my mother in law is like that too but with her its always
"i'm gonna visit you guys next summer!" then it turns into no phone calls, no show up, no nothing...i mean, i know with her living in germany, traveling here would be expensive but really, she needs to stop telling us she's gonna visit and then not. she gets my bf all excited and happy cuz he hasnt seen his mom since he was 16 1/2 and then he gets depressed and pissed at himself when she flakes on us.
but...according to him and his dad and stepmom this is very typical of his mom, promising things and not following through.
the next time she says anything about visiting i'm gonna finally tell her to just stop it unless she plans on actually following through cuz i'm tired of this flakiness. it's one of my biggest pet peeves with people in general actually.
as far as me with my kids, i simply do not, no scratch that, WILL NOT promise something if i even THINK i might not be able to follow through. as a result my kids get alot of the "we'll see..." from me and they know it doesnt mean no but it doesnt mean yes. it's simply...unknown until further notice.
