Mother-in-Law HELL

Oh ladies, Bless you all. Most of you ladies…. you ain’t seen nothing. Whenever I hear a wife rant about her MIL, I sympathize, but I also think, “you ain’t seen nothin’!”

I have seen two psychiatrists since my wedding 5 years ago. Apparently, I have post traumatic stress disorder because of it. My psychiatrist can hardly believe I got married at all.

Every so often the memories come back and I feel a terrible surge of ugly emotions. I spiral into this vortex of that summer: THE SUMMER OF THE WEDDING FROM HELL!!!

Here is my story.

My husband proposed in June of 2003, after I had accepted a job overseas. Part of his proposal was to tell me to leave the country for a year, and then marry him when I came back. Interesting…mmm?

After we got engaged , my mother and I waited two weeks for MIL to call us. Etiquette I…

Everything I’ve written has already happened, so I’m not looking for advice, just a place to vent. If you’re looking for advice though, you might want to continue…

My DH and I got engaged Feb. 2009. New York had just slashed its education budget and I knew I was getting laid off, as a first year teacher. I was freaking because I would have no income, no health insurance, and the lease was up on my apartment. DH and I decided to get married so I could move in with him and be on his insurance plan while I looked for a new job. Obviously we loved each other, but I never wanted to get married – my parents’ marriage was a disaster, so I was really nervous. As such, it was important to me that the ceremony be small, intimate, and relatively stress free.

We decided to get married in Oct.…

Ive known my future husband (we’ll call him fh) for about 2 years now and literally have had problems with his STEP mother from the beginning! His biological mother and I get along perfectly well, but when it comes to dealing with this woman, I simply throw my hands up! The major issue is, that my fmil is in love with my fh’s ex wife! They call each other, they chat, they email, you name it! This isnt all “for the sake of her grandchildren” either. I am completely accepting of the fact that she wants to still maintain a relationship with her sons ex-wife, but I feel that I have been disrespected TOO many times for the sake of the ex! Case In Point: My fH’s exwife was recently invited to a family function, having abslutely NOTHING to do w. the children, and i have to patiently sit aside,…

This is Long But trust me its worth the read!

One day my sister in law to be was over at my house visiting my son. He had been giving me a hard time all day. I quit smoking while I was pregnant, but started again afterwards.. I know my own stupidity… anyways, I smoked like 1-2 a day… only if I have had a bad day. Anyways, I asked if she would mind sitting with my 4 month old while I went for a quick smoke….

My husband and I just recently got married. But this was prior to the wedding and I had been looking at really cheap wedding dresses as we don’t have much money, and was set on getting something 200.00 or less. My fiances mom said that she wanted to come with me wedding dress shopping…. when we got there she INSISTED that I try on what…

We’re getting married in about a month, and for the most part my FMIL and FFIL have been great. I come from a VERY dysfunctional family but I’m a pretty well adjusted person. I just have issues accepting changes sometimes, but I’m slowly getting better about it. My FMIL and FFIL have been divorced for about 3-4 yrs now. He started dating again soon after and she didn’t but she is the one who initiated the divorce and will not tell a soul why she wanted it. She took him to the cleaners! But that’s their business.
His parents are paying for the wedding because we can’t and I havn’t spoken to my mother in a very long time and my father passed away. I’m so very grateful that they have stepped up and are doing this for us, but at the same time there are little things that are really…

Before I married my husband, my MIL seemed very pleasant (I guess it helped that she lived in another state). That all changed when she realized that I was here to stay.
Our wedding was a small intimate affair, with only immediate family. We had the reception at her house afterwords (her suggestion). The last few days before the wedding, she told me that she had a whole bunch of things for my family to do to decorate her house for the wedding. On the morning of the wedding she complained that my family never showed up to help her decorate, so annoyed, I called my mother. She explained that she had asked my MIL if she needed any help, and my MIL said “Oh no, I have everything under control. I don’t need help”.
My MIL and I drove together to the location where the ceremony would take place. While we…