Awkward Family Story: Mommie Dearest
August 4th, 2009
My first time having dinner with my boyfriend’s family, I sat between him and his somehwat tomboyish sister. My boyfriend’s mother immediately struck up small talk, which ended rather abruptly when she said “I’m so glad you are dating [boyfriend's name], I’ve always wanted a daughter.” My boyfriend’s sister didn’t say anything. Awkward.
(submitted by Kirsten)
Tags: mom
…as long as she didn’t say “granddaughter”…now, THAT’s awkward!
Try being a 6′2″ male, who’s Grandmother forced to learn to crochet (because as stated in front of the entire family “your the only grand-daughter I have”). Now I can out sew the old biddy lmao.
Ouch. My Gawd.
I don’t know what’s better, the awkward photos or your awkward stories?!?!?! WOW!
Noooooooooooo. Wow, that’s awkward for sure!
How sad.
Yikes
By a funny coincidence, I overheard a couple of neighborhood kids playing outside, and the middle sister was all upset that someone had called her a “tomboy”. I started wondering if that word even means anything anymore. Isn’t it a word from a very, very different age, when little girls were expected to wear little sundresses and hav tea parties and, like, never ever get their knees dirty?
i always thought it was cool to be a tomboy… the frilly girly girls irritated the crap out of me as a kid.
Same here!
Sometimes (often???) that’s still expected of them! I think these days it means you’re not drooling over makeup and boys and Coach purses?
Aww…that’s kind of sad…
Very awkward, indeed.
Kinda sad, but makes for a good story to tell the grand kids later in life! Ha!
Buuuuuuurn. That had to have sucked for her real daughter. AWKWARD.
Its like that time Stewie and I were on a huntin trip…..
That’s not awkward, that’s just rude and disgusting. I hate people like that.
Now THERE’s a mother-in-law to look forward to.
HHeeeyyyy! Can someone please pass the potatoes?!?
Hahahahaha
Good look developing a friendship with that girl. Hope these people will not be your future inlaws.
I think its more awkward that his mom was talking about marriage on the first time meeting her.
NOfreakingDOUBT!
TOTALLY!
Run Kirsten run!
Run quickly.
Maybe its because she brought a regulation size casserole dish. With a lid.
Nice reference joke
My mother didn’t say that, but what with two boys and no girls, she certainly wanted a daughter! Oh, the woes we might have averted had we but known ahead of time! Daughter-in-law to be, if it is to be, needs to be clear and assertive about her relationship to MIL to MIL and not put the husband in the middle.
Very nasty thing to say.
“And a blonde – what fun!”
Seriously, no Arrested Development fans got here before me?
I love that comment so much.
That sounds like a Family Guy moment to me
That *is* awkward. On many levels.
In baseball, when a pitcher throws the ball, it is not a ball or a strike until the umpire calls it one or the other. I would say ‘dear old mom’ was just calling it like she sees it!
My grandmother was a housekeeper for a couple of parish priests, and she used to say she had more fun with her two priests she considered sons than her own daughters. She said this once in front of my mom. I told her you DON’T say that to your daughter, and she said “but I did!! [have more fun]” Ugh.
…ol she got pwned
XD