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Motherisims!!!!
Ok as u no my mum just likes to say things just for the he'll of it & sod ppls feelings. So just thought I'd start a topic up to let vent about her!
So went to visit this morning & showed her pics of the wedding I was bridesmaid for. The comment was 'god jayne u look really fat u really need to loose weight'. Well considering I'm standing beside the bride who's a size 6 & the fact I had had a baby 8 weeks previous, I'm hardly gonna be the skinnieat person.
2nd thing dave was interacting with rhea moving her hands & legs, my mum turned round & said stop teasing her!! I mean wtf!!!!!
Be prepared for updates!!
Jayne xx
So went to visit this morning & showed her pics of the wedding I was bridesmaid for. The comment was 'god jayne u look really fat u really need to loose weight'. Well considering I'm standing beside the bride who's a size 6 & the fact I had had a baby 8 weeks previous, I'm hardly gonna be the skinnieat person.
2nd thing dave was interacting with rhea moving her hands & legs, my mum turned round & said stop teasing her!! I mean wtf!!!!!
Be prepared for updates!!
Jayne xx
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Mind you I can sympathise, my dad is a complete arse when it comes to me and my weight. I'm a size 18 (never been smaller than a 16 since puberty, but was never fat) and currently weigh 17st something (i'm 5'10", so don't look that fat) and know that I need to lose weight and i'm trying, but my dad keeps telling me i'm fat and need to lose weight, this coming from a man who weighs 23st + and looks 9 months pg. WTF!!! I've had 4 kids what's his excuse?
Sorry appear to have added my own rant to yours.
Karen x
I've fought a constant battle with my weight and when at uni piled it on. My Mum called and gave me a new mantra...I'm not hungry...I'm fat. Motivational or what!?????!!
'Stop teasing'...now there's a good one!
Hxx
My mother (who is a size 18-20 and blames her size on the fact that she had a blood transfusion after giving birth to me and so missed the midwife telling her about post natal exercise (34 years ago FFS!!!) despite the fact that she was actually a size 12 til she hit 45/50) is constantly making comments to me about my weight.
I'm not particularly big (am 5'7 and was a 10-12 pre dd1 and then a 12-14 between pgs and now prob a 14-16 because of my jelly belly!) but I would like to get back to a proper size 12 - mainly as I miss my clothes from back then!! My mum is constantly putting me down and tellimg me i've let myself go and whenever I eat something non healthy she tells me how fattening it is and tut tuts me. This from the woman who can demolish a 6 pack of donuts with my dad in ine sitting and regularly does!!!!!
Grrrrrrr!
She is obsessed with finding maladies with my kids. On her last visit she banged onandonandonandon about how DS had thrush in his mouth, how I'd 'given it' to him by BF, how DG's sainted and favoured elder brother had it, till I nearly hit her... it was just milk in his mouth after feeding!
Thinking on it she did a similar rant when DD had nappy rash, she harped on about that being thrush. The woman has yeast issues.
H x
My MIL on the other hand is doing my head in. If she could have had a grandchild without having to have a daughter in law I think she would. She is constantly making comments about my son, calling him HER baby WTF!! She also likes to point out all of the time how my baby looks nothing like me, but is just like her son (my OH) and I have nothing to do with my baby!! I am so glad of this thread. I could write a book on the comments that my well meaning but extremely irritating MIL has done and said!! Think I might actually be hypersensitive.
She has even suggested who SHE thinks the godparents to OUR baby should be. We haven't even thought about a christening yet.
Is it me or is that just down right rude!!
Ah, parents and inlaws eh???
Moral of the story - take your time - try not to listen to your folks and let's all make sure we don't give our little ones eating disorders!!
Sorry that turned into a bit of a downer there.
Jayne xx
Ok the motherism for this week is: I told my mum that we were going out on my birthday this wednesday & that we were going to a launch night of a friend's pub. The reply to this was why are u going out together, who's looking after the baby? Well we're going out together cause we're married & that's what couples do, esp if it's one of their birhdays & Dave's mum is looking after Rhea. She tutted & said it's rediculous that you & Dave are going out & leaving the baby with a stranger!!!! Er, last time I checked Rhea spends at least 2 days a week with my MIL & Rhea sees my mum oh once every 2-3 weeks!! Maybe thta's why my mum became a boring old fart & never ever went out with my dad when we were kids!! I'm a mummy, but I'm also a wife & we need to take time for ourselves!!
Went to the loo & came back into the room to find my stepdad had put a bit of chocolate in DD's mouth & my mum sitting there going oh she really likes it, look she's sucking on it! Told her to never give my daughter food that I haven't tried on her esp solid chocolate, then my stepdad proceeded to give her another bit!!!! Well I grabbed dd & took the chocolate out & left! I mean WTF am I the only person who thinks giving chocolate to a 5 month old baby is just wrong? We only started weaning her wednesday, & she's only had porridge.
Soooooo angry
Mind you about a month ago (so when grace was about 16 weeks) I met some colleagues for a drink with both my girls and the mad 60 year old ( so you'd think would know better) receptionist tried to feed grace some of dd1's orange juice from a straw when my back was turned! Some people!