Thanks For The Eating Disorder

Thanks to an anonymous reader for sharing a recent experience with us. Hope to hear more from you!



My mother-in-law was sitting in her kitchen, talking to my husband's grandmother with the windows open. I was sitting on the patio reading the paper. It was a glorious day and about 90 degrees. I heard my husband's grandmother say to my MIL about me: "Is Shelly going to put on her swimsuit and join you outside?" and my MIL replied "No, I don't think so, I think she realizes she is rather on the large size."

My mouth hit the floor! First of all, I am a size 10 (Isn't that average?) Secondly, she knew I could hear every damn word she said.

WTF?

Satan's Easter Basket

Reader "K" emailed to share a recent experience in hellish mother-in-law gifts. If you can call them that. Thanks, K.


My MIL is the worst gift-giver ever. Seriously, I don't know what her problem is, but if it's in the checkout line at Big Lots, or even better, at a garage sale, then it is purchased and shipped to my house and called a gift.

This Easter, like every other holiday, my kids got a package from their Mimi. A package of shit and the contents were the following:

• Magic Grow Kitty, a paper (?) cat that you add water to and watch it grow into something mommy throws into the trash.
• An elephant balloon. You know, every child wants one?!?!
• A fly trapped in plastic ice cube. Yes! Just what I wanted my daughter to own.
• A bubble blower from a wedding. Because nothing says cheap like I got you a free thing of bubbles.
• A Ziploc bag of hangers. Because its what I always wanted.
• An eyeball headband, what all the kids are wearing these days.
• A bunny purse filled with 15 plastic caterpillars. WTF?
• A jumbo 2ft long pencil. Because, you know, my kid is 3ft tall and needs a pencil this big?!?
• A magnet shaped like the state of Oklahoma, just to remind us how far away she lives. Thank God.
• Seven outfits for my son that are shockingly too small, as in 0-3 months size. My boy is 7 months old and wears size 12-18 months clothes.

Seriously, the woman is whacked if she really thought this shit made a great Easter gift. To make this all the more unbelievable, she paid $18.10 to ship it to our house.

Next time, just mail a card and put a $20 in it. Geez.