this is my second post and i have to tell you guys about this. I was just speaking to my mil. I was checking with her if she needs anything in particular from here..
it seems my SIL (who is a very nice sil) had aksed her mom (my mil) to get somethings for her husband last time which somehow wasnt communicated. My Mil was here just a few months back.
So now i have to bring some of those items which include underwear for my SILS husband!!
I am stil rolling over and laughing! Can you believe it? I have to carry underwear for my SILs husband all the way across half the globe!!
Underwear!!!
he ha ha ha ha ha!!
i am still rolling down laughing..i dont know what icon can go along with this message! mayeb shocked into laughing one!
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Hi all,
this is my second post and i have to tell you guys about this. I was just speaking to my mil. I was checking with her if she needs anything in particular from here..
it seems my SIL (who is a very nice sil) had aksed her mom (my mil) to get somethings for her husband last time which somehow wasnt communicated. My Mil was here just a few months back.
So now i have to bring some of those items which include underwear for my SILS husband!!
I am stil rolling over and laughing! Can you believe it? I have to carry underwear for my SILs husband all the way across half the globe!!
Underwear!!!
he ha ha ha ha ha!!
i am still rolling down laughing..i dont know what icon can go along with this message! mayeb shocked into laughing one!
qvc replied. I don't have trouble with in laws ..i just come to this forum to read stuff and to learn from them. Sometimes they touchmy herat ..all the suffering DILs go thru..But sometimes theseposts made me laugh..Like u all have posted what ur inlaws need and ask..its fuuny..and whats more funny is that u guys are washing ur dirtylaundery in public..
Whenu will be moms and ur kids will say that oh god she is a burden and she is unreasonable then u wil feel how it is to wash the dirty laundery in public..
u guys stay abroad and for 15 days on vacation, u can'tbear ur inlwas..imagine of all tosew holive in india with inlaws and manage their household ..hats off to them!!
U wil understand the feelings of being a mIL when ur son will marry someone like you!
dip replied. have logged o after a couple of days..some of the posts are really funny!!
A wooden cabinet???ha ha ha!!
one of the in-laws relatives asked us to get a home theatre system sometime back! i wnated to ask him, should we try get a flat for you too?
plastic dabbas
socks
tea pans (!!)
non stick pans (can you imagine the awkward size
toothbrushes
bags(one trip, we had 12 bags as gifts)
and now underwear.
ab replied. My problem is when we ask our MIL what she needs from here she says by god's grace she has everything and doesn't need anything from there. But then she adds your aunt/uncle or your brother/sister or someone has asked for this, but I don't want anything. In fact one month before we start to plan our trip she calls all her relatives (even those relatives whom she has not spoken in a while) and asks them if they need something from US. So, we get a huge list of things even before we start thinking of our trip. The list varies from petty things (like aluminum foil/ saran wrap) to very expensive electronics items. Small inexpensive stuff is okay. But to carry heavy electronics items doesn't make any sense and then we have to give duty also. Last time one of my hubby's uncles (mom's brother) asked us for an electronic item. But when we took that thing and this uncle of his was asking for the price my MIL said arrey bachhe kamaa rahe hain aapse paisee thoda hee na lenge. Arre bhai kamaa rahe hain to logon ka gifts kharedne ke liye to nahi. But she doesn't understand this. She doesn't feel like taking money especially from her relatives. I think if she asks anything for her then I wouldn't mind it, it's our duty to take it for her. But her nature of demanding for other relatives and then not asking for money is too much. And when other relatives come to know that my MIL doesn't ask for money so they tell others also, so we get random demands. Everyone thinks that US main paisa pedon pe ugta hai, I think people should change their way of thinking. Sometimes I feel, the airfare for us (with kids) is almost of the same range as the price of gifts. I and my husband work so hard to earn this money and then these trips really leave us exhausted and are extremely pricey.
ab
anti MIL replied. Hi,
After reading your message, I realise that it is all same.But buying a jeans is too much.Get her a swim suit too.
My MIL even buys same crockery and cutlery. Now whenever we buy something for our house, I tell my husband to buy two pieces as eventually we have to buy it when she comes.
These ladies are jealous of their children. Last time, she wanted a bedsheet like ours, praising it a lot. And then I told her that I bought that from Delhi itself, from the shop next to hers. NO answer naturally.
And naturally no gift for us.
T replied. Fil wants shaving blades everytime , he says his skin is too sensitive for indian blades !!!
Mil wants Nutrogena body oil and nutrogena shampoo ,Fish oil capsules , Bengay .
When she was visiting she collected whatever she could from \";our apartment\"; also to take with her - Cushions , Cereal bars , she wanted to carry a big human sized wooden cabinet too !!!
She wanted to buy jeans which she has never worn in her life !!!
She came with 4 salwaar's only and one chappal so we had to buy her everything - Shoes, woolen coat , Jackets, tioleterries- soaps ,oils shampoos ( but nothing indian and should be expensive only ) ,perfumes - Elizabeth arden , Loreal lipsticks , Loreal nail paints ,Gold earings, . Gifts for all relatives some she has not met in 10 years also .
She came with one small bag went with two full sizes heavy suitcases and a bag and is still unsatisfied . At airport she had to remove some things owing to weight .
Still making us feel guilty . She demanded DVD player which we could not buy , More clothes She wanted what ever she saw me wearing .
Guess after we sent 2000 USD for her trip here and gave all those gifts for another 2000 USD what she brought for us from 4,000 USD
For Baby
Old stained clothes of other children !!
As a gift for my home
3 bowls of 1 dollar .... not each !!
Imagine.
AgustWed replied. Ladies,
This is too funny!
You know what I was asked to bring? - scrubs (to clean dishes!) and comet powder!!
kc replied. hi,
yes, its really funny when relatives ask for such silly things. My SIL asked us to get a camcorder for her daughter last year when she (the daughter) was getting married. My MIL said it's a present so they won't give you any money (so guys it was a present of around $500). My SIL didn't even mention whether she liked it or not. After marriage her same daughter came to US but this time when I visited my SIL she said her daughter got lots of nice stuff for her from US. I was kind of inquisitive about what nice stuff she got as last time the camcorder was not appreciated at all. Well my SIL didn't even feel funny showing me the sexy red lingerie her daughter got for her. It was so funny when she took it out of her cupboard. I just couldn't think of anything else other than "buddi ghodi laal lagam". If I knew she would like such stuff I would have taken that for her instead of the camcorder.
ha ha ha...
augustborn replied. I cant believe this..you had me in splits..:)
Do you know what I was asked to bring once...tooth-brushes...hehehe
But 'the underwear' request takes the cake...:)
Cheers!
dip replied. and not even the lingerie kinds! Just plain jockey style...!!!
Can you believe that?
eha ha ha ha !!!!
2005-02-08
#1
Name: qvc Subject: its so entertaining..
I don't have trouble with in laws ..i just come to this forum to read stuff and to learn from them. Sometimes they touchmy herat ..all the suffering DILs go thru..But sometimes theseposts made me laugh..Like u all have posted what ur inlaws need and ask..its fuuny..and whats more funny is that u guys are washing ur dirtylaundery in public..
Whenu will be moms and ur kids will say that oh god she is a burden and she is unreasonable then u wil feel how it is to wash the dirty laundery in public..
u guys stay abroad and for 15 days on vacation, u can'tbear ur inlwas..imagine of all tosew holive in india with inlaws and manage their household ..hats off to them!!
U wil understand the feelings of being a mIL when ur son will marry someone like you!
2005-02-08
#2
Name: dip Subject: sorry!
sorry if we hurt your sentiments. but frankly i dont undertsand whose side you are on..MILs or DILs who stya with Ils in India. I dont get the point of your protest.
other things apart, pls come live my 15 days of vacationing and then do comment.
2005-02-08
#3
Name: ok Subject: hey
btw who r u and why do you worry about what everyone says here.
I wonder if you r rani disguising under the name of qvc.
Ladies another rani is here!!!
ha ha ha
2005-02-07
#4
Name: dip Subject: wow!!
have logged o after a couple of days..some of the posts are really funny!!
A wooden cabinet???ha ha ha!!
one of the in-laws relatives asked us to get a home theatre system sometime back! i wnated to ask him, should we try get a flat for you too?
plastic dabbas
socks
tea pans (!!)
non stick pans (can you imagine the awkward size
toothbrushes
bags(one trip, we had 12 bags as gifts)
and now underwear.
2005-02-07
#5
Name: ab Subject: another list
My problem is when we ask our MIL what she needs from here she says by god's grace she has everything and doesn't need anything from there. But then she adds your aunt/uncle or your brother/sister or someone has asked for this, but I don't want anything. In fact one month before we start to plan our trip she calls all her relatives (even those relatives whom she has not spoken in a while) and asks them if they need something from US. So, we get a huge list of things even before we start thinking of our trip. The list varies from petty things (like aluminum foil/ saran wrap) to very expensive electronics items. Small inexpensive stuff is okay. But to carry heavy electronics items doesn't make any sense and then we have to give duty also. Last time one of my hubby's uncles (mom's brother) asked us for an electronic item. But when we took that thing and this uncle of his was asking for the price my MIL said arrey bachhe kamaa rahe hain aapse paisee thoda hee na lenge. Arre bhai kamaa rahe hain to logon ka gifts kharedne ke liye to nahi. But she doesn't understand this. She doesn't feel like taking money especially from her relatives. I think if she asks anything for her then I wouldn't mind it, it's our duty to take it for her. But her nature of demanding for other relatives and then not asking for money is too much. And when other relatives come to know that my MIL doesn't ask for money so they tell others also, so we get random demands. Everyone thinks that US main paisa pedon pe ugta hai, I think people should change their way of thinking. Sometimes I feel, the airfare for us (with kids) is almost of the same range as the price of gifts. I and my husband work so hard to earn this money and then these trips really leave us exhausted and are extremely pricey.
ab
2005-02-08
#6
Name: TINA Subject: HERE LIES 1 MORE!!!!
HI!GUYS!I AM READING THESE MESS FROM QUITE A TIME BUT NEVER REPLIED.
BUT I THINK THIS KINDA PROB IS WITH ALL DILS WHO STAYING ADROAD!SAME WITH 2!THESE ILS THINK THAT WE HAVE A TREE OF MONEY IF V R STAYING AND EARNING OUT!
LISTEN 2 MY FIL WHT HE'S SAYS WHEN V PLAN A VACATION 2 INDIA"" BETA MERE LIYE LATEST MODEL KA MOBILE LANA" AUR APNE BEHAN KE LIYE BHI!!
AS IF V R OWNER OF SOME MOBILE COMPANY AND CAN CARRY IT NO MATTER HOW EXP IT IS!!
REALLY MY FIL AND SIL GET ON MY NERVES WHEN EVER I THINK OF THEM.
I DON'T KNOW Y GOD MADE INLAWS
SACHI YAAR INTNA TANG KARTE HAIN KI BAS!!!
2005-02-07
#7
Name: anti MIL Subject: get a swim suit
Hi,
After reading your message, I realise that it is all same.But buying a jeans is too much.Get her a swim suit too.
My MIL even buys same crockery and cutlery. Now whenever we buy something for our house, I tell my husband to buy two pieces as eventually we have to buy it when she comes.
These ladies are jealous of their children. Last time, she wanted a bedsheet like ours, praising it a lot. And then I told her that I bought that from Delhi itself, from the shop next to hers. NO answer naturally.
And naturally no gift for us.
2005-02-07
#8
Name: T Subject: My list
Fil wants shaving blades everytime , he says his skin is too sensitive for indian blades !!!
Mil wants Nutrogena body oil and nutrogena shampoo ,Fish oil capsules , Bengay .
When she was visiting she collected whatever she could from \";our apartment\"; also to take with her - Cushions , Cereal bars , she wanted to carry a big human sized wooden cabinet too !!!
She wanted to buy jeans which she has never worn in her life !!!
She came with 4 salwaar's only and one chappal so we had to buy her everything - Shoes, woolen coat , Jackets, tioleterries- soaps ,oils shampoos ( but nothing indian and should be expensive only ) ,perfumes - Elizabeth arden , Loreal lipsticks , Loreal nail paints ,Gold earings, . Gifts for all relatives some she has not met in 10 years also .
She came with one small bag went with two full sizes heavy suitcases and a bag and is still unsatisfied . At airport she had to remove some things owing to weight .
Still making us feel guilty . She demanded DVD player which we could not buy , More clothes She wanted what ever she saw me wearing .
Guess after we sent 2000 USD for her trip here and gave all those gifts for another 2000 USD what she brought for us from 4,000 USD
For Baby
Old stained clothes of other children !!
As a gift for my home
3 bowls of 1 dollar .... not each !!
Imagine.
2005-02-06
#9
Name: AgustWed Subject: scrubs
Ladies,
This is too funny!
You know what I was asked to bring? - scrubs (to clean dishes!) and comet powder!!
2005-02-05
#10
Name: kc Subject: hmm
hi,
yes, its really funny when relatives ask for such silly things. My SIL asked us to get a camcorder for her daughter last year when she (the daughter) was getting married. My MIL said it's a present so they won't give you any money (so guys it was a present of around $500). My SIL didn't even mention whether she liked it or not. After marriage her same daughter came to US but this time when I visited my SIL she said her daughter got lots of nice stuff for her from US. I was kind of inquisitive about what nice stuff she got as last time the camcorder was not appreciated at all. Well my SIL didn't even feel funny showing me the sexy red lingerie her daughter got for her. It was so funny when she took it out of her cupboard. I just couldn't think of anything else other than "buddi ghodi laal lagam". If I knew she would like such stuff I would have taken that for her instead of the camcorder.
ha ha ha...
2005-02-04
#11
Name: augustborn Subject: Are you sure you heard right!
I cant believe this..you had me in splits..:)
Do you know what I was asked to bring once...tooth-brushes...hehehe
But 'the underwear' request takes the cake...:)
Cheers!
2005-02-04
#12
Name: augustborn Subject: addition to my previous post
And do you know I had to courier those to my IL's in India. The courier wala was confused and looked at me as if I had lost my mind....hah..hah..hah...
2005-02-04
#13
Name: dip Subject: still laughing..
and not even the lingerie kinds! Just plain jockey style...!!!
Can you believe that?
eha ha ha ha !!!!
2005-02-09
#14
Name: ab Subject: yes
I take those stuff too. But i would be happy if people are satisfied with such things. Recently we got a request for a laptop. now i am so surprised. "india main internet to chalta nahi, but people want laptops, although we don't have a laptop for ourselves but how to explain this to our relatives."
2005-02-09
#15
Name: cool1 Subject: My gifts
Hey everybody,
U guys have amazing stuff as gifts for India.
I cannot get my mind off of the underwears - WOW!!!!
I had to take stuff like Ragu sauce, ketcup, Bath soaps, shampoo etc as if people in India cannot live without those........
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