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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember my mom telling his mom what bad habits he had with cleaning up after himself, remembering to do things, working too much.

All my European MIL said was: “Oh that, yes I already know his shortcomings.”  And then she walked away.

Ugh. [/quote]

Um, that was literally the perfect response. How about don't use your MIL as a therapist. She's not your therapist or your girlfriend. Don't try to put her in a tough spot.[/quote]

The tough spot meaning her son needs to grow up and be an adult? Or take his ADD meds? [/quote]

The tough spot meaning why should she, the MIL, answer for her grown-ass son’s behavior, or try to play therapist or mediator, when she is neither? Grow up.[/quote]

+1. This is ridiculous. If I’m having issues with DH I’m not going to go ask his mother to fix them. “That’s it, DH, if you can’t start being more attentive to my needs in this marriage I’m calling your mother!”[/quote]

A parent can always tell their adult son to “shape up.” 
In this case no one did and sounds like they divorced later, he never improved. No intervention. No advice to him. 
But hey, at least she agreed on his issues!  And knew they were deeper than anyone else knew due to mental disorders. [/quote]

You must have a mental disorder if you dated, were engaged to, married and procreated (more than once!) with someone who had mental disorders.

Or at least…you must not have much to offer, and you took what you could get.[/quote]

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