My mother in-law is always very pleasant and welcoming but I am very aware that she has hidden depths and that there is a whole side to her that even her children are not privy to..

My other half came home yesterday after a visit with a couple of gifts for me from the mother in-law.. A jar of home made chilli jelly expiry date january '09 and a large advertising banner for mobility scooters..

Add to this the fact that on my first visit there for dinner the centrepiece at the table was a wax doll of a young man with a burning wick protruding from the genital area… should I feel nervous? Avoid family camping holidays in the wilds perhaps?

A jar of home made chilli jelly expiry date january '09 and a large advertising banner for mobility scooters…

How large was the banner?

Sounds like a healthy start to an in law relationship to me. If I started on here about my MiL, I'd never finish!!!

The expiry date thing is just her being tight fisted, and making use of something that she won't use/doesn't like. Keep it, invite her round for tea, make a meal that really cries out for chilli jelly as an accompaninment.

No idea about your MIL, but why would a jar of home made preserve have an expiry date on it?????

If it answers your question at all, it's only a small step from MIL to MILF… 😯

if it's homemade jelly I'd guess that the date on top is the date it was made.

( thats what me old mum always did )

…..aware that she has hidden depths and that there is a whole side to her that even her children are not privy to.

….and??

Come on dish the dirt!

"centrepiece at the table was a wax doll of a young man with a burning wick protruding from the genital area"

Was it perhaps an homage to the Kings of Leon?

dish the dirt!

she's just got a steely glint in her eye that says 'if my kids weren't here I would eat your pathetic soul you loathsome little bug'

Does her closet smell of urine yet?

You're paranoid!

I thought there was going to be some revelation along the lines of…

I was out cycling near a local beauty spot when I saw her bent over the front of an old maestro with the local priest going like a jackhammer.

Rubbish.

yeuuuurrrrrgghti.. you need to get out more.

Ha, I've been staying in since witnessing the above 😯

yunki, you clearly think something is goign on. BUT WE NEED MORE INFO AND INSIGHT.
If you were single and you met her, would you……?

'if my kids weren't here I would eat your pathetic soul you loathsome little bug'

Sounds like she's coming on to you. Make a move on her. 😉

yunki – when she eventually noshes you, make sure she takes her teeth out.

why when reading the KOL comment did I instantly re-write the lyrics in my head to fit arround WCA's homebrew light incident…….

"Whoooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you shelf is on firrreeee!"