Oh dear..

[cybermule]

The mother-in-law is unhappy. Going via our lack of wardrobes and superabundance of matrimonial druids, she re-visited on the subject of the sprog's surname. Which is not 0ct0pus' surname, but mine. Like my surname is mine. He started that way, and he might as well stay that way as far as we're concerned, especially as (a) 0ct0pus isn't bothered and (b) 0ct0pus' surname is hard to spell.

She phoned 0ct0pus up last night to have aa big long shout about it. And how it keeps her awake at night, causes everyone to laugh at her, and will be a barrier between us all for the rest of our lives. In a lot of ways I just don't care one way or the other. But I do not like paying Danes gold. And more importantly at this point, I think lying awake at night thinking people are laughing at you because of something like this is actually a textbook sign of mental illness.

Put aside the fact that I think she's just looking for a reason to marginalise my son, and I think she just needs help. Or is manipulative to the point of needing help. And either way, I don't really want to give in.

Meh.

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[sixtine.livejournal.com]

Fruitcake. It will only be a barrier between you if she chooses, herself, to erect it. Given that nobody else gives two hoots, she's the one building the walls it seems.

MILs are sent to try us. They're all quite bonkers when the world doesn't fit into their ideals.

*sighs* Deep breath, arms length..