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Mother-In-Law Stories
January 22, 2006
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DECEMBER
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My MIL is OBSESSED with
my DH. Things were going OK, as I've read with some of you, until
he made a commitment. I thought that she was a little clingy with
my DH, but it just became sick and disturbing after we married.
She called every day, at least 3 or 4 times a day. She called most
mornings, asking my poor DH to buy and bring her breakfast. Then
she'd call around lunch time to ask if DH would like to meet at
her office for lunch. The third time was to ask if he would pick
her up from work (she was supposed to ride the bus, but always seemed
to guilt someone into giving her a ride) or ask if we would like
to go to her apartment to watch T.V. She is an older, divorced
woman, so she lives alone. I felt responsible for keeping her company,
and couldn't understand how DH, who has always been such a caring
person, resented her so much. I soon found out that she wasn't
just a sweet, but lonely woman. She wasn't as clingy while we were
dating, but I assumed that she was in fear of never seeing her son.
DH and I were surprised with a pregnancy very soon after we were
married, so we went to his mother to tell her first. Her response
angers me to this day, "You two are so young and you (meaning
me) don't look too happy about it. So, I'll adopt the baby and
raise him as my own." WHAAAAAAT???!!! I was very happy.
DS is by far the best person to ever happen to me and I shutter
to think of him not being with me. But, if I ever though that I
would need to do something like that, she would probably be one
of the last people whom I would consider. I mistakenly took this
as a lack of faith. I couldn't decide which response was worse,
MIL's or my own mother's, "Oh, great. You're just going to
end up deserting DS and I'll have to raise him." I guess my
"mother" thought I'd follow in her footsteps. Either
way, we are a happy family, just the three of us, in spite of everyone's
negativity and MIL's many attempts to take DS away from us.
Signed - I Refuse To
Be Company To Your Misery
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When DH and I first got
engaged, MIL was very happy. She said that she always hoped that
he would marry me, and how happy we'd all be, and so on. We moved
the wedding from June to Oct, which my SIL and BIL threw a fit about.
They asked us how we dared get married during hockey season. They
were in the wedding party, to boot. The wedding started 15 minutes
late because youngest SIL had to go pick up her BF. Then, when
I finally went out into the church, I saw what my MIL was wearing.
It looked like a clown costume. But that is small potatoes compared
to what happened next. My MIL chose not to live with my FIL for
reasons only she knows, but since he financially supported her,
she wouldn't divorce him. She hadn't bothered to call him for days
before the wedding. My FIL was supposed to work during the wedding,
and was supposed to come to the reception. When my FIL didn't show,
MIL said she didn't care and left. My oldest SIL then went to check
on my FIL, and found him dead. He'd been there for at least a day,
but MIL never thought about him. So, that was my wedding day.
DH was too upset to go pick out anything for the funeral, so I went
instead. My SIL said that DH didn't care for his dad at all, since
he didn't show up to pick out flowers. As a side note, we paid
for the entire order of funeral flowers out of our wedding money,
and none of them ever repaid us. Not that I minded paying for the
flowers, I loved my FIL, it's just the point. They say that we
owe MIL money and have no proof, but I have proof that they owe
me, and it's different for them. My DH and I were always fighting
with the BIL and SIL. They are the kind of people who love to fight
over anything, and I have emails from my SIL that would set your
hair on end. But we still got along with the other 2 SILs and MIL,
until I gave birth. Up to when I gave birth, MIL expected DH to
be at her house to do whatever she needed done, 4 nights a week
at least. She has never driven a car, so she expected him to be
her chauffeur. His siblings never did anything to help their own
mother. It was all my DH. Three days after I gave birth, MIL called
and wanted to know where her helper was. I was nice about it, and
said that it would be nice if he could spend the time with his new
baby. She turned into a screaming demon and started threatening
us. This was the first time that she had ever done anything like
that. The next day he did go out to do slave labor, and she told
him a lie. She said that I had been sleeping around on him and
told him that he should leave me and his newborn daughter asap.
When he came home and told me that, I was like, "WTF?"
He didn't know why she was lying, either. The 5th day after our
DD was born MIL called, demanding he get to her house within 5 minutes
to drive her somewhere. I put my foot down and asked her why she
said what she did. She denied it and called my DH a liar. She
ended up getting hung up on. So she stopped calling the house,
and we decided to move to a different state. The day we were loading
the moving van, DH came in and asked me to call MIL and tell that
her mower was in our garage and we didn't have time to take it to
her. As soon as she picked up the phone and heard that it was me,
she started screaming at the top of her lungs. She called us thieves,
even though we were leaving the mower there. She called me every
name in the book. Then, the oldest SIL said that we owed MIL thousands
upon thousands of dollars. We have asked for proof 5 times, and
not received any. Oldest SIL said that if we didn't pay MIL back,
she'd sue us. We are still waiting for proof that we owe 5 bucks.
We always paid her back, and then some. By now MIL has turned all
DH siblings against him with lies. It was also said that DH never
helped MIL out once, that oldest SIL's DH did everything. Funny
how DH was the favorite as long as he was performing slave labor,
but when he wanted to spend time with his baby, he was a worthless
liar. So, we moved. Then the letters started. In each letter
she wrote how awful I was, and that he should leave both DD and
me. So, DH called her one night and said not to mention me in letters
anymore. Two weeks later she sent another letter. It not only
bad mouthed me, but my parents and grandparents, also. I snapped,
and left a message on her answering machine that if she ever mentioned
me or my family again, I would strangle her to shut her up. So
she played the message for BIL, and he called and told DH to start
beating me to get me under control. DH told BIL that I had done
nothing wrong, and it was all MIL. When he mentioned that maybe
she needs some meds, BIL hung up on him and said, "Have a nice
life." MIL has also told all of our nieces and nephews all
sorts of lies, and they hate us now, too. The kicker - she sent
a cartoon postcard and wrote really big "I WAS TOLD NEVER TO
MENTION HER. IF I CAN'T TALK ABOUT HER, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU. THIS
CARD IS TO SAY GOOD-BYE. How mature is that?
Signed - They're All
Freaks!
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Need some advice ASAP!
Our son is receiving First Holy Communion in the spring. DH and
I have decided not to have our families attend due to the fact that
they live 250 miles away. If we did have everyone here, we would
have to accommodate 8 extra people, plus the 5 of us. Most of them
would end up on the floor. So, to avoid this, we informed both
families of our decision. Well, SIL told us that she had already
moved her christening to June just so she could be here, and MIL
is pissed because we won't let her see her GS receive First Holy
Communion. Now, mind you, these people made plans to be here without
ever asking us what our plans were. This is not the first time.
As a matter of fact, they have always invited themselves here without
ever asking if it was ok! They are pushy and inconsiderate, but
that's a whole other story. I informed my own DM and she didn't
give it a second thought. And my DM is an extremely religious woman!
But these people are talking behind our backs (good source) and
making us out to be the bad guys. And why would anyone make such
an important decision, like moving a christening to another day,
without finding out what our plans were in the first place? So,
do I give in and let them come here or stand my ground?
Signed - Guilt Setting
In
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