Another episode in weirdness and stupidity, folks!
The following is all by email...
MIL: [forwards ViaCord free baby diaper spam]
Me: Thanks, I'll check it out. Out of curiosity, how did you end up getting this email? LOL It's weird that you'd be getting ViaCord stuff isn't it?
MIL: oh Lord, I signed up to get FREE baby stuff months ago LOL you'll be getting some coupons in the mail :) baby talk magazines, etc.
...here's where I panic and steam comes from my ears. I'm thinking, 'you sold my address for free to HOW MANY places?' So, I respond...
Me: You mean you signed US up? Yikes! We already have TONS of issues with our mailbox getting clogged and the post office holding and returning useful mail.
...ok, so, I threw a jab in with the "useful" bit, but I assure you that she wouldn't notice that. She'll just feel victimized by me again. She responded.
MIL: No, I signed ME up. NOT you.
...Oh right. That makes more sense why you'd be getting parenting magazines. I wanted to respond, "good, beeyotch. And don't bother throwing all the dumb irrelevant shit you've collected and tagged for us to buy together in a garbage bag and giving it to us like you have in the past either 'cause I just throw that out when I get home." But, instead I just said...
Me: Oh ok good.
Christmas is going to be so much fun.
Unedited ramblings of an Almost-30 Liberal Humanist Employed New Mother.
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2 comments:
Did you refer her to grandparents (dot) come or whatever that dreadful website is? I swear to G-d, 90% of the complaints from a mother-in-law about her daughter-in-law are coming from mine.
They *try* to be helpful yet they're so hindering.
That is soooo my mil! She gets formula and diapers in the mail too... and she lives 23 hours away from us!
(reichlesangel from wte.com)
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