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I think a list will pretty much sum up my MIL!  She's guilty of:
  * Reading my emails.
  * Listening in on my phone conversations.
  * Going through our trash.
  * Stealing our stuff.  For example:  I caught her going through an old box of my photographs and she was taking pictures out to keep for herself.  When confronted, she said, "But most of them are duplicates!"  I replied, "But they don't belong to you, and you didn't ask permission!"  Needless to say, she didn't get to keep one!  LOL!
  * She can't manage her finances.  Even though she gets enough money from her ex husband every month, she won't let her kids put her on a budget to help, and she won't get a job!
  * She comments on EVERYTHING everyone does.  Even if it's something small, like buying soda at the store.  We could buy a certain brand of cola, and she'll comment as to why we didn't get a different brand.  It's never ending, and it's infuriating!!  Argh!.
  * She's overly opinionated on every topic.  She actually once told me that a certain well known actor would never have divorced his equally famous wife if she had given birth to his kids, instead of adopting!!  Oh man!  How I wanted to respond to her by saying, "That sure didn't stop your EX from divorcing you!!"  LOL!
  * She says ANYTHING that pops into her head, regardless of whether she's being insensitive to others around her.
  * She's extremely selfish.  For example:  Her youngest DS recently got married, and she was mad that they picked an early ceremony.  She felt that she wouldn't get enough sleep to look good in the photographs!!
  * She has to be the center of attention, ALWAYS!
  * She plays favorites with her GC, which now worries me, considering we're about to deliver in a few weeks!
  * She's extremely competitive in the kitchen.  Her food is always the best!  If you take her out to dinner, she'll always say how she could have made it better.  She never offers to pay, and she never says, "Thank you," when other people pay.
  * She's a pathological liar.  Goodness, have I caught her in some good ones!  She once even lied to me about giving our dog treats.  I told her to stop it.  She said that she didn't even have any treats in the house to give the dog.  I proceeded to rummage about and I found SEVEN different bags scattered throughout!!  Then, she had the nerve to get mad at me!
  * She won't drive anywhere that she's not been to at least 1000 times.  So, that means she's pretty dependent on others.
  * She's extremely possessive of her sons.  If we're walking and I happen to take my DH's hand, she will run up and grab his other hand!
  * She never lets anyone else talk in a conversation.
I guess, in a nutshell, she pretty much does whatever she wants, whenever she wants, with NO consideration given to anyone else.  It's her terms or no terms.  I'm so happy we moved across the country!

        Signed - Good Grief!
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frequent fry her - AWorldAwayFromNormal Frequent Fry Her TM. - AWorldAwayFromNormal, 3 of 4 needed/Posted: 28-DEC-07
In my first entry, I told how MIL convinced DH (then BF) to break up with me because I was a "godless sinner" (when we were only 15).  About 6 months or so after that incident, I had all but forgotten about him.  You know how teenage relationships are.  I became very religious.  A couple of months after that, I decided to get baptized.  Before I did, I sent an e-mail to him to let him know that I had become Christian.  Since he had, at one time, professed interest in my spiritual well-being, I thought he would like to know.  When his GM found out, she had a field day.  She said that I was a liar, and that I was only pretending to find God to trap him back into a sinful relationship and drag him down to he!! with me.  The sad part is that she honestly seemed to believe her own nonsense.  I had no interest in him as anything more than a friend, and barely that.  I certainly didn't want to try dating him (and his psycho GM) again.  Thankfully, DH didn't believe her and was happy for me.

        Signed - Never Good Enough
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frequent fry her - AWorldAwayFromNormal Frequent Fry Her TM. - AWorldAwayFromNormal, 4 of 4 needed/Posted: 28-DEC-07
When DH and I had been engaged for 3 months, he left for basic military training.  That was in December.  MIL, who had been so obsessively involved in our lives up to that point, disappeared off the face of the earth.  So, now I knew that she only spoke to me because I was engaged to her GS.  All right, I can deal with that.  She's psycho anyway.  Well, DH has an older brother, whom I'd never met.  He's in the army, and rarely is able to visit home.  He was coming for Christmas and wanted to meet his FSIL.  He made MIL call me and invite me over for dinner on Christmas Eve.  I was excited to meet him, since DH looks up to him a lot, and is always going on about him.  About 2 days before Christmas Eve, MIL called me and said, "[DH's cousin] is sick, so we're not having Christmas."  WHAT???  The woman actually expected me to believe that they were canceling Christmas because one member of the family had a cold???  Yep, she sure did expect me to believe that.  She told BIL that I couldn't make it.  Then, when DH called to say hello on Christmas (from Basic, BTW) she launched into the list of reasons why he shouldn't marry me.  The first on her list this time?  The fact that I "made up a lie" to get out of spending Christmas Eve with her.

        Signed - Cousin Wasn't Even Really Sick
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