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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
December 18, 2007
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I've been married for
2 years, and have a son from my previous marriage. I live with
my ILs, and my MIL is driving me so mad that I can't bear to be
in the same room as her. DH and I can't afford to move out, and
MIL takes advantage of the situation as much as she can. I confronted
her this morning regarding cleaning issues in the house, and she
decided to create a big scene and accuse me of b!tching about her.
I feel so guilty right now, and have been avoiding her by sitting
in my room all day. DH seems to think that I have committed the
biggest sin of all time by confronting him, and is hence sleeping
on the sofa. I feel so alone, and . . .
Signed - Can't Bear Another
Day Under The Same Roof As Her
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I will try not to bore
you with the details. DF helps out her mom a lot. She has 3 bothers
who do little to nothing to help out. When we first got engaged,
I knew of all this, and I helped out as much as I could. We did
a lot for her. As time as went on, she has done less and less for
herself. She has gotten to the point, within the past 2 years,
that she doesn't take her medication properly. She lived about
1 hour away. I had told DF, for a couple years now, that she needed
to get her closer to us. At first, her mom was reluctant, but then
agreed. We told her to put her house on the market before we started
our new house. We nagged at her for a year, but she did nothing.
When we were in the middle of building our house, hers was on the
market, the worst time for us to help her. She sold it in about
3 weeks, and we found her a small house 15 minutes from us. We
got her moved in there, and all she does is complain about it.
She blames DF constantly for her unhappiness. She has depression,
and we just recently found out that she has Coronary Artery Disease.
She has been a heavy smoker her whole life. She had Hardening of
the Arteries for years, and went on disability 10 years ago. Now,
she is 59, and she has to be told that she needs to bathe. She
has had several surgeries to open up the arteries in her legs, and,
yet, she refused to quit smoking. We made her quit after the last
leg surgery, when the cardiologist said that she is killing herself.
That was about 5 months ago. Even before that, she was the most
negative person to be around. She never complimented her DD on
anything. She was never happy for her, ever. DF has lost more
money from taking time off from work to run her around than you
could imagine. We are still engaged, and it has been 6 years.
I cannot see myself marrying into this. I love DF more than anything.
I adopted her son, and love him dearly. Her mom is ruining what
we have. She is bitter and nasty to DF, and I can't stand for it
any longer. When we found out that she had CAD, the doctor told
us that she is no longer to live on her own. So, we are looking
into assisted living for her. DF and I have not had a relationship
for about 2 years now. She is so mentally spent from dealing with
all this that she is a tyrant herself. I talked to her about counseling,
but she won't go. Our new house is almost done, and we are going
to spend our first Christmas there. I can no longer live like this.
I have told my FW this, but nothing changes. She is living with
her sister and other relatives until we get things straightened
out. She stays at my sister's house a little, but I try to keep
that at a minimum, so as to not disrupt my sister's life too much.
We all go to bed around 10 pm every night. FMIL refused, because
she wanted to watch TV until the wee hours of the morning. When
we made her go to bed, she cried and complained that we are not
fair. My sister's house is not that big, and it causes a lot of
disruption when she is up all night. Am I being a baby or unreasonable?
I miss DF so much, but I want to turn and run, too. I lost my dad
about 10 years ago, and I know the value of parents, but I can't
do this much longer. I am having anxiety like never before. I
can't sleep at night. I am sick all the time. What do I do? My
son knows there are problems, but he doesn't say much. He is 14
now. DF's mother seems to do everything to keep us from being happy.
Help me.
Signed - ON MY LAST NERVE
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Worst gift: Two months
before Christmas, DH asked if he could buy a $650 rifle. Since
money was tight in our household, and he already owned several rifles,
I said, "I really don't think you need another rifle. You
already own four like it." Fast forward to Christmas, two
months later. MIL and FIL handed DH a beautifully wrapped box with
the $650 rifle inside. After registering DH's glee and my utter
shock upon his receiving the gift, MIL shoved an envelope at me
and said, "This is for you." I opened the envelope to
find $400 in cash and a note, "Buy yourself something nice."
I did not know who to choke first! DH, for crying like a baby to
his mom for the rifle, or my MIL for "slapping me in the face"
and then throwing money at me in an attempt to "make it all
better".
Signed - The Slap Heard
Around The World
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