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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 1, 2007
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NOVEMBER
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FMIL loves to rule everyone
and everything. She is just totally over the top. Right now, DF
and I are planning our wedding for next year, and we were working
on a guest list. When she found out that we weren't inviting everyone
she thought DF and I should, she screamed at him. She told him
that he needed to fight for this person, and if I didn't like it,
that was too bad, because she was going to invite them anyway.
At that point, DF and I were in total shock. I actually ended up
telling her to stay out of it because we are paying for the wedding,
and she has no say. If she doesn't like it, she shouldn't even
come, even though DF is her only son. Since that event, she has
told DF that he needs to move out as soon as possible. Yet, when
she saw him packing his stuff, she said to him, "What? Don't
you like living here anymore?" This was after she had told
him to get out about 2 days before. I don't understand her at all.
Signed - Bride To Be
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I have been married for
9 1/2 years, and MIL and I started not getting along as soon as
we told her that we were setting a wedding date. My family, DH
and I planned the wedding. All MIL did was cry and cause so much
drama along the way. By the time the wedding day came, I was sick
to my stomach and could not believe her behavior. She did not do
a rehearsal dinner, and she wore a long, black dress to our wedding.
I felt that she was a selfish person and all my guests saw it, too.
She was so jealous of her son and me. She couldn't stop herself
from trying to break us up and cause as many waves as possible.
We were married about 8 months when I could not take it anymore.
DH even told me to tell her off. I did have my first argument with
her, and then a few more as the years passed. I have no respect
for her now. I have 2 beautiful twin girls after a long fertility
battle. Now, of course, she wants to be in my life. I just don't
feel the same. I do let her come visit, but I can't take a visit
of more than 2 days. She still has her comments, but I refuse to
have any more fights/arguments with her. She is so not worth my
energy. My 2 girls need me. I know that this is how I survive
this craziness. I know that I will never trust her, and I feel
so lucky that I live 400 miles away from her. I know that I am
not the only one with the MIL issues, but it does feel good to vent.
Signed - She Is So Not
Worth My Energy
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I have to submit another
story about my IL's behavior leading up to the wedding. SIL got
herself a BF just a little before the wedding, long after the guest
list and the head count had been finalized. They demanded that
he be invited and given a seat of honor. I said, "There's
no room. There's a limit." They insisted. They asked us
to cut one of our (confirmed) friends from the list to accommodate
him. DH said, "That isn't possible." MIL burst into
tears and ran out of the room screaming something about us being
too selfish, because the wedding wasn't about us, it was about SIL,
too! FIL turned to DH and said, "See what you've done to your
mother? I'm ashamed to have you as a son, and I hope you are happy
now! If you don't want him there, then you tell SIL." DH
said, "I have no problem with telling her." FIL said,
"You have to have people you don't like at your wedding."
I said, "We have a limited amount of space and it's all been
filled." FIL said, "Is this because I won't pay? Well,
I'm glad I didn't! I don't like either of you, and I hope you're
miserable. I hate you. I hate having such a worthless son."
DH said, "Fine." We left. They called us and my parents(!)
for the next three weeks, always with something abusive to say.
I told them to cut someone from their list, but we weren't cutting
ours. This all took a real toll on DH and me. The stress made
me very sick (I have an auto-immune disease that is aggravated by
stress) and DH was having a really hard time with it. He was so
hurt. He had never seen this side of his parents before. His parents
had always been fine until we decided to get married. We eventually
decided to give in, just to keep the peace. Suddenly, the in-laws
were as sweet as honey. They pretended that whole thing never happened,
and that they're the best parents in the world. DH and I haven't
forgotten. He'll talk to them on the phone, but we'll never see
them again. We never cut one of our confirmed friends from the
guest list. We would never. But, one of my cousins had an emergency
and couldn't come. In-laws were happy when they found out. They
didn't care at all about the problems my cousin was having, just
that flavor-of-the-month could come. They want him to marry SIL.
Signed - Never, Never,
Never
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