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Mother-In-Law Mall
A place to find great gifts!
and products related to mothers-in-law and other family members.
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 4, 2006
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My MIL is crazy, and
she is destroying my family! I have always had trouble with my
MIL, but because I didn't speak her language for years, I never
knew that she hated me so much. She has belittled me in any and
every possible way for years, telling me that I was too fat or thin,
telling me to lower my voice (when we are outside in a park!, telling
my DH that I was a gold-digger, etc. When my then BF became sick
with metastatic cancer, she really became certifiable. Then, she
became obsessed with the idea that I actually made him sick with
my "lazy" housewife skills! She would berate me at every
turn and make me feel so useless and stupid (I have a law degree
and a masters, and from the time that he became ill I have only
taken care of him!). I took it and took it for 15 years. When
we had our DD, things only got worse. Now, she is obsessed with
what a horrible mother I am. Every time that she comes for a visit
(she lives overseas) it is 3 weeks of pure he!!. She tells me that
everything that I do is stupid or wrong, takes my kid away from
me, and generally creates a negative environment for everyone.
It is even worse when we go visit her. Then she controls everything
and makes me doubly miserable. But, this last week she just went
too far. Last week she finally exploded and told me that I was
a piece of dung, the worst and most lazy mother ever, and she tried
to beat me up IN FRONT OF MY CHILD (age 2). At that, I requested
that DH move her to a hotel - and my DH refused!!! It was only
when I said that if he didn't take her out of the house voluntarily,
I would call the police on her did I manage to get her out. DH,
a classic momma's boy, agrees that what she did and has done is
unforgivable, but now doesn't support me in the next dilemma: We
are supposed to be going to her country for Christmas, but I just
can't go! I want to throw up when I think of having to get on a
plane for 14 hours to see that awful woman (and to have to be controlled
by her). DH thinks it is impossibly selfish and that I am "ruining
Christmas" for everyone. He feels especially punished because
he can't see his friends or his very ailing father (who divorced
this awful woman years ago). Do you think that I should suck it
up and go, or put my foot down?
Signed - Sick Of It All
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My MIL has decided that
I am the work-pony who is supposed to pay for my DH's schooling,
while he works 10 hours or less a week. Here's the story: DH's
bachelor's degree is funded by his mother. He graduates this spring.
We came up with a plan for the next few years. DH is going to take
1 year off after he earns his bachelor's degree and work to earn
us some money, and then he is going to apply to Pharmacy school.
With the money he earns next year, we are going to start a retirement
fund and we are going to help me graduate college and save money
for the first year of his Pharmacy college. I will graduate one
year after he begins Pharmacy school, and then I will, in turn,
pay for the rest of his schooling. Another benefit of this year
off is that my DH's mother cannot control my DH with money. That
is something that I have had a real problem with since I started
dating my DH, and, fortunately, it is close to being cured. His
mother has a real problem with that. She thinks that I should not
go to college, and that I should continue working at my current
job, full time or more, to pay for all of his Pharmacy school.
She also thinks that we should take out any loans that we may need
and go multi-thousand dollars in debt. I will probably never get
back to college if that happens, because by then all 3 years worth
of my college credits will be over 5 years old (they usually nullify
college credit after 5 years) and I would have to begin college
all over again at nearly 30 years old.. She ended the phone conversation
with my DH with, "Got it? Good, because if you don't consider
my point, then I will stop paying your tuition." DH and I
exchanged a few words. Fortunately, he is rooting for me, but at
the same time I can't get him to tell his mother that. How do we
approach his mother and tell her that she is a harpie, and to get
herself out of our marriage?
Signed - Mad Sushi
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Worst gift: I had admired
my ex MIL's roll-top bread box for quite some time. One year for
Christmas I received a roll-top bread box from her. She said that
it was new, and that she had purchased it with me in mind. How
lovely. She did forget one thing. She did not clean out the bread
crumbs very well. The next time we visited her home, I saw the
REAL new bread box - on her counter.
Signed - Feelings Have
Grown Bigger Than A Bread Box
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