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There is a thread on one of the other forums with everyone venting about in-laws. Always fun to do! LOL So I thought I'd start a similar thread here! :)I want to state, up front, that I have the dream mother-in-law (and step-father-in-law). I consider them to be two of my dearest friends on top of her being the wonderful woman and man who helped my husband become the amazing man he is!I love my father-in-law as well but he has a few "quirks" which drive me insane - like showing up at our house (or calling) every single day during the two weeks after we got married and were having a "home honeymoon." (We were traveling non-stop for hubby's job - being HOME for two weeks was heaven!)I believe these great people are making up for the demonic nutcases I had for in-laws the first time I was married. My ex-MIL once slapped me on her driveway in the middle of the afternoon, right in front of my kids (her grandkids). We're not talking some sort of trailer-trash family. They were well off suburbanites. Scary lady. And her son? "Well, what did you do to my mommy to deserve that?" WTF? Yeah, divorce soon followed.C'mon, share yours!
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How's this for pathetic.... My out-laws are/were so old, they have already died at the ages of 80+. At my wederal (wedding/funeral), my grandmother didn't know who FDH's mother was, because both woman differ in age by one year! Even by imposed law, the SECOND time, I couldn't be given a Mom... :grr: Check, please!
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I can't share horror stories. In spite of being from completely different cultures and opposite ends of the economic scale, my in-laws have been nothing but welcoming and kind to me. My mother-in-law defies all stereotypes. She is an upstanding, respected wife of a highly successful businessman. When she got bombed with the news of being the great grandmother of our out-of-wedlock grandson, she wrote the most charming, loving note to my daughter on her gold edged, engraved stationary that anyone could imagine. How can I complain? She taught a country bumpkin how to be a charming, gracious hostess. Skills that I use every day in my "position" in my company. How can I complain? My husband can probably share some horror stories about my family tho'!! LOL! Happy G'Ma
I love my in-laws even though they were/are ancient. DH was born when his mom was 36 (he has a sis that's 9 years younger) and his dad was 50-something. At three his dad died but his mom remarried another older guy who basically raised DH as his own. Daddy Jack is well over 70 now, DH is almost 26, but we love him just the same. With his parents' age came incredible wisdom and patience, things DH must use regularly to stay married to me. The only wierd thing that ever happened was after we eloped. MIL asked to have/keep a copy of our marriage license. :confused: Odd request, but it was all that she asked. When we met in person she welcomed me (the son-stealing thief) with open arms and an open bible. She just wanted to make sure I was planning to be/raise any children in the church. ;)
My mother in law arrived yesterday to spend two weeks with us......God help me......I shall be working on the car a lot with beer in hand and I am sure my friends boat engine is playing up......Yes she shall leave thinking my life is soooo busy but she may also question the smell of alcohol that will be constantly on my breath........I am not a christian person but your prayers are more than welcome....regards,a truely tortured soul.....
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I can beat you all!:)
My MIL is .....paranoid schitophranic (sp?) and bipolar.
she is ALWAYS calling and wanting us to run to the store to buy her bottled water cause someone has poisoned her tap water or....fix the holes in her walls that she punched in with a hammer because someone had put something foul smelling in her walls...or.... you get the drift.
Not to mention that she has never been very welcoming to me. I suppose she has always seen me as a family interloper who took her son/slave away from her.
"Well, what did you do to my mommy to deserve that?" WTF? Yeah, divorce soon followed.
My mother in law arrived yesterday to spend two weeks with us......God help me......