Mother-in-Law HELL

My friend just sent this to me today, and I really loved it. I felt overwhelmed and a bit frusterated this morning and her email came at the right moment. I thought I would pass it along to the sisterhood:-) Have a great day ladies.

-Patricia

In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older.

And, there on television, she said it was “exciting”.

Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day…..like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.

The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!

Maya Angelou said this:
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”

“I’ve learned that you can…

Ever since my husband and I announced that our first child is on the way, my MIL has gone from being a sneaky, undercover bitch to being outride rude and unbearable. As my hubby has always been her fave child (and is the youngest), she is acting like a jealous, slighted lover now that he can’t drop everything to come to her beck and call as he did before I was pregnant. In retaliation, she no longer speaks to me, and recently WALKED AROUND MY OUTSTRETCHED ARMS as I stood to greet her and her pathetic still-lives-at home daughter in the middle of a public event hosted by my husband! She has not had the decency to even call and ask how I’m doing or really congratulate us on the pregnancy at all……she’s made a very smooth and quick transition form passive aggressive to just plain aggressive.

I shouldn’t be very…

My MIL and I have long since had a poor relationship — we’re very different people…. and I’m realizing that she has a lot of control/boundary issues. These first began when a friend planned/held my bridal shower years back– my MIL (and her sister) repeatedly called offering to help, despite the fact that each time my friend declined their offers. They made it clear that they were mad that they didn’t get to host (read: control) the shower.

Most recently, she went ballistic on me when I told her that we we planning to spend Xmas with my family — as we’ve done for every other Xmas. My family lives far away, so that’s the one holiday we spend with them each year, but spend every other holiday with her and her side of the family (Thanksgiving, Easter, birthdays, etc.).

The other morning (she comes over to take care of our two…

Recently, I gave birth to twins (yes, they are hard work). When I was 8 months pregnant and on bed rest, my MIL came to visit. My DH asked her to stay another week because most likely, I would have the babies and she could watch our older son. She stayed until the day after I gave birth and then went home with FIL (he had to go back to work). My sons were in the NICU and when she came to visit, she complained they were not available to see her.

They came back about 1 month later and my husband asked her to help. When she asked me what she could do, I told her to please make dinner and just watch our older son. Of the 10 days she was here, she cooked dinner once and my son watched an average of 4 hours of tv a day.…

Dear ladies

I have been married for 22 years and have 2 kids 5 and 7.

My mother in law has always been difficult – very insulting to myself and almost everyone I know – one of my good friends is a widow and a few month’s after her husband’s death she said – “Oh he was of Irish background – I always found Ireland and the Irish very dirty.” He was a Qantas flight engineer – luckily my friend was on anti-depressants and said she noticed but it just floated over her.

I fell out badly with her before last Xmas as she felt I complained too much about my husband constantly picking short high risk IT contracts instead of more stable ones. He is often unemployed – the longest time I supported him for was two years.

I pick up more days at work when he is unemployed (I usually do 3-4…

I have been married for 21 years to my husband. We have three children-two are grown but one is a toddler.His mom has always been a pain but she recently became a widow and then her last child left home. The last year has been hell. She calls him DAILY and they go out to lunch and shopping while I work. He works nights. He will not draw boundaries and choses her over me and his family. She bribes him with money and her sob stories. She has always been dependant and does not drive-her health is fine-she is pampered and lazy. I tried being nice to her and explaining how her behavior makes me feel. Now I have gotten mean and she has become even more defiant. I hate my husband for chosing her over me. They run around like husband and wife and leave me at home-although I…