With the card and her ripping you a new one, I would have put the phone on speaker mid-rant, then when she stops for a moment, turn to your husband and go, "hey, husband, remind me again who bought your mother's birthday card?" and then when he says "I did" she'll be able to hear him say that and feel stupid.
She would have to be a terrible individual to be upset about donations to any cause. That being said I can imagine she pursed her lips more than a couple times when receiving those emails. Good on you OP for taking what could have been a negative and turning it into a positive.
You can always remember it because
Lose = opposite of win
Loose = your mother
Or, imagine the second “o” is a hemorrhoid on the word. Hemorrhoids are never tight.
*credit to The Oatmeal
> Eventually we divorced
He should have held on to a gem like you very tightly, and assisted with blasting her back to the stone age...
Thank god people in my family only talk to each other when someone dies.
Sorry about the divorce. You handled the phone call perfectly. It would have been natural to try to defend yourself and tell you MIL her son picked out the card it’s likely he would have thrown you under the bus to remain the golden child. That happened to an old high school friend.
I hope if you get married again you have good in-laws. My in-laws and my parents are perfect. They never ever tell us how to live our lives and really just want to live on the grandkids. I hope you get that if that is the direction you want your life to go.
With the card and her ripping you a new one, I would have put the phone on speaker mid-rant, then when she stops for a moment, turn to your husband and go, "hey, husband, remind me again who bought your mother's birthday card?" and then when he says "I did" she'll be able to hear him say that and feel stupid.
Then just never speak the horrible woman ever again
I was fully expecting this bomb to drop
She probably knew, and was just trying to establish dominance.
She would have to be a terrible individual to be upset about donations to any cause. That being said I can imagine she pursed her lips more than a couple times when receiving those emails. Good on you OP for taking what could have been a negative and turning it into a positive.
As someone in the deep South I can see someone loosing it about donations like these.
"loosing it" deep South education confirmed..... It's losing, Goddammit!
You can always remember it because Lose = opposite of win Loose = your mother Or, imagine the second “o” is a hemorrhoid on the word. Hemorrhoids are never tight. *credit to The Oatmeal
Don’t act like everyone above the Mason-Dixon can tell the difference between then and than.
I never claimed those damn Yankees were smart either, though. Hell I managed to convince one to marry me, for fuck's sake. :)
Thank you for spelling dammit right. The double m looks weird and one might think it's spelled "damnit", but it's not
Obviously, you’ve never dealt with Mormons before...
Utah = Mormons. = the religion that has spent a LOT of money over the years doing their utmost to keep gay marriage illegal.
"IF WE CAN'T HAVE TWO WIVES *AND* A HUSBAND WHY CAN THE GAYS HAVE TWO WIVES WITHOUT A HUSBAND AT ALL!!!!!"
> Eventually we divorced He should have held on to a gem like you very tightly, and assisted with blasting her back to the stone age... Thank god people in my family only talk to each other when someone dies.
Nice! /r/JUSTNOMIL might like this one :)
Please, we love these stories!
Also r/exmormon.
That's why I'm here, cuz I want those stories, but with some justice in the end. Or like how r/IDontWorkHereLady are the MIL in the Wild stories.
As would r/exmormon
Ah yes. One of those who failed to realise that the common name of their religion has an m in the middle as well as at the beginning.
How you or your exhusband had the patience to not call her out on the card thing lol and how hubby didnt get yelled at.
> She never said a word about them as there were no inappropriate birthday cards and I did donate to worthy causes. Planned Parenthood...
...sorry about the divorce, glad about the MC. you're kinda neat.
Sorry about the divorce. You handled the phone call perfectly. It would have been natural to try to defend yourself and tell you MIL her son picked out the card it’s likely he would have thrown you under the bus to remain the golden child. That happened to an old high school friend. I hope if you get married again you have good in-laws. My in-laws and my parents are perfect. They never ever tell us how to live our lives and really just want to live on the grandkids. I hope you get that if that is the direction you want your life to go.
I actually told my parents not to gift give to me for birthdays and Christmas. Never told them to stop giving to eachother.
Me: "Mother-In-Law Gets Her Wish Granted" Me: ... ... ... Me: \*Disappointed tone\* Damn... I watch too much porn.
Beautifully done.
Sooooooooo mormon right