Mother-in-Law HELL

I will try to keep this short. Every time we come into a little bit of money, she finds all this money we owe her. We got a $300 check from an Aunt for Christmas and she decided my husband owed her for something when he was a teenager. Our wedding day, we owed her money. My husbands re-enlistment bonus, we owe her money. So this year for our tax refund we got around $6000. This is alot of money, I know, but my husband is deployed. After he left, our car broke down, I lost my job staying home with my sick son, and I decided I had to go home for a few weeks for my sanity (we are here over seas so the plane tickets aren’t cheap). Now all that does not cost $6000, but I am pregnant and was saving the rest for the baby. My…

My husband and I have been married for 9 months and dated two years prior to that, and ever since I met his sister, she has been the bane of my existence. My husband and I just had our first child, a little girl, and she cannot stand it when anyone in this family pays attention to anyone other than her. She complained about how much stuff we got at our baby shower vs. her, how many people came to the hospital to see us vs. her when she had her baby, the list goes on and on. She has a three year old little girl, and I know she’s my niece, but this little girl is a heathen. She has no discipline in her life whatsoever, and gets everything she wants (my SIL has an income that can afford this). If my MIL or FIL ever mention something about…

This is a very difficult situation to explain, but I will try. Before my husband and I got married, we had dated for almost 3 years, and throughout that time period, he and I helped eachother stop some self-destructive habits for the better. Throughout that time, I had an amazing relationship with his family. They always wanted to see me, and even let me spend the night at their home for some weekends, even weeks(we were under 18 or 18 at the time). He and I got engaged earlier this year, which his parents were ecstatic about, especially his mother. But we all knew that the wedding would be put off until we were out of college and financially stable. However, in July my (then fiance) and I found out I was pregnant, although we used birth control religiously. And after suffering from sexual, physical, and verbal harassment at my…

My husband and I have been together for 10 years now, and I have just found out that I’m pregnant. We are over the moon But for me there is a slight tinge of sadness, as I am unsure what to do about a situation:

My husband is estranged from his family, due to some very serious incidents when he was a teenager. His family were mentally abusive to him on and off through his childhood, which led to him having no self-esteem, and very poor health. When he finally plucked up the courage to stand up to them, they kicked him out of his home and then set out on a tirade of abuse and harassment. He made many attempts to mend the relationship, but his parents were only concerned with manipulating and abusing him into doing exactly what they told him to do, and because he dared to disagree…

My husband and I have been married for nearly 9 months. From the moment we got engaged, his mother has been talking about having a grandchild. The only reason she wants one is because her friends have grandkids so she wants one too. She thinks my SIL in selfish because she’s not interested in having children. She actually started crying when I told her that my husband and I are going to eventually have children. The problem is that my MIL brings it up having children every single time I see her. It’s about to drive me crazy. How can I tactfully tell her to back off?

So I get along with my mother in law… usually… She comes from a tight knit southern family where Christmas is a HUGE deal. The whole family gets together every single year. For the past few years we’ve gone to her house for Christmas, as she threw a massive fit the one year I was able to talk hubby into travelling to my family’s house for the holiday. We decided it wasn’t worth all the drama, since Christmas isn’t a major deal to my parents. But, we’re expecting, due in September, and we’d really like to start having our own family Christmas, minus all the in laws. A while ago I made a casual comment to the effect of, “We can’t wait to start forming our own family traditions! I think I’ll be a good Santa!” She freaked. Apparently she’d already been planning the baby’s first Christmas at HER house,…