Saturday, August 13, 2011

The In Laws

I've been staying under one roof with my in laws for the past 3 years and as much as I wish to paint a pretty picture about them, we all know life isn't a bed of roses. I can't be bothered to rake up the past but a few things that happen today irritated me so much that I need to ventilate now.
1) I bought Marigold chocolate milk for my son on the way home from work. There's HL chocolate milk already in the fridge and thinking my hubby bought it for me (he usually does), I poured that out for myself. And I poured the other milk for my son. And as we sat together in the dining table, the in laws could not stop commenting on how thick and sweet the milk was and they made me feel guilty drinking it. Then a couple minutes later, they said my son's usual milk powder had finished and they had bought the HL milk for him. Bingo! So I guess they were not very happy to see that I'm drinking the milk that they supposedly bought for my son. And they bought him a low-fat milk! I told my FIL it's a no-no for a growing toddler but he said milk is all the same. Alright, fine.
2) During this fasting month, I usually rise at 4.30am to have my morning meal. Usually by 4.45am I'm done and hubby in turn will have his sahur. Due to extreme fatigue, sometimes I'll ignore my alarm and chose to wake up same time as hubby. But by 4.40am, my MIL will automatically knock on our door. And each time she'll irritate me by asking the same question 'did your alarm died?'
3) Hubby made his own bread and butter toast (he's very independent) and seeing that, my MIL said 'I didn't know you wanted to eat that otherwise I will have made it for you'. Dang! She's good at making me feel guilty. But at the same time I saw my FIL making his own meal for sahur and she did not even seem to bother to even make his drink. And there, she was bothering my hubby when she could have at least given me a chance to serve his basic needs. She treats my hubby like a boy and forgot that I existed.


... So am I being petty? Or shall I blame the hormones that is overtaking me? Good luck to those staying with in laws just like me.