MIL Macabre!
Posted on Fri, Sep. 14, 2007 at 02:04 pm
My MIL is obsessed with death and disease. She's been this way as long as I've known her (25 LONG years.)
When my son was little she used to go out of her way to point out dead animals lying by the side of the road or where ever. We were in the park one day when she saw a dead robin lying on the side of the path. Well, her eyes lit up like she found gold.
"Look at the birdie! it's dead. That means it's never going to fly again. It can't do anything because it's DEAD," she told my son, who was 2-1/2 at the time.
My son lookd confused and worried. I didn't want to freak him out any more than he was, so I diverted his attention to the ducks in the pond. He ran off to feed them and MIL looked miffed when she lost his attention.
While they were looking at the ducks, I made an excuse that I had to visit the rest room. I walked back to where the dead bird was, picked up a piece of newspepre from the ground and wrpped the bird in it. Then I tossed it in the garbage and rejoined my son and MIL.
On the way back, to the playground she made a beeline. to where the dead bird had been. Imagine her disappointment when it wasn't there anymore! She lost a chance to glat about death and frighten a little kid.
"I guess the bird woke up and flew away," I said. My son ran to play in the sand and MIL gave me a dirty look.
Flash forward a few years. My son was five and he had a sleepover at MIL's house. He came home very upset. It seems for a bedtime story, she told him about how some "bad boys" stole her puppy when she was alittle girl and then set it on fire and buried it alive
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When my son was little she used to go out of her way to point out dead animals lying by the side of the road or where ever. We were in the park one day when she saw a dead robin lying on the side of the path. Well, her eyes lit up like she found gold.
"Look at the birdie! it's dead. That means it's never going to fly again. It can't do anything because it's DEAD," she told my son, who was 2-1/2 at the time.
My son lookd confused and worried. I didn't want to freak him out any more than he was, so I diverted his attention to the ducks in the pond. He ran off to feed them and MIL looked miffed when she lost his attention.
While they were looking at the ducks, I made an excuse that I had to visit the rest room. I walked back to where the dead bird was, picked up a piece of newspepre from the ground and wrpped the bird in it. Then I tossed it in the garbage and rejoined my son and MIL.
On the way back, to the playground she made a beeline. to where the dead bird had been. Imagine her disappointment when it wasn't there anymore! She lost a chance to glat about death and frighten a little kid.
"I guess the bird woke up and flew away," I said. My son ran to play in the sand and MIL gave me a dirty look.
Flash forward a few years. My son was five and he had a sleepover at MIL's house. He came home very upset. It seems for a bedtime story, she told him about how some "bad boys" stole her puppy when she was alittle girl and then set it on fire and buried it alive
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