mr. furley
Footballguy
trying to determine if 6-10 times per day is "normal"
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how often do your wife and her mother speak? (1 Viewer)
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MAC_32
Footballguy
that is scary. 3-4 times per week on average, they live in town so we see her once per week but rarely more than twice.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
I voted wrong, I thought it was my wife and my mother. Which is never. She speaks with her own mom daily.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Once per day.
El Floppo
Footballguy
You poor *******.
I was going to say too damned much at 1-3 per day.
I don't think I talk to anybody, live or on the phone, 6-10x per day.
avoiding injuries
Footballguy
Probably 2-3 times a day on the phone. But that's not the real issue. It's the 20-30 texts between her, her mom and her sisters that drive me f'ing crazy.
I don't think it's healthy and has been our main source of arguments throughout our marriage.
Those above numbers were when it was at its worst. She's cut back drastically (at least when I'm around).
I don't think it's healthy and has been our main source of arguments throughout our marriage.
Those above numbers were when it was at its worst. She's cut back drastically (at least when I'm around).
PatsWillWin
Footballguy
Haven't spoken in years.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I think my wife "talks" to her mom maybe once a week via Facebook.
He mom is pretty much a giant loser that likes to poison everybody around her.
He mom is pretty much a giant loser that likes to poison everybody around her.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
FUBAR
Footballguy
My wife does the same although not quite as bad. More like 2 phone calls and 5-10 texts. I don't care much, except when her mom tries giving advice we don't need or is just complaining about her siblings.
3C's
Footballguy
joffer
Footballguy
It is not
johnnycakes
Footballguy
Usually once or twice per week.
avoiding injuries
Footballguy
Godsbrother
Footballguy
Zero. My MiL passed away 12 years ago. If my wife starts talking to her it is time to get a new wife.
My Mom is still alive. I call her every other day and take her and my Dad out to dinner once a week. They are in their late 80s (Dad will be 90 in Oct) so I value whatever time we share together.
My Mom is still alive. I call her every other day and take her and my Dad out to dinner once a week. They are in their late 80s (Dad will be 90 in Oct) so I value whatever time we share together.
mr. furley
Footballguy
if by scary you mean "perfectly normal" then i agree
how else could they possibly coordinate dropping off the kids every morning?? they have to first call to verify what time the kids need to be picked up or dropped off (even though THE SCHEDULE HAS NOT CHANGED IN FIVE YEARS).
then they have to call each other while one is in the car on the way to pick up/drop off the kids, then speak for 10-15 minutes during the kid dropoff, then call with updates during the workday, then visit most weekdays for lunch, speak again at kid pickup, on the phone on the way home, and at least once or twice per night after getting home TO CONFIRM PICKUP/DROPOFF FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY.
maybe 5% of this is about the kids. the other 95% is just.... nonsense. mother in law can't figure out why the creamy peanut butter jar is blue and the crunchy is red. better call her daughter to throw out her crazy ideas about why this is the case. wife is busy so she snaps and then is in a sour mood.... until her mom calls again an hour later about to say something else completely unimportant and non-sensical.. which makes my wife even more angry.
my mother in law is basically incapable of functioning as an adult so my wife is her mother. and an intolerant one at that.
it's her mom.. they could talk 100 times a day for all i care. but, ####, when EVERY SINGLE TIME it ends in arguments.. it starts to wear on my nerves like i'm Ike Clanton playing poker.
it's freaking maddening
there's a thread elsewhere detailing some of the most ridiculous things i've heard over the years. safe to say most of it is absolutely mind-bending.
there's no changing the communication. they feed off each other and i'm not going to tell my wife she can't/shouldn't talk to her mom. just #####ing for #####ing's sake.
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mr. furley
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
i already told her she wasn't allowed to have any friends or talk to anyone except me
WHAT MORE COULD SHE POSSIBLY NEED?????baaloc1968
Footballguy
my wife talks to her mom usually once a week.
avoiding injuries
Footballguy
Ah, pre-kids. At most, it was once a day before we had kids. Then the baby came, the calls started and an unbreakable trend started.
My wife's older sister's husband told me things would change after we had a kid and I didn't believe him. He nailed it.
jamny
Footballguy
MAC_32
Footballguy
My mom has been a bigger problem than her's. Thankfully my folks live on the other side of the state, so we only have to deal with them once every couple-few weeks and we conveniently schedule a full day of stuff or ask them to come up on a day we need a sitter when they do come up. Makes it easier to handle, but the never ending stream of presents every time they see them is maddening. Gonna start throwing them away soon.
top dog
Footballguy
My wife texts with her mom probably daily and speaks to her a couple times per week. They do a lot of things together. I enjoy that as my mother passed away in 2004 and I wish I had taken the time to have a deeper relationship with her. :(
My mother in law is a pretty good mom so I have no problem with my wife spending as much time as she can with there whether it be on the phone or in person.
My mother in law is a pretty good mom so I have no problem with my wife spending as much time as she can with there whether it be on the phone or in person.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Her mom died 30 years ago. Wife talks to my mom about once per week.
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
Once or twice a year.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
My MIL lives with us M-F.
The ONLY upside is that she works and goes out to eat by herself every night, so I really only have to deal with her for 1-2 hours per week and she is usually camped in front of a TV so I can avoid her.
This is potentially threadworthy itself, but it is probably only entertaining to me. I don't think people would like to read my sour grapes on a daily basis. However, whenever we are in the same mood, my general thought is "FML."
The ONLY upside is that she works and goes out to eat by herself every night, so I really only have to deal with her for 1-2 hours per week and she is usually camped in front of a TV so I can avoid her.
This is potentially threadworthy itself, but it is probably only entertaining to me. I don't think people would like to read my sour grapes on a daily basis. However, whenever we are in the same mood, my general thought is "FML."
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
My GF loves her mom. And I love my mom. She talks to her mom at least 2 to 3 times a day. I talk (not text) with my mom about 2 to 3 times a year.
Bob Loblaw
Footballguy
Voted 5+.
My MIL watches our kids when we're at work, so the same thing happens with confirming arrival time (same every day). They talk about what the guinea pig did last night, how our cat got out last night, what we need from Costco, basically anything and everything. My MIL leaves notes whether or not our 3 y.o. had a chewy vitamin, how many times she filled up the dog's water bowl, whose half-eaten sandwich is whose. My wife and MIL are excellent communicators. My wife wants her mom to get an iPhone so she can text with her. MIL isn't really into it. When our AT&T wireless coverage wasn't so great, they did buy my wife a flip phone that they named "the bat phone" so that they could always be in contact.
My in-laws are great BTW. Very sweet, caring and considerate people. For example, my MIL (while visiting her MIL) will stop off at Russian River Brewing Co. and refill my growler with Pliny.
My MIL watches our kids when we're at work, so the same thing happens with confirming arrival time (same every day). They talk about what the guinea pig did last night, how our cat got out last night, what we need from Costco, basically anything and everything. My MIL leaves notes whether or not our 3 y.o. had a chewy vitamin, how many times she filled up the dog's water bowl, whose half-eaten sandwich is whose. My wife and MIL are excellent communicators. My wife wants her mom to get an iPhone so she can text with her. MIL isn't really into it. When our AT&T wireless coverage wasn't so great, they did buy my wife a flip phone that they named "the bat phone" so that they could always be in contact.
My in-laws are great BTW. Very sweet, caring and considerate people. For example, my MIL (while visiting her MIL) will stop off at Russian River Brewing Co. and refill my growler with Pliny.
D in the D
Footballguy
Used to be at least once daily. Less now, since MIL passed away a year or so ago.
