Reply to Weird mother-in-law

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Weird mother-in-law"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not super unusual, but completely inappropriate. MIL is probably of the generation where husband made all the money, it was his money, she got an allowance, and never got to get new clothes or accessories.  Her big excitement came every other year when hubby got her a new coat for Christmas and it was supposed to move her to tears with gratitude.  Set some boundaries, but pity her.[/quote]

How old do you suppose the MIL is that she spent her adult years in the pre-womens'-lib era? Even if MIL is 90, it's still not normal to search someone's stuff and then cry when they ask you not to. It's mental illness/personality disorder, especially as OP says her MIL is not from one of the cultures where that kind of crazy, no-boundary behavior is often "acceptable."

If you can't be a grown-up and tell someone not to search you, and you quake at the thought of them gossiping about what they find, then you deserve the life you and your man-baby have together with his dysfunctional family.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics