CaroPhoenix
12-23-2008, 06:05 PM
As most everyone here knows, I've had complaints about my MIL (Mother-In-Law) in the past where I felt she favored her other 2 granddaughters over Child Rum. MIL, I feel, really favors granddaughter #1 (known from here on out as K1) the most. Mr. Rum has always said it was in my head, and that he'd never seen the favoritism. (Also, MIL has 3 sons, S1 is Mr. Rum, S2 is the father of K1 and the 3rd granddaughter, known as K3) and S3 (who is married but he & his wife don't have kids yet, if ever).
Mr. Rum comes home last night, and he's not in a very good mood. I think he had a bad day at work yesterday. (He was on-call for his job this weekend and people in the office claimed to have called the house & not be able to get a hold of him and they left messages - well, let's just say there were no messages on our answering machine & we have caller ID and I can tell you that there were no "oddball" phone numbers from the 18th to yesterday). Work was fine, he told me, then he told me that he had called his mother.
I was like, Okies ... what did y'all talk about? He said he didn't really talk to his mother because K1 was over at her house for a few days and it was K1 who had answered the phone (why they let a 6-year-old answer the phone, I have no idea, I wasn't allowed to answer until I was at least 10). So, back to the story. I asked him why he was so put off with that, he answered:
"I'm put off because my parents went. out. of. their. way. to pick up K1 (who lives roughly an hour to an hour and a half - depending on traffic and the timing of the lights - away from my ILs) and bring her back to their house. They didn't have S2 drive her down, they picked her up themselves. They've never offered to take Child Rum down to their house. They've never offered to pick her up. They've never offered to take her out to lunch, or shopping, or anything."
He was pouting. And he was ticked!
I know it's his first time noticing it in 5 years. But ... it was so surreal seeing him realize something I knew all along. Maybe he'll say something to his mother about it. I'm hoping at least. :D
Mr. Rum comes home last night, and he's not in a very good mood. I think he had a bad day at work yesterday. (He was on-call for his job this weekend and people in the office claimed to have called the house & not be able to get a hold of him and they left messages - well, let's just say there were no messages on our answering machine & we have caller ID and I can tell you that there were no "oddball" phone numbers from the 18th to yesterday). Work was fine, he told me, then he told me that he had called his mother.
I was like, Okies ... what did y'all talk about? He said he didn't really talk to his mother because K1 was over at her house for a few days and it was K1 who had answered the phone (why they let a 6-year-old answer the phone, I have no idea, I wasn't allowed to answer until I was at least 10). So, back to the story. I asked him why he was so put off with that, he answered:
"I'm put off because my parents went. out. of. their. way. to pick up K1 (who lives roughly an hour to an hour and a half - depending on traffic and the timing of the lights - away from my ILs) and bring her back to their house. They didn't have S2 drive her down, they picked her up themselves. They've never offered to take Child Rum down to their house. They've never offered to pick her up. They've never offered to take her out to lunch, or shopping, or anything."
He was pouting. And he was ticked!
I know it's his first time noticing it in 5 years. But ... it was so surreal seeing him realize something I knew all along. Maybe he'll say something to his mother about it. I'm hoping at least. :D