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The in-laws have been here over two weeks now, with my sister-in-law joining us last week. Not so bad so far, I suppose. First grand-child for them so a lot of awwws and attention are to be expected. First niece too. And over all, I can say that no one is being pushy as to how hubby and I should be doing things. That's good because I wouldn't put up with it.
So on this positive note, I caught my mother-in-law telling my three month old daughter to 'shut up'.
Not once, not twice but thrice. And my girl wasn't even whining or crying, she was playing. This from a woman I can't say shit, crap, hell or liar in front of because of her bloody proper British upbringing. Now, I don't know about you, but hell would have had to freeze over for me to let it pass. Unless you're babysitting Lil'Byte and she's been screaming her ass off non-stop for three hours no matter what you try and do to make her feel better you have no business telling that child to 'shut up'. And when she's playing, gurgling and making baby sounds? You don't go and shush her. You coo back, ffs.
And it gets better. We've been looking at old photographs. You know, trying to see who Lily's taking from... so looking at younger versions of me (primary, high school and college), wouldn't you know, my mother-in-law, bless her heart, went and said, "You look really thin there. And in that one too. Oh, so you weren't always so fat. So what happened?"
I ask you, what was I suppose to answer to that?
And then the following evening (or close enough), we're looking at photos from when hubby and I met whilst travelling around Australia (so go back over a decade). She double-checks the pictures in front of her and then looks me up and down, and like my own private Prince Philip incarnation, she comments, "Oh, my. You've really put on a lot of weight since then."
As Izzard would say, OFF THE MAP.
That woman is off the fucking map.
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