The official UKY inlaw venting thread

Oh, good grief. 

You should call their bluff. If they say they can't decide on one, you need to pick out a specific one (moderately-priced, of course) that you want and tell them.

I would but it doesn't work that way.  They've now gotten out of buying a slow cooker.  It will not be bought by them.

I'm telling you.  If I actually let loose and started complaining about my inlaws I would win this thread hands down.  If I let them, they'd drive me IN. SANE.

So, I never complain about my in-laws but sometimes they do drive me crazy.  Just a little.

Every year my MIL asks exactly what I want for Christmas.  And I always pick out something practical and easy to find.  Plus I make sure it comes in a range of prices so that they can spend however much they want.
So, this year I asked for a slow cooker because I REALLY want one and never manage to spend the money.  OK.  That was fine.
So, today James tells me that I'm not getting a slow cooker because they can't decide on one.  The real reason?  They think they're dangerous and that I shouldn't have one AND if anything happened (like I burned down my house) it would be THEIR fault because they bought it.  Seriously.  

Dangerous?  Are they going to take away your furnace, car, toaster and any other of the myriad things that could potentially cause harm in your home?  Oy vey.

Dangerous?  Are they going to take away your furnace, car, toaster and any other of the myriad things that could potentially cause harm in your home?  Oy vey.

My thoughts exactly!!!  LOL!  From other stories I've heard, this sounds just like them!!!

I would but it doesn't work that way.  They've now gotten out of buying a slow cooker.  It will not be bought by them.

I'm telling you.  If I actually let loose and started complaining about my inlaws I would win this thread hands down.  If I let them, they'd drive me IN. SANE.

DH thinks you should go out and buy one for yourself, then have it going every. single. time. they come over.

My inlaws are coming to town next weekend.  It's DF's birthday and graduation, and FMIL and her husband's one year anniversary. (they got married on DF's birthday last year - and didn't tell him until the night before) MIL's husband has been drinking more and more and is even more of a jerk than usual when he's drunk. This should be fun. Maybe I need to just find a good place to hide!

DH thinks you should go out and buy one for yourself, then have it going every. single. time. they come over.

I vote for this. Then, when asked, say, "that ole thing? Hell, I leave it on aaaaaaaaallllllllllllll day everyday" LOL

That sounds just like my grandparents who refused to buy me a doll my mum thought I would like for my birthday because they were worried it would make my friends jealous 

I can not get it through my future inlaw's heads that I'm allergic to smoke/have asthma. FMIL's husband smokes in her home. I'm not going over there. They "come visit" but stay an hour away in a popular redneck casino that is filled with smoke. I'm not going. But DF and I both keep having the same conversation over and over and over with her.

She takes it as an insult that I won't come to her house. Last time I went her husband smoked, but she opened a window and turned on a fan so "the smoke wouldn't bother me." Uh...sorry that's not gonna help at all!

Then when they go to the casino - DF has explained that being around that much smoke makes me sick. He's explained that while I don't care if other people spend their money that way, I personally am not going to blow my money at the redneck casino. But she still gets upset when I say I'm not going.

I just don't know what to say that I haven't already said. I tried to explain that it would be the same if DF walked in a room and people started forcing him to eat strawberries (he's allergic) and it just doesn't compute. Then she gets upset and I feel guilty for not going.

What really infuriates me is that DF doesn't want to get a cat because his mom is allergic.    She doesn't even stay here or eat here when she comes in town. 

What really infuriates me is that DF doesn't want to get a cat because his mom is allergic.    She doesn't even stay here or eat here when she comes in town. 

Total BS!!!!

My MIL says that my cooking is too rich and fatty for her. But she wants me to bake her a cheesecake for her birthday on Saturday.

She says I shouldn't use salt because it's so bad for you. But she constantly buys sodium-laden ready meals.

She says she can't even eat chocolate anymore because her tummy is so delicate. But the last time I was over there, I saw she had a half-eaten bag of Lidl chocolate barrels.

Total BS!!!!

Agreed!

I can not get it through my future inlaw's heads that I'm allergic to smoke/have asthma. FMIL's husband smokes in her home.  But DF and I both keep having the same conversation over and over and over with her.

Believe me, they know alright!  Don't bother having that same conversation anymore, just don't visit.  They are too insensitive and selfish to change.

My MIL says that my cooking is too rich and fatty for her. But she wants me to bake her a cheesecake for her birthday on Saturday.

She says I shouldn't use salt because it's so bad for you. But she constantly buys sodium-laden ready meals.

She says she can't even eat chocolate anymore because her tummy is so delicate. But the last time I was over there, I saw she had a half-eaten bag of Lidl chocolate barrels.

Make her a low-fat cheesecake.  Maybe that will shut her up.

My MIL says that my cooking is too rich and fatty for her. But she wants me to bake her a cheesecake for her birthday on Saturday.

She says I shouldn't use salt because it's so bad for you. But she constantly buys sodium-laden ready meals.

She says she can't even eat chocolate anymore because her tummy is so delicate. But the last time I was over there, I saw she had a half-eaten bag of Lidl chocolate barrels.

 

Make her a low-fat cheesecake.  Maybe that will shut her up.

Yeah, but I have to eat it too and a low-fat cheesecake is not worth it to me. 

Yeah, but I have to eat it too and a low-fat cheesecake is not worth it to me. 

Angelfood cake?  Awesome and really the opposite of rich.  Plus, you could totally do it up with topping.

Sometimes you just really need to kill them with kindness.

Angelfood cake?  Awesome and really the opposite of rich.  Plus, you could totally do it up with topping.

She wants cheesecake. 

My point is that she says she can't eat rich foods, but all the things she likes to eat are rich. I don't think she knows what "rich" means.