I have been with my husband for 5 years. Been married 3 of those years. My mother in law has never liked me. She threw my husband out of the house because he wanted to know who his father was. Yes that’s right he doesn’t even know who his father is. So he came to live with me and my dad. (we had different room) At the time I had just turned 17 and still had a years of high school left. So because my husband (boyfriend at the time.) was working, he thought he would take care of me and pay my school stuff for me. (and that’s because my dad wasn’t going to do it.) My mother in law found out how much my husband spent on me. Thats when it all started. We got married after I finished high school. No one knew we got married except our friends. And not to long after that my dad kicked us out. So my husband called his mom to see if we could stay with her until we found our own place. She told him “Loretta isn’t aloud to stay here because she is only with you for your money.” So needless to say I had to find some where to stay and my lovely husband stayed at his moms. How nice of him huh? So the whole time he was up there, she was telling him to leave me. That he could do better then me and I was only using him for his money. He started to believe her and it didn’t help that I needed money to live on because I had no job. So everytime I would ask him for money to get food, he would get mad. Finally I found somewhere for us to stay since he wasn’t trying. (by the way I had no car to get around in because I don’t drive.) And when we moved in together everything started to get better between me and my husband. I got bored sitting around my house so I got a job. I think at that time, it was the one and only time she liked me. I ended up leaving my job because I got prego and my husband didn’t want me to work. So that is when she started talking shit about me again. And it has stopped. Only to get worst because I don’t work. I just stay home and take care of my son. As if that wasn’t work in its self. If I married my husband for the money, I would love to know where he is hiding it. The thing about it that drives me crazy is, she is the one who married men for their money. She has been married 5 times. What should I do?
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Her name is Patricia. By day, she is Mrs. Corporate America, by night, she is an “Ann Landers” of sorts. Patricia is the founder of the internationally-recognized website, motherinlawhell.com.
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2 Responses to “for the money”
You need to tell her exactly what’s on here. But most importantly, I find it hard to believe that your husband doesn’t love you enough to not stick up for you to his mother. Granted, she’s his mom, but you’re his wife. Have him tell her to back off, and that if she wants to still be part of both your lives, she needs to accept this change is reality. She can be a part of it, or a part from it.
tell him that he either sticks up for you, or he can go and live happily ever after with his mum. or, you can tell him that if he doesnt cut the crap and stop acting like a spineless pathetic excues for a man, that your leaving, then go stay the night at a friends house or something - this can work wonders, believe it or not. i cant understand why you quit your job though - didnt you have the option of maternity leave? you already said that you got bored at home before you you were expecting, so why not start working again when the baby is old enough to go to a child minder?