So as per my previous blog, my SSstb15 and I had a "date night" on Friday. We got dressed up, had dinner out and went to the theatre to see a tribute band of an old and deceased famous singer. We had a blast. We chatted, laughed, joked, danced and sang along to the music. It was great.

MIL (also per my previous blogs a royal PITA and a psycho who has caused tremor does strain, tension and dram in my life) calls my DH and apparently was discussing the "date" SS and I had and I hear DH say "She's right here, why don't you tell her yourself?" and hands me the phone. Now, I'm already a bit perturbed because I DO NOT like talking to MIL, DH KNOWS this, and I try to avoid it at all costs of possible. So I try to put on my sweetest smile so maybe my voice will sound sweet and I say hello.

MIL starts going on and on..."I just wanted to say thank you for what you did with SS. That was just so nice of you and he said how much fun he had and that the concert was awesome and I just can't tell you how much I appreciate you doing something like that with him. It just makes me so happy and i know it really meant a lot to him and it does to me and I just wanted to tell you much it meant to me and say thank you so much".

Okay...see here I get a little...correction...A LOT irritated. Because seriously? You are THANKING me? Who the eff are YOU? So my reply, which I'm pretty sure didn't come out sounding sweet at all was, "you do not need to thank me for taking SS with me to the concert. I wanted to go and I knew it was something he too would enjoy. We had a great time together. You don't have to thank me for spending time with my kid. I spend time with my kid because I want to. I didn't do it for you, I did it to have some special one on one time with SSstb15 because we don't get a lot of one on one time with five kids. But again, there is no need to thank me for spending time with my son".

Maybe I'm just touchy and sensitive when it comes to her. But I was damn irked. I took it offensively. Maybe she wpmeant well, but I took offense to it. Like I've NEVER done anything nice or fun or good for SS. Like I'm usually only mean and nasty and evil to him. And I must have had some hidden agenda (like trying to impress MIL??) in order to do ANYTHING special with SS. It's been bothering me since Sunday. I haven't said a word to my DH about it. I really don't want to start an argument. I'm sure I'll hear the "you just hate my mother. She was TRYING to be nice. She WANTS to repair your relationship" and I don't want to hear that. Because I don't believe it. But then again my I am overreacting and beung touchy and sensitive.