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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, sigh.

My MIL is kind of a wackadoodle. She had a full blown mid life crisis and left FIL for a very inappropriate person (don't want to share bc of identifying details). That didn't work out, shocker, but not before she'd lost the paid-off house she received in the divorce. Now she's married to someone who is constantly getting fired but always has these elaborate stories about how he was a victim of some malevolent person . . . funny how this happens to him over and over again.  :roll:

MIL talks in this little girl voice and laughs with my kids like she's some kind of Disney villain, or maybe on drugs. Just imagine the loudest, most annoying fake laugh you can, over and over. It's like she can't relate to my kids just by being a . . . person.

So I'd say that given all of that, I am a saint who is generally tolerant of my crazy pants MIL. I learned long ago not to stress about being the bridge between her and DH. She's his mother. He can see her, or not see her, if he wants!

Sometimes my MIL irks me because, given the lack of invitations forthcoming from our side, she will name a time and place that she wants to see us. I would prefer she say, "I'd like to see you . . . what works for you?" instead of, "I would like to see you on Saturday at X Place." But at least she takes "no" well. And she knows I am direct and will say no if I need to. She doesn't take it personally. So I guess she's a mixed bag. Sometimes I wonder how someone with such poor judgment and such an immature personality raised my DH . . .  :shock:

Given her total lack of savings and life situation, I'm sure we will need to support her financially in the end. Again, I try not to sweat this kind of thing. It's just money, and what is it for if not to protect our loved ones? Of course, the ones who squander and make ill advised choices are harder to support with enthusiasm . . . [/quote]

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