Sometimes people just get on your nerves. And when you are living in 1200 square feet, there is no place to escape. I am feeling on edge this evening, and not at all in the mood for my mother-in-law's commentary. "You're too hard on them" " They don't need that". Noted. Thanks so much for your concern.
I'm not in the mood for my husband's penny pinching suggestions. "I'll see if we can get so-and-so to watch the dog for free while we are on vacation". Which translates to-"I'm going to forget to ask so-and-so and the we will be one day out from our vacation and scrambling to find a pet sitter."
I'm not in the mood for my bickering children-"That's my toy" "No mine!" "He hit me" "I hate you".
Not in the mood, yet there is nowhere to escape accept to the bottom of my glass of ruby red wine. Cheers. Pour me another.
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I'm assuming MIL doesn't read this? We all need an escape. Some suggest physical exercise. I prefer what my aunt calls, "mommy juice" which is anything with an alcohol content above cough syrup.
ReplyDeletei'm enjoying my own glass of wine as we speak. if my penny pinching husband (who is watching the game at a friend's house) knew i'd spent $14 on the bottle of wine, he'd flip! makes me enjoy it all the more (:
ReplyDeleteNo MIL doesn't read the blog. Good thing. I need a space to vent. That is the hard thing about a public blog. After a few days I will likely remove this post, just to be careful...
ReplyDeleteYep, the red wine sounds like it will do the trick! Sometimes all you can do is ignore them all...
ReplyDeleteMy penny pinching husband has been in a crap mood for 4 MONTHS because we are finally doing the renovations he promised we would do to this house if I said yes to buying it 3 years ago (tiny dilapidated 2 bedroom apartment in a gross neighborhood.) Now, since we've taken a loan to complete said renovations, we've had to go dateless since May (hello, it's almost October) since we "have no money for a babysitter!" I AM SO WITH YOU ON THIS ONE.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
ReplyDeleteYes, the opinions of mom in law should only be very positive! You better start looking for someone to take care of the dog as a back up! Ha! Salud! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteMama Hen
I hear that sister! It's a glass of Chardonnay or Cabernet for this mama! Hope your hubby isn't a follower of your blog..ha! ha! :-) Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteFantasy mother-in-law come-backs: "If you ever want to see your grandchildren again, be very quiet." ha ha. I actually don't have a mother in law so who am I to talk?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, great, great collection of essays with a stupid title, "I Married My Mother-in-Law." I highly recommend. With writers including Michael Chabon to Kathryn Harrison. It will help.
I feel your pain. We live in an 800 square foot house and there are just some days I wish I could spend the entire night in the shower!
ReplyDeletePenny Pinching - ugh, it's sooo hard to take. Especially when it's selective on your partners behalf and biased in certain directions you just cant agree on!
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