Hello all! I could not be happier that I have found this site… by sheer luck as well. My MIL is one of a million, and a mean, selfish, coldhearted one as well. Let me give you some perspective…..
This starts the year I moved in with my husband… I had gone and bought my MIL a birthday gift, a book. I looked all over high hell for this book, and gave it to her. Her response was “I deserve leftovers from a tramp??” I did purchase gold earrings and such… not any more.
Then, one year for Christmas, she put in my stocking Cleaning gloves, wash cloths, cleaning products.. etc.
The following year she had given me the “Guide to the Catholic religion” book… I am not catholic… not even religious. But she is against any woman being involved in her sons life, that is NOT catholic, that she shoved this book and her choice of beliefs down my throat.
There are soooo many more examples… I could go for days. Really.
We’ve gone on vacations with her.. which were pure torture. There is always something said about how I choose to dress, how I cook, how I clean… laundry… OMG.. she came over one night to babysit, and did our laundry…. oh wait.. she did not touch mine. “It was especially dirty”. She disliked the products that I use SO much, that she bought some and left them here.
I had come home from work one day.. after a LONG day, to my MIL, BIL, dog, and husband on the couch doing nothing. I had walked in, said a general hello, and went to leave the dog out. She attacked me with her car keys, stabbing me repeatedly cause I did not address her properly.
Here is another one.. this was SO embarrassing… I had taken her with me to pick out my wedding cake. MY WEDDING CAKE. Just to get some advise from the crazy woman… and she was sooo rude to the woman, that she told her “This WILL be the MOST beautiful cake YOU have EVER made”. Now the place we chose to get our cake from has been in business for decades.. It actually made me blush. And furious.
So… could anyone take my MIL??? She is a crazy woman.. to the point that the priest at the church where my husband has belonged is scared of her.
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6:42 am
PUNCH HER OUT!!!!!! Have DH to post your bail. NEVER allow her in your home again.
3:59 am
What Betty Lou said!! Exactly!!….or at least-always be “busy”. When she calls, “Sorry, can’t talk, we’re busy” same for when she shows up, same for trips with her-forget about her. If you weren’t married to her son, would you put up with her crap??
9:58 pm
I think she would be best friends with my MIL. They could go to Mass together.
7:12 am
Are you my sister in law? I have two of them I think? My overbearing very, very catholic mother in law really don’t allow us to talk so I wouldn’t know if they are dead or alive or divorced, and we can divorce as all 3 of her sons were married um? Oh My Gawd… Lutheran. So we really are not married at all. She would not attend our church when our oldest was confirmed but did attend when the youngest was as her brother was a godparent but when we went out to brunch after the service she screamed for the waitress to attend to her as “she had not been to church and had to make service down the road at the catholic church” and made the gal take her order and my family wait. So glad you could make it this time mother in hell and make sure my daughter who just thought she did something great and chrisitan knows now it was nothing as she “has not been to church”! Oh and it can get better, I’m going most recent here. When my oldest was 9 she slapped my daughters hand during catholic service on one of the rare times my girls would stay there as my daughter put her hand out to recieve communion and her GRANDMOTHER (gag) slapped her hand and told her she was not worthy to recieve the lords supper? Needless to say the last time either of my daughters were allowed to attend HER church service. I’m a late comer to this site and I have 26 years of stories with the mother in law from hell. But my husband is awesome and worth every minute of hell the woman has put me through. My sister in law and I just exchange zanex at holdiay gatherings. We sit and smile and watch the clock. I actually have code words with my girls and they would then make excuses or throw fits and we would have to leave. You have to be the first out. Last ones are stuck for a long time.
I can tell you from my standpoint of 26 years married to a wonderful man of a catholic b……… Its been worth putting up with her and ignoring as much as I can to the point where after 23 years give or take he now can’t stand his mother. I won 
Patience and love will overcome. Let it go is my mantra. And I still have to do it. We recently went home for my husbands 50th and the woman did everything in her power to ruin a great party and get together for him that I spent a lot of time and money to plan. We live 4 states away now and this took some doing. She outright tried to ruin the day for him. She demanded that his brothers and their family stay on a different floor of the hall then I had rented so my husband had to run back and forth. She lost again as he said what is up her a… I said I guess I forgot the cardinal rule, run everything through momma. Guess what. I’m 43, your 50? I don’t run noth’in through momma no more 
And I won again, they sat down on the lower floor by themselves. All I can say is I want to be a wonderful mother in law when I am blessed with son in laws and I thank God I never let this woman ruin the greatest thing I have ever had and that is my husband.
As for trips, I told my husband that he needs quality time with his mom, go ahead
10:38 pm
Ignore her…if you do hit her what good is that doing you? You get in trouble, your husband gets mad @ you and you could probably lose him in the process…would it really be worth it? Let your husband know how you feel and take it from there. See what advice he gives you. If he dosen’t want to do anything about it then thats when you go to her and talk to her (respectfully). If things don’t go well then cut her off completely from your life and if your husband dosen’t like that then let him know that you tried talking to him but since he didn’t care you took care of it. Make sure that she is not in your house when you are not home…but if your husband wants to go see her…let him show her that even though you can’t get along with her you know how to share your husban’d attention!
7:07 am
I have a Monster-In-Law as well and sometimes you just want to explode with tons of emotions. I really believe my MIL is bipolar and bpd, although she’s never been properly diagnosed. It’s funny that you mentioned that the church is even scared of your MIL–same with my MIL. She doesn’t even attend a church right now because none of them will do as she wants. My hubby and I have cut all ties off with her and we’re much better without her drama!
9:53 pm
LOL I’d be the death of that bitch…..
8:44 pm
If she thinks your house cleaning skills suck so bad, tell her to come do it herself.
She’d HATE my ever loving guts. I have a job and hobbies, my world does not revolve around DH. As much as i love him, I refuse to give it all up to be at his beck and call. SO sorry about your bad luck lady.
3:38 pm
Holy Toledo! This beats all I ever saw. My first impression is, are you standing up to her? She might be doing this simply because she can.
This woman is the devil.
7:05 pm
I thought my MIL was bad,after reading you horror story, I really feel for you.I agree with Betty Lou knock the “B” out.I happen to be Catholic but would never push it on anyone or think they were beneath me.I’ll pray for you sweetie and just know gods watching her.(maybe you should tell her that,right before you hit her LOL.