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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 27, 2005
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It all started third
quarter of 2004 when my wife came to me and said that she would
like to help my ILs out. So, she moved them to our state. They
now have lived free for a year, and get paid to watch my three year
old DD. They have brainwashed my wife to believe that I am trying
to control her every move. I was arrested a few months ago. I
got into it with the wife, and MIL decided that it was her business!
Last famous words of a jailbird, "Tell MIL that her days are
numbered, and I cannot wait to get her out of my life." MIL
has taken the wife to casinos, to the point that it almost caused
us to declare bankruptcy. Now the wife goes to payday loans to
support her habit. I travel as a contractor for the government,
so I am not home much. This last time I came home it was, "Who
the he!! do you think you are, coming back into our lives like this?!"
I lied and told the wife that I was not coming home till next March!
I did manage to come home for my DD's 3rd birthday. MIL is undermining
me, and controlling my wife's every move. Someone please help point
me in the right direction.
Signed - Please Help
Point Me In The Right Direction
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Sometimes I wonder whether
I made the right decision in marrying DH, given all the stupidity
and hurt that I have had to deal with from his psychotic family.
So, I really understand when various women have said that their
MIL makes insensitive comments. That's what DH's mother does.
DH and I are from different countries. One time, when I came over
to stay (big mistake) they said that FIL had the flu and it was
not right that I should stay because I might see him walking about
in his PJs. With that mighty reason, I had to book into a bed and
breakfast nearby. She assumes that anyone with a regional accent
(let alone from a foreign country!) is dumb, and she thinks that
she can mock others and be condescending. She likes to use the
word "little" to people, like "little Bob",
for example. Never mind how old you are. Or she says that some
books are too difficult for me to read!! BTW, I read many of the
classics when I was in my preteens. I can quote Shakespeare quite
happily. I know Latin, and have a professional career. But, does
any of that matter? Noooo. MIL can't even spell properly in her
language, and only reads 3 authors (I kid you not). What I hate
most about her is her constant manipulation of her family members,
including DH. She constantly pleads and cries, showing how good
and kind she has been and how everyone has been unfair to her.
In short, she is a saint and everyone is a beast. DH then feels
obliged to do what she says, because it is hard for her family members
to see her as anything but a good, kind person. When DH and I visit
them, everything is nice in front of DH. But give a quiet moment
for MIL or FIL with me, and they will say condescending or sardonic
things deliberately. It's amazing. Fortunately, DH has recently
had more scales removed from his eyes because he is starting to
see the nasty side of his family. In writing this story, I don't
know where to begin simply because there are so many incidents.
When food is served in the house, invariably I get the smaller pieces.
Or, when she didn't like the idea that her son was helping me move
out of a flat and that he might have difficulty in finding parking
spaces outside of the flat, she got cranky with me (when he was
out of earshot) and said, "Are there parking spaces?"
I said that I wasn't sure. "Well, if SOME people would only
tell us." This was only my second encounter with her and I
couldn't believe that she was being rude. When DH appeared, lo
and behold, she was the epitome of sweetness, kissing him and wishing
him a good journey. Well done to the creators of this web site
for a web site that provides a camaraderie amongst people who have
had to suffer stupid in-laws.
Signed - In-laws Aliens
From Another Planet?
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My MIL told my parents
that she would be bringing half of the money for our wedding. I
told her that the reception was $10,000 and she said, "We will
send $5,000." My parents splurged more because they had an
extra 5K to work with. She never sent the money, and never mentioned
it again. One week after the wedding, my MIL started being rude
and cruel to me. We were moving across the country, and she took
us to the airport. She did not speak to either of us. She was
mad because she had planned that her son would graduate from college,
come home, and help her out with the bills. He graduated and did
not plan to move home. Plus, I had graduated from college on a
Sunday and saw her on a Tuesday, and she never mentioned it. No
congrats or acknowledgment, not a peep. A month later she started
sending student loan bills for us to pay that were in her name (about
$5000, to be exact). We were just getting started and DH was not
working, so I paid $3000 of the debt with my own money. She also
called us in April and said, "Be sure that you check that little
box on your tax form that says someone else carried you."
She carried DH on her taxes after we were married. It cut our return
tremendously. When we were trying to pre-qualify for a house, we
got a credit report that told us that MIL has my DH on a credit
card that was opened when he was 6 years old. When I asked her
about a $20,000 credit card bill on his report, she said, "He
used that card to buy you flowers and take you to dinner."
I am still wondering where the other $19,950 came from. Needless
to say, I ended up getting the house in my name because of the numerous
credit blemishes that she had put on his report. He doesn't even
own a cell phone in his name. When I was pregnant, she started
saying, "Young girls make me sick, thinking that they should
get special privileges because they went off and got themselves
pregnant." When I bought a used car, she said, "People
need to stop buying luxury cars that they can't afford to pay for,
and definitely can't fix." She makes it a point to be mean
and say cruel things to me, and I am sick of her.
Signed - Tired Of Her
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