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Anonymous
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So I like to hear stories about miserable in-laws to make myself feel a bit better. For any of you that have them, this story is a real good one.
I have always tried to maintain a cordial relationship with her. We have nothing in common but that never mattered to me, she makes it an issue. No big deal, that's fine. Then we were at her hell hole in June to stop by and meet our neice and have a bbq. After a while my 18 month old son wants to go inside. I think okay SIL is inside feeding the baby, MIL is inside talking with her they will be thrilled to have some time with my son. About 5 minutes later I decide to go inside and see what's going on. To my horror out of her bedroom walks my son holding a loaded handgun. Apparently her current husband sleeps with it on the floor next to his bed. Needless to say I lost it and we left. My husband was furious with her. We are giving her a chance to have lunch with us tomorrow and I feel this serious hatred and don't want to sit at the table with her. I know this story is insane, but I couldn't make this up if I tried! |
Anonymous
| Well, we are from South America and when we came here to live we stayed with MIL for 1 month because we were looking for houses to rent, anyway she is rich and we had to pay her rent and food!! I still can not believe it!! she is selfish and mean. |
Anonymous
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Not as crazy as OP's but during one of her three week-long visits (she lives abroad) my MIL took one look at our bedroom and decided that the painting we have over our bed, a print of a Van Gogh painting of a street in Paris that I love, did not complement our decor. While shopping at Target a couple of days later she bought another print that she thought would look better.
When DH showed it to me, I lost it. Needles to say, the one she bought is currently in DH's office at work. I never wanted to see it again. |
Anonymous
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My mother in law is staying with us right now...
She delivers little jabs pretty frequently, always reminding me that I didn't do something quite right. She seems to think that the only reason I do things my way is because I don't know her better way, so of course she has to tell me. Repeatedly. She never lets me get away with anything, always making sure I'm aware exactly where and how I fell short. For my own good, no doubt. My solution has been to mildly say, "yes, you mentioned that the last time you were here". On the other hand... She has stayed in with my children twice this week so that I could go out in the evening with friends. Other days, she cooked meals, cleaned my house, and folded the kids' laundry. I haven't been to the grocery store in a week (a record for me, by a lot). |
Anonymous
Despite the fact that I was over 30, with an MBA and a successful career, my MIL seemed to think I was marrying Dh for his stock portfolio. When I saw them post-engagement, instead of making small talk about wedding plans, she wanted to know about my 401K savings  Riiiiight, I took out loans to go to business school so I could find a husband.
Her first comment upon seeing my engagement ring was "I want one like that". No "welcome to the family" or "isn't that pretty". 6 months later, she had a ring exactly like mine. Creepy. Instead of living across the country, we now live 35 minutes away from the ILs 
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Anonymous
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1) When DH and I moved into our first house, I went to work one day while MIL was visiting. When I returned, she had rearranged all my furniture, gone through my drawers, and moved every single kitchen item and food item out of the cabinets and into different cabinets.
2) She told my two-year-old that her dog was going to eat all of his Christmas gifts. 3) She got mad at DH and just took all the money out of her grandchildren's college account last month. We assume she also cut DH out of her will. 4) She told DH that he is killing her and that she'll be dead in a year because DH is not on speaking terms with her. 5) She fed my child peanut butter when he was ONE even though I told her we suspected he had a food allergy and could die from peanuts I could easily make a list of 20 things like this. |
Anonymous
| OP poster here, oh don't get me started about the engagement ring. When she saw my ring (keep in mind she has a harley davidson $30 ring) she asked if it was glass. Then proceeded to google how much it must have cost when she got home and 6 months later asked my husband for a 10k loan siting he certainly had the money based on the size of my ring! UNREAL! |
Anonymous
| Devil finds work for idle hands and minds. |
Anonymous
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If any of my friends is reading, they're going to recognize me from this story...
Several years ago my MIL was charged with giving me jewelry belonging to DH's beloved grandmother (the MIL of my MIL) who had just passed away. MIL handed me these gorgeous rings... in a biohazard bag. Straight from the morgue. |
Anonymous
| my MIL is very respectful. My MOTHER is the problem. whenever she comes to visit she rearranges my furniture and then throws a fit when i move it back. she washes my clothes when I beg her not to do so (while I"m at work) and ruins $200-300 shirts which I can no longer afford to replace. she throws out my food if it has hydrogenated oils, even though i grew up on hot dogs. she goes through my drawers and jewelry. i could go on and on... |
Anonymous
Ding, ding, ding!! We have a CRAZY MIL winner!!! |
Anonymous
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When DH and I were dating, he mentioned that he had joint account with his mother from back when he was in college (so she could deposit money for him easily).
After we married, he told her that he wanted to have her name removed from the account and mine added. She had to write a letter stating this was okay. MIL fussed and fumed and guilted him, saying she was his mother and she wasn't going to be checking our balance or anything and why couldn't she stay on it even if my name was added to the account? DH just rolled his eyes, wrote out the letter, and presented it to his mother. She pouted, refused to read it and asked what would happen if she wouldn't sign it. He simply said he'd abandon that account and open a new one with his wife. She signed it after she told him he'd regret it. MIL still takes every opportunity to remind us of that incident, like when she wants to send our children money for their birthdays, etc.
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Anonymous
| There isn't enough room in cyberspace for me to give you a real taste of my MIL. But I'll try to get back to you with some of my best stories. |
Anonymous
This is certainly a contender, but I still vote for the LOADED HANDGUN - holy crap! I feel very fortunate right about now. |
Anonymous
| She has 10 cats. They have one litterbox. It's in her dining room. And that is about as lovely as you might imagine. |