May 30, 2003

Mother-In-Law stories wanted!

A friend of mine is co-authoring a book, and she needs your help!

My best friend and I are writing a humor book on mothers-in-law. One of our chapters is a collection of mother-in-law stories from other women (and some men).

We're looking for stories where your MIL drives you a little crazy, aggravates/annoys you a bit (nothing mean). The book pokes fun and lends support to others suffering from "the mother-in-law syndrome."

We use pseudonyms to protect the guilty. In you're interested, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION (name & address) with any submissions so that we can send you a release allowing us to use your story.

UPDATE: If you are interested in submitting a story, please visit the M.I.L.D.E.W. site.

-Diane


I'm sure all of you married folks out there have at least one good MIL story to tell. Why not share it with those of us who won't need to wait for a decade or so to pass before we'll be able to laugh at the situation instead of cry (or scream and pull chunks of hair from our scalps, as I do after encounters with my mother-in-law)?

Posted by insomnomaniac at May 30, 2003 10:56 PM | TrackBack
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One really annoying thing about my Mother-in-law is that every year that she does get me somthing desent for Christmas she always makes this stupid comment "you know those by one get one free sales at the Mall? Well, I paid for the one for your Sister-in-law and yours was the free one" At least once in a while I get something desent, usually the first years that one of my brother-in-laws is married, maybe it's a good thing they all keep getting divorced and marry someone else. At least it's better then the year that I got the shrunken sweater that she shrunk in the dryer. That ugly thing she wore for years, shrunk it in the dryer and wrapped it up for me for Christmas. My Daughter was two at the time and it didn't fit her either. I think that was the year that all my Brothers-in-law were divorced at the same time. She had been a busy lady that year. All those fights to cause, salt to rub in wounds.

Tsk tsk tsk. Little does she know that the reason we are still married is because we joined forces to keep her away from us, to protect ourselves. We got closer and stronger together because of her. It would kill her to know that.

Posted by: Rose at August 20, 2003 5:03 PM