My 88 year old mother-in-law is visiting for the week. Please pray for me.
Mother-In-Law Visit: Pray for Me
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There isn't enough prayer in the world for you 
May the force be with you
Sad that so many In-Laws are Out-Laws. Both SWMBO and I got along great with each other's moms. Hers passed on and her pa died before we met.
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She's a wonderful woman. My wife and her will simply gang up on me this week. My honey-do list will grow exponentially.
Gilligan will protect you!
I seriously feel your pain. However this could be fun. Chew large amounts of gum at one time, put a bandana around your head after you get home from work, clip your toes nails in the same room as her, every time the phone rings, yell "BINGO". You get the idea.
Mendel:
Aw-shucks...I feel your pain my shaving friend. Fortunately the Mrs. and I get along very well with our in-laws.
"Behind every successful Man is a proud Wife and a surprised Mother-in-Law". Hubert H. Humphrey
Aw-shucks...I feel your pain my shaving friend. Fortunately the Mrs. and I get along very well with our in-laws.
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Its one of the drawbacks of marriage, you probably get the love of your life, but it always comes with baggage. Most of the time in-laws are like fish, after a day or two they start to stink.
Sounds like Gilligan is going to get a lot of walks that week! 
One place you can go. The garage.
Then it's only fair your WCS/Bullgoose/IB (insert favorite shaving website here) list grows along with it.
I feel your pain.. Mine.... Fox News at ear splitting levels and opinions on everything under the sun.. Thank God for Makers Mark..Great people but,I am always glad for the end of the visit..
I am with you, my father in law lives with us on occasion to give my brother in law a break. My wife and I feel like we are playing zone defense just trying to get through the day.
It does provide for memories that, in time, will have a rosy glow to them. Like the time he and an uncle (both beginning dementia) decided to get up from the dinner table together. They were off to see the basement. The rest of us looked at each other as if to say, "Okayyyy...." After a few minutes we realized both of them had gone into a bedroom with occasional noise. I got up and went in there to see them opening and closing each closet door looking for the basement door. This in a house the uncle has lived in for thirty years. Jeepers.
It does provide for memories that, in time, will have a rosy glow to them. Like the time he and an uncle (both beginning dementia) decided to get up from the dinner table together. They were off to see the basement. The rest of us looked at each other as if to say, "Okayyyy...." After a few minutes we realized both of them had gone into a bedroom with occasional noise. I got up and went in there to see them opening and closing each closet door looking for the basement door. This in a house the uncle has lived in for thirty years. Jeepers.
Try "in-law aikido" ... use their energy against them.
"... your mother is such a wonderful lady, I'd love to have us all spend some "family time" together and make memories rather than doing chores ... I'm going to bite the bullet and knock a couple things I was looking forward to doing on my list of chores, and hang out with you guys instead."
(Works better if you have kids ... the whole 'grandparent' thing and all ...)
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Mother-in-law update:
My wife and I have a fairly new Keurig coffee maker. The last time my mother-in-law visited, she informed me that it took me too long to brew her cup of coffee. This time, I brewed a cup at the first sounds of my mother-in-law waking up this morning. Actually, I brewed a cup at 7:30 am (I drank it because it was a false alarm.) Then, I brewed another cup at 8:17 am when I knew for sure she was ready to come downstairs.
Now, my wife wants me to polish the outside of the Weber grill. My response, "Not today...but I'll put it on the list." To that my mother-in-law told me I was mean. Folks, I just thoroughly cleaned the grill last week (flavorizer bars, grids, everything) and installed a brand new ignitor.
I told you that they will be ganging up on me.
There is no place to hide, no place to go. Can I induce myself with a short-term coma?
My wife and I have a fairly new Keurig coffee maker. The last time my mother-in-law visited, she informed me that it took me too long to brew her cup of coffee. This time, I brewed a cup at the first sounds of my mother-in-law waking up this morning. Actually, I brewed a cup at 7:30 am (I drank it because it was a false alarm.) Then, I brewed another cup at 8:17 am when I knew for sure she was ready to come downstairs.
Now, my wife wants me to polish the outside of the Weber grill. My response, "Not today...but I'll put it on the list." To that my mother-in-law told me I was mean. Folks, I just thoroughly cleaned the grill last week (flavorizer bars, grids, everything) and installed a brand new ignitor.
I told you that they will be ganging up on me.
There is no place to hide, no place to go. Can I induce myself with a short-term coma?
When whe shows up time to clean your shot gun. Don't have a shot gun go buy one and clean it.
Can I induce myself with a short-term coma? Yup it's called whiskey. Unload your shot gun first
