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[quote=Anonymous]OP, either get couples therapy or file for divorce.

I can tell you from experience, though, as the DH married to a DW who has family like this, a therapist is going to tell you you cannot control another person. You either have to man up and talk to your MIL yourself, change some habits (lock your bedroom, change your house keys, limit the time MIL is over), own that this is your lifestyle and maybe it's not so bad, or divorce your wife.

Honestly, as a guy that did a little of everything (except divorce), I think you sound like a real whiner. You can't talk to a little old lady directly? You have to ask your wife to do it? When my MIL had similar boundary issues, I told her on no uncertain terms that it was not acceptable to me and that she was damaging relationship with DW (and yes, MIL is foreign so I had to say this in her language). Guess what? MIL wanted our family to stay together more than she wanted to wash my underwear.

Being direct works. Taking control instead of passive-aggressively divorcing your DW over a fixable situation works.[/quote]

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