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Anonymous wrote:Scheduled father in laws funeral 3 years ago on my birthday. She knew it was my birthday and had other dates to choose from.

Okay, sorry, you're the self-absorbed one here. It was her husbands funeral! Dear God, your birthday is pretty low on priorities in this situation.

Agree completely with the PP.

Direct quote:

"Don't worry, I'd rather have a smart daughter-in-law than a pretty one."

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Anyway, she ended up buying a goat--yes, a goat!--and named it "Janet" and said "There. Now, you don't want to name your baby after a goat, do you?"

OMG. That is insane and yet hilarious (from the outside, of course!)

agree!

She started coughing while my husband said his wedding vows and proceeded to open candy wrappers loudly throughout rest of ceremony. This was of course after almost not coming, infuriating me to this day by the prewedding drama she caused.

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Anonymous wrote:Well SHE DILUTED THE MEDICATION FOR CHILDREN THAT HAD PNEUMONIA DURING WORLD WAR TWO SO THAT SHE COULD MAKE A PROFIT AND CHILDREN DIED SO DOES THAT COUNT AS BAD?

Oh, that was the plot from The Third Man. Sorry.

I am dying laughing, seriously!

Not the poster of this gem, but there's also how she poisoned my coffee with arsenic when she found out that I was working for the CIA to expose the nefariousness of former Nazis in South America. Wait, that would be the plot to Notorious.

Anonymous wrote:Well SHE DILUTED THE MEDICATION FOR CHILDREN THAT HAD PNEUMONIA DURING WORLD WAR TWO SO THAT SHE COULD MAKE A PROFIT AND CHILDREN DIED SO DOES THAT COUNT AS BAD?

Oh, that was the plot from The Third Man. Sorry.

I am dying laughing, seriously!

1. Threw a crying fit at our wedding because we didn't make a toast especially for her;
2. Told me when we were trying to have a baby that I was too old and it wasn't going to happen;
3. Left at Christmas dinner because the card we bought her wasn't sentimental enough
4. Told me that my son is becoming a sociopath. He's 2 and she was dead serious.

Oh wait-that's my mother!! Unfortunately, my husbsnd's mother, who was lovely by all accounts, passed away the year before we met.

Anonymous wrote:Sat my husband down for a serious conversation about all of my shortcomings. Informed him that she, as his mother, could tell that he was unhappy when I was around. (He was previously unaware of this "fact".) And the worst part is, he thinks she walks on water, so he took her very seriously, and sat ME down for a conversation about all of my shortcomings. Again, none of these complaints were his. He just takes everything she says to be gospel truth. If she said that he looked miserable when I walked into a room, well, he must be miserable. And so it's on me to make a change.

LOL. My father in law did the same to my DH. I can't stand him!

Anonymous wrote:

Anyway, she ended up buying a goat--yes, a goat!--and named it "Janet" and said "There. Now, you don't want to name your baby after a goat, do you?"

OMG. That is insane and yet hilarious (from the outside, of course!)

+1....This is funny! What a nut! Hope she truly wanted poor Janice the goat. I hate to think of her adopting a goat just to spite you with the name.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gasped in horror when my husband announced we were expecting our first baby (we were both in our early thirties), responded only with "WHEN?!?", and then visibly did the math in her head to determine whether I'd been pregnant at the wedding.

Oh, and when he years later announced we were moving to my home state, she declared "that's been her (my) plan since the beginning." Yes, MIL, it's a diabolical husband recruiting scheme. We're programmed to live in Other Location for years, develop a career and social circle there, find an unwitting husband, buy a home, have a child, and then BOOM - bring them back to The Motherland.

this is true

Marcia, is that you?

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL staged a dramatic public suicide attempt when it was time to catch a flight to attend our wedding, hoping to prevent the ceremony.

OMG is this true? How awful!!!! If my MIL had thought of it she would have done the same thing.

You have to give her points for creativity! Next time, make sure she gets a 72 hour hold at a local psych facility. She'd love that.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing. I thank God often for my wonderful MIL.

I am happy for you. The thing is not every person is so lucky. This is a vent and share pain thread. If I read a thread about people who were abused as children and posted "my childhood was great and I have wonderful parents" it would be cruel. No these MILs don't physically abuse or I hope they don't, but some can be quite awful. Count your blessings, but don't rub your good fortune in other people's faces.

Anonymous wrote:Sat my husband down for a serious conversation about all of my shortcomings. Informed him that she, as his mother, could tell that he was unhappy when I was around. (He was previously unaware of this "fact".) And the worst part is, he thinks she walks on water, so he took her very seriously, and sat ME down for a conversation about all of my shortcomings. Again, none of these complaints were his. He just takes everything she says to be gospel truth. If she said that he looked miserable when I walked into a room, well, he must be miserable. And so it's on me to make a change.

My MIL did the same thing. I feel your pain! Only difference is my husband knows she's bat shit crazy, but he also doesn't want to be dethroned as Golden boy.

Anonymous wrote:My MIL staged a dramatic public suicide attempt when it was time to catch a flight to attend our wedding, hoping to prevent the ceremony.

OMG is this true? How awful!!!! If my MIL had thought of it she would have done the same thing.

I have a list..

* She throws temper tantrums
*She put my niece in harms way multiple times when SIL used her as a babysitter
*She was a mean drunk during a lot of DH's childhood
*If you don't do what she wants she declares you dead to her, but then when she is ready for you to be alive to her she expects you to jump when she says so
*She tries her darndest to cause problems in her kids marriage. Drama is food for her.
*She stole money from her sister and she's a self absorbed mooch

I don't believe my husband is related to that evil shrew. I seriously think she took home the wrong baby. They say only the good die young so I fully expect her to be the first woman to live to be 200.