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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I hosted a family get together last weekend. During the weekend, my husband kept mentioning that his mom was "stressed". Different story, but his mom is a really controlling, horrible person who talks about inappropriate topics and no one really enjoys (including my husband and his sister). I thought his mom was upset since we were hosting. My husband revealed that his dad is an alcoholic and his mom was stressed as his dad was in a drunken stupor and family members caught on, including me. My son and I found my father in law sneaking snacks in our basement bathroom and also my father in law urinated with the door open in front of family members. My father in law is a very buttoned up, stuffy guy so I found both of these things odd, not to mention that he is welcome to eat anything he wants in our house without sneaking snacks in the basement bathroom!

It turns out my husband's sister and mom confronted him about his drinking and tried to deny him from spending time with my nephews. My husband and his mom and sister want to have an intervention with their dad. My father in law "retired" in his early 50s (he's in his late 60s) and I always thought it was really odd given his field. I point out asked my husband if his dad's drinking affected his work and that is why he retired, rather than be fired. My husband said yes, that he was asked to retire or was going to be fired. He said that his dad has been an alcoholic since my husband's childhood and that he was a quiet drunk, but angered his mom as he would pass out at parties, in front of guests, snoring loudly or during conversations with others. This happened at the get together this weekend, but I just thought my father in law drank too much and was tired from traveling (he drove several hours to make the event).

My husband said that his dad stopped drinking when my mother in law became ill (basically for our entire relationship), but that he has relapsed back into drinking himself into oblivion and also left my two year old nephew at the park unattended. [/quote]

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