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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
November 28, 2006
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If you marry, it does
not get any better. IF your partner does not take a strong stance
in standing up to MIL from the word jump, you have a long road ahead.
Take it from a lady who has had every dream smashed by a weak man
who does not know how to leave and cleave. His mother tried to
run the wedding and buy my ring in an online auction. She would
drive up in the middle of the night, claim that she was being tested
for STDs to rule out other rare diseases, and lie about anything
for attention. Then the personal attacks started. She hated everything
I did to the house. We set boundaries on how they could come and
go. How is 48 hours notice of a visit for 2 working Joes to much
to ask? She told anyone who would listen how much she hated what
I had done to the house, even when she was in my house. There was
laughter one minute, and fits of tears the next. There were family
fights. No one knew what she started them over, and when they figured
it out, it was all a lie. She yells at the GC and hurts their self
esteem. She said that our wedding crystal was for "our"
family gatherings, not the wedding (I left it to him in the divorce).
When I tried to cook a nice meal at Christmas, she told me that
she intended to feed her family pizza. After marriage counseling,
DH went back on his promise that I could have limited contact with
his family. I agreed to let him have any relationship he wanted.
I really wanted him to. I just did not want to be involved. He
yelled, "We aren't a couple because we do not do things with
my family." Hey buddy, your momma insults your wife, is mean,
crazy, obsessive about you, and at best mentally unstable. He took
vows before GOD to love honor and cherish me, but in the end he
could not leave and cleave. At 36, is she still buying him toys
and underwear? RUN, DO NOT WALK. DO NOT SAY, "BUT I LOVE
HIM", BECAUSE THERE ARE RED FLAGS FLYING EVERYWHERE. Trust
me, my marriage cost me more than the love it initially gave me.
Signed - Barely Escaped
Alive
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I have posted before about
my MIL and SIL who are making me the scapegoat for MIL's problems
with my DH. All the while SIL has been staying in our home for
three months, not paying any bills or rent. The sh!t hit the fan
today when I got a call from an ex-coworker telling me that another
ex-coworker now works with SIL and SIL has been telling everyone
at her job how I am mad because she doesn't speak to me when she
comes into the house. HELLO. That is RUDE. She says that I won't
allow DH to have a relationship with his mother. I confronted her
and she had the nerve to put her hands on me. DH broke it up, but
not before hair was pulled out (the hair that she had glued onto
her head) and punches were thrown. The police were called and I
didn't press charges out of respect to DH. Big mistake. SIL's
license is suspended, and the police would not allow her to drive
home. So, guess who volunteered to take her? YUP, DH!!!!!!!!!
I am so fed up right now. I have only been married a little over
a year and I can not imagine having to spend the rest of my life
dealing with these insane people. DH has been supportive up until
tonight, when I felt that he sided with SIL. I have been nothing
but nice and open to her, and she is an ungrateful b!tch. I want
them all out of my life. My life was drama free before I married
into this f'ed up bunch. Someone PLEASE offer me some advice.
QUICKLY! I am:
Signed - ABOUT TO LOSE
MY MIND
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Worst gift: I have two
worst gift stories. The first was three years ago. We had stopped
by my MIL's house a couple of days before my birthday. My MIL disappeared
to her room and returned with a small, unwrapped jewelry gift box.
She walked over to me and said, "I know your birthday is in
a couple of days, but I wanted to give this to you because I won't
see you." The first thing I noticed, besides it not being
wrapped, was that the box looked ancient. When I opened it, I found
a tarnished silver plated rose locket that was from the U.S. Mint
from 1976. MIL proceeded to tell me that she just knew that I would
treasure it. I guess like she had?????? I know it's the thought
that counts, but it seems that she put hardly any thought behind
it, or really none. For my birthday this year my DH threw a surprise
party for me. On many occasions my MIL buys me nothing, or if she
does give me a gift, it is something that she finds around her home
to give me, etc. So I was a little afraid of what she was going
to give me, especially with some of my closest friends around.
I will clarify that I am grateful of all gifts that receive, and
was brought up to respect that it is the thought that counts. I
also happen to be a stickler for homemade gifts. I really adore
them. To me it means a lot more, anyway. Well, MIL did not let
me down on the embarrassment angle. I received a small basket lined
with a famous children's character fabric, 2 laundry hose coils,
a stain stick, an air freshener for my car, a small pack of tissues
for my purse, and 2 individual hot chocolate packs. Personally,
I don't think I was half as embarrassed as my friends, since the
looks on their faces all read "embarrassed for me" and
"speechless". Dear old MIL just went about as if she
had just given me a gold watch, or something really spectacular.
Wow, I can't wait for Christmas, maybe I'll get a used magazine
and some paper plates.
Signed - I Wonder If
MIL's Gift Giving Embarrasses Her As Much As It Embarrasses Me To
Receive Them?
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