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So over the drama

strugglingSM's picture

I posted previously about how SS12 forgot his golf clubs at our house. I saw them in the garage after DH left to take him home. 

What I didn't know was that DH didn't even know they were at our house. MIL brought SS to our house at 10pm on Friday and she let herself in with SS and put the clubs in our garage. 

Neither of us know that SS had a golf tournament today, because why would we, BM never tells us anything. 

When SS realized this morning that he had left his golf clubs at our house, he called BM crying. She then sends a bunch of nasty text messages to DH, who then calls me to ask if I can go home early to get the clubs. Um, no...

SS then calls DH crying - not sure why DH doesn't tell SS too bad, so sad, guess you'll have to skip the tournament. 

Then MIL gets involved - since she created this mess in the first place, she might as well perpetuate it - she texts me to ask me for our code to open our garage door (we don't have one) and then wants me to bring her a key and give her our alarm code, so she can go into our house and get the clubs. Then she's upset that she has to drive down and do all this. I tell her that I won't be availble to even give her a key until 3:30pm, then I hear nothing from her. 

Meanwhile, DH leaves work early to rush home only to be told it all worked out because SS used his brother's golf clubs. 

So, to recap - BM ripped DH a new one for something that wasn't his fault, SS still hasn't learned that it's his job to manage his things because BM has convinced him that DH is at fault, MIL again seems to serve no purpose in my life other than to create drama, and in the end we went through a whole firedrill for no reason, because there were other clubs that the kid could used. 

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Survivingstephell's picture

The learned helplessness runs deep in the this family.  New rule: We are utterly incompetent to solve your problems.  "I'm sure you can find a solution."  Wow, look they did.  Now that they proved they are capable to solve their self made problems, you can bow out and remind them how smart they are! (eyeroll)

strugglingSM's picture

When DH first called me to ask if I could leave work early, I pointed out that SS’s brother has clubs, meaning he had access to clubs. Took them a whole lot of drama to realize that. 

The forgotten clubs are still in our garage and somehow, everyone still survived. Amazing!

Aniki-Moderator's picture

Evil Aniki would have waited quite some time before responding to MIL. Then again, the only people with keys/codes to our house are DH and me.

strugglingSM's picture

...that sometimes I don’t reply to her. That is because every time I do, I get pulled into some drama fest or stuck dealing with problems of her making. 

I think from now on, I will silence her on my phone...

jrpartner's picture

Sidestepping their self-made problems is key to your sanity...