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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 24, 2006
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My MIL may not be the
biggest b!tch I've ever met, but she's right up there in the top
ten. She and I have butted heads since the day my DH introduced
us, 32 years ago. I have bent over backwards trying to get
along with her, but the fact is that she's simply a stubborn, mean-spirited
and egotistical woman who thinks that the world revolves around
her. Now my DH (her only child) and the rest of his family
are ripping their hair out because she has cranked her bitterness
and anger up to a high pitch and is alienating everyone who has
to deal with her. The problem is that she has grown extremely
frail as she has aged, and her mental capacity has also diminished.
For the third time in three years she is in a rehab center after
falling and breaking bones. Since the first fall we have all
been trying to convince her that she needs to move into a retirement
center, but she has dug in her heels and declares that the only
way she will leave her house is in a pine box! She is in total
denial about her condition, and will not cooperate with any of the
family's efforts to help her. We may have to have her declared
incompetent and commit her to a nursing home, whether she likes
it or not. She is tearing my DH apart with this and, seeing
what she's doing to him, it's making me hate her more than ever.
I'm afraid that I'm going to say something good about her when she's
dead. I'm going to say, "She's dead. GOOD!"
Signed - Had It With
Her!
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My MIL is driving me
nuts! BIL and SIL are moving away to another state.
My MIL hates SIL (I am the favored DIL - ha ha ha). I planned
a going away party at my house. I figured that the kids could
play together and get some pizzas ($30 maybe). We decided
to do the dinner on a Wednesday or Thursday night, depending on
the movers. We couldn't do it on Friday night because SIL's
best friend's labor was being induced. MIL got involved.
I got a snooty call saying that she heard that we were having a
party, and she wasn't invited. I told her, "Yes, I am
throwing a going away dinner for them (as she hasn't), but I haven't
invited her and FIL yet, as I don't know what night we are doing
it." She was miffed, so I told DH to take care of it
all. He called her and she said that she was hurt that she
didn't get to host the dinner. Okay, SIL and I planned this
three weeks in advance. She's had her chance. I said,
"Let her do what she wants." She picked Thursday
night and then called me to decide, "Should we have it at your
house, my house, or at a restaurant?" Right now I am
unemployed (I quit my job after our DD was born with health problems)
and we are so broke, and MIL knows it. So, I said, "Our
house or your house, so the kids can play together."
She said, "Oh, you have so much to do with two little ones,
we can have it at my house." Fine. I asked, "What
should I bring? She said, "We are grilling, so you are
in charge of the buns, etc." Fine. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday - "Oh, I am making a pot roast and mashed potatoes,
so bring salad and desert." Okay. Thursday - "Oh,
I changed it to Friday night and we are going to a (moderate priced
chain) restaurant. I know that you are broke, but can you
afford this?" I told her, "No, we really can't afford
it. But since this is their last dinner here, we can charge
it." She claimed that FIL will pay (the man has paid
once for a lunch when he took us and my mom out - he wanted to impress
my mother - this was it in the 10 years I've known them).
We got to dinner and SIL wasn't there, as her friend was having
the baby. MIL annoyed us throughout the evening. I smiled.
She was trying to manipulate me through FIL, but I didn't fall for
it (another post). The check came $120. BIL had to take
his son to the bathroom, so he didn't witness this. FIL looked
at the bill. MIL was busy avoiding our eyes. FIL actually
looked at the bill for 5 minutes, DH timed him. DH pulled
out his credit card and gave it to his dad. FIL gave the bill
and his credit card and ours to the waiter, and all of the sudden
he was in a great mood. We got screwed out of having a party
at our home, where the kids could play together, instead of sitting
in chairs trying to behave. We would have held the party for
$30 total for the pizzas, and SIL would have been able to attend.
MIL purposely screwed us all over. DH is mad that now BIL
and SIL are out of town, MIL wants us to come and spend more time
with them. Ha ha ha! DH is not falling for that one.
Signed - She Is Not Screwing
Me Over Again, That's For Sure!
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I am hoping that someone,
anyone out there has some advice for me. I have been dating
my FDH for about 3.5 years, and we have been planning OUR wedding
since February. I have been married before, and that is why
my FMIL hates me. But, it's far more than that. His
parents aren't helping at all with the wedding, and they complain
that I never come over. But, every time that I do see them,
they attack me. FMIL insists that before she will even consider
approving of this marriage, I must go to HER doctor and get tested
to make sure that I can have kids. I think that she has someone
following me, like a P.I. or something, and she is always saying
hurtful things to my DF. Now he wants to just call off the
beautiful wedding that we have planned and go to city hall, which
in the beginning would have been fine. But I have put a lot
of effort into this, not to mention that my mom has put a ton of
money into everything! I feel as if, when I walk down the
aisle to the man I love, it's all going to be a lie because he doesn't
want any of this fancy to do because he thinks that his mother is
going to ruin it. She said that she is going to come and hang
herself at that wedding. I am at my wit's end, and don't know
what to do. HELP ME, PLEASE, SOMEONE!!!!!
Signed - Losing My Mind
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