Poor Little SD9
My MIL had a meltdown last week b/c I told DH that SD9 wasn't vacuuming the rug. She had her cousin doing it, even after DH told the cousin to sit down. I blogged about it b/c my MIL went absolutely nuts. Its been a week. DH and I have not talked to her. We were letting it rest, hoping that she would calm down. She didn't. She called last night and left this wonderful voicemail:
"Food for thought DH, if your stupid, little, immature b**ch of a wife wouldn't have tattled on poor, sweet little SD9, none of this would have happened." (Those are her words verbatim).
DH listened to the message before I had a chance too. His response was to call her back. As calmly as possible, he told her, "I find it sad that you are 50+ years old and you are immature enough that you had to call here and resort to name calling. No one in this house has said a word to you since you went crazy last week, so please stop stirring the pot. Until you apologize to my wife, to me, and to my kids, you are not welcome to call here again."
He hung up on her. When she kept on calling and leaving insulting messages, he logged into our phone service and blocked her number. He is really angry with her. I am going to sit back and continue to let him handle it. The more she calls and insults me and our family, the angrier he gets at her. You'd think she would realize that this tactic isn't working.
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That's what your MIL said
:jawdrop:
That's what your MIL said about you??? Wow.
Your husband is handling this very well.
The funny thing is that we
The funny thing is that we had a decent relationship until about a week ago. Then this all blew up over SD9 having to vacuum a rug. It's really sad b/c she is alienating DH. He told me that he doesn't recognize this side of her and he doesn't like it.
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The OP said she's 50+ years
The OP said she's 50+ years old.
Good for your DH! Too many
Good for your DH! Too many of these men with the pos mothers tell their wives to "just ignore her" and I'm so glad to see one stand up and tell her she's wrong and demand apologies!
I am glad he is standing up
I am glad he is standing up to her so well and you are right to let him handle it
At the same time I agree with others - this behaviour is an extreme turn about and perhaps warrants some further investigation medically??
Because this seems to have
Because this seems to have come from nowhere and he doesn't recognize it as something his mother would normally do, I think someone needs to have her checked for Alzheimer's.
My Moms cousin came to visit and it was horrible. She complained because my Mom had blue soap in the bathroom, she picked a fight with my Mom because there were dust bunnies under the couch. She called my Mom names and said things to her that were very out of character.
My Mom thought she was just being a biotch and was glad when the visit was over.
Two months later she screamed at a clerk and wanted her fired because she ( the cousin) couldn't remember her pin at the grocery store.
Her husband took her to the Dr and she was hospitalized with Alzheimer's 6 months later.
Sometimes changes in personalities is the first sign.
Oh please - I am 70 years old
Oh please - I am 70 years old (well I will be in a few months). That is NO EXCUSE for being an ahole.
I have many friends my age. Some are gorgeous like Helen Mirren. No one is an ahole that was not one at 16.