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Mad As Hell
Age: 34 MIL
Age: 60
USA
I promise I'm not making any
of this up!
It's all true!
I have 15 years of stories
so I'll post them as I remember each and every painful episode...
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- madashell/Posted: 14-NOV-15
Even after almost 20 years of dealing with my
in-laws, I still slip up sometimes and forget just how awful they
can be. In-laws had decided they wanted to sell their house (yes,
at the time, the housing market was at its lowest, great decision.)
Anyway, my good friend was an excellent realtor, very successful.
My in-laws started hounding me for his work address and phone number.
I ignored them. But, after several weeks of constant messages I gave
in and passed on the info they wanted. A few days later I heard from
another relative that my in-laws were spreading rumors that I was
pushing them to sell their house and use my realtor friend so I could
split the sales commission.
Signed - Lesson Learned
- Never Let Down Your Guard!
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- madashell/Posted: 13-FEB-11
My Christmas gift this year from MIL - a shoe box of clearance items
from the local discount store. How do I know? Because
she had left the bright red $1.00 tags on each item. Do I feel
angry? No. I had already anticipated what she would do,
so had a smile on my face as I handed her the most f-ugly framed print
you ever saw. I got it as a door prize at a convention last
year. I had been saving it just for this occasion. It's
really ugly.
Signed - Take That, Crazy
One!
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- madashell/Posted: 16-AUG-10
Follow up to a story I posted last year in which
MIL lied about having a college degree. She has now updated
the education area on her Facebook page to state that she graduated
from an Ivy League school. My jaw hit the floor when I saw that.
You have to hand it to her - she's certainly got ambitions!!
Signed - Eye Rolling
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- madashell/Posted: 25-MAY-10
Never a dull moment with the ILs! They have decided that now
would be a great time to sell their house. Yes, the market has
crashed, but in their minds now is perfect. They are relying
on the proceeds from the house sale to pay off debts, fund their retirement,
AND buy a home in a beach community. They have a lot of credit
card debt/mortgages. Their plans are just not realistic.
If they can rent an apartment and cover monthly basic living essentials,
they'll be lucky. So far, they have had SIX realtors come to
the house and give valuations. Each realtor has said the same
figure, but because it's nowhere near what the ILs think the house
is worth, then the realtors are "idiots", "don't know
their job", or, "are out to cheat" them. They
bought the house in the 1960's and don't know a thing about real estate.
Yet, of course, they are the experts and everyone else is wrong.
They haven't worked on the house since the 70's, and never bothered
with any maintenance, but they truly believe their house is the most
desirable and people will be lining up to make them offers.
I would be laughing, if it wasn't so ridiculous.
Signed - Let The Drama
Begin
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- madashell/Posted: 28-APR-10
DH's cousin found out that her DH, of two years, had
been cheating on her the whole time they were married (and before
they got married). MIL left a message for cousin, begging her
not to kick him out as, "He's just a loving philanderer."
What does that even mean??? MIL even had the nerve to call around
to other relatives, asking them to persuade cousin to, "Do the
right thing," and stay married. God, she's sooooo annoying!!!!
Signed - Who Says "Philanderer"
Nowadays, Anyway?
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- madashell/Posted: 14-FEB-10
I just had a flashback to my first wedding anniversary.
On the day of our anniversary, MIL called us all excited because she
was at a gallery in the city, and had found a painting that "would
go just perfect in" our home, and was "a great anniversary
gift". She asked if she and FIL could bring it over.
When they arrived, they unloaded quite a large framed print (not painting).
It wasn't really to our taste, but we didn't hate it. MIL then
proceeded to tell us of the drama and aggravation she faced getting
it from the city to us. They had to double-park. They
nearly got a ticket. It was heavy and the gallery wasn't helpful.
It was expensive, so they had gone back several times, not sure whether
to get it, etc. It was quite a story. A few months later
I ran into a friend of mine who works for a large retail craft store.
She asked if I liked the print that MIL had brought in to them for
framing. She told the store employees that it was a print that
she had bought off a well-known on line auction website. The
next time I saw MIL, I casually asked her if there were any matching
prints to the one she had bought us. I must have caught her
off-guard, as she replied, "I don't know, let me check eBay."
The look on her face was priceless when she realized that she had
slipped up.
Signed - If You're Going
To Lie, At Least Try To Keep Your Story
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- madashell/Posted: 20-JAN-10
DH just received the latest crazy "gift"
from his mom. It was a winter hat along with a letter explaining
that she had knitted it herself and was thinking about him all the
time as she made it. Apparently, she knitted it with lots of
love. She hopes he'll wear it and think of her and how much
she loves him, and how much he means to her. She wishes he'd
visit more blah, blah, blah, etc., etc., etc. It's a shame that
she forgot to cut out the "Made in China" label inside the
hat.
Signed - Sigh
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- madashell/Posted: 3-DEC-09
When DH and I were dating, I went through a brief period
(in between jobs) of having no health insurance. Of course,
that was the exact time I developed a bad ear infection and needed
antibiotics. MIL arranged for an appointment with their family
doctor, who would let me pay cash. I found out afterwards that
she had called the doctor and demanded to know why I was there, what
the diagnosis was, and what was the treatment plan and medication
suggested. In fact, she wanted my full medical history, and
became abusive when she was told that she would not be told this info!
When we confronted her, she turned it around on us. She sobbed
that she only wanted to know so she could take care of me and do what
was best. Even though this happened about 15 years ago, I still
go out of my way to avoid any medical facility that she might possibly
be near, just in case she sees me or my car.
Signed - That Woman Is
Unbelievable
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- madashell/Posted: 3-DEC-09
It's DH birthday tomorrow. I "fondly"
recall the birthday card my MIL sent my DH back in 2001 (yes, I'm
still mad). DH had been in an accident, and was home recuperating
after quite a long hospital stay. MIL sent him a cheap, cr@ppy
card with a handwritten poem inside: "None of the mush,
none of the sap. A birthday card without any cr@p!"
Wow, gee, Mom, thanks for your kind and caring words of affection.
Signed - Not A Mom-Of-The-Year
Award Winner!
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- madashell/Posted: 28-NOV-09
Worst gift: Today is
December 5th. I just got home from work to find a box of food
left on my doorstep with a note from MIL. "My fridge is
too full, so I thought you could use these leftovers."
Packed inside were several resealable bags with turkey, mashed potatoes,
apple pie, pumpkin pie, vegetables, bread rolls, gravy - yep, THANKSGIVING
dinner leftovers. Just what I always wanted, ten day old food.
She had very kindly written reheating instructions on each bag.
Mmmmmm, yummy.
Signed - Oh No!! You Forgot
The Cranberry Sauce!!
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- madashell/Posted: 20-OCT-09
MIL has recently discovered the wonders of medical
self-help websites, and has diagnosed herself with various ailments.
Of course, they are always serious and/or life-threatening.
I wouldn't care so much, but she insists on telling everyone she meets
about her "thrombosis", her "hypoglycemia", or
her "mini-strokes" etc., etc. DH and I were visiting
MIL this past weekend when my cell phone rang. It was one of
MIL's friends, lecturing me about MIL's "recently diagnosed diabetes".
She told me how I should be more sympathetic, and what I should be
doing to help her! I looked across at MIL. She was, at
that point, shoveling a large piece of cake with ice cream into her
fat mouth. I decided to call MIL's bluff and asked her if she
was a diabetic, how come she was eating so much cr@p. She told
me that her diabetes was rare, because what she ate did not affect
her blood sugar. I was sorely tempted to pick up the whole cake
and shove it in her face. Thanks for letting me vent.
Signed - Yet More Madness!!
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- madashell/Posted: 10-SEP-09
I just got the best birthday gift EVER from my MIL.
Nothing. It's great, and I mean that. After years and
years of getting sh!tty, passive-aggressive gifts, it's actually a
relief not to open anything from her. Once I realized that she
really wasn't going to send me anything, I silently thanked her from
the bottom of my heart.
Signed - A Weight Off My
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- madashell/Posted: 8-JUL-09
If you have read my previous posts, the following will
come as no surprise. For those of you who don't know, my ILs
are extremely controlling - to the point of faking serious illness/impending
death to get their way. This past Memorial Day weekend, my MIL
wanted us to visit, but we had long standing plans that we did not
want to change. I politely told her, "No thank you, we
are busy all weekend." Two days later, a thick envelope
arrived in the mail with a long letter and a copy of her Will "for
when the time comes". I briefly scanned the loonnnggggg
letter, but didn't bother reading it completely after I saw phrases
such as "it sickens me", "you don't understand",
and, "my life will be cut short," etc., etc., etc.
Signed - Another One For
The Garbage!
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- madashell/Posted: 29-APR-09
MIL went on vacation cross country. She came
back with boxes of fireworks for my DH's birthday gift. Fireworks
are illegal in our state, and we live across the street from the police
department. I really have no idea what she expects us to do
with them.
Signed - Maybe Build A
Rocket To Send Her To The Moon!
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- madashell/Posted: 29-APR-09
MIL has a favorite "funny" story that she
loves to trot out whenever she can. If someone receives an unexpected
gift from their partner, a surprise party, or anything nice that couples
do for each other, you can hear the cackling starting. "Well!
How about that?! You're surprised, huh?! Well, let me
tell you *cackle*. I had a friend many years ago who came home
one day to find that her DH had thrown her a surprise party!
She was suspicious because he was never good at hiding things from
her! And, guess what?! *cackle*. She did some digging
around and sure enough (at this point MIL voice rises a few octaves)
YES!! HE HAD BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR!! *cackle, cackle*
Makes ya think, don't it??!!" People who know my MIL are
ready for the story and just roll their eyes, but those poor folks
who are hearing it for the first time are left shocked and speechless.
And, suddenly, the shine is taken off their day.
Signed - Sounds Like Jealousy
To Me
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- madashell/Posted: 27-APR-09
My brother came to visit last night. We were
chatting about the days before I got married and how we knew my future
ILs were "odd", but we didn't realize exactly how crazy
they are. I asked my brother when he realized there was something
weird about my MIL. He said that at my DH's brother's funeral
(many years ago) my MIL approached him to ask if he would be interested
in renting her deceased son's apartment. My brother thought
she was grief-stricken, and therefore didn't know what she was saying.
Now we know she's plain crazy.
Signed - No Thanks
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- madashell/Posted: 16-MAR-09
My birthday is coming up. I heard on the grapevine
that my MIL is knitting me a blanket. Another one. I think
she has made me 5 blankets and a shawl over the past couple of years.
They are very nice, and I appreciate the time and effort. What
I don't appreciate is the accompanying sarcastic barbs, "I know
you like to relax/snuggle/rest on the couch/chair/porch."
"I thought you could use this, as you spend a lot of time relaxing."
"This will keep you warm while you sit around." She
always has to insinuate that I am lazy. Nothing could be further
from the truth, but she'll never acknowledge that. Oh well,
I'm sure my dogs will love snuggling on their new blanket!
Signed - She Doesn't Know
Me At All
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- madashell/Posted: 9-FEB-09
Growing up, DH and his siblings were constantly abused
by their violent alcoholic father. When I asked my MIL why she
allowed this to happen (in fact, she would use her kids as a shield
and direct FIL's anger towards the kids to save herself), she told
me that she "was glad the abuse had occurred at home, as it prepared
the kids for life in the real world - a world that is cruel and heartless".
She truly believes that the abuse was a good thing. She disgusts
me, and . . .
Signed - I Feel Sick Just
Looking At Her
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- madashell/Posted:15-JAN-09
My MIL has announced that she is going back to school
to get her Master's degree. That's great, but you have to have
attended college or university and gotten your Bachelor's degree first!
When my DH told her this, she replied, "Oh, but I did graduate
from college!" Really? That's the first we've heard
of it! When and where? She responded with a month and
year, and named a college about 70 miles from where she was living
at that time. She must think that we fell out of the stupid
tree. DH was born in that same month. There was no way
she was driving 140 miles a day to attend college while pregnant,
and then attend graduation just days before she gave birth.
She apparently "lost" her diploma (how convenient).
DH did a little research and, shocker, there is no record of her attending
that college. Oh, and she's mentioned that she'll be going back
for her reunion! I should offer to drive her, so I can meet
all her invisible college friends.
Signed - What Is The Point
Of These Lies??
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- madashell/Posted:13-DEC-08
Worst gift: As it's
Christmas time, I'm reminded of the many "lovely" gifts
I have received from my ILs over the years. One year, my MIL
made a HUGE deal about a "very expensive, highly collectable"
glass ornament that she had bought for me. She said she wasn't
sure about giving it to me, as she didn't know if I could be trusted
to keep it, rather than selling it, as it was soooooo valuable.
Shame, she left the discount department store $5.99 price tag on the
bottom, which I made sure everyone could see, as I handed it around
to be admired.
Signed - Gotcha!
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- madashell/Posted:6-DEC-08
As you may have noticed from my previous posts, my
ILs are very controlling. On my wedding day, many years ago,
I was pleasantly surprised that they didn't pull the crazy sh!t they
usually do, except at the end of the night. We were all staying
in the same large, upscale hotel, where the reception had been held.
My new DH and I went the Bridal Suite around midnight. About
an hour later, the phone started ringing. Very drunk FIL was
screaming and yelling, annoyed that we were not down in the bar "where
all the fun is". It turned out that he had gone to the
reception desk and asked for our room number. Management said,
"No," we were not to be disturbed. So, he told them
that my father had been in a fatal car accident, and I had to be told
immediately. I found this out the next day, when I went to complain
to the manager about our room phone number being given out.
The manager, in turn, complained to me about the . . .
Signed - Appalling, Drunken,
Sloppy Behavior Of My FIL
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- madashell/Posted:6-DEC-08
About a month before my BIL's wedding (DH's brother),
my ILs decided that they wanted to add a few people to the guest list.
My FSIL said no, as it was a very formal wedding (took 2 years to
plan), the seating arrangements had been made, her parents, not the
in-laws, were paying, and she didn't even know these people.
So, my ILs took the wedding invitation that they had been given, made
a new envelope, and mailed it to their friends. SIL didn't know
this until she received the response card. On the day of the
wedding, the ILs didn't bother to show up for photos. We had
no idea where they were. In the wedding album all the portraits
are outside in beautiful sun, except the for the ILs, who are outside
the reception hall in the dark. This is typical of . . .
Signed - Their Controlling
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- madashell/Posted:21-NOV-08
Not long after my DH and I met, his brother died.
It was a really sad time, as you can imagine. A few days after
the funeral, my SIL overheard MIL on the phone with his employer "just
checking" to see if there was any life insurance. I still
feel sick when I think about it. The funeral had been paid for,
and there were no outstanding bills to pay. I know that if someone
close to me were to die, my first thought would not be how much money
I could get.
Signed - Just Checking
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- madashell/Posted: 9-NOV-08
Worst gift: This has
to be the worst (most hurtful) gift ever. MIL bought her first
GC a time-out bear for "when he's bad". He's 6 months
old!!!! But, it doesn't surprise me, as the MIL always gives
my SIL (the baby's mom) secondhand (dirty, worn, refurbished) gifts
for her birthday and Christmas, while the "real" DD is given
expensive clothes, electronics, etc., etc.
Signed - Most Hurtful
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- madashell/Posted: 8-NOV-08
About 10 years ago, my BIL's new GF called me, in tears,
saying that she had just spoken to my MIL and "heard the tragic
news". I was rather confused, because, as far as I knew,
nothing bad had happened. But, it turned out that my cruel MIL
told GF that she was dying, and only had a few months left to live.
GF was shocked when I started laughing, but I couldn't help myself.
Poor GF had no idea what lengths my MIL will go to for attention.
MIL was absolutely not dying, and wasn't even sick (except in the
head). Ten years later, she's still alive and causing problems.
Apparently, my BIL and GF had planned to go away with her parents
over Mother's Day weekend, so MIL tried to guilt them into staying
with her. It's no surprise that we never saw that GF again.
Signed - She Ran Away As
Fast As She Could!
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- madashell, 1 of 4 needed/Posted: 6-NOV-08
My MIL told my brother about his surprise 30th birthday
party because, and I quote, "It makes me happy to bring a little
sunshine into someone's day by telling them good news."
A lot of time, effort, and money had gone into making the party special
for my brother, and she had no problem ruining it to make herself
feel good.
Signed - Surprise
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- madashell, 2 of 4 needed/Posted: 6-NOV-08
Worst gift: Last Christmas,
I discovered that my MIL had taken out a credit card, with a large
credit limit, in my name. When I confronted her, she begged
me not to call the police, and said that using my credit was the only
way she could afford Christmas gifts. Not wanting to cause stress
for my DH, I decided to do nothing. I had to sit at her house
on Christmas Eve and watch in silence as all the family opened expensive
gifts that I, technically, had bought. And, what did I get?
An old leather bag that I had seen in her basement storage years ago,
and a paperback book that my SIL had bought her for her birthday.
Signed - There's More Where
This Came From!
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- madashell, 3 of 4 needed/Posted: 7-NOV-08
Many years ago, when it became apparent to my ILs that
I would be marrying their son (after 5 years of dating), my FIL took
me aside to ask, "How much would it take" to get me to disappear?
I swear, I saw his checkbook out on the coffee table. It was
one of those this-can't-really-be-happening moments, when you're really
not sure that you're hearing correctly. I just got up and left,
and I never told my DH.
Signed - There's More Where
This Came From!
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- madashell, 4 of 4 needed/Posted: 7-NOV-08
My MIL recently dropped off a large bowl of homemade
soup for my DH and me to enjoy. After she had left, I transferred
the soup into smaller containers, ready for freezing. During
the transfer, I discovered a large needle. If it was anyone
else, I would think that it had fallen in there accidentally.
But, with this woman I'm just not so sure.
Signed - Not So Sure
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