I know I can't be the only one out there with people who have COMPLETELY lost their minds surrounding them! First for my mother...she claims that everything I want for our baby (our first, edd 7/28/03!) is a luxury and that nothing that she could buy would possibly be good enough. At this point I must mention that she is upper-middle class, self-made. For instance, she bitched when I didn't want to order my crib from JC Penny or get one from Wal-Mart. BTW, DH and I paid for all nursery furniture ourselves, so we got what we wanted...a Morigeau Lepine convertible crib for $558 and a College Woodworks dresser for $400. When I suggested that if she wanted to purchase something for the baby, she could purchase the bedding out of PBK ($187 total), she replied that she would not buy anything for a child from Pottery Barn. UGG!!
Now to my mother-in-law...DH and I had planned a trip to Scotland over a year ago (baby was a surprise), and we leave in 18 short days!yay! OB is very supportive and says to go and have a good time! When i mentioned this to MIL, she looked at me with "shock and awe" that they were still "letting" me go. She even went so far to ask if my OB knew I was pregnant! Then she said..."don't you think you'll catch SARS?...to which I replied..."no, we aren't going anywhere near Asia"...."but you know they have it in Toronto and in Florida"...."yes, but we aren't going anywhere near there, either". Then she made the oddest comment after asking how much time DH would be taking off after the baby was born. She remarked that I would need someone around to help after baby was born and that she had rather come to our home to help than us move in with her. AS IF! I have no idea where she came up with that as we are both gainfully employed, financially secure, able to afford the things we want...not to mention that I have 12 weeks paid leave.
Am I being too sensitive? Are any of you out there experiencing this? Sorry this was so long. Please respond....I would hate to think I'm the only one!haha!
-Shannon