TouffTalk,
This is about my friend who is living with his girlfriend and his future mother-in-law from hell. My poor friend told me one of the incidents that happened. His mother-in-law decided to cook a birthday dinner for her daughter and friends. At the end of the meal, his girlfriend started packing up the leftovers to take home. The mother-in-law turned around and demanded money for the leftovers. She was nasty and rude about it too. Can you believe it ToughTalk? The mother-in-law is a nasty piece of work. What should I tell my friend and the love of his life? (Arlington, TX)
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The old bats are tough to deal with, I know from my own personal experience. In this situation, I would tell your friend to bring the mother-in-law gifts of appreciation, like a half-eaten sandwich, old crap he doesn’t want anymore or maybe a box of chocolates, but with the good candies taken and the crappy ones you take a bite out of and put back in the box. When she complains and becomes indignant, which she will, you tell her she can sell the stuff and pocket a few bucks. “We were just thinking about you.” One thing you might also do is tell her to shut-up when she’s talking about a boring and stupid subject and that no one cares what she has to say. You can also get up and walk out when she’s in the middle of saying something with the expression, “I gotta take a dump.” Hopefully children will be around to learn from this. But most importantly, be creative.
Tough Talk 