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by Katie on January 24th, 2007

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What is your greatest Mother-in-Law story?

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  • by sssherri on January 24th, 2007

    sssherri

    My Wedding Day. Afterwards, wedding pictures. Mother-In-Law wanted to get a picture of "her" family. I responded w/something like "Oh Yes, and now you have a new member in the family". She said to me "No dear, I want a picture of just MY family". And that's not all...MY mother bought the wedding pictures for us as a wedding present. Included in those were the "family" photos for my mother-in-law (and she asked for several copies). She NEVER paid for those pictures. also, for the next several years whenever her family got together, I was always the one asked to TAKE the photos, not to be in them. It only stopped when I told my hubby he would either stand up for me & want me in a picture, or I would stop going w/him!

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  • by LynfromNM on January 24th, 2007

    LynfromNM

    My ex-mother in law felt it was her responsibility to teach me how to be a good household manager. She always impressed upon me the need to wash out and reuse plastic baggies (used for sandwiches, etc.), carefully monitor the use of household goods (for example, "use just under half a cup if the recipe calls for half a cup - you'd be surprised how that adds up!")
    Her big thing was the toilet paper. Any time our family of 4 visited the home of my ex-in-laws we were required to bring a roll of toilet paper - sort of the price of admission, because "you are so wasteful with it - you really shouldn't need to use more than 4 squares".
    The urge to TP her house was quite overwhelming at times!

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  • by Damiana on January 24th, 2007

    Damiana

    The fact the she blames me for her son's suicide, doesn't accept that he had Bipolar Disorder and that because of this illness he died.

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  • by gone on January 26th, 2007

    gone

    After my mother died, she married my father!

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  • by NutritionMom on February 7th, 2007

    NutritionMom

    My Mother-In-Law and I were 'friends' until a few years ago when she called my husband at work to let him know that his "high-school-sweetheart" wanted to get 'in touch with him', and she gave him her phone number so they might be able to get together. We had been married 15 years with 3 children. She had no idea this would cause trouble (yeah, right!) This really ruined my feelings toward her.

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on January 24th, 2007

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    My wife and I were living at her folk's place to save up for a cross-country move. One day I caught my FIL drinking my orange juice straight from the carton. I kindly asked him not to do that again and thought the issue dropped and went on with my day.

    Well, during my weekly gaming session, my MIL was bitching about the incident to my wife... for FIVE HOURS. Finally, my wife had enough of this bad-mouthing of her father (she'd been bad-mouthing him ever since my wife can remember) and she stood up for my poor FIL.

    Flash forward slightly; big argument, nasty notes slipped under the door, etcetera. Since my van had blown up, we were borrowing the MIL's car to get to/from work. She demanded the keys back; we missed 3 days of work, but I get ahead of myself.

    At 1AM we call my wife's best friend to haul us and our five cats to our old place that we were still in the process of moving out of. The next day we went to gather our stuff but the MIL had changed the lock and left a note on the door to return when she was home. She never left the house; she was upstairs the whole time. Our friends were not allowed in to help us move, and my wife was afraid to go into the house.

    Great MIL story, eh? Don't worry though; there is a happy ending.Finally nine months later, they are talking again.... because my FIL is in the ICU on a respirator and mom needs someone to cry to.

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  • by justme32 loves the weekends on January 24th, 2007

    justme32 loves the weekends

    Went to a nice restuarant with the in-laws. Mother in law orders T bone steak. After she finished with the knife and fork she then picks up the bone and starts to finish off the remaining tid bits still attached to it. SOOO embarrassing.

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  • by ptrask on February 11th, 2007

    ptrask

    Three months ago, my boss informed me that she had hired a new Manager of Claims Resolutions at our company. As the Accounts Receivable Manager, I would be working pretty closely with her. When she told me the new manager's name, I jokingly said "I wonder if she is related to my wife's ex-husband?" When she started on January 2nd, I was sitting with her during a training session. She made a comment to me about her family being from Washington state. When I heard that, I asked her if she was related to Sean. Her response? "I am his mother...how do you know Sean?"

    The end result - I work every day with my wife's ex-mother-in-law. Yes, it is a bit awkward!

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  • by TaoZen on February 7th, 2007

    TaoZen

    My now ex-mother-in-law...
    First, some history. 16 years ago, when my former in-laws found out their daughter was marrying a black man, they staged a hoax to trick my then wife back home to them so they could have her committed and get rid of her baby; our, then unborn, baby.

    The hoax was: My former father-in-law, while tending his cows, fell with a heart attack. His falling triggered something shy of a stampede, IN WHICH his cows trampled him to death. I repeat, this was a hoax, but the story of the hoax is TOTALLY TRUE. A friend in the UK responded to the story of the hoax at the time with, "Nonsense! Cows don't trample people. Haven't your in-laws seen the film, Ghandi?" Unfortunately, my in-laws held movies suspect as possible instruments of the devil so they had not, in fact, seen Ghandi.

    The news of my father-in-law's fake death came via phone . My brother-in-law (who till this day I never met) sobbed the tragic cow tale over the phone and begged my then wife to rush home from England (where we went to have our baby in peace) to attend the fake funeral of her Father. All the while, my then mother-in-law pretended to sob uncontrollably in the background of the phone call. I'll spare you all the details of my life as an in-law in that family and go now to my mother-in-law story.

    My ex-mother-in-law is now in her 80's. She lost her husband some years back. She lives alone. One night after mid-night a knock came to, I believe, one of her side doors. a sliding glass door. It was a young African American boy; a pre-teen. There had been some Festival going on in town; my ex-mother in-law lives in a small South Carolina town. The little boy's ride had forgotten him or left him according to my ex-mother in-law. She said all she could think about was how much the little boy reminded her of her own grandson; our son; the grandson they wanted to get rid of years before. This elderly white woman left her house in the middle of the night and drove this little unknown black boy home safely; with him giving her the directions.

    Her family admonished her for taking such a risk. I agreed. In theory that kind of behavior is NOT advisable. In practice, you never know.

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  • by joseph j on February 3rd, 2007

    joseph j

    She died. It was a great day for us all.

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  • by Just Living on January 26th, 2007

    Just Living

    I was going to pick up my daughter from my ex-mother in laws house. I changed into some capris, and being that I did not want to wear the same underwear, I wore none. When I got there, I squated to pick up my daughter. She said "Maybe you should change pants, because I could see all of California." My pants had a hole in the crotch!!

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  • by LBJ123 on April 17th, 2008

    LBJ123

    My MIL made her feelings toward me quite clear, immediately upon meeting me. Among many things she did, she compared me with his ex girlfriend (who everyone knew she hated) when my husband chastised her for it she said "Oh, but I LOVED her!" Referring to the ex gf. Which of course was a total lie. A few weeks later, I am taking a shower in my own home. My bedroom door is closed, and so is my bathroom door. All of a sudden I get a weird feeling. I turn around, and there she stands-- staring at me through the full length glass shower door. She says "hello" and then walks out. Guess she was wanting to size up the competition.

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  • by nurse7263 on February 11th, 2007

    nurse7263

    How about an ex almost MIL story?

    I spent WEEKS painting a picture for my ex-fiance's mother, who never liked me to begin with. (Yes, I was trying to earn points!) When I presented it to her, she flicked back the corner of the paper she was reading and made a "hmph" noise, and then proceeded to read more, without saying another word!

    The painting? Found in the pile of things to sell in the garage sale six months later that I agreed to help with!

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  • by bagless77 on January 24th, 2007

    bagless77

    My husband calls my mother every New Year to tell her how hot she is. The 1st tiem was an accident as he got a hold of my cell phone when drunk. Now it is tradition. This year, again drunk, he called and told her "You're turning 50 now. Be glad I am still calling. Worry when I stop". She says to make him stop, but I know she loves it. That is my mom in the pic

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  • by amanda on March 26th, 2007

    amanda

    my mil needs to get an update of our life and what kind of a person i am from my husband.

    she could easily treat me like a princess before my husband and otherwise in his absence.

    she tries to keep her son so much to herself that she has made him hate so many relatives ( both on his side and mine).....all she has to do is say something bad about the relative and at last add "afterall it was not their fault" ....its like pinching the baby and rocking the cradle too

    and when my hubby was in another room shouting at somebody she comes to me and says "that dog shouts when its stomach is empty" knowing pretty well that my husband wouldnt believe in me if i told about it to him

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  • by anne28 on January 29th, 2011

    anne28

    Well i have had a mil problem for years but now it's gotten worse. I have been married for 4 years and now I have a 16 month old boy. Well the first time we met he took me to mommies house and had me eat her food. Well I also moved in with him for a month and told him if he wasnt moving I would leave. Well we rented aprtments for 4 years near her house. She never used to visit me but since I had my child the first day she was at our home bathing the baby, clenaing the house etc.. Everyday at 9am she would do the same crap and not let me rest. When she came to my house she would scour everything with her eyes and bring her friends in without permission. One day we were eating and she told my husband I could eat in the room instead of the living room that pissed me off. Well 7 months ago we got into an argument that she cut my childs hair we haven't talked since. The problem is my child has been going there and recently he got badly burned with the radiator and the docs saw it. she also left his coat and diaper bag in a car and forgot about it when she took him to the mall and had to call a cab in freezing weather when my son had just caught rsv. Well my husband doesn't understand this im telling him that the only way she can see my son is to come to my house. Mind you we moved 30 min away from her now and I know shes pissed. Well my husband doesn't want to do this and we're constantly arguing about this. I am a stay at home mom but he gets 2000 something a week and still depends on his mom. I am willing to go to work but there's no money for childcare and I don't want my mom to take care of him bc i know what my husband will say. I feel he chooses his mom over his son bc he didnt tell me about the burns I had to call him! I most definetely feel I will become a single mother bc it's like I dont have a husband I call him at 9pm and hes at his mommies eating when he has to wake up at 3am and then he comes home and says that why did he move here it's too far! I just don;t think my son should be neglected and I don't think she can take care of my son well since he's very active. I love my husband but franly I don't know if he loves us. Oh and she recommended us to have the door fixed and this friend of hers came and left the doors without locks! I also am concerned to leave my son at her house bc of the type of people that come in. Can you believe she has friends that are prostitutes. His friends are his moms friends and we arten't even intimate anymore. My husband told me this. Please I need advice should I try harder or just give up and file divorce. I know I need to work but the main concern now is my son not being safe at his moms house and my husband doesn't want his mom to com to my house. What should I do? analv@rocketmail.cm Oh and now he says he doesn't want to be arguing so is hardly her it's Saturday and he left at 5am bc he needs to work says he wont be here if I don't leave his son go to his moms house! Am I doing the right thing I just don’t want my son to hate me.

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  • by Carol_R5494 on December 3rd, 2010

    Carol_R5494

    Well this is a good one, alot like a Jerry Springer episode. ! fiance been toegher for over 2 years, exwife passes away with canceer, fiance before she dies agrees to help her out because of their son and she is unable to take care of the house bills etc. I understand child comes first. We get back together after all is said and done, and he now has full custody of his son. No big deal his son and mine get along my boy refers to him as little bro, everything is fine the first couple of weeks, normal behavior problems, adaptation to a house with rules betimes, manners and church. We send his son up to visit his nana , comes back he is totally changed, throws temper tantrums, lies steals class disruption etc,. His nana informed him that I was never going to be his mom or his stepmom she would make sure of it. Now she is making appointments for him, calls every night, shows up if she doesn't hear from him, and it is over a 2 hour drive to do this had the nerve to step foot in my house and charge me when my husband was outside talking to his fatherin law. She is mean rude, My husband has asked her numerous times to stop interfearing,m and let him raise his son.
    Oh get this we found out on his visits his dad is bad mouthed, the nana sprays the child's dead mothers perfum all over and talks non stop about her when he is there and has the child sleep with his dead mothers shawl.
    Currently the child is uncontrollable and we now have appointment with a shrink, to get him evaluated.

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  • by leeks5229 on May 27th, 2008

    leeks5229

    My mother-in-law is one of the greatest women I have ever met in my life. It is unfortunate she is no with us. She has gone home to be with her Lord. All of us who knew her well would surely miss and cherish her.

    At her dying bed she only had comfort and encouragement for us whom she left behind. This was what she told all of us. I preferred you all will not cry and mourn for me because I would be leaving for a better place. But if you must, let it be just for one day. After that you must continue with your lives. Remember this!

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