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I don't want you all to think I am ungrateful.... She did not present it as
valuable. She handed others pearls, paintings, significant things at the meeting. I realize now that I was feeling slighted once again by her and feeling much stronger about it now. I did not marry her--I married her son and he does not treat me badly. It was embarassing. |
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The real value in inheriting things comes in remembering the person who gave
them to you. If she chooses to be remembered by you via a dirty old piece of needlepoint, it is her decision. Perhaps she regards it as an accurate representation of her psyche. It's too bad she didn't make a gesture that would heal all the old wounds, and you will have to accept that she likely will not. Then you get on with your own life. Dora (BDS2pds) I don't want you all to think I am ungrateful.... She did not present it as valuable. She handed others pearls, paintings, significant things at the meeting. I realize now that I was feeling slighted once again by her and feeling much stronger about it now. I did not marry her--I married her son and he does not treat me badly. It was embarassing. |
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In article , Deb Milner
writes: I would get the K-Mart flannel nightgown for Christmas, while here other DIL and SIL would get beautiful gifts. Yep. XMIL would buy her own children expensive gifts, and even SIL's live-in got expensive gifts, and I got whatever could be found for under $5. Now, granted, I made good use of the Woolworth's stationery, but wasn't I even worth the $10 box from Hallmark? I was also the only one who never got a birthday present. -- Finished 12/14/03 -- Mermaid (Dimensions) WIP: Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe, Guide the Hands (2d one) Paralegal - Writer - Editor - Researcher http://hometown.aol.com/kmc528/KMC.html |
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I give my oh so dear MIL credit for not treating me that way although I
swear the woman doesn't like me. She told me one day that what she said to her son was none of my business and how I felt about her swearing--repeatedly--at us on our wedding day was my problem....sighs. Isabel "Deb Milner" wrote in message ... On 15 Jan 2004 16:15:00 GMT, (BDS2pds) wrote: I don't want you all to think I am ungrateful.... She did not present it as valuable. She handed others pearls, paintings, significant things at the meeting. I realize now that I was feeling slighted once again by her and feeling much stronger about it now. I did not marry her--I married her son and he does not treat me badly. It was embarassing. My former MIL was that way to me, I (and most of the family) could tell that she didn't really like me. One glaring example was the year that she held the joint birthday party for my SIL and Nephew (both with birthdays on the 21st of December), with a beautiful cake wishing them both a Happy Birthday, and lovely gifts. Since the 21st was on Wednesday that year, she had the party on Sunday, the 18th, which actually IS my birthday. When my former DH mentioned it to her, and that perhaps my name should have been on the cake, her response to him was "Why?". I would get the K-Mart flannel nightgown for Christmas, while here other DIL and SIL would get beautiful gifts. I finally got used to it, but it still always hurt some. What is truly ironic is that a few years ago, she had a stroke. Fortunately, she did not wind up with any paralysis, unfortunately, she has severe memory and cognitive problems. While in the hospital, one of her nurses apparently resembled me to a certain extent. She was absolutely tickled and waxed enthusiastic to my ex and his siblings about how wonderful it was that I had come to take care of her while she was ill. No amount of clarification could convince her that the nurse was not me. When I was up to visit that summer, she thanked me for being there for her, and told me how very happy she was to see me. After all, I had always been her favorite. For years, she did NOT like me at all. She made it very clear. She would say the most horrible things about me to others. NOW, I am and have always been her favorite DIL, and she is always happy to see me. -- Deb WIP: How Great Thou Art (Leisure Arts Greatest Hymns II) |
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My ex-mother in law couldn't stand me, but she had enough sense to give me
decent gifts . Her son, however, was a different story. I was too dense to see what receiving no flowers following our daughter's birth meant, but after he bought some for his secretary the following year and gave me a cheap K-mart type nightie in size sixteen (I was a size 9) for Christmas, I began to wise up. Eventually he divorced me and married the secretary, who proceded (according to his mother) to try to take him for everything he had in their divorce. The latest I've hear is that he was sent to jail for DWI. Time wounds all heels; and I'm glad I escaped from that one! Katrina L. |
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