Comments for Clever Escape http://cleverescape.com Dreams, ideas, and plans not only are an escape, they give me purpose, a reason to hang on. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Shoes by Regina http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-866 Regina Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:17:14 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-866 I can (sadly) related to having the horrible MIL. Mine actually told us that we shouldn't have kids in the same phone conversation after we told her I was pregnant. She said we were horrible parents (I am a horrible step mom). I think the saddest part is that I really had hoped to gain a family by getting married, but I am certainly not welcome. They only talk to me so that they can talk about me later. I know this is true, but I have had to let it go. I guess what I have done to deal with her defiantly going against our wishes is move to another state. I know, not so easy. But as my step-daughter has gotten older, she wants to spend less time with grandparents and more with her friends, so these issues have faded over time. Good Luck! I can (sadly) related to having the horrible MIL. Mine actually told us that we shouldn’t have kids in the same phone conversation after we told her I was pregnant. She said we were horrible parents (I am a horrible step mom). I think the saddest part is that I really had hoped to gain a family by getting married, but I am certainly not welcome. They only talk to me so that they can talk about me later. I know this is true, but I have had to let it go. I guess what I have done to deal with her defiantly going against our wishes is move to another state. I know, not so easy. But as my step-daughter has gotten older, she wants to spend less time with grandparents and more with her friends, so these issues have faded over time. Good Luck!

]]> Comment on Shoes by Smilf http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-865 Smilf Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:30:47 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-865 Oh no! My MIL drives me nuts sometimes but nothing like that. I would be so pissed. And you ARE a parent. Don't let that crazy woman make you think otherwise! Oh no! My MIL drives me nuts sometimes but nothing like that. I would be so pissed.

And you ARE a parent. Don’t let that crazy woman make you think otherwise!

]]> Comment on Shoes by -d http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-864 -d Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:05:53 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-864 No words for the in-law situation... thankfully, I'm no longer in that world! However, is it possible to communicate with Sunshine's mom about the shoe situation? You'd have to find a way to do it without offending or accussing her which is always difficult. Good luck either way! -d No words for the in-law situation… thankfully, I’m no longer in that world!

However, is it possible to communicate with Sunshine’s mom about the shoe situation? You’d have to find a way to do it without offending or accussing her which is always difficult.

Good luck either way!
-d

]]> Comment on Shoes by starshine30 http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-863 starshine30 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:32:48 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-863 Is it possible for you not to send the shoes to Utah and to keep them with you? We do that. We don't send new stuff with them anymore. Because we are pretty sure that was what our kids mom was up to. I hate it when parents cross boundaries! Pisses me off...and you're right! You ARE a parent, and a damn good parent at that...it's about time she started recognizing that fact! Is it possible for you not to send the shoes to Utah and to keep them with you? We do that. We don’t send new stuff with them anymore. Because we are pretty sure that was what our kids mom was up to.
I hate it when parents cross boundaries! Pisses me off…and you’re right! You ARE a parent, and a damn good parent at that…it’s about time she started recognizing that fact!

]]> Comment on The Tax Poem by Lynda http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/08/the-tax-poem/#comment-862 Lynda Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:40:11 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=299#comment-862 I got that in an email a while back and deleted it by accident! So glad you posted it. I wanted to share it wiht my husband! I got that in an email a while back and deleted it by accident! So glad you posted it. I wanted to share it wiht my husband!

]]> Comment on Shoes by Lynda http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-861 Lynda Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:38:29 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-861 Wow, she is the grand prize winner of the Worst Mother-In-Law award for sure. It is so hard to have someone working totally against you. I had that with my ex-husband's mother, it sucks. I wish I had just had the guts to tell her what I thought of her and to let her know how she had hurt me and my kids over the years. But of course I never did that. And he never stood up for me either, which made it even harder to deal with. I hope things get better with your MIL, I truly do. Maybe she'll have some sort of miraculous conversion of sorts. Wow, she is the grand prize winner of the Worst Mother-In-Law award for sure. It is so hard to have someone working totally against you.

I had that with my ex-husband’s mother, it sucks. I wish I had just had the guts to tell her what I thought of her and to let her know how she had hurt me and my kids over the years. But of course I never did that. And he never stood up for me either, which made it even harder to deal with.

I hope things get better with your MIL, I truly do. Maybe she’ll have some sort of miraculous conversion of sorts.

]]> Comment on Shoes by Mister-M http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-860 Mister-M Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:54:15 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-860 She sounds eerily like a narcissist. She sounds eerily like a narcissist.

]]> Comment on Shoes by Heidi http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-859 Heidi Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:40:56 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-859 Seriously just punch her. Just kidding. (you know you want to though) Seriously just punch her. Just kidding. (you know you want to though)

]]> Comment on Shoes by Morgan http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/10/shoes/#comment-858 Morgan Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:25:09 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=300#comment-858 Ugh. In-laws. Geesh. Ugh. In-laws. Geesh.

]]> Comment on The Tax Poem by Heidi http://cleverescape.com/2008/08/08/the-tax-poem/#comment-856 Heidi Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:37:31 +0000 http://cleverescape.com/?p=299#comment-856 That was funny and sad all at the same time. Hits a little close to home. That was funny and sad all at the same time. Hits a little close to home.

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