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[quote=Anonymous]So I posted a few weeks ago on my impossible MIL. I got all kinds of advice, some good and some well...lets just say I don't agree. So here is the latest- we are planning a surprise 50th for my husband in July. We belong to a club and thats where I decided i wanted to do it. Yesterday she called in a huff because she got wind of it through  my sister in law and literally started almost yelling as to why I did not ask her first!!!!!! She said SHE wanted to host it in her home and that she found it "rude" that I pushed her aside and chose the venue.

One minor detail it is I who is throwing this party not her. Shes not even a part of it. Once again I feel like this is her way to wanting the attention to be on her. The club makes perfect sense for so many reasons, too many to  count and my mind is made up. I told her this very nicely but she was still indignant and got off saying why don't you sleep on it and let me know in the morning. I was so stunned I could barely sleep all night. I cannot even tell my H because its a surprise. I feel like her tirades are becoming a weekly deal.

She stopped by to pick up something the other day and my D home from college from spring break showed her a dress she is wearing to a formal at another school (her boyfriends) and she tried it on and really look fantastic I might add and the first thing out of MIL's mouth is "the color makes you look too washed out I vote to keep searching"! Do you think she could have biten her lip and showed a bit of restraint? My D was very hurt, as we both loved the dress and i truly honestly think she said it on purpose. I do not think she meant it.

I am really at my wits end here, not sure what to do about her increasingly impossible behavior. I am really thinking shes not happy and want to reach out and speak to her but know she will put up that brick wall. I am just not sure whats going on but her attitude makes no one want to be around her. She is the epitome of having all the perks in life but not the one thing you really need to be able to enjoy them, inner happiness. She lives in a magnificent home, drives an expensive car, dresses beautifully,travels, eats well, etc....but at the end of the day she is still this very sour and bitter person. I finally also realized its my upbeat positive energy that makes her crazy and why I thought she was jealous to begin with. Any advice on how to treat this when I call her this morning after "I slept on it".

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