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Unfrigging believable, MIL saga part 2.

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Submitted by chellebelle143 on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 9:09pm

SO I finally get myself calmed down, and fell asleep on the bed, when I am awakened by the doorbell. It is MIL, I rush onto the screen porch and ask what is wrong she states "I want to talk to my son" I say why is something wrong, she says "I just want to talk to my son" So I come inside and call DH, he goes out on the screen porched and and I stay inside. About three minutes later, he comes in cursing "wtf ever" and slamming our front door. I ask him what is wrong, he is so mad he can't get the words out. So I go rushing out the door, to see what had happened MIL was gone.

Blow up with MIL...Long One.

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Submitted by chellebelle143 on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 2:45pm

Well I knew it was coming, I posted previous about MIL showing favoritism for SS, over my two boys. I had also been picking up on some "resentful" tones from her toward me, the past few times I had been there. Last week she is waiting for DH at work, and had written him this long letter. It basically asked "why he doesn't come home more often" and also that she wished he would come home more often. Excuse me he has a home, it is here with his family. The exact phrasing, was " I wish YOU would come home more often". That made me feel like she obviously wants him around without his family.

Favoritism from MIL.... how to handle it.

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Submitted by chellebelle143 on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 1:09pm

I started noticing favoritism exhibited by my Inlaws about two years ago. My FIL died recently, but MIL is still exhibiting this behavior. She always interacts with SS first in conversation, and then she will speak to my boys as an after thought. There are extra little hugs, pats, and really more attention paid to him. My kids notice it, they get this look on their face that just breaks my heart.

Halloween Fun(insert sarcasm here)

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Submitted by chellebelle143 on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 6:42pm

So our little town designates the Sunday before Halloween as Trick or Treat Day. We live on the opposite side of town as BM, yet low and behold I run into BM and SS in our neighborhood. I say hey to SS, and he has this horrible look of guilt on his face, when he says hi back. Then he looks at the ground, until we pass him. I really do hate this, I hate the fact that he feels so conflicted he can't say hi, without feeling bad. It drives me up the wall.

Venting.

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Submitted by chellebelle143 on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 1:02am

So SS is back to picking at the food I make for dinner. Then he faked being asleep when I told the kids to pick up the living room. I caught him when I came into his room to put a toy in his toy box,my youngest had just finished cleaning up the mess by himself.That's ok tomorrow SS will be cleaning up his room by himself. This seems to be happening a lot lately. I have caught him sitting on the bed playing with toys, while my youngest is cleaning up the mess they made together. He will leave soda cans, water bottles, and food wrappers in the floor amongst other places.

Issues with SS eating habits and diet.

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Submitted by chellebelle143 on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 5:17pm

I am just wondering if this is a common issue with stepchildren. Bm always buys fast food, SS is 9 and weighs 80lbs he wears the same size pants as my 13 y/o bs. We try to only offer homecooked meals when ss is here, the problem is we can make a meal, and he will love it, but the next time we make the same exact dish, he acts like it is the most awful thing ever. This child sat at our dinner table gagging, on ice cream, b/c it wasn't the brand bm buys. This always happens, after he has been home with bm. I have dealt with a picky eater in my youngest bs, but this is different.