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MIL INAPPROPRIATE!

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Submitted by AmIWicked on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 9:14am

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I like to drink wine.
And I've saved every bottle I've drank since we moved into the house we are in now.
I want to make something out of them.
DH came across the box (of about 30 bottles) and asked me it he could throw them away. I told him no I wanted to do something with them. My hobby is art and craft. I was thinking I could make lamps, bird feeders, that kind of stuff.
Only thing is he said it in front of the kids.
So I'm over at MIL house and I brought two bottles of different kinds of champagne for MIL to try for her wedding toast.
MIL tried to pay me for them and I said, "no worries, if she doesn't like them just give them back to me and I'll drink them. Then she won't be out." And I laughed.
Skids brought up my wine bottle collection and that I didn't need to add more to it when DH wants me to throw them away.
MIL then said TO THE KIDS, "that's because she's an alcoholic"
WTF?!

I was floored! I just left with the kids. Have not told DH. Whether MIL was joking or not, the kids will keep repeating that I have empty wine bottles, AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO ADD THAT I'M AN ALCOHOLIC! Great! Even if the kids repeat it as a joke...we will in a small town. This shit will grow....

I'm beyond angry. I threw out all the bottles just because I'm so pissed.

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Submitted by AmIWicked on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 4:28pm

Well that's something I'm stewing about....
Even if I were an alcoholic, or MIL just THINKS I drink too much wine, that is STILL not something to say directly to a kid!

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Submitted by AmIWicked on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 4:30pm

Practically impossible. She is one of our closest neighbors in a small town.
And I pick the kids up from there everyday...they get off the bus there....

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Submitted by notsurehowtodeal on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 1:44pm

I bought these cool lights that were made from liquor and wine bottles. The bottles are filled with mini lights (the kind that are on Christmas trees) and the end is fed out the bottom so it can be plugged in. Very small shades are put on the top over the neck of the bottle.

The woman I bought them from has licensed shades from the NFL, NBA, etc. She also does Disney ones for kids. The possibilities are endless. She sells them for 25 on up.

So go dig those bottles out of the trash and make a special light for MIL. Maybe a shade with pictures of the Wicked Witch of the West on it.

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Submitted by Stormyweather on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 3:59pm

My MIL ( when I was married to my first husband) asked us when are we aborting our baby, after we announced we were pregnant with our first child! MIL's say horrible mean things thinking its helping out!

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Submitted by Stormyweather on Fri, 01/15/2016 - 9:50pm

Yeah... It stopped me in my tracks and I was speechless.. But as usual my ball-less husband would let those sorts of comments through to the keeper and we just ignored her..

She suffered from foot and mouth disease badly! Like the time we announced we were getting married she told us we couldnt afford to. Classy lady!

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Submitted by ocs on Fri, 01/15/2016 - 9:30am

reminds me of a time when skid was over, and asked for OJ, we don't drink juice, but if we know she's coming I will get some.

Since there was none, I said, "well there's water." she squished up her nose, so I JOKED and said, "well, Perrier or wine, skiddo - take your pick." WELL... if you could only imagine the shitstorm that followed. I laughed, but BM went super batshit.