Mother-in-Law HELL

Hi all.. my brother in law has got a bi$%h of a wife.. she is in constant self created competition with me and never lets go of any chance she gets of stabbing me in my back
one thing that she does is whenever she visits me she talks less with me and stares more and keeps giving me the looks as if she is judging me and making opinions about me in her head.. this embarrasses me a lot and makes me self conscious but I dont know how to handle that.
I tried the ’staring back’ method but that made me even more uncomfortable cause I just cannot do that to anyone!  What should I do to make her stop this? Sometimes I just want to slap her on the face for this!! ARGHHH

My MIL told not to marry her son the first week we got engaged. I know now that that was red flag#1. I guess that was her way of saying your not the one missy. I was 18 and my husband was 28 when we met so not sure if that was what upset her, because I was an adorable lovable 18 year old. Needless to say that was the beginning of a horrible relationship with MIL. She decided that the girls in my wedding party should wear pink, hats and very high heals., she dictated many other aspects of the wedding which was a disaster. Right to the very end when my husband and I were left at the end of the reception without a car and had to hitch a ride with MIL and FIL. But the real kicker (and a whole other story) was we had to…

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