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The craziness that is my mother in law...Will I ever learn?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 497240" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>I don't think so, DDD. At least not in husband's mind. Maybe in his mother's, because I don't think he participated in much, if anything, else. And the only thing he is bonded with is that mess kit. But I think it has less to do with having been a scout item and more to do with his intense desire to have "gadgets". That's the sort of "gadget" he's drawn to. </p><p></p><p>His mama? Who knows. Its entirely possibly with her. She carries on and on about how tight money was and how poor they were and how hard she worked when the kids were little, and how hard it was to buy groceries. She told a big long sob story last winter about having to take treats to work and staying up, sometimes past 10pm, to make the treats, after she'd already fixed a meal for the family, after a long day of work, blah blah blah, then she'd have to get up at 6am to finish them.</p><p></p><p>And just last week she told me she stayed home with the kids til they were 10.</p><p></p><p>And she is just now starting to buy off-brand groceries....and even now its few and far between, she almost always buys name-brand. Heck, her recipes from 50 years ago call for ingredients by brand.</p><p></p><p>So its entirely possible that the one activity she ever had husband in is, in her mind, a glowing experence...course...in her mind, everything about her is a glowing experience. lol</p><p></p><p>And she? Is a hoarder. Her hubby is too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 497240, member: 1848"] I don't think so, DDD. At least not in husband's mind. Maybe in his mother's, because I don't think he participated in much, if anything, else. And the only thing he is bonded with is that mess kit. But I think it has less to do with having been a scout item and more to do with his intense desire to have "gadgets". That's the sort of "gadget" he's drawn to. His mama? Who knows. Its entirely possibly with her. She carries on and on about how tight money was and how poor they were and how hard she worked when the kids were little, and how hard it was to buy groceries. She told a big long sob story last winter about having to take treats to work and staying up, sometimes past 10pm, to make the treats, after she'd already fixed a meal for the family, after a long day of work, blah blah blah, then she'd have to get up at 6am to finish them. And just last week she told me she stayed home with the kids til they were 10. And she is just now starting to buy off-brand groceries....and even now its few and far between, she almost always buys name-brand. Heck, her recipes from 50 years ago call for ingredients by brand. So its entirely possible that the one activity she ever had husband in is, in her mind, a glowing experence...course...in her mind, everything about her is a glowing experience. lol And she? Is a hoarder. Her hubby is too. [/QUOTE]
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