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[quote=Anonymous]I think about this more than what's considered healthy. My MIL is the only major thorn in our marriage. She wants to know everything about our finances, she treats me like I stole her baby from her, and the amount of guilt she puts on us to get together often is more than I care to bear anymore. I have been an incredibly respectful DIL, we see her every couple of weeks, we see her for all calendar occasions, we have her over and prepare nice meals, etc. But it's never enough for her. She is constantly reminding us how it's been 'forever' since this or that, or how everything we do needs to become an annual tradition, or how she doesn't want the grandkids to forget her, or how disrespectful it is if my family comes to town to visit us, but doesn't visit her.

Long story short - I'm getting to the point where I want to just leave. Move away. I'm tired of it. My husband handles her really well, but he thinks I'm crazy for even talking about leaving because of her. Have any of you done it? Did it help? I just want one less person in this world breathing down my back. I keep thinking that perhaps distance makes the heart grow fonder.

My husband's sibling used to live up north, and moved down here a few years ago to be closer to her. The pressure on them was relentless, their relationship sort of deteriorated, and they just got divorced. I can't help but wonder if it was living near her that contributed. They had other issues, but it got so much worse here. Anyways, just venting. And looking for words of wisdom.

Surely it's not healthy that my greatest fantasy involves uprooting the kids from the neighborhood we love and moving away from MIL.[/quote]

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