Actually Pen - I didn't have a lot of choice, besides to just stand outside on the sidewalk. DH and I were riding with them in their car to a wedding and MIL and FIL saw a sign or a new hunting store and just HAD to stop. This wasn't the only stop they just "had" to make on our trip, we also "had" to stop at a "beef jerky outlet," a JR's Cigarette Outlet, and a fabric/craft store....all of which were not discussed or even mentioned before we left on this trip...we thought we were driving straight to a certain destination. I was tired, baby was tired, and MIL took the keys with her so we had no AC....what was I supposed to do? Sit in the car with a tired, hot, and cranky newborn? It was nearly 90 outside! So yes, Pen, I was proverbially "dragged" into that store, and several others as well. DH eventually asked her if she could come back to these stores another time, and she kept insisting "oh I only need one little thing, we'll be in and out!" And yes, please pardon me for not jumping for joy because I found a good book. Although it was a helpful read, my finding that book did not really "better" that dreadful trip and I would be lying if I said it did.
I apologize for my attitude, it's not been a great day. Today is my 30th birthday, and I received an email from my SIL this morning titled "Happy Birthday, to my FAVORITE sister in law." Her opening line was "Well well, the fates have graced us with yet another miserable year with you, and another year of misery without my darling brother. I hope you're having an absolutely terrific day!" I'll spare you the rest, but I'm sure you get the point, it was more of the same.
This email was a "forward" of an email where my MIL had emailed my SIL, full of lies and conveniently "incomplete truths," and "woe is me, my son kicked me out, they're keeping my grandchild from me, I did nothing to deserve this, I'm the victim, BLAH BLAH BLAH." She conveniently left out all the cursing she did, the screaming at my DH (in front of our child), her calling him names, calling me names, etc.
We cut her off and are better off for it. I am so sick of this, and it is killing me not to reply to this email...so I decided to breathe about it, pray about it, and came here to the "wise" women instead for some positive interaction.
I was trying to have a better day, I've been doing so well with all of this lately, with the encouragement of this site and the wonderful people here...now I know it was the wrong place to come to. I simply posted about a good book that I thought might be helpful, I didn't post to have my "tone" picked apart, not in this thread anyway. Feel free to do that later, I can handle it with grace on any other day, but please not today.
