous. She was wild as a mink and built like a burlap bag full of bobcats. We had so much fun together. I wanted to marry her,but Ma ran her off.
I was heartbroke,but it didn't take long to meet a girl just as good looking,just as wild and just as much fun. I was falling in love again,but Ma ran her off too.
Then a gal started chasing after me. Kind of plain,a little pushy,but she was OK. She started telling people she was gonna marry me. Ma got wind of it. I've never seen her so happy. She said "Nothing in the world would make me happier than to see you marry that girl. She reminds me so much of myself when I was her age.".

Dad ran her off.
 
Well, I know if my mil came over for three weeks the following would happen: I would have free childcare, my house would be
cleaned and redecorated, I would eat like a king, and she would say things to my wife that would get me killed if I said them so I gouess It wouldn't be so bad.....
 
(quoted from post at 07:28:15 08/28/15) For some weird reason my MIL always liked me. Good Luck!

My MIL likes me, that isn't the problem. She isn't overbearing in the least, I guess I should be glad for that. It is her mannerisms that drive us crazy. For instance, whenever we are eating she has to go on and on and on about how great everything is. At our produce stand she has to tell every customer how great everything is....I guess it just gets old after awhile. I'd rather the customer come back and tell us how great something is.
 
Oh thats easy.

Just remember two things and all will be fine.

1. Keep Smiling.

2. Keep your fool mouth shut no matter what.


Thats all you need to remember.
 
My MIL was one of the best people I've ever known, that don't mean I'd like to spend 3 weeks with her though.
 
I lost my mother in law over three years now and I think of her every day. Somehow she was the president of my fan club and we got along beautifully. She was Polish and the type that worked
continuously and would kill you with kindness. My father in law is not only my wife's father but one of my best friends. He is now 88 and we take him with us nearly everywhere we go. I lost
my folks early in life and although I miss them dearly the Good Lord sent me the finest people he had available to take their place when I married my wife. I could be with either one of them
indefinitely.
 
I can get along with my MIL - I work 10 hours a day in town then have plenty to do in the shop after work. But my wife would probably kill her after a week.




After my FIL died my wife learned how manipulative she could be. The last several years he was alive it seemed like they were always arguing. Always before she thought her dad was being a hot head towards her mom for no good reason, after dealing with her on a few items she figured out dear old dad had his reasons.
 
My MIL and FIL are long gone. FIL was one of the finest people I ever met and MIL was pretty darn good too. She made the best peach cobbler ever. I still miss that. And them.
 
(quoted from post at 21:21:11 08/27/15) How many of you could survive a 3 week visit from your mother in law? If you don't hear from me, you know my answer LOL!

No sympathy here. Just put on your big boy pants, suck it up and drive on!

Rick
 
OH BOY: CAN GET ALONE WITH MIL AS LONG AS WERE NOT IN THE SAME ROOM AT SAME TIME!!!! TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT BUT I MARRIED HER DAUGHTER!!!!! YIKES!!!!
 
MIL & FIL fought like two cats with their tails tied together and slung over the clothes line most of the time. They stayed married for 50 years, but I don't know how/ One weekend visit they were fighting as usual and I got a bellyful. I went to the room they were in, packed their bags and set them by the back door. Told them she and I don't fight like that in front of the kids and they could stop or leave, didn't care which. We got along OK after that.
 
My mother in law died 20 years before I married her daughter, needless to say I never met her. Father in law was a pretty good guy and we got along well, he was
WWII Army Air Corps, 1Lt Bomber Driver type, I an Air Force Captain aircraft & munition maintenance type, we had a few things n common. The step mother in law was
pretty good too, she seemed genuinely glad that we were getting married (I think she was hoping for more grand kids) but sadly she passed. The new step mother in
law? well I tolerated her so the kids could know their Grandfather, I think she tolerated us because it made the FIL happy. The 2nd step mother in law claimed to
be a descendant of Devil Anse Hatfield, all I'm saying is I can sympathize with the McCoys.
 
I don't think I could go three weeks without saying something hurtful. Mind you, I wouldn't intend it to be hurtful, nor would I even know I had said anything hurtful until 3 months later when I noticed she hadn't called in awhile. My MIL takes something said off the cuff, thinks about what was said and every possible meaning of what was said, picks the most hurtful meaning and decides not to talk to anyone (and I mean anyone) until an apology is issued. The longer you take to figure out she is upset, the worse it is. It took me three months to figure out what I did last time, but from now on, any meal I ever eat at a restaurant or anywhere else with my MIL will be the BEST meal I have ever eaten (especially dried out, warmed over, cooked 3 hours ago, hamburgers)! You'd of thought she cooked it! I didn't really even complain about it; I just didn't rave about it and it just wasn't a very good burger. I ate it. I told her thank you for dinner several times. I sent her a written apology for "whatever it was I had done" (because I still didn't know and I wasn't even completely sure it was me who had done it) and all is well again. Good grief! Just yell at me already and we can work it out.

Besides that, she is one of the most thoughtful people I know. She supports my wife and I and our kids without sticking her nose in things and is always happy to help if we need it. I love her dearly and appreciate every bit of encouragement and help she has given us along the way! There isn't anything I wouldn't do for her.
 
My MIL comes by every once in awhile to visit. Not a problem, doesn't stay to long. She
only lives about 1/2 mile away.
 
Hee Haw joke.....

She said: Thats it! I'm going home to Mother!
He said: Well wait for me! I could use a good meal!
 

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