Inconvenient Annoyances

I must thank you for all your kind words. According to OH she’s always been meddling and in the middle. Him and his ex didn’t end in great terms but managed to stay friends for daughter but he said nanny has always been an issue. They didn’t see eye to eye until mum passed away.

I think we were so scared when everything Happened we let nanny keep some of her traditions she had with mum and were afraid to tell her no.

A year and half later this is where we’re at.

OH has agreed to have a conversation soon with her. She’s watching her for a few days while we go away for a wedding (didn’t want to pull her out of school because we’re doing so for a week and half in September). This was her offer as I had asked my real MIL to come up for help. But I don’t want to go away with things bad.

Sorry it was such a long post it’s just literally doing my head in! She’s always got a comment about something or another, whether it being us both working full time, sending daughter to half term club (where she’s with friends and runs around outside all day), to our house, etc.




We’ll manage her but I do feel sorry for those who have awful MILs lol. Mine lives four hours away and that’s probably why we have a good relationship

Got my iron infusion yesterday.  That went well. I go in next week for another treatment.

That's one less thing. Today my back is killing me. When I lay down, it runs from my lower back into my neck and head. Why??

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Got my iron infusion yesterday.  That went well. I go in next week for another treatment.

That's one less thing. Today my back is killing me. When I lay down, it runs from my lower back into my neck and head. Why??

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Fix one thing and another rears it's head! do you have a heating pad? The big muscles along my spine get in spasms and cause similar for me. I have to lay on my side in fetal position when it happens.

I hope you're feeling much better now that you're getting regular infusions.

I must thank you for all your kind words. According to OH she’s always been meddling and in the middle. Him and his ex didn’t end in great terms but managed to stay friends for daughter but he said nanny has always been an issue. They didn’t see eye to eye until mum passed away.

I think we were so scared when everything Happened we let nanny keep some of her traditions she had with mum and were afraid to tell her no.

A year and half later this is where we’re at.

OH has agreed to have a conversation soon with her. She’s watching her for a few days while we go away for a wedding (didn’t want to pull her out of school because we’re doing so for a week and half in September). This was her offer as I had asked my real MIL to come up for help. But I don’t want to go away with things bad.

Sorry it was such a long post it’s just literally doing my head in! She’s always got a comment about something or another, whether it being us both working full time, sending daughter to half term club (where she’s with friends and runs around outside all day), to our house, etc.




We’ll manage her but I do feel sorry for those who have awful MILs lol. Mine lives four hours away and that’s probably why we have a good relationship

Yeah, I know those comments all too well.  Get them from MIL and most of all, my own mom.     And you've got a third one to contend with!

Here's my favorite ever.  After returning to work fulltime after having my first, my MIL asked, "But when will you do your baking?"

Ummm...  I buy bread?

We’ll manage her but I do feel sorry for those who have awful MILs lol. Mine lives four hours away and that’s probably why we have a good relationship

haha yeah I always say how lucky I am to have fallen into such a good family. Obviously nobody is perfect and they can do things that make me roll my eyes (and I'm sure I do the same for them) but they are truly lovely.


I'm glad you and your OH are on the same page and have a plan

Yeah, I know those comments all too well.  Get them from MIL and most of all, my own mom.     And you've got a third one to contend with!

Here's my favorite ever.  After returning to work fulltime after having my first, my MIL asked, "But when will you do your baking?"

Ummm...  I buy bread?

yeah and that third one isn't even directly related to you/your husband so it makes it even harder to pipe up!

LOL I would lose it at the baking comment.

haha yeah I always say how lucky I am to have fallen into such a good family. Obviously nobody is perfect and they can do things that make me roll my eyes (and I'm sure I do the same for them) but they are truly lovely.


I'm glad you and your OH are on the same page and have a plan


yeah and that third one isn't even directly related to you/your husband so it makes it even harder to pipe up!

LOL I would lose it at the baking comment.

Haha I LOVE my MIL. I don’t see her often so we’re not super close but she has no problem (teasing she’s not an abusing person) smacking OH around to help me more around the house hehe!

When will you have time to bake! Oh KFDANCER that’s awful.

Count me in as another one having great in laws. I even like my husband's ex wife... she leaves us alone and on the occasions we do see her she is very pleasant and funny. We tease the hell out of Stuart and he hates we get along so well. Lol

But MIL, is great. I love her so much. I wish she was my own mom.

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Count me in as another one having great in laws. I even like my husband's ex wife... she leaves us alone and on the occasions we do see her she is very pleasant and funny. We tease the hell out of Stuart and he hates we get along so well. Lol

But MIL, is great. I love her so much. I wish she was my own mom.

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My in-laws are amazing. I would love to have called them mom and dad. They have their flaws, but I love them like they were my own and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.


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Haha I LOVE my MIL. I don’t see her often so we’re not super close but she has no problem (teasing she’s not an abusing person) smacking OH around to help me more around the house hehe!

When will you have time to bake! Oh KFDANCER that’s awful.

My MIL was always very fair. She would have no qualms smacking either of us around if we weren't reaching out potential on stuff. If one of us was being lazy on the house, she would tell us to step it up. She didn't just take my husband's side because he was her son.

New IA though....my SIL is apparently sleeping over here tonight and will "take her sleeping back so we don't waste my parent's clean sheets on her"....my husband swears I was there for the discussion but I swear I wasn't. I'm fairly certain HE had that conversation with her (especially as when they booked tickets to the event they're taking their dad to I WASN'T EVEN THERE!) but there's no way to prove either way. I'm just irritated that nobody told me......

New IA though....my SIL is apparently sleeping over here tonight and will "take her sleeping back so we don't waste my parent's clean sheets on her"....my husband swears I was there for the discussion but I swear I wasn't. I'm fairly certain HE had that conversation with her (especially as when they booked tickets to the event they're taking their dad to I WASN'T EVEN THERE!) but there's no way to prove either way. I'm just irritated that nobody told me......

Your SIL is sleeping over and your parents are arriving at stupid-o-clock in the morning?  Is that right?

My MIL was always very fair. She would have no qualms smacking either of us around if we weren't reaching out potential on stuff. If one of us was being lazy on the house, she would tell us to step it up. She didn't just take my husband's side because he was her son.

New IA though....my SIL is apparently sleeping over here tonight and will "take her sleeping back so we don't waste my parent's clean sheets on her"....my husband swears I was there for the discussion but I swear I wasn't. I'm fairly certain HE had that conversation with her (especially as when they booked tickets to the event they're taking their dad to I WASN'T EVEN THERE!) but there's no way to prove either way. I'm just irritated that nobody told me......

Oh god full house?

My OH does that sometimes with MIL. I never mind her but sometimes you want a heads up


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I have phlebitis in the arm I had my iron infusion in. It's red, swollen and painful.

And I found a deer tick feeding on my leg this morning in the shower so it was there at least overnight. I'll be on Lyme disease watch.

I started a new thread called Tami travels Scotland so I don't clog up this thread with my million photos. Lol

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Your SIL is sleeping over and your parents are arriving at stupid-o-clock in the morning?  Is that right?

Yep, that was correct! It all ended up okay but was stressful at first.

Oh god full house?

My OH does that sometimes with MIL. I never mind her but sometimes you want a heads up


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yeah I just wanted a heads up...which my husband swore he gave me but he did't as he thinks I was there for a discussion I wasn't there for....lol 

Oh my gosh, I snapped today and wrote a rather titchy reply to Tesco Customer Service.  You guys know how much I hate Tesco (at least I think you do!), but nobody else can find my house, and I didn't have a car, etc., so I was forced to online shop with them.  So for 18 months, I have been a somewhat forced customer, but I finally recently gave in and accepted my fate and took up the Delivery Saver subscription, and everything... Like, I finally committed (right before we found our magical unicorn car).

We all know sometimes things happen and orders aren't quite perfect.  Not a problem, because their customer service has always been prompt and courteous.  I would just fill out the online enquiry form, and they would reply a day later saying that I've been refunded.  They even refunded me for the 2 bunches of bananas when I ordered 2 bananas.  AND my husband got to eat the better part of a dozen bananas before they went too brown and mushy.

This time, they left a £3 packet of "traditional pork sausages" off of my delivery, but I was charged for them.  So I filled out the form.  A guy called Alan emailed to say he needed details to find my account, so I replied with an apology that it was under my husband's name (I didn't take my husband's last name) and email address, and I gave him those details, along with our home address.... blah blah... here's what was said:

Option: Missing Item
order number: 229512633
Wish a reply: yes
Additional Information: The Edwards of Conwy Traditional Pork Sausage 400g was missing from my order, number 229512633.

On the plus side, thank you for bringing the Wahaca Corn & Flour tortillas back. I have missed those!

Dear Kimberley*
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch.
I am sorry that there was an item missing from your order.
To allow me to refund this for you, I need some way to locate your account.
There is no online ordering account using your email address, nor your name and address.
If the account is not your own, please have the named account holder get in touch.
Alternatively, provide the email address or the name and address showing on your account.

Kind regards

Alan Reid

Grocery Customer Service
Tesco Customer Engagement Centre

Dear Alan,

My apologies.  The account is in my husband's name and registered via his email account.

Mr. Husband
husband@domain.co.uk

House Name
Our Road
A Town
POSTCODE

Thank you for following up with this.

-Kimberly*

Dear Kimberley*

Thank you for your reply, and for including enough details to locate the account.

As the account is not in your name, I cannot discuss it with you.

This is why I asked you to have the named account holder get in touch if the account is not your own.

Please ask the named account holder to contact us directly so that we can arrange a refund for the missing item.

Kind regards

Alan Reid

Grocery Customer Service
Tesco Customer Engagement Centre

Dear Alan,

I am confused, as my husband and I have been shopping with Tesco for the past 18 months and on the few occasions we have had a problem with our order, I have been able to make an enquiry all by myself, just like a grown-up, and the refund has been handled promptly without getting my husband involved.  I make all of our grocery purchases and I follow up when Tesco has made a mistake.  This is the first time I have not been able to get a refund in all this time.   I can't say I appreciate having to now ask my husband to fix this for me.  I just want a refund for the sausages that your company charged me for but did not include in my order.  There is nothing else to discuss, so I don't see why my husband is going to have to take time out of his day to ask for the same refund that I have just asked for, when you have all of the information you need to locate the account and can make this refund without disclosing any information from the account.  But, if you really want to hear from my husband, I guess you will.

Sincerely,
Kimberly* Surname

I mean, really!  It's not like I wanted him to tell me the address or other personal details.  I gave him that information!  I just want my money back.

Oh this would tick me off too! He did say “alternatively, provide email address and name on account...” which you did.


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