My mil is basically a hoarder, so she is always buying stuff. If that’s what she wants to do fine. The problem is that she brings crap to our house all the time knowing we don’t have any space to put the stuff we already have. She’ll show up with random things too. One day it was two bags of bbq sauce and soy sauce and stuff like that. Who needs that much?? And why bring food stuff over without asking if we need/want/use it?!? One day she shows up with a shower caddy type basket with a couple little toys for my then 4 month old to play with. Why does he need a basket that’s not even functional for him. It’s not like we can put his toys in it. It’s not big enough for more than a couple tiny toys. One day she shows up with some kind of paper box with an oil funnel for a 4 year to play with. Why?!? She also asked me what kind of diapers I decided to use and I told her Higgies. She shows up with a box of pampers and a box of luvs and one small pack of huggies. And last night she shows up with a ton of baby food that will most likely expire before we ever get to it and said she had a coupon. She doesn’t ask if we need stuff. She just shows up with it. And her parting comment last night is what really set me off. She said I came by to check on the baby because I saw the bump on his head in those pictures. The way it was said along with some other things she has said makes it sounds like she thinks this is her baby to do what she wants with or I don’t know what I’m doing. And I really hate that she just drops by unannounced.

I know I sound unappreciative if the stuff she does for us. I’m not. I’m just frustrated with the way it’s done and the way I’m ignored when I tell her we don’t need anymore stuff brought over. I’m gonna I the point I just want to buy everything we need myself. We don’t need her help at all.

There was really no point in this other than to rant. So much has piled up that I’m ready to explode. My husband is irritated by it too but says she won’t stop no matter what and he’s been dealing with for 30 years. I told him I would not put up with for that long.