Mother-in-Law HELL

Some of you may remember me from two past entries called, “At Wit’s End.” Well, I’m back! This weekend my husband had taken our 2-yr. old son outside to spend time with him and to let me take a shower in peace. For those of you who don’t know, we live on a farm about 30 ft. from my inlaws. When I finished my shower and came out of our bedroom, I could hear my husband yelling, and thought he was getting onto our son for something. I look out of the curtains and see him and my MIL going at it (verbally) across the fence in our back yard! My first reaction was to let him have it out with her …again, then I decided I should be out there. He was in the process of repeating to her how she absolutely refuses to do what we have asked,…

This is my first post.. so i will try not to drag it out. I have been married 7 years, I have 3 children. 1 from a previous relationship and 2 from my now husband. My Dh and I dated 2 years before we were married. His mother never seemed to like me , but i never let it bother me. The year we were married, DH’s brother also married. His bride also brought a child into the relationship, who is just a month or so younger than my oldest child. Confused yet?? i hope not… So now theres me, my DH, and my child, and BIL, his bride and her child. As the years went on, babies were born on both sides. My BIL decided he wanted to adopt his stepson, me and my husband decided we would not go that route. then the trouble began. My oldest child…

Before Ryan and I got engaged, his mother seemed fairly normal. However, she has always been financially unstable, and recently it got worse: she lost her job a few months ago, her ex just took the house, and broke up with her very well-off boyfriend in the middle of all this. And then after 20+ years of living in Iowa, she now has suddenly decided she wants to come live in Conn. where she knows NO ONE except Ryan and me.

This would be fine, except for the fact that she manipulates Ryan into doing whatever she wants and, because he feels bad for her and the situation she’s in, will never say no. She asked him to write her resume, find her an apartment near us, perform lengthy repairs to her car, and invited herself to stay with us for five days in our 600 sq. ft. apartment despite the fact that we already…

So i’ve been married for a year now, and things are just starting to get on my nerves. Me and my husband met before we both left for boot camp. He actually proposed to me when I graduated. I had met his parents before I left very briefly, and his mom wrote me letters when I was in boot camp. She seemed very sweet. After we both got done with boot camp we were stationed across the country. Talk about a long distance relationship! But we were very committed to each other. We went home on a couple holidays, and everything seemed to go well, except for the fact that we had trouble deciding where to stay. Most of the time we decided to stay with his parents, because they had a bit more room, but that made it hard spending time with my parents. My dad was a bit…

I apologize for this length but feel I need to give background info. I will admit, that I can’t categorize my MIL as a MIL from hell, especially after hearing some of these stories! However she is very controlling, very judgmental, and a perfectionist. Things have to be her way, always. We have always been civil and never fought. I don’t open up to her however, and I have no desire to have a super close relationship or become friends where I tell her everything because she is judgmental. I can’t explain it unless you know her, but I see it through her reactions and the way she talks about other people.. even strangers and how they do things or run their lives. I have even limited what I tell my husband, who I should tell everything to, because I’m sick of talking to him about problems I have with…

I am dating my current boyfriend again after more than 4 years being apart. We met really young and we dated for a little over a year. He broke up with me, ultimately because he couldn’t stand me and his mother not getting along. He is an only child and they spoil him. His father is very nice to me – he even has a nickname for me and seems genuinely happy to see me when I’m around. But his mom – not even close to the same! She has NEVER liked me, since the first time she met me. I know it’s not because she doesn’t like my personality. I think it is because she is afraid to lose her son to me. She holds him on such a high pedistal, it’s ridiculous!! She is always pointing out what he does right and is ALWAYS complimenting him and saying…

Hi, my husband and i work and live in another country, while my MIL is back at native. we are quite happy here. my MIL is bossy and always ignores if i giv suggestion on something, saying that i dont kno anything and thus humiliating. Now she is forcing my husband to quit his job here and go back to live with her. She is also threatening me by saying that if we have kids, she’l be the one who raises them. Also my husband wont go againts any of her wishes.Iam sick and tired of her Bossy nature. Plz help.