Need I say more?? She will be here for a week, thankfully she is staying in a hotel. She is really condescending, I really can't stand her. We moved out of state (from eastern NC to the midwest) last summer, and she was an absolute nightmare. Now she's staying for a week! Any advice on how to survive? There isn't too much for entertainment around here!
2007-07-14 06:37:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Lol! You poor thing!! I wish you the best of luck! Best thing to do in this case is grin and bear it. Sorry. The greatest thing you can look forward to is the day she leaves! I used to make up little games when I visited my MIL. Every time she said something horrible (like once she looked at me, ****** her head to the side and asked me, "Don't you mind that your teeth are all messed up?" or once she looked at my legs while I was pregnant and had varicose veins and said "Oh boy, look at those road maps!!") I imagine all the things that I could do but won't. Like slapping her. Or pouring her "famous" spaghetti sauce down the drain. I can get pretty inventive but she's stalking me on line now so I don't want to get too detailed... Or thinking up all the comments I could say back to her. She wonders why I'm always smiling at her house, this is why... Lol! Good luck!
2007-07-16 04:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by jackie_jackie_bo_backie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't change her, but you can change your attitude. Remember this horrible woman is the one who raised the man you gave your heart to, so she did something right.
Involve her in a project. Start a scrapbook, or a family history for future generations. Ask her to teach you to cook all her recipes, take them down and put them in a cookbook. If she doesn't cook, ask her to tell you all the stories of your husband when he was growing up. Write them down and create a verbal history for your future children, or for your husband to have if you aren't having kids.
Give her a break. There is a good chance that someday your new daughter in law will be writing to Yahoo Answers and saying the same hateful things about you. If she is really so awful, you can manage a week, just take the upper hand and don't get emotionally involved. She'll go home and eventually she'll die and you will be rid of her.
2007-07-14 06:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Smile. Don't say too much, and remember that it's only for a week.
One time, mine came for a week, stayed at our house. Nasty argument about whether to use my AC or not. I wanted to, she said I was wasting her son's money by running up the light bill........ and I put up with her best I could.
Then, she called her other son, told him she would be at the bus station on Sat eve & he needed to be there to drive her home. He said he was on call, and could not leave his house, so she'd have to take a cab home. She decided to stay another week, because cabs cost too much!!!
I wanted to GIVE her cab fare, but my husband said that wouldn't be "gracious". She would think I was wasting her son's money again. She stayed a whole second week, just to save $5 or $6.
2007-07-14 07:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by kiwi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay away from her as much as possible and when you are aroumd her make sure you are not there by yourself. blood will always be thicker than mud. so unless he hears something coming from her that is not nice or she is being mean he will believe her over you anytime. so if you are ever in a space where its just you and her just nod your head and move on. im sorry to say some mother in laws dont realize wives are not there to take their sons away from them but are only hoping that their heart will be big enough to accept another child into the family...
2016-05-17 11:33:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stand up and take it like a man. Ooops like women.
Don't worry honey, she will be there for just one week and
should not be a problem as she is staying at a hotel.
Don't forget to pack a lunch for her when she leaves for home.
2007-07-14 06:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by priya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am sorry - but this is your husbands mother. it is only a week, and i am sure you will be okay. i would really try to make the best of the whole situation - dont let her be rude, but dont overthink about how she will be bad either. bottom line - she is family.....love her son, try to tolerate her poor choices while she is with you. it will be the best and more mature thing to do - for your husband!!
2007-07-14 06:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by litlbigdg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smile nod shrig ur shoulders bite ur lip refer her questions to ur hubby shes nicer to him and he knows how to deal with her
2007-07-14 07:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
RUN, JUST RUN,LOL. oh lets think, do things she dont like to do maybe she will stay away more. wow your stuck,hee hee.
2007-07-14 06:45:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hang out with your husband a lot
2007-07-14 06:42:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shut up and smile alot. That's how you deal with it.
2007-07-14 06:40:28 · answer #10 · answered by janicajayne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋