Another pissy post........LOOK OUT!

Awwww....this is lame actually. It's about the car......we had a Fiat that was supposed to be my car.....and the Mercedes was my husbands. But ever since we got that Fiat, my BIL uses it most of the time or his son. Now I like my BIL very much, and think he's a religious brother, masha Allah. But we have a problem concerning this car. He takes it as his own. He even has a spare set of keys so he doesn't even ask to use it.

Since this problem started, hubby has tried to deal with it. But it never works. He got upset, he yelled, he was generous....but still, the car is as good as their own. Finally, as a last ditch effort, hubby started leaving the Mercedes out of the garage for me, and asked his brother to only make sure that when Hubby was in Egypt, that the fiat was available for me at all times.
But SubhanAllah....it never happened. Hubby would come, and the Fiat would need major repairs, and be in the garage until maybe 3 days before hubby left. Or BIL's perfectly good car would be in the shop and he'd need the fiat. Sigh. I never felt like that Fiat was my car. I had to ask to use my own car.

Can u imagine, that I would sometimes get ready to go out....make it all the way downstairs, only to find my car gone? No kidding.....it was ridiculous. One time I flipped out about it, but my BIL flipped out better than I did in return.....but still the keys never got sent up to me.
So anyways...this visit....my hubby got a great offer on the Fiat. So he sold it. BIL wanted him to sell it....the son didn't. The car was basically his son's now anyways....he was the one who was driving it the most. (the son works for us, he's 22)

Now that hubby got the Land Cruiser, the Mercedes is officially mine. YAY! But that also means that BIL is without a 2nd car. oh oh. So after hubby left, he parked the Land Cruiser in a locked garage....NOT TO BE USED......I have the mercedes. And I'm waiting......for that moment when someone will call me asking for the keys to it. I know it will happen.

Today was the day. Hubby is gone....how many days....5? The conversation with my SIL went like this.....

SIL: Assalaamu alaikum, what are you doing?
ME: Wsalaam.....just getting ready to go to the tailor to pick up something.
SIL: You leaving right now?
ME: Within about 10 mins, I guess...I'm not really feeling well and don't want to go. But I got to push myself.
SIL: Okay then, by the time your dressed, my son will have gotten the fish and came back.
ME: What?
SIL: By the time ur dressed, my son will get the fish and come back.
ME: I don't understand....?SIL: We want the car....he's going to pick up fish from the fish store and bring u back the car.
ME: Have you ordered it yet? Is it cooked?
SIL: No, it'll only take them 5 mins to do it. (that's a joke....ur talking 45 mins)
ME: Well, I'm almost ready and going out....we'll take him with us.
SIL: Oh...u sure? Ummmm...well okay then.
ME: See u in 5 mins....salaam.

WTH???? Does that in any way seem like someone asking you to borrow YOUR car? AT ALL? I couldn't understand what her son going to get fish had to do with me getting ready to go to the tailor....I was like....WHAT? And after I hung up....I was PO'd. I expected this....but not in this manner and this soon.

So I texted Hubby super quick.....
"you sold the Fiat and now SIL is calling me asking for the mercedes so her son can go buy fish....this is ridiculous"

On the way down the stairs, I stopped to pick up my nephew, and found out he had left. I thought that he would be waiting at the car. Instead we found him outside walking. We yelled to him..WHERE ARE YOU GOING? He yelled back....Never mind...I'm walking instead. And refused to come with us. He looked upset.

When we got home Hubby called me back and I explained the situation to him. He's also PO'd. If they need a second car, it's not OUR problem....with the fiat there, it was different....it was a spare car sitting around most of the time. But the mercedes is supposed to be available to me at all times. So he instructed me to talk to my SIL and tell her that hubby doesn't want anyone driving the mercedes....not even me, except if I really need to. He doesn't want me going out too much, and wants me to keep the cover on the car to preserve it. Last time when he came the car was in bad condition and he was upset. So I am responsible for the condition of the car, and hubby doesn't want anyone driving it. OMG.....when I told her this....SHE FLIPPED! I mean FLIPPED!!

"WELL WHAT DID HE GO AND SELL THE FIAT FOR? HE KNOWS THAT WE WERE USING IT AND THAT MY HUSBAND IS WORKING FOR HIM AND ONE CAR ISN'T ENOUGH!!!!!!"
"PEOPLE ARE MAKING FUN OF US IN OUR CAR NOW, SAYING THAT WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT AND IT'S LIKE A PICK UP TRUCK CUZ WE BRING STUFF TO THE STORES WITH IT"
"WHEN I NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE I CAN'T ANYMORE CUZ THE CAR IS NEVER AVAILABLE......I HAVE TO TAKE A TAXI"
"IF YOUR HUBBY WAS GOING TO SELL THE FIAT, HE SHOULD HAVE GOT A REPLACEMENT FOR IT"
"WE THOUGHT HE WAS SELLING THE FIAT CUZ HE WAS GOING TO BUY A LADA"

OMG....she just didn't shut up. I sat there for 10 mins, unable to break her off, or get a word in edgewise. OMG!!! And the funny thing is...about the Lada idea. I know for a fact, that her hubby was talking to mine about HIM buying the Lada, not my hubby buying one......but it seems that they were just trying to put ideas in my hubby's head. Holy crow! Do you have a headache yet? I do!

So besides that.....I calmly told her....I don't know anything about all of this....all I know about is what hubby told me about the mercedes. I also told her that Hubby is supposed to be coming back in 2 mos....so if there will be any solutions....it'll be then, insha Allah.

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So as I'm writing this, I'm thinking....OHHHH this is a good post of INLAW HELL on the sobia forums.....LOL..... But of course I'm pissed. Why is it that this SIL assumes that their lack of a second car is OUR responsibility? And what's up with the way she assumes that the car is available for them to use, without actually ASKING me? Yes, they were using our Fiat, but if we want to sell it, that shouldn't be a problem, don't u think? SIGH.

So let me sum this up in a good way.....ummmmmmmm.......well.

The good thing is that I told her that this issue is between her hubby and mine and that I didn't know anything about it. And I didn't get upset on the phone, didn't start yelling back at her.....I just basically said...this issue doesn't concern me, let ur husband deal with it. Poor guy. I can just imagine what he's coming home to tonight. LOL!!