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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
January 19, 2007
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Attachment
issues! My MIL is crazy! She has made some very bad decisions
in her life, and now my DH and I are paying for it. She and my
FIL lost everything they had with their business, including their
home. Needless to say, they are living in our basement now and
are retired! Too old to buy a home and to start on a fresh mortgage!
My MIL has not been able to deal with us being married. She told
me, "It's hard for a man to have to choose between his mother
and his wife." I never felt that he had to, but she seems
to think that he does! Is she nuts?! She now constantly plants
little seeds in our relationship that make us fight, but he doesn't
see it. He sees it as something innocent and full of good intentions.
She's also very manipulative. She will do something nice for her
son and then ask him for something. At that point he feels bad
saying no, and that usually interferes with our plans. She can
get him to do anything that she wants, and he doesn't realize it.
He won't even defend me to her!! What can I do to make him realize
what's happening?
Signed - Shoot The Pigeon
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( here is my story )
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My relationship with my
MIL has been a struggle since my DH proposed, and that was 8 years
ago. I'm not saying that I've been a saint through all of this,
but I feel the major problem has been her inability or unwillingness
to let go. She's obsessed and too emotionally dependent on my DH,
and I feel that she's jealous of the relationship that my DH and
I have. Here's my dilemma: My MIL has just informed me that she
is only concerned with her son's happiness, and she could not care
less about me. I always knew that these were her feelings (even
though she tried to pretend that she felt otherwise), but it's something
totally different to have her straight out tell me this. I wasn't
surprised, but I did feel a little disrespected. Now I don't want
to deal with her at ALL! I don't want to communicate or see her
at all! I know that this is impossible, considering she's the mother
of my DH. I love my DH and I don't want to cause him anymore pain.
Signed - How Do I Handle
This?
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Worst gift: I honestly
have to say that the receiver of the worst gift this time is my
DH - from his own family. This year his family got him a little
stuffed penguin (he loves penguins), and inside was a check for
$50. It was written by SIL, because she didn't know what else to
get him. A few days later SIL called, wondering if DH would be
willing to not cash the check, because she already gave the money
to BIL. If DH cashed it, it would bounce. Apparently, BIL (DH's
brother) needed to borrow the money to help pay his bills. DH said
that he would not cash the check, and that he would wait to get
the money from BIL. DH's birthday was a week and a half later,
and he was really hoping to have the money for something that he
really wanted. BIL promised that he would have the money for him
on his birthday. He didn't get the money back in time for his birthday,
but got it a week later, instead, after he already went out and
bought his gift with our money, thinking that he would have the
money back in time. We bounced a check so that SIL wouldn't. Why
do they even bother?
Signed - At Least He
Got A Penguin For Xmas
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