Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Getting along with MIL

I just had a tiff with my mum in law. She commented that my house is always like a war zone and I told her its like that when we have such a big family with 4 kids. She commented that my house never like that and I reminded her of course since she only has one child so her house was peaceful and quiet. She got offensive and said God gave her only 1 kid. I told her ours was our choices so we have to accept the consequences of noise and chaos. She ended up scolding me being always picking at her and trying to find faults with her. I am really fed up with her being like that. She even said that she regretted coming here and that I am bullying her because she does not have a husband. She said she knows the kind of person I am and she refused to comment further. What kind of person am I ? The villian who was always out looking at faults of others????

In fact yesterday WeiYi called up her friend in the living room and she got really excited and spoke at a loud voice. I was in the living room and I was okay with that but my MIL charged in and scolding her up side down saying that she was inconsiderate and she had to stop reading because of her. She never gave face to others and I quickly get WeiYi to go out with me to go and fetch the kids. She always thinks of her own interests first and she thinks others are nuisance. As a daughter in law I can't talk reason to her at all. Nobody is able to enlighten her on how her behaviour is like a spoilt brat.

I know I cant change her and the only person I can change is myself. I must love her unconditionally since she is my husband's mother but sometimes I just got so fed up with her. Without her presence, my life is so much wonderful and carefree. Maybe staying apart is the answer to my miseries since she keeps on saying that I am the bad egg.

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