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[quote=Anonymous]I've been dating a great guy for a year and a half and we have been talking lately about getting married and I want to say yes. I love him--but sometimes I think about spending holidays for the next 20-30 years with his mom and start to hyperventilate. I don't even know where to begin in describing the ways in which she has been awful to me except to resort to anecdote but who wants to go into all of that? I'll just say that she's extremely critical of me in almost every way and doesn't hesitate to let me know. I have a daughter from a previous marriage and FMIL(?) is really hard on her, too, in the same way. Any time that we spend time with my family MIL freaks out and ends up causing such a big fuss (calling dozens of times during Christmas dinner and into the night, making veiled threats of harm against herself) that it ruins the day for all of us.

BF stands up for me but isn't willing to cut her out of his life or impose any kind of consequence like that and I don't think there's any way she can change. I love him--but I feel so bad around her that I don't know about tethering myself to her for the rest of my life.

Would you ever consider not marrying a man you loved because his mom/family is nuts? [/quote]

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