Living with In Laws

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Registered: 11-14-2006
Living with In Laws
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Tue, 11-14-2006 - 9:43am
DH and I have been married for 6 months and decided that we would live with my in laws for a few months while we tried to get into the home buying process rather than re signing our apartment lease for another year. I know I should be grateful and I am its just that my MIL is really starting to get on my nerves just with little things that she does. For instance we ordered some doors for our "apartment" in their basement and we had some problems with the hardware store MIL said she was going to take a ride down there and talk with them I told her not to and we'd take care of it, I know she was trying to help but we are grown people and do not need mommy to call places for us. Another thing Sunday is our "Family day" by that I mean we keep sundays a day for DH and I and dont make plans for that day (unless its a holiday, bday party exc.) MIL knows this and lately I've noticed has been comming down and doing her laundry (laundry room is in basement where we stay) on Sundays then she will make chit chat with us before she goes back upstairs. I could just be reading to much into it but it irks me! We are dog sitting for some relatives in a few weeks and ask MIL if we did not make it home one day to feed our cat if she could she said not a problem and said out cat could come upstairs with her. Now a little backround MIL is a horrible housekeeper, dust everywhere, things lying around everywhere not an enviornment myself and DH feel comfortable letting our cat be. Our cat is into everything so things cant be left lying around. Last christmas we had some ribbon out when I was wrapping gifts he ate some and had to get surgery and we do not want to put him through that again both physically and ourselves financially. We told MIL how he will be ok left alone downstairs and that we have to be real careful with him and she just made a pouty face and didnt say anything. Before we lived there I had a good relationship with her, she would say things now and then that would aggravate me but I usually ignored it. For example she has a tendency to awnser for DH when I am talking with him or to awnser for me when we are at a function and people ask me questions about DH or the wedding exc. I find it lately the little things she does is bugging me, do you think its because im seeing her everyday? Originally we were going to live there for 6mths or so but now I find myself wanting to get out like NOW!! For the sanity of myself and DH's relationship but also I think I will not be so annoyed by MIL once we are moved out. Do you think I am feeling this way because I see her so much? Sorry for kind of rambling!

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Registered: 12-08-2004
Tue, 02-20-2007 - 3:00pm
Why are you posting the same message to every thread? We've seen it once, you dont need to post it everywhere. If you want us to reply then please create your own thread with your own subject line. That way it will get the attention you want it to.
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Registered: 08-13-2006
Tue, 02-20-2007 - 3:47pm
sorry im not real good with the internet

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