My Mother-in-law

[salinen]

This is only slightly exaggerated.

Me. "So how was the drive over"?

Her. "That Chavez should be killed"

Me. "Where do you want to go for lunch"?

Her. "I voted for Bush twice!"

Me. "Wanna eat near the bay"?

Her. "There are sharks out there in the ocean"

Me. "How's the new house"?

Her. "No, I'd never do that, I'ts too scary"


Would anyone here on du mind much if I slap this bitch?

[MissB]

1. She sounds senile.

I wouldn't recommend slapping anyone.

[zonmoy]

3. how nice

somebody that makes my fundy family seem sane.

[jackster]

2. she voted for Bush twice

she gets no reprieve

slap the bitch!

[madokie]

4. not at all

[Maggie_May]

5. Had a father-in-law just like her

You need to kill her with kindness. I found out to try to argue or ignore did not help. The kindness thing just kills them they just don't know how to react. Have a great huge smile on your face and everything is just wonderful and they just freak out. Just keep it up and you will see. She will gone before you know it. LOL

[salinen]

10. She's not senile

but definetly paranoid. I'm nice. I bite my tongue. She's too far gone anyway.

[Spangle]

12. Yep!

Cause they are spoiling for a fight. But you can't fight with stupid people. They don't know they lost. So what is the point. Everyone knows that. That is one of the reason it pisses them off when ya don't fight with them. It shows the 'fight' is below you and not worth your time.

But it's all they live for.

[rhiannon55]

6. Do not slap your mother-in-law

or any woman, for that matter.

There are lines that even extremely frustrated DUers should not cross.

We're the party of peace, remember?

[salinen]

13. I meant that there must be

a loose connection up there. No, she's a moran bushbot. Hopeless.

[MADem]

7. Play the "Deliberately Obtuse" game with her instead

You. "So how was the drive over"?

Her. "That Chavez should be killed"

You. "What did Caesar ever do to you? SAY, maybe I'll have a salad for lunch, I just love that dressing and that farmworker picked lettuce--where do you want to go for lunch"?

Her. "I voted for Bush twice!"

You. "I'm thinking about getting a few new bushes for the front yard--holly, maybe; I'll put it under the front windows to deter crooks with those sharp points!!! Wanna eat near the bay?"

Her. "There are sharks out there in the ocean."

You. "MMmmmmmmmm--sharkmeat is often delicious! If they have shark on the menu, maybe I'll have that and a Caesar salad!! Let's eat on the patio, right there--over by those bushes!!!!"

.....and so on. A cross between Steve Martin as "The Jerk" and Goldie Hawn at the height of her Laugh-In days.

[salinen]

15. I'd be more successful playing those

"deliberately obtuse" games with my dog. My M-I-L has a very smooth brain, if ya know what I mean.

[RufusEarl]

18. Very clever word play, i approve of your method! LOL

[Robbien]

8. If anyone thinks hate talk radio hasn't changed this country drastically

all they have to do is get close to one of the dittoheads who have the stuff blaring at them 24/7.

Sadly this woman is typical of the hate talk radio brain dead.

[Spangle]

9. I feel for ya!

My brother-in-law was here all last week. Not a very indepth person. Dosen't concern himself with anything, unless it concerns him personally. Hence, he can't stand politics. When chatting with my daughter and he would show up, I would slowly change the topic to one he couldn't stand. Aghm.. Like politics.. LOL

No, you can't slap her. But you can have fun with her. Let her over hear you talking about your concern for her. Maybe to someone on the phone or in the next room. About this problem she has of not being able to hold a conversation, keeps changing the subject.. is something wrong or normal signs of aging? And wanting another country's leader dead? Woops, that is scary. You hope no one is trailing her and will burst into your home at night because of it. Those black ops guys are scary. And the strange ideas of WHY she wants that leader dead. Where did she get such weird myths that everyone knows is false. Scary, scary, scary and your so very worried.

Then again, invite a friend over who.. aghm.. she thinks dosen't know her views. You and friend talk and the friend starts going off on the 'weird' and stupid folks that believe such stupidity as "x,y,z." You just go.. hmmmm.... Not wanting to offend your MIL and finaly change the subject. LOL!

So many ways....

[salinen]

16. I fantasize about some of those

tactics. But my wife would become upset with me if I did. She's probably right.

[goodgd_yall]

11. Get her to a doctor for a mini-mental exam and then an ultrasound n/t

[salinen]

17. Weird

She's always going to the doctor. And she's just 60 years old. She has a clean phobia. Everything is sterile in their environment.

[goodgd_yall]

19. OCD?

Or maybe ADD. Her conversation with you is so disconnected. Maybe just self-centered and a poor listener because of all the noise in her head. She sounds a bit like my mother but my mother does have the excuse of Alzheimer's.

[Cha]

14. You Puir Wee Thing!

:(

[demigoddess]

20. maybe you should play mata hari. tell her the democratic candidate is really

a bush clone and will do all those things she wants but secretly from within the democratic party after he gets elected. Or some such nonsense, it will make her talk to you more and maybe change the subject too.