Mother-in-Law HELL

My husband and I have been together for 10 years now, and I have just found out that I’m pregnant. We are over the moon But for me there is a slight tinge of sadness, as I am unsure what to do about a situation:

My husband is estranged from his family, due to some very serious incidents when he was a teenager. His family were mentally abusive to him on and off through his childhood, which led to him having no self-esteem, and very poor health. When he finally plucked up the courage to stand up to them, they kicked him out of his home and then set out on a tirade of abuse and harassment. He made many attempts to mend the relationship, but his parents were only concerned with manipulating and abusing him into doing exactly what they told him to do, and because he dared to disagree…

My MIL is an OK cook when she tries, most of the time she does not try. Sometimes she’ll give us a food “gift” and then want a payback favor later. Of course the favor is always a lot more expensive than the food gift was.
A few days after Halloween, I came home with my family and found a plastic bag hanging from the front door’s door knob. Inside the bag was a cake in a metal pan with no plastic wrap on it. I recognized the cake pan as the pan my MIL used to feed her big dog in her muddy back yard. The pan is very beat up and trampled, I would be ashamed to even own it, even to use it in the garage. I put the cake on the counter and looked at it. It was a vision of yucky-ness! For frosting, she mixed peanut…

Long story short, according to my MIL I am lazy because I am a SAHM, yet my home is cleaner than hers and my kids are respectful. I obviously dont know what my husband likes to eat, according to her. I have too much nice things in my home, and anytime I buy something for the house or my family I get a “why did you get that? How much was that?” Now I have always been nice and respectful. Tried to be understanding. Ive let her know how I feel nicely, sternly and meanly. I have seriously done all that I can do…I even went so far as to tell her “if you have nothing nice to say dont say anything at all”..all the way to “I am done, do not come to my home and do not expect me and my children to be around your negativity”. We…

The day of my wedding was the best day of my life. Although my MIL did her part to make it ‘memorable’ so to speak.

I’m sure if I hadn’t had six years of practice with the pseudo insane woman it may have been a very bad day. As much as some of her antics hurt and upset me, having a wonderful husband makes it not that bad. I had prepared myself for a lot, but I think my husband hadn’t. Despite his knowledge of his mother and her behaviour, i think in his heart of hearts he believed that because he was her only son, and he had spoken to her about her ‘antics’…she would put them on hold for one day. Sadly that wish of his didnt’ come true.

The tension first started with her arrival to the venue (we got married in the same place as the reception). My…

Alright, I will begin Im new here and I have been married 3 yrs to a great husband that cooks and cleans and is a hard worker,now he is the oldest son and he has only 1 brother who is younger by a yr. Now his mom yeah….she can act like the sweetest person ever,she gives me gifts and when she makes a special type of food she most of the time offers me a plate, but at times when we talk she makes wierd little comments about me and her son and maby I take it too personally but they hurt sometimes when I moved in with her son the first month she said she had a dream where I wanted to seduce her husband, and she said it in front of my husband I was soo shocked I was like your messed up and she didnt say anymore…

I’ve been dating my boyfriend for a little more then a year. His parents have said negative things about me behind my back from even before they ever met me (we’re from the same home town so they knew of me through mutual family friends). My boyfriend kept making me visit them and talk to them in order to try and improve the situation. I have done my best to be gracious and good mannered during all of these times but nothing is ever going to change. I”m terrified that my boyfriend is a mama’s boy even though he claims he isn’t. But his mom is super controlling and manipulative and he always gives in thinking it is the best way to be a respectful son and to “reward her good behavior”. I am all about respecting family and elders and would never want to come between anyone and their…

Hi people. I don’t know just how usual my situation is but I’m finding it difficult. I met J nearly five years ago. His family were all soooo nice that for a long time I said I wish I could swap them for mine (mine always seemed to show up in a bad light after I’d visited with his…) Anyway, I moved in and rapidly spiraled into major depression. J made the mistake of telling his family everything that was going on with us. They began to act strange towards me – suddenly not emailing me anymore, refusing to allow me to visit with them – even though I had a recognised medical condition and had done nothing wrong other than burst into tears at the strangest things and generally be quite ‘down’.
Partly because of their influence, and partly because of how severe my depression was, J and I split…