Spinoff: When your IL's call...

usuk2004 Posted: Apr 27, 2005 08:22 AM

Spinoff: When your IL's call...

what do you do?

I usually chat a few minutes just to be polite, but pass them off to DH as soon as I can without seeming rude...

suven Posted: Apr 27, 2005 08:23 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

I don't answer. She never calls for me, anyway. And, whenever she leaves messages, they're in Italian. Her English isn't very good.

Believe me, she doesn't want to talk to me.

Anniegrl Posted: Apr 27, 2005 08:37 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

They're both really nice, but I just don't feel comfortable talking to them. DH's stepmom is a hoity-toity kind of southern lady, her voice dripping with seemingly phony sweetness.
DH's dad is the nicest man but he talks so slow it drives me insane. I wind up cutting him off half the time because I think he's done talking but he's not!
So I pass the phone over to DH as soon as I can

jantany26 Posted: Apr 27, 2005 08:43 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

Well we have caller id, so I just let my dh pick up but if not I will say hello and then give him the phone.

RedHead Posted: Apr 27, 2005 08:56 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

i talk for a few minutes...
my step-mil talks and talks and talks.....so i end up talking with her for a bit

eogara Posted: Apr 27, 2005 09:17 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

Posted by jantany26

Well we have caller id, so I just let my dh pick up but if not I will say hello and then give him the phone.

Same here

swags1016 Posted: Apr 27, 2005 09:21 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

I am in between. I will talk to her if I pick up the phone, sometimes, when I was pg she would ask to talk to me, but most often I see the name on caller Id and I let him answer it!

Darcy Posted: Apr 27, 2005 10:18 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

well that is hard for me. I would love to just pass the phone along, but his mom doesn't stop talking, and she will finish the convo with me, even though it is stuff he needs to know, not me.

I try screening, so if I can, I will hand it off to him.

nsgraham Posted: Apr 27, 2005 10:21 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

THEY CALL ALL THE TIME.

If they didn't call so often, I would pick 'Chat for a few minutes,' but I picked screened, because they call so much and sometimes you just don't feel like talking to them.

Janice Posted: Apr 27, 2005 10:24 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

they only call his cell phone and leave messages in spanish.

He screens the calls though when they call.

TracyInQueens Posted: Apr 27, 2005 10:26 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

We chat for a few minutes. I don't really like talking on the phone, period. But usually DH calls them anyway.

Jax430 Posted: Apr 27, 2005 10:28 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

I talk to them for a few minutes, then pass them on to brad.

nov04LIbride Posted: Apr 27, 2005 10:50 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

We have caller ID, so we each let the other one pick up when it is the other's parents...

xjulietx Posted: Apr 27, 2005 11:02 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

I talk to them sometimes. Depends on the mood.

They both speak English, but have heavy accents and can't always find the right words.

If I don't answer, they leave a message, MIL leaves hers in English for both of us and FIL will sometimes leave it in English and sometimes Polish. More Polish recently, I must admit

stacy&joe Posted: Apr 27, 2005 05:40 PM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

I like talking to my in-laws, I got really lucky. My FIL usually only calls with a purpose, so his calls are short, but if my MIL calls, I like to chit-chat. But usually, I just chat for a few minutes, and then give the phone to my husband.

February05 Posted: Apr 27, 2005 07:19 PM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

oh, i could talk to the in-laws for Hours on end!! i sometimes think his mom wishes that we screened! i love them though, and i miss them when i dont hear from them for a while... eventhough they only live a mile away

his parents are sooo unintrusive though, i think i call their house more than DH does, and more than they call here

juju Posted: Apr 28, 2005 12:13 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

It really depends on my mood

AJsMommy122 Posted: Apr 28, 2005 12:18 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

My FIL really only calls if the baby is sick and he is checking up on him or if hes going to come over and help dh do work he calls to find out what tools and things he might need to bring.
My MIL calls ALOT I usually throw the phone at DH and let him pick it up. Only b/c she talks SOOO LOUD even when I put the volume all the way down on the phone it gives me the worst headaches!!!!
If Im in a really good mood or DH can't get to the phone right away I will answer and talk for a few min. before he can come to the phone.
Most of the time if I am home alone I screen the calls unless I know why she is calling

Summerbride04 Posted: Apr 28, 2005 01:15 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

Posted by nov04LIbride

We have caller ID, so we each let the other one pick up when it is the other's parents...

We do this too and when one of us is not home to answer it we let the machine pick up.

VickiC Posted: Apr 28, 2005 08:12 AM

Re: Spinoff: When your IL's call...

It depends on who they're calling for really. If I answer we chat for a few minutes and then hand off the phone. Sometimes David talks for a minute then hands me the phone if my IL's need to ask me something.

Most of the time we screen all calls though, so no matter what they get the machine usually.