I have been married for almost six months and have been with my husband for five years before we were married. He is a woderful man, which is amazing considering how he was raised, our only problem; his family. His mother is so frustrating. I can’t stand to talk to her. During the wedding planning process she was a constant source of trouble along with my husbands brother.

We actually had to kick his brother out of our wedding because he choked my husband at his bachelor party and has called me various names and threatened to kill me, dig my grave and bury me. We have eliminated him from our lives and thought it would be fine but MIL will not let it go. She is constantly calling us and telling us we just have to let his brother act the way he does because this is just the way he is and can’t help it. She cries and tells my husband that it her only wish in life to have the family back together and if it wasn’t for me her family would be in tact. Well MIL has been married 6 times and was never around when her kids were growing up (she had his older sister at 15 and was in the bottle pretty much after that) but now suddenly family is the most important thing to her. I don’t know what his brother would have to do to warrant us eliminating him from our lives, but apparently attempted murder isn’t enough for mommy.

I am just tired of the drama and tired of how she always finds a way to get the attention focused on her. At our engagement party she brought the photos of her sixth wedding to show everyone. At our wedding it was two weeks before her first anniversary with hubby #6 and that was all she could talk about when she wasn’t talking about how horrible it was that her other son was not allowed to be there.

Husband and I are talking about having kids soon and I just can’t imagine giving her any more reasons to be in our life. My husband is pretty good at setting her straight but it works for such a short time and is such an uphill battle. I feel bad for him too and hate to think that he is losing family because of our relationship. I don’t even pick up the phone when it is her on caller ID. Thanks just needed a bit of venting.

This post was submitted by Melissa.