When my Mum had cancer, she grilled me again and was really quite mean until I had to turn away sobbing. When we lost our baby, she was at another sons house looking after them cos the wife had a cesarian, wow! She didn’t give a crap about us, she just stayed there. She is so mean she told her friend off for offering to buy my friend and I a coffee when we bumped into them at a garden centre.

When I had my second baby, I was so despressed I felt like she was trying to take her away from me and everything she does good comes from my Husband to be and everything bad must be from me of course.

I only work part time now and it’s my fiance’s 30th coming up, I asked them if they could make a contribution towards the food and they were so nasty to me, made me feel like I was asking if I could rob them blind. It wasn’t for me, it was for their son. They said they didn’t see why they should have to pay for anyone to eat including themselves and they don’t do that sort of thing and it is my responsibility.

I have started standing up to her, in a diplomatic way, but so that the bitch can read between the lines. Also I just had an operation and my stitches are really sore, she has done nothing to help us at all, I think they have made their feelings about me more than clear. Also they’ve added an extra suit onto our wedding budget, isn’t that kind of them? She has always spelt my name wrong, I’m sure it’s deliberate. She thinks she can compete with me and has even copied some of my clothes and make-up. She is spoilt, expects all the time and even asks people to give her money for her birthday, the most selfish person I know. On me and my fiance’s first holiday together, his parents just turned up completely unannounced. They think they can do it all the time now, and the cheek they say they were just passing by because you normally follow people, stalkers!

I can’t wait until she needs help or when she’s old, she’ll get sweet nothing from me.

Any better ideas on how to deal with her?