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THESE ARE REAL THINGS MOTHERS IN LAW HAVE SAID

The worst things mothers in law can do

The Mother’s in Law phenomenon. Either you love them or you hate them. Hereby a list of things that have really come out of the mouth of plenty of momma’s that you’d rather not want to hear.

“You definitely seem to have packed on a bit of weight.”

This is what my friend D’s mother in law (who happens to weigh around 100 kilo’s herself) said to her when she was seven months pregnant.

Or this one. My friend E and her sister in law and mother in law went to the promotion of a friend of their family. “Didn’t you have anything nicer you could have worn?” mother in law subtly said to the sister in law. “But I like this”, was her answer after she had put a lot of thought into her outfit. The mother in law didn’t agree and responded with: “Well, I think it would suit E better.” How’s that for a  verbal slap in the face.

“Did you want something too?”

My friend F has a husband who’s really close with his mother. Or, better put, she’s really close with him. When they visit her she always plants a kiss right on his lips (kinda weird, right?) and hugs him only to then ask if she should head to the kitchen and make him his favorite omelet. According to her, he could use it. What she’s insinuating is that my friend doesn’t take good enough care of her son. Actually it’s her son who is unworthy, but still. Back to the kitchen where she takes her time to make that omelet for him and dramatically places it in front of his face. After about fifteen seconds of staring at him while he eats, she turns to my friend and says, as if the idea alone is crazy: “Did you want something too?”

“You could make broth with all that dust on your computer.”

My friend considered responding by letting her know you could boil soup with mothers in law, but decided to swallow her pride and keep her mouth shut…