http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/ Tue, 22 May 2012 22:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-43114 American Family » 157 of you really want this story Mon, 14 May 2007 14:56:27 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/#comment-43114 [...] If you missed it, I previously wrote about MIL’s reaction when we shared L’s referral picture with her before we went to China.  It left a lot to be desired.  [...] [...] If you missed it, I previously wrote about MIL’s reaction when we shared L’s referral picture with her before we went to China.  It left a lot to be desired.  [...]

]]> http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-31386 DS-L Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:14:11 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/#comment-31386 First, I TOTALLY LOVE the Dog Whisperer. He is my hero. And he's cute. And I totally learn parenting strategies from him. Be calm assertive. Give a command once. It's your energy not your words that matter. He ROCKS!! Second, I know I told you my MIL sent our referral picture back to us with a note never to mention the adoption to her again and then didn't speak to us for 14 months! DS-L First, I TOTALLY LOVE the Dog Whisperer. He is my hero. And he’s cute. And I totally learn parenting strategies from him. Be calm assertive. Give a command once. It’s your energy not your words that matter. He ROCKS!! Second, I know I told you my MIL sent our referral picture back to us with a note never to mention the adoption to her again and then didn’t speak to us for 14 months!
DS-L

]]> http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-31385 Erin Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:29:05 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/#comment-31385 Damn, Amber. I loves me some MIL stories. Yours will always top the charts in my book. Damn, Amber. I loves me some MIL stories. Yours will always top the charts in my book.

]]> http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-31383 Annie Maull Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:14:36 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/#comment-31383 The only thing I got out of this story was, "Oh my god, why is she watching Dog Whisperer?!?!" The only thing I got out of this story was, “Oh my god, why is she watching Dog Whisperer?!?!”

]]> http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-31342 jenney Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:22:01 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/14/inauspicious-beginnings/#comment-31342 My MIL is exactly the same (and I have heard the same christianity/buddhism compatibility bit from her friends too). She thinks I am the worst cook ever and that my kids are thin b/c I only feed them french fries... if they had chinese cooking, discipline etc... they could be in harvard by age 6. I swear there is a secret "how to be bad chinese MIL" course or they are just programmed to go nuts as soon as their favorite son marries a white girl. Good luck and try not to take it personal. jen My MIL is exactly the same (and I have heard the same christianity/buddhism compatibility bit from her friends too). She thinks I am the worst cook ever and that my kids are thin b/c I only feed them french fries… if they had chinese cooking, discipline etc… they could be in harvard by age 6.
I swear there is a secret “how to be bad chinese MIL” course or they are just programmed to go nuts as soon as their favorite son marries a white girl.
Good luck and try not to take it personal.
jen

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