/default/Stories.aspx An articles RSS feed from the EfficionConsulting Articles Module for DNN. en-us MyCrazyIn-Laws MyCrazyIn-Laws Sun, 20 May 2012 13:34:02 GMT EfficionConsulting Articles Module (www.efficionconsulting.com) Copyright 2012, My Crazy In-Laws I don't know what to do anymore. My Mother-in-Law is visiting, and I can't take her anymore. She's extremely hard to speak to. If I have a problem with her or her lovely daughters, she yells and goes insane. She's verbally abusive as well. She has told me I'm "disgusting" I'm "crazy" and that she hates me. She is completely two faced and no one in my family can see it because she cries constantly and makes herself look like the innocent one. She's trying to ruin my relationship with my husband. I almost called it quits twice because of her. Not only is she mean with me, but she spreads lies, gossips, and accuses me of stuff I never did. I can't take it anymore. And I just sit there and put up with it, because she's older and I don't want to disrespect her. I tired to get my parents step in, but they don't want to get involved. My sister in laws are extremely rude. I don't even have a relationship with them. My mother in law had a horrible past life, but what she's doing to me theres no excuse for that. I think she forgot she once was a daughter in law herself! She constantly complains about my husband, saying she hates him and then two seconds later she says she loves him then cries..and puts on this whole scene!! WHATS WRONG WITH THEM?! LEAVE ME ALONE! What can I do??  MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT My husband used to live with his parents when we were getting married. After we got married, he made me stay with them as well, for nearly two years. The worst two years of my life. My in laws are over bearing, intrusive & highly insecure beings. DH's mom still buys him underwear, DH is 35 now,thats how crazy the family is. My husband is afraid to cut the apron strings & refuses to see the above mentioned qualities of my in laws. Basically in the two years that we lived with my in laws, my marriage nearly ended with him. I put my foot down and told him that it was imperative we moved. DH insisted on moving somewhere closer to his folks. Trust me my mother in law from hell created enough drama when we said we were moving. Now we live 15 mins away from them. That hasn't stopped them from interfering in our lives. Me & hubby have a pretty much peaceful life, which hasn't gone down well with the in laws. Now my only prayer is that we move far far away from his family.I really hope I see that day in Jesus name, Amen!  MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT I have been married a little over a yr. my husband and i dated for about 2 yrs before getting married. from the get go his mother never liked me. she viewed me as competition for her son's affection (creepy right?). when my husband and i got married we told eachother that his family would not interfere with our marriage, or how we raise our son.  /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/113/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT I have this mother in law who always asked for money because as she said they don't have money to buy food and they're broke due to loans. we always argued with my husband when we were not yet married but was already pregnant with my firt child(now 5 months old). because i always had to tell my husband that we also need money for the delivery of my baby, we always then had a fight and mu husband then always called me a person who values nothing but money and have even said many things to belittle my personality. then that never ends even at present with another issues. on new year, we had conflict because of some reason and during the fight he then told that im so irritating then i told him back that he and his sisters are more irritating. her it comes to the point that he already put his hands on me. for me my life is so miserable and just today i feel like im about to explode due to anger...  MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT my mother in law lies all the time she just wants attention 24/7. the last 3 years we had christmas morning at our house, and had my husbands siblings and parents over, and my dad. every year she gives us a problem about it the first year she was hesitant to let us like its her decision so we told her be here at 10am and she said no i want to do it at 7am so we were like ok and we got up and got ready and she had the nerve to come at 8am, and last year she came late also and gave us problems about doing christmas morning again but we did it at 10am this time despite what she had to say about it.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/111/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT His whole family drives me crazy. We are not married yet, we are together for 1 year but I hate his mom already so much! Perhaps it's just because we live together with his mom... When my boyfriend's parents got married they lived with his dad's parents for the first six months. After that his mom said that either she leaves his dad or they move out of his parent's house. Now, thirty years later, she's doing the same, telling me what I should or shouldn't do. She is like a God for them, everybody, even his dad is afraid of her... I love my boyfriend so much that I realy don't know how to live without him... on the other hand, I don't know how long I will be able to live like this.. Ah, he wants to buy an appartment for her, so that she could move out...in a building in front of hte one we live now... I am so depressed with all of this, I just don't know what to do... I'm lost...  MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT   My mother in law is PSYCHO!!!!! When my husband & I met, she LOVED me! When he proposed to me, she was thrilled! When we set a date- she told me she had to work that weekend {6 months out} and refused to take a day off of work to attend, so we had to change our date. She wanted nothing to do with helping to plan the wedding. Made it a point to come to my house to tell me she bought her dress, and she was sorry but everyone was going to be staring at her- not me- on my wedding day. On the day of my wedding, she insulted my memorial table, tried to take over my dj and photographer, interrupted our first dance, and told everyone she was the most beautiful person in the room.    /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/109/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Well I have been married 18 years and have 3 kids. Well my brother in law thinks some chic with five kids and a boyfriend is more important to have at family gatherings then me. So I say screw them all. I married my husband not his family.  MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT When my Fiance and I first started dating, I asked him why he never talked about his family much.   He said that they were crazy.   I said "everyone has crazy family members."   Well, I made him go see his family, particularly his Mother and sister.   They were nice enough when I met them,   although not too polite or friendly.   Over the months we spent more time with them, and I just was never able to develop a friendly relationship.   Well, the craziness started when his sister got engaged, in August of 2010.   Then my boyfriend proposed in December of that year.   Well, his sister and fiance are very immature and have decided to basically have a goth themed wedding on Friday, October 13, of 2012.   I knew when their wedding was set, but at the time, neither of us were thinking of her when we set our date.   We set ours for March of 2012, thinking that she would be excited to plan a wedding together.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/107/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT My sister in-law is insane. She is a jealous and vindictive person. Lets call her Jane. My husband and I have only been married for a month, but we have been together for almost 5 years. We have a two year old daughter. When I found out I was pregnant at 17, my hubby called his sister to tell her the good news. Jane was not happy. Her and her thing have been together longer and should have been pregnant first. She even told me that I could not name my daughter Naveh because she was going to name her daughter that. That is fine with me that name isn't the greatest name anyways, we ended up choosing Elizabeth. Anyways   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/106/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT My mother in law is nuts. She has no respect for boundaries and thinks that just because he is her son, that my opinion is pointless. She claims that he will always be her son first. Before our engagement, she tried like hell to force us to get married. When we finally decided we actually wanted to, she didn't think it was such a good idea. She even went so far as to claim that I was only marrying her son for his insurance. Which I know wasn't the case because I had been without medical insurance for 3 years and was perfectly ok with it.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/105/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT   Just got married and that's when my in laws change. She wanted her grandson to walk down the aisle I said no 3 different times. The day of the wedding they got to my wedding 30 min late. as we are walking down the aisle they put   there grandson to walk down the aisle when every one was looking at me and I couldn't object. then they were an 1 hr late to the reception the took my husband flower for his father and they took flowers out of my bouquet for there grandson then his mother ask my mother during the meal if she thinks we were going to last. She then took the cake with her. they never gave us anything or paid my mother paid for everything and my husband and I had to pay for there accommodations. How Rude?????     MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Ive been maried with my husband for about 5   months and living with his parents for a year and a half because yes I got pregnant at 19 with our daughter and he wanted me close during my pregnancy. He attends college full time an they offered this alternative so we could save money and not worry about bills until he graduated. Well I had my child and have been living with them still and they have gotten the pleasure of having her around for 11 months.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/103/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Well, where to begin!   My story is simply crazy.   First and foremost, I have a wonderful relationship with my MIL.   She is like a second mother to me. My problems are with my SIL's, mainly the 1 SIL. I have been with my husband for 4 1/2 years, married for just over a year now.   About 4 months after we got married I became very ill, in and out of the hospital for three weeks.   My husband was acting strange but I was so sick I tried to focus on getting well.   Making a long story short; I found out that he was talking to another woman and so I told him he needed to leave for the night and we could talk it out the next day...   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/102/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT My in-laws are crazy!   Especially my mother-in-law!   They are both the most irresponsible people my husband and I know.   They are way too old to be having kids and each had their own families before getting together, but they just keep popping out the babies!   They already have grandkids (our kids) but continually ignore them.   Their kids are crazy too!   (My husband would have been crazy if I wouldn't have rescued him for sure!)   They tell the extended family all kinds of lies about my family and then deny they said a thing.   I am so happy they are no longer a part of our lives!   MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT My in laws have always had acid comments about everything, that was tolerable but last weekends things got out of hand.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/100/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT   My In-laws are always wanting to know what is going on in our lives!! My mother-in-law is alwys in my face about how I raise our sons, just because i wont allow them to shout at me or misbehave. They get a good hidding if nessacery and to her that is sooooooo wrong!! I'm not allowed to dissipilne them in anyway according to her!!! It frustrates me! And my husband always keeps his mouth shut and she is allowed to say anything to me!!   Our yougest is only 2 and he is really a handful!    /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/99/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT My in law madness began 31/2 years ago. both I and my now husband were going through painful divorces when we became more than just supportive friends. We both knew it would take time for our respective families to come around to the idea that we were now together. My family was the first to open up and get to know my now-husband. /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/98/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT  Hi all, I am in need of strong advise, it had been 10 yrs & every other day i have some new drama from my in laws... I talked to few people about my in laws & they end up telling them & now they r more upset than ever & made my life hell since i got married. I am just allowed to tolerate whatever they do & say but not to tell anything whta they do... I am totally messedup failing in my career,fights with my hubby... I don't want to see them but my husband says that we shud to teh parties in which we r invited but teh thing they don't talk to me..they all have a strong team.. I felt & feel so stupid.. I am most educated person in the family..gone through finnacial,mental, emotional,physical,professional trouble.. I need some advise how to change my life & get out of this trash it had been more than 10yrs.. pls advise. MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Dear crazy mother in law, may i remind you that you have 3 children, not just my husband. there for you can leave us alone and continue to only disrupt your other two children's lives for as long as they continue to let you. your son is now MY husband and we are having a baby which means he has a new family. he is not 2 years old so that means you can stop stalking him and calling him your little boy and your baby.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/96/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT 1. My SIL works in a hospital as a labor and delivery nurse.   She saw my OB/GYN one day in the hall while she was at work and asked her if I was pregnant! (HIPPA anyone??) This is the same SIL, that during her own pregnancy, invited my husbands mom, sisters and a family friend to the hospital to watch her give HERSELF a vaginal ultrasound!!   Needless to say,  /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/95/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT So me an my fiance have been together almost 3 years. My got us together over myspace( I know weird) but we fell in love an our wedding is may 28. Anyway my fiance is the only boy he has a older sister an a younger sister. he spends most of his time at my house with my brothers. His family doesnt like that fact he is always with my family. espicially his older sister!   she is 25 has no job has no man an vents an hangs out with a 15 year old ( she has no life) so one mourning my mom woke me to see what my fiance sister wrote to her on facebook. she disrespected me an my family in the message. so i go to my fiance house and ask his sister what the problem is. She starts yellin an screamin at me cussin me out sayin i dont treat her mom right! which ive never said a bad thing about her or the fam. Anyway then my mother comes over an fiance sister starts callin my mom a B**ch. so i got my moms back an we all start fighting. an my " mother in law" is crying when she knows this whole thing is her fault cause she talks mess about me to her daughter. An then want to be all goody goody gum drop with me an my family! It doesnt work that way! So i refuse to have anything to with them! crazy in laws!   MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT My m-i-l is a complete, total, certifiable whack job. The woman has been an active drug addict and alcoholic for 30 years. It amazes me every single day that my DH grew up to be as normal as he did. He's absolutely wonderful. I'm certain he learned all of this from his father, who I've deemed a Saint for staying married to a drunken shrew for so many years. At any rate, this woman's addiction kept her from being a decent parent, but now that we're having our first baby she's trying for mommy of the year status. It's a little late for that, don't ya' think? She gets plastered and calls my office. She gets plastered and picks fights with everyone around her. She cries and cries because we're not going to allow her to be alone with our son (out of fear of her passing out while he's in her care and because the nicotine on the walls in her house is about an ince thick). She showed up to my baby shower (that I didn't want to invite her to anyway) 45 minutes late and conducted herself like she was raised by a pack of wolves.  /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/93/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT I don't know why is it so hard for my in-laws to accept me. 10 years of trying to "fit-in" is just a major waste of time!!! MIL questioned my love for his son! What she didn't realize if I do not love his son, I won't put up 10 years of rejection, and the memory of being criticized,yelled, looked down on the day of my birthday!Good thing, my parents had raised me well and taught me how to respect the elders! I'm exhausted, and I give up! I don't want to please any of my in-laws any more. I just want peace of mind, and frankly,I don't care anymore! To my in-laws, if you can't take and accept me, it isn't my problem! I am sorry I am not perfect like most of you!!!!   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/92/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Well my husband and I started dating when I was around 17-18 he was 18-19 we broke up for about a month and his parents and sisters convinced him we should get back together so we did eventually work things out.. well about 6 months later I got pregnant i was 20. We had been together a couple years and knew eachother since high school, but of coarse they said I traped him and I should get an abortion. Well we decided to keep the baby and get married, My husband is the youngest of 4 children with 3 older sisters so not only is he the baby... hes the only boy. My MIL cried so hard at the wedding everyone could tell they were not happy tears.. Anyway well we lived in an apartment for about a year but decided to go back to school and we moved in with his parents so we could pay for school instead of rent. WELL BIG MISTAKE!!!  /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/91/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT I've been married a little over a year now and my in laws live with us in my husbands house. I knew when we were dating that I would be moving into an already full house and had the highest hopes and intentions to be part of a happy family. The problem with that was that his mom is a passive-aggressive, bitter, manipulative woman who projects her life's drama onto her children, including two young girls under the age of 10.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/90/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT I've been married to my husband for almost 3 years. We knew each other when we were children so I knew his family before...at least I thought. My MIL has to be in control of everything. She was in control of my husband's money when we first started dating and he didn't even live with her. When it got to the point where she wouldn't give him money to reimburse me for bills I was covering when we moved in together we opened a joint account and changed his direct deposit. We got married and then got pregnant a few months later.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/89/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT  I don't even know where to begin. When I first met them I was 5 months pregnant with their first grandchild. My boyfriend, at the time, was in Iraq and I made arrangement's to meet his parents. Everything went great and we seemed to get along great. After I had my baby girl I made sure to spend lots of time with them. They live over an hour away and I drove to them with a newborn baby every other week, and would spend at least three to four days with them. The longer I was around them I began to see what kind of people they really were. There whole "real family" persona was a cover to a very dis functional family. My in laws never spoke a good word about anyone and even tried to plant sour ideas of their son in my head but I tried to brush it off and look past it.  /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/88/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT This involves my sister in law. My husband is the oldest of six children. She is the baby (39years old and never married, come to think of it-she doesn't date either) and the family still thinks she is the baby. Anyway, we have a combined total of 8 nieces and nephews (which 2 boys are ours). My oldest recently had the lead in his 8th grade play, she welcomed us with her presence and before the start of the play bragged how wonderful my other niece (same age as my oldest) is, how athletic, pretty, etc. Who cares? Anyway, the play starts and I wish I had a camera. Her mouth was on the floor for the entire hour, she was shocked at how well our son did. Talk about a Kodak moment.  MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Here in the comment field you can send us a story!  NB! as of now we can only receive about 1900 characters. MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT My husband and I divorced 5 years ago. It was a clean break with my inlaws. We got back together two years ago. They don't call here for fear of talking to me. Instead they call my ex (we're still not married) on his cell phone. When I show up at gatherings, they speak as little as they possibly can to me and make me feel so "less than". All invitations are addressed to him. If I or my kids are invited over there, it is always "and oh yeah , Sheila and the kids are invited too" an afterthought. I don't want to have to go over there ever again, but I don't want to put my husband (I still call him that) in the middle of anything.   MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT My hubby and I are outdoors ppl and love to go hunting and fishing together. We have a 3yr old son and one day hope that he gets involved too but arnt gonna push it. I have strong feelings about children playing with toy guns when they are to young to understand the diff. between "real" and "fake". My mil seems to think its ok even tho i have talked to her about it. But when it came to my sons secound birthday she thought he was old enough for a toy gun. I was in a rage she was arguing about it. The sad thing is she is so crazy that she told me that she doesn't see why myself and his father can "play" with guns and he can't. If anyone is that stupid to compare the to you have issues. when my nephew turned 4 he was given a BB gun by them ,I just think some ppl have problems. That is just one situation of many.  MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT This story isen't about my child but if it were i would be even more in a rage. My mil was talking about how she was able to drive a 2 hour drive and my Father in law was in the back seat running around with my nephew, i was never so pissed in my life the kid was only 3 yrs old at the time how dare you be that stupid! HELLO THEY MAKE CAR SEATS FOR SAFTY not for the fun of it. I was as mad at them for doing it as i was at my nephew for allowing it he knows better and he was only 3. The other day my nephew cameover and was picked up by my mil and i witnessed her try to open her van door and it wouldnt open so she put the booster seat in the passanger front seat of her van. I once again was in a rage. I have a 3yr old and I will be dammed if my mil ever gets the chance to mess up like that talk about trusting ppl with your kids.   MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT I have the craziest MIL story. Hubby and i planned our wedding 2 years in advance to allow her to book her OS trip to attend, in the mean time she got engaged and wanted a double wedding! She ended up not attending our wedding when we refused!   MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT  This woman is a cross between Satan and the criminally insane. I am from Boston and I have more medical problems than I care to share and costly medical bills have forced us to move in with the woman.... in Alabama. She pressured me to come here saying "She'll never follow you here, she doesn't love you enough. She needs to proove herself by coming down here." Im here... along with everything I own... no one told me how tiny this house was! Now she's yelling at me daily for bringing everything I own to her house and cluttering her lifestyle. She asked me not to have boxes on the hardwood floors, so I put a towel down.... a 6 hour argument resluted because I was supposed to know that that was her, and I quote, favorite lucky towel. (It's a kmart martha stewart by the way). She then called her 73 year old mother to have her yell at me, tell me to, and again I quote, go to my room and shut up. Im too frazzled to go into it more, but believe me they're will be more... and they get far far worse. I needed and outlet so I typed "my mother in law is cray" into google and this wouderful venting outlet is what miraculously popped up! Because of my medical problems my body gets physically agitated from anxiety and stress... embarassing, I know, I literally quiver and shake and studder in confrontation and the woman feeds off this... loving seeing me in pain. I think Im going to have to write a book about her.... the world must know! MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Being nice to the in-laws are just a waste of time. Not only do they not acknowledge or appreciate your effort, they voiced out dislike or negative comments instead. For every special occasion and visits to the in-laws, I've been bringing them something all the time. Unfortunately, instead of thanking me, they make it like it's my responsibility to bring or give it to them. There's no thank you or what so ever. Initially, my hubby was saying that they are not used to people giving them things. But is that a good excuse for not even knowing basic courtesy? I've resigned to the fact that, no matter how nice I am to them, I'll never be good enough for their son. On the positive side, we're happily married and my hubby has realized the "invisible" wall between me and his family. They're giving him the cold treatment now because he stands by me and supports all my decision.   MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT My in-laws are the nicest people. They love and accept me, and I have few issues with them of a personal nature. However, my in-laws are hoarders and their home is simply not sanitary or safe. I contend the home - which has animal feces on the floor, wood chips from the stove, dust everywhere, and I have no idea when the last time the bathrooms were cleaned - is unsafe for my children to be in. (BTW, I found a rodent in the bed my child was supposed to stay in one day!) If this were our home, I suspect DFS would remove the children from us for failing to provide a safe environment. My husband grew up this way, though, and thinks the uncleanliness and piles of junk (newspapers, boxes of empty cans, etc) isn't such a big deal. My husband finally confronted them - telling them I think it's unsafe, not him! Now my MIL won't speak to me. Any advice on how to confront the issue with the in-laws? Am I overreacting to suggest we stay at a hotel rather than in their home?   MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT I am married to my husband for about 4 years. The day of our wedding a blood relative on his side said to me you are brave, your mil to be is mean and nasty and will make you life hell. On my wedding day I was told this... Oh she was right, I wished her a Happy Mothers Day and she said to me only tell me that when I am a grandmother to be... On top of the situations, is she has two teenage boys, whom have no rules or they set discipline for. You never want to be in public with them they allow this boys to talk perverted and dirty all the time, my in laws think its funny... The oldest one has a girlfriend whom is my mil saint, and the girlfriend practically lives at there home, she gives the girl gas money to haul around her son whom only works on Saturdays and has no license. They are teenagers and do no chores, always asking for money and they sit around all the time. Next issues I have a hard time being around her, because of how she treats me and my husband like dirt aka second class citizens. I found out I was pregnant, and from day one, she has made comments well the baby will be coming from the hospital to my house not yours, she has made my baby shower so unwanted by myself and has scared away anyone who wants to help. My husband swears its all me and I am reading way into this. But he is so use to being treating like dirt and I am not because my family always taught us respect and treated us with respect. I am more scared to bring my child in this world to deal with this drama more than the school shootings, and economy. Is there a book out there, on advice or ways to cope with crazy mil??? Okay done venting,...   MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Beware of Croatian mother in law's. Some examples: 'You are not allowed to eat two eggs, women can only eat 1 egg' 'You must save money, you do not need milk, this is luxury... You will not buy milk for a month' 'My son does everything for you! Like that time he bought you those £5 shoes and I wanted walnuts!' (This was over 3 years ago) 'Men do not want you Canadian wifes, all they do is get money and divorce; still my friend Omar comes to my house and cries how his western wife took everything' Men want european wives because we're easy and adaptable' 'You must not eat fruit after you eat or it will go rotten and you will die' 'Why do you bring this kitten to my parents house! My mother will swing it by it's tail over a fence, you will make us all sick' 'No blessings, No blessings!' Us: 'We're engaged!' Mother in law: 'No, first Sarah should study and then after that maybe you can think about getting married' (BTW I'm 24 with a government job) NEVER mention your love for animals, give money to charity or eat more than 1 egg! Also beware to never mention money as it will be turned and twisted against you. Never weigh more than 120 lb's or shower everyday. Expect your husband to be a sheep who will never say anything against her, look our for the sister in law who will report your every move to his mother as well she will be jealous and competitive with your relationship. Don't be a westerner! My life is hell.  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT My in-laws are the most incosiderate people you'll ever meet. My husband says nothing to them and allows their careless behavior. When I went into labor with my daughter I begged my husband NOT to call the in-laws until she was born. Well, while I was waiting to dilate my father in law burst into the delivery room. Not only did he not knock on the door, he pulled the curtain open with such force that it scared the crap out of me. There I was with my legs wide open with the nurse and in he burst in without notice. Of course no apology came from him nor my husband. I wanted to kill someone!!! As it turns out, my husband against my wishes called them and told them the delivery room number so he felt entitled to just burst into the room.  MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT when v r all together ( my husbands family ) they usu start taunting n commenting at everything ,,, from my appearence to my future plans..... at times they dont even speak to me and refuse to acknowledge my presence,,, if i want to get up and go then my husband forces me to sit in between them... we all live together and i feel suffocated..... there is no option of moving out as its a close knit hypocrate joint family ..... and even my husband is unwilling to move out ... how do i handle this ,,,  MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT So, I've got one for you, my MIL thinks our house (a 7 hour drive from her house) is a Motel 6. She litterally has shown up unannounced with plans to stay for a week 2 days before we were leaving on a 10 day vacation. Yes, she knew we were leaving town. Most recently, she invited extended family to come along with her to stay at our house. All of her trips here are to see her granddaughter who is 20 and attending college here. She does not come to see us but to bunk in our guest room. She has turned passive aggressive about this whole situation and acts like she is clueless that her behavior is totally inconsiderate and out of control. The Neice by the way, never calls us or comes by unless of course she needs something. In Laws suck!   MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT It began about13 years ago. I went to a party friend and family new years eve party 1996 and re-meet a former class mate. We went out the next night and the rest is a mess, exc epect for my kids. My husband already had a child that was 2, and had just gained full custody. The story of why is stil crazy, b I'm prety sure my mil" had somthing to do with it. Anyway, I get prego and she starts acting crazy my mil. She always calls my husband at least 10 times a day still today. She totally acts like the other woman. She uses the little child as a chip and is jealous of my kids and what the dad buys us. I am totally told and controlled by my husband and she lives right in front of me. Watches every move. THe child lives with her and is 15. Way too much drama.  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT I am going crazy! My MIL is like the craziest, most cold hearted person i know. I have 4 children all together. two were mine from a previous maraige, one is my husbands from a previous relationship and we have one together. Anyway, they all live with us. My husband bought a house around the corner from mom and dad, where he grew up before we got married and we all lived there! But to get to the story, my MIL from the beginning even when we were dating always gave me a hard time. When i was pregnant, she didnt know i was yet and she called me, cursed me out and told me that i should leave the town we lived in because i was stressing her son out. Even though she really had no idea what was going on. Anyway, besides that this woman through out our entire marraige has never treated the children aqually. She refuses to accept that we are one family.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/86/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT My grandchildrens "other grandmother" is a racist, bigot and seriously prejudiced against all people who are different from her.(religion,social status,income) and has begun brainwashing these children wwith her warped and sick opinions. She also continuously bribes them with toys and candy. This is becoming very disturbing as there is a messy divorce happening and she is caring for them too often and has warped their feelings for us and our family. ANY SUGGESTIONS???   MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT ........married for 13 years now, and sick to the stomach with my in-laws. they gossip a lot, wants to get together and character assasinate those who are not present. thinks so highly of themselves and bunch of hypocrites. they've bullied and confronted me once saying they don't like me!!!!! i want to forgive and forget but i know their character and i just can't stomach them anymore. ...............third class of people always gossiping other people.   MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT My Husband and I got married almost a year ago and just found out that we are pregnant and are both ecstatic! We would love to share this new news with his Mom however she does not recognize that I exist. Why should I share this wonderful news with her? I have not directly spoken with her since our wedding which she nearly ruined. This is, however, not for my lack of trying. Not getting into specifics of what she did, but it does involve leaving us with the bill (for $3,000) for the entire rehersal dinner (100 guests) which she agreed to initially pay and had planned all the meals   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/85/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT My husband and I were looking forward to our wedding day as much as the next newly wed couple. We planned the whole thing... a very intimate affair with few guests. It all started when his mother wanted to wear the same color of dress as me. ... the bride. Then, she was offended on how we labeled and packaged our invitations. A series of annoying events continued throughout the engagement. My husband's parents had been divorced and estranged for nearly a decade, and on our wedding day they were making out on the dance floor,physcially pulling my husband and I apart to announce that they were now "back together", not just once, not just twice, but three times at the reception. How special.   MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT  Soon my future mother-in-law will be throwing my fiancee and i an engagement party. I'm really nervous about the two families meeting because my family is pretty laid back and my future in-laws are very loud and will say pretty much anything that comes to mind. Sometimes they can be very embarrasing. I'm even considering just canceling the the entire engagement party, or not even inviting my family. Then to top it off my future mother-in-law, kind of told me she was giving us this party instead Then party is going to be held like an hour and a half away from where my family stays. What should i do??????   MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT My in laws live overseas. (One of the best days of my life was when they moved back to their country!!!) I digress..... There are many cultural differences. One major one is their inhibitions with their bodies no matter how bad the ravages of time have been. Here's the visual....she's in her sixties, overweight and saggy (I'm sure I'll be there someday myself, but I promise not to show anyone!!). The last time they came to visit my oldest daughter was about 4 years old. One day her grandmother (my MIL) decided to get undressed in front of everyone. She was in the guest room but couldn't seem to wait for us to leave. As I was trying to desperately usher my daughter out of the room it was too late. Off came the bra and I wanted to take a hot poker and sear out my eyes. The worst part is yet to come....b/c after she did that my daughter went over and started bouncing them around with her hands and my MIL just started laughing!!!!! TMI!!!! I'm seriously scarred for life........and there are PLENTY more wonderful stories like this... I'll be back.   MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT My fiance' and I have been together for 17 years we have a 12-Year-old daughter together. The problem His sister does like me at all. I call her my frenemy, She is always criticizing and telling lies saying that I am doing things that aren't true. I call her my frenemy, She is always criticizing and telling lies saying that I am doing things that aren't true. Every time i turn around she has started some type of chaos in the family. She always has to make herself to be better than everyone in the world. She has what I called the grandiosity syndrome. I have become immune to her attacks. but this week she over step her boundaries, she had my daughter afraid to tell the truth about a situation. She in turn attacked me when I chastise my daughter. Calling me a liar and all. She told my daughter not to call me. Then she called her brother and lied to him saying that our daughter was crying and shouting "Why is my mother doing this" He started yelling at me and all. He always starts in on me when she tells him something. Which we find was untrue. Before getting to the truth. This is where I draw the line in the frenemy relationship. I will not allow my daughter to be manipulated forced to be afraid to tell the truth. Or be forced to chose between her mother and her aunt.   MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT I had just given birth to our second child, a daughter. My in-laws came to visit and present me with a beautiful fountain pen. I thanked them profusely for the gift. My mother-in-law piped up: "Just think what you would have gotten if it had been a boy!"   MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT This past weekend, my fianc=C3=A9's parents threw "us" an engagement party (I use quotations because we, the honored couple, were never asked for input regarding the guest list). I have many a complaint about these people - and every problem comes from their need to control EVERYTHING. As an adult whose parents taught her how to think for herself, I have a problem understanding their need to comment or complain about every independent decision my fiance and I make together. Regardless, a party is a party, and I am not one to bitch verbally about such events. Their craziness, however, becomes very clear when his parents announce they have something special for my parents, and a small envelope is handed over. Inside are three photos - a recent one of me, a recent one of my finance, and a recent one of the two of us together. They are all great photos ... but one of them looks familiar - why? Oh, because my mother took it, and posted it on Facebook. With a look of horror, my guy leans over and whispers - "Didn't your mother take that photo? " "Surely not," I reply. So my guy asks his dad - "Dad, did you take these photos?" "Yes! Everyone one!" But no! Lies! I go home, log into Facebook, and sure enough - its the exact same photo that my mother took herself. It's still posted in one of her Facebook photo album. Seriously - its one element of crazy to download a photo from my mother's Facebook account and give it to her. It's a whole other realm of crazy then to claim is as your own! Did he not think my mother would recognize a photo she took herself?! Oh goodness.   MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT My husband and I have been married for 5 years and we have twins and I have a daughter from a pervous relationship. His grandparents which have raised him) mistreat my daughter. He dosen't wont her over their because they are mean to her. She is not allowed to play with there toys, go into their room or share food with her brother or sister. His grandmother has a habit of telling the twins things like "you know she's not really your sister because she has a different last name" or "you know she is not papa's granddaughter" granted that the twins are 6 and k is 7. On top off that she calls 4 or 5 times a day asking questions like have the kids ate or do you need food. Like I don't feed them! They have also treaten to call social services on me for not taking my son to the doctor for a cough, no runny noise or throwing up just a cough! His mother has even called to put her two cent in and she has never done anything for her on son. But the whole family seem to can't stand me and nobody can tell me or him why. This has become so big of a problem that we have talked about splitting up just to get them off my back! We have tryed or best to tell her to stop or we'll take the kids away but she contuines to do it. When we go to her all she dose is fuss and walk away so none of us can say anything eles. What are we suppost to do?   MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT please help!!!!! My husband and i have been married for 6 years. we have been together for 9. he and his family are very close, which i wanted to be apart of. (i was given up as a baby) i wish i knew then what i know now. everything was great in the begining. they love me, a least to my face. when i got pregent, everything changed. his brother called me really bad names ( the C-word was one of them) said the baby was not his..ect. i did not tell him at first, because i thought he would get over it,boy was i wrong., when i did tell him, my husband did nothing about it..he said he thought it would work itself out.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/84/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT I met my fiancee about 2 years ago. I was from the west coast and he the east coast and for a about 1 year we successfully had a long term relationship. When I would visit his family they were spectacular on all levels. They almost mirrored my own amazing family. I knew if I ever were to make to move it would be an easy adjustment because of their loving and kind nature. When I first moved in it was great. Both our families got along wonderfully. My fiancees mom and I were very close. We shopped together, got manicures together, cooked together. I almost became the daughter she never had since she only had 3 sons. Of course no where near to my own mother, but a close second she had become. After 3 months things started to get wierd when I found out that her best girlfriend is the mother of my fiancees ex girlfriend who he dated for 6 years. Then she began constantly speaking about both his ex girlfriends on a non-stop basis. It was as if these two girls had been his sisters and not ex girlfriends. I had to hear about their family vacations together, and how much money each of them have, and practically where their birth marks are located. What's worse is she wasnt the only one talking about these ex's. It was her mother as well. I decided not to tell my fiancee about it until I had lived there for almost 9 months. He talked to them but they obviously still don't get the point. They still talk about the two as if they are distant relatives in almost one conversation a day. It's so hurtful and annoying and I hate that I have to live with them because of particular circumstances. We have been engaged for six months and are getting married shortly. I am not sure I can keep my cool for much longer especially after we are married. So far I have been very respectful and have not said anything about them making me upset by the constant reminders of my fiancee's ex' MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ok, this goes back to the Halloween of '07. I first met Annie at school. Things were, shaky. But we began spending more time together. I would come to her house. But she would never come to mine. Finally, we decided to get engaged the next year in May. Then her family turned on us both, even though they had always done this to her. They would call the cops on us everytime we went on a date. They would call child protection services. Everything in the book to scare her into staying home. Finally we went to a festival they hold here in Tennessee called Riverbend. I was at the end of my rope. Her family would always call me saying she was cheating on me with some guy. I seen her there at Riverbend with another guy. I flew off the handle and made a big scene in front of everyone. About three months later, she found me and made contact. We tried to work things out, and it did. We got back together, got an apartment together. Then she got pregnant again in January. We rejoiced! Then her psychotic family used this to every advantage. And made her move home. Then I spent the next month at my brothers, until certain complications happened. Then I moved into a one bedroom apartment by myself. I begged her to move in, she refused because she lived in fear of her parents. I digest. Here recently, things have progressed, but not much, then a sudden aggravation. She put a restraining order on me due to her families black mail. She showed up in court and dropped it all. And everytime she calls me, her family tries to put me in jail. I don't know what more I can do. Advice?   MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT My future mother in law is just annoying! She is an extremely large woman and never does anything for herself. She does work but she has no skills. All she does is yell at my Fiance to take out the dog, do this, grab my towel for me, etc. She has even called him while he was away and wanted him to come home so he could unload the groceries! She is constantly calling him just to ask random questions like "what are you doing," or "did you eat?" as if he isn't old enough to figure it out for himself! She babies my Fiance and he treats her like crap because she has never demanded respect from him. It's just annoying how honestly pathetic she is! She even tells him to get up and do simple tasks that she simply doesn't want to do because she is too lazy! Once, while my Fiance was painting her living room, she sat there and complained about the paint job and said she could do better. My Fiance replied "so why don't you paint?" Well obviously she won't because that would require getting off her butt and doing something! If my Fiance moved out and her husband died she would not be able to do anything, that is how completely dependant she is on others. She is the exact opposite of being a strong, independant woman and it bothers me so much.   MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT On the surface my sister-in-law and I got along fine. There was plenty of distance to keep her from driving me crazy. She now lives in the same apartment complex that we do. She's recently married. SO now that she lives so close I see her daily. Usually, if i have to get something from her or have to see her for whatever reason, I'll go over there because if she comes over here, she stays at least half of the day.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/83/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT I have been with my husband for 15 years, married for 7 of them. The very first time I met his sister (who lives in FLA ), she made up stories to his family about me. I met her in a room full of people, but somehow she says I told her that "all we do is have sex, and all I really want him for is to buy me a house" .. my (then boyfriend/now husband) confronted me as to WHY I would say such a thing, and I finally convinced him it wasn't true. Other things she has done include:   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/82/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT   My boyfriends parents are psycho people. A month into our relationship, he was 17 and got kicked out of his house for no reason. They hit him and controlled his life, or so they thought and moved in with my family. The 8 months he lived with us were the most stressful times in my life i have ever had to go through. I felt like i was married to the man. after living with us, he was able to move out and live on this own at age 18 in an apartment. Things happen all the time between him and his parents. Little fights and arguments about stupid stuff that makes no sense. And sometimes it really upsets him so then i get upset and it always affects me. They have never given me a chance to get to know them or them to get to know me.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/81/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT So here's the gist of everything, My fiance and I have been together almost 3 years, 1 of which we have spent engaged. I of course however am the black widow. Everything started out fine, until we got engaged. I think this hit his mother because she realized we were serious and she got jealous that I was stealing her baby boy. One night, after some drinking, she suddenly burst in a rage telling me I was corrupting her son, that I was a wh*re a c**t... all sorts of unimaginable things and even went as far to slapping my fiance and chasing me out of the house while threatening to call the police if I did not leave.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/80/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT From the day my husband introduced me to his family, I was immediately the outcast. Behind my back of course. To my face, MIL was nice and chatty - by chatty I mean explaining to me every detail of my husband's previous marriage and how it was his fault they divorced. Seriously, the only conversations this woman and I had were about the ex-wife, whom she obviously favors over me. There is a child from this previous marriage and the MIL thinks it's appropriate to go on family vacations with the ex-wife AND HER NEW HUSBAND and their kid. Please tell me someone else thinks this is as inappropriate and offensive to both me and my husband as we do!!   MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT My job does not allow us to attend church regularly. Mine and hubby's parents attend the same church that we do, and next month there is a marraige seminar coming up. MIL was asking my mom if hubby and I were planning on attending the seminar. My mom said that it depended on my work schedule, and that I didn't know what days I had off yet. MIL tried to hide her defensiveness but it was painfully obvious to my mom. I think my MIL has it in her head that our marraige is doomed because we don't attend EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY and do all the extra-curricular church activities that she does. We have nothing against doing any of them, we just can't do all that we'd like due to my odd hours. Apparently that isn't a good enough excuse for her - I guess I will just never sleep and then we can come to the next bake sale! Never mind that after almost five years of being married and missing a few seminars hasn't affected anything - we are very happily married! She can stuff that bake sale brownie where the sun don't shine!  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT My husbands family is driving me crazy, I don't know how much more I can take. His mother recently started hoarding food because she thinks that the end of the world is coming and thinks that somehow that will help. She has never given us a penny, not even for our wedding because she says we need to support ourselves, yet she pays for her 28 year-old daughters apartment because she didn't like living at home anymore. She doesn't work and never went to college. His mother is constantly lecturing me about how i raise my children and sees nothing wrong with her daughter. His sister sleeps around with her roommates and bring them to family gatherings- her most recent boyfriend threatened her and she needed to call the cops and have her locks changed. I just can't take any more of them, all his sister does is whine and complain about how her life is out of control and his mom keeps lecturing me about storing up enough for my family in case it's the world ends tomorrow. These people belong in therapy and far away from me!  MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT My MIL is a conniving woman and now she has cronies on her side. Recently my husband and I went to visit an old friend. It was an out of the blue invitation, and this friend seemed very interested in learning the details of the in-law problems we were experiencing. We did not think much of it until the next day, this woman called my husband saying she spoke with his parents about our issues. I called her up to give her a piece of my mind and she denied the entire thing. Then she goes online and tells my husband that people are saying bad things behind our backs about us, and when we ask what or who she says “I keep my promises and I promised I would not tell.” What about the promise she made to us to keep this conversation just between us?? So now because of this ‘friend’, things are even worse because a third party decided to get involved and do nothing but make the situation worse. This same person doesn’t even speak to her own in-laws. Can’t help but think my MIL put this person up to it, now I need to watch out for my MIL’s minions.  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT  My mother in-law is a great actress... She claims being vegetarian in front of me and my family but behind closed doors, my FIL gets her her favorite dish--Kentucky Fried Chicken. She claims to be a very healthy doctor, being a psychiatrist and all, but she pops anti-depressant pills and high blood pressure tablets behind the curtains. While I lived with my in-laws after I got married, we discovered that my in-laws were sleeping during most of their free time in the day and rejecting family outings and gatherings with excuses that they have a very busy schedule at work. She preaches to be an excellent religious devotee but the prayer room at her house is in the smallest, darkest room upstairs in the store room which looks more like a closet. I don't understand why she conceals her true identity.... MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT She is a total mess. She lies to everybody and somehow gets people to believe her. She hasn’t worked in years and claims she is disabled. She is NOT disabled and is perfectly capable of working. Instead she wants to mooch off of her elderly mother and my dh for money all the time. She is trying to sue someone from an accident she was once in and even the lawyer had to drop her and he told her she was nuts. Her main purpose in life is how to make money without actually working for it. So now, she wants my dh to buy her a house because the apartment she is currently in - she claims that it has brought her bad luck. She is the most miserable person in the world and has the worst personality. She is a spoiled rotten person who really need someone to slap some sense into her. Go to work woman and leave us alone!  MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT I am a 26 year old Male. I've been married to my wonderful wife for 8 months now. I absolutely love her to the end. We dated for 7 years before deciding to get married. We realllly took our time. I really believe I have the most wonderful wife I could ask for. She puts up with me for one!   Anyway, I was a home owner before my wife and I were married. I lived in a very nice neighborhood in north central San Antonio , TX . After we got back from our honeymoon, we moved her from the apartment she was living in, into my home. Now, in all fairness, I don't believe it's fair for her to move in with me. I mean, I already lived there so it wasn't really "our" home. It was always "my" home, even though I tried very hard to make it "ours". So we decided the long hunt for finding a home we both loved. Now, my wife, as much as I love her, is very meticulous, and quite a bit picky. Small things matter to her a great deal. So we spent a great deal of time and energy looking for the perfect house.   /default/Stories/tabid/65/ItemID/79/View/Details/Default.aspx MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT I'm the one with the MIL that came to visit, had an alcohol induced stroke, and had lots of drama from her daughters. My DH and I cared for her and she was in our master-bedroom for weeks .. the daughters of my MIL were such stinkers that she had to go back up north, to live alone in her home, draining all her funds on home health aids .. anyway, here is the latest .. her WILL is gone .. the only signed original is gone .. all that my husband has is an unsigned copy .. and all the MIL has is an unsigned copy .. the catch is, now my MIL is deemed not of SOUND mind and body, so she can't re-sign .. My husband is her PO, power of attorney, and needs to have the correct docs, for when the time comes .. the kicker is, it's her own daughter that took the signed will and tore it up .. because she didn't like the content .. therefore, now with no signed will, when the time comes, the family will be forced to go through PROBATE, holding up any distributions .. and ultimately the copy of her will, will be enforced through probate .. and it's a CRAZY will .. she names my husband as her executor of the will, tells HIM to pick what the sisters can have, and states if they DON'T like what he gives them, they get $1.00 if they contest the will .. what a hoot .. so the MIL will have the last laugh, eventually, at her own spoiled daughters. MY MIL was a nightmare for years, for me .. for us .. but being over 70, and ILL has softened her .. her daughters are manipulative game players .. out to destroy the entire family, over property and things, BEFORE she is even dead???? amazing!!   MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT This one takes the cake. We asked my future in-laws if we could use their vacation cottage for our honeymoon. They said sure. Then somehow it ended up that they were coming along too, along with my fiance's sister, brother, and kids. Next thing I know the sister has invited her friends (another couple with kids) to come for a vacation- on my honeymoon! I finally put my foot down and said NO WAY- now I look like the bad guy!!! What don't these people understand- this is our honeymoon not a family reunion! Does anyone in the world except me, see anything wrong with this picture???   MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT So another case of uneasy relations with the in-laws. We were tragically all invited to the same wedding and my husband and I decided before hand that were we going to be the better person and be nice and respectful to the in-laws when we saw them. When we walked up to the church in the distance I could see my MIL, FIL and SIL and they must have seen us at the same moment because my sister-in-law turned to my MIL and pointed in our direction. So a few minutes later we sat down in the church next to some friends of our and right behind the in-laws. MIL said hi, FIL said hi and my dear sister-in-law looked at me and had this look of disgust with an eyebrow raised. OK, so it was clear she still disapproved of me. We turned our attention to the wedding ceremony in front of us and tried to ignore the In-Laws. After the wedding, people went there separate ways and my husband ran off to take picture of the newly weds. I was standing talking to another guest and I felt that creepy feeling like someone was watching me. I look, and about 20 yards away I saw my sister-in-law point a camera in my direction, and then quickly put it down and look the other way. I was a bit confused and looked a few seconds later and she did the same thing again! She was trying to covertly take a picture of me! Why on God’s green earth would anyone want to do that!?!? I was feeling really uncomfortable about it, and the gentleman I was talking to noticed it even. Finally after a few more minutes of this childish behavior the gentleman I was talking to said he knew how to fix this and put his arm around me and turned me in the direction of my sister-in-law. She rolled her eyes with that ‘I hate you’ look on her face and took a picture. Who would bother taking sneak pictures of someone they claim to want nothing to do with. I had a sneaking suspicion she was crazy and now I know it and have witnesses to prove this!  MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT My MIL is nice enough, but she thinks nothing at all of my chosen profession, helping the disabled. Its not very glamorous, but it is very rewarding and I enjoy it a lot. Well for a while now MIL has been sending me emails on job openings at her work, because mine isn't "good enough". So a few weeks ago she ran into my mom, and asked her if I had said anything to her about the email she sent to me on the job. Mom said no, she hasn't said anything to me. She then replies, "Well, she needs to find something soon, and get out of that GRUNT WORK job of hers. Its riduculous!" My mom is very proud of my job and the work I do, and she said it took everything she had to not tell this woman to piss off right on the spot. My MIL has NEVER said anything to me about her feelings of my work, I just thought the emails were her being nice. I know better now! Its very frustrating to not be appreciated, it makes my job harder but I still like it. But its worse when somebody who doesn't even know or understand how hard of a job it is just dismiss it like a rich person would treat their "lowly staff". I keep my mouth shut about it to keep the peace with my husband, but I really wish she'd leave it alone!! I'm not going to change my job just to please her!!!!  MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT My Sister-In-Law likes to whine about me and say how lazy I am. I work two jobs and my husband works full time as well so we are pretty busy people. Sometimes the house works gets a little behind schedule but never too bad. My SIL on the other hand does not work and lives off unemployment right now and has plenty of time to point fingers. At my work I won this drawing and my prize was maid service for two weeks. I was hoping to win the flat screen TV, but I was not about to turn down free maid service. So we scheduled the maid and both my husband and I were thrilled to not to have to clean anything for two weeks. A few days into it we get this message on the answering machine in which my snooty sister-in-law is saying “Well it must be nice to be so rich that you can have people do your dirty laundry for you”. She seriously must have no life if she drives by our house and sees a maid service vehicle and decides that is a reason to call and annoy us. Now at family gatherings she almost always brings it up saying how lazy I am and how rich we must be. Free maid service at the cost of my SIL's nagging calls. She is the definition of a crazy in-law.  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tensions have been running high with the in-laws since we made alternative plans for Easter recently. I was on MSN with my MIL and I was the brave one who wished her a happy Easter and sent well wishes her way. She immediately started taking cheap shots at me saying how they had a great time almost rubbing it in my face that we had other plans. Fine by me. She said a few other things and then wrote "Sorry, I have to go now, [father-in-law] is in the Hospital." I quickly asked if he was ok, and she did not reply. Ok, who in their right mind says someone has been hospitalized and then leaves you with zero details? A few days later I caught my MIL on MSN again, I was a bit sneaky as she actually was MSNing to my husband's account to let him know that a bill came in the mail for him. I quickly asked how FIL was doing, and she said she did not know how to explain it and then quickly signed off. Well, two can play that game, so I went into invisible mode and guess who popped on-line two seconds later. Then when I went visible again she suddenly disappears. Freaking mature I would say. Then a few days later my husband finds out that his father was beaten unconscious in his garage by a neighbor. He woke up in the ER with three broken ribs and this is what my stupid mother-in-law did not know how to explain?? Apparently I am not the only person that has a problem with these people if a man gets beaten in his own garage. This is truly the sign of a crazy in-law.  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Last week I was having some health problems and asked my mother-in-law to watch the kids for a night so that I could catch up on rest and get feeling better. She was happy to watch the 2 older kids and take them to school the next morning. When she came to the house the kids were not quite ready to go and she had to wait a couple minutes for us to finish getting everything together. Now I should have had everything together, but when you are sick, tired, or BOTH most people are a little understanding. Oh, and the night before my husband got sent out of town for his job because the other guy that was working on that site broke his leg. Later that night I called to check up on the kids and say “I love you” to them, since she took off with them before I could say goodbye. After talking to them she got on the phone and chewed me out because they hadn't been ready, my house was a mess, I'm irresponsible, and this dumb comment that I'm probably planning on having another baby right away even though I just had our 4th!!!! (Gosh, I didn't know I was having another right away!) So anyway she chewed me out for everything for almost 15 minutes and I just quite talking, that usually gets her off the phone quicker than anything else!!! GRRRRRRR  MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  My hubby works for his aunt and uncle on the weekends for a little spare change when we need it. I've been hearing from family off and on for quite awhile about all the nasty things his aunt is saying behind my back... and for that matter anyone else she has met!!! I've been told she does this to everyone. Well, last week I got a very angry Instant Message from her blaming me for all kinds of things that I supposedly said about her that were not true. I tried to talk to her and ask her where these things were coming from and she wouldn't respond to any of my questions. Then she started bringing up past things that I'd said that she isn't treating "my daughter" fair and that I need to treat our son better. You see, last Christmas she had put the wrong name on a gift at Christmas time and we called her to ask where she bought the shoes because they didn't fit our daughter, and we tried them on our son but they were too big...she got all upset saying we were giving his gifts to her on purpose!!! To make a long story short we are no longer on speaking terms after she chewed me out and her boyfriend yelled at my husband on our cell phone...which she says he never did, half of the eye Dr's office heard it!!! My hubby stood up for me and because of that these in-laws claim we have "bitten the hand that feeds us" and she is never giving us anything again. To that I say GREAT! Now I don't have to worry about listening to her grip and moan anymore!!! MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT My nightmare had come true, after six years of marriage my mother-in-law and father-in-law moved into town. No longer were we separated by 4 glorious hours, but now, only a quick drive across town. It wasn’t all bad, and I did enjoy taking advantage of the free day care every now and then until my 5 year old came home talking about “daddy’s girlfriend”. I asked what she was talking about and she said she saw a picture of daddy’s girlfriend at grandma’s house. My husband was a bit perplexed and I was annoyed. My husband and I had been together for almost ten years and any girlfriend of his was either too long ago to remember or so recent that he had a lot of explaining to do. The next time we were at the in-laws’ house I was sitting in the living room looking at all the family pictures on the wall. There it was, a big 8X10 of my husband and his old college girlfriend in each other’s arms. Where was I on this family picture wall? In a little 4x6 frame in which I was 8 months pregnant eating a hot dog sitting next to my husband at a picnic. Why on earth would this woman keep this picture of my husband’s old flame?! When we left, my mother-in-law had one empty picture frame on her wall thanks to my husband!  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT My husband and I live in a small one-bedroom apartment. Of course the thing is small and cramped, but we are just starting out and do not need much more than this. We had my mother-in-law and father-in-law over for coffee once and she kept on commenting on how small the place was. “So small and cramped” she would say with this disgusted look on her face with her nose crinkled in the air. Then she would go on about her coffee is better, cakes are better and how her house is a much nicer place for gatherings. After this conversation being repeated every single time she showed up at our apartment both invited and when she just showed up, I just stopped inviting the woman. If she is going to complain about my small apartment, my coffee that is not good enough and how we never have cake ready to serve when she shows up, she can just forget being invited! So last week when we were at the in-laws house, my husband was telling about the wonderful birthday party we had at the apartment. He was naming all his friends that came and how everyone had a great time and wants to make it an annual get-together. My mother-in-law suddenly perks up and says “how on earth did you fit everyone in that box of an apartment”. I said nothing, just watched the look of bewilderment on her face. Then the kicker was about 10 minutes later she started to complain that we do not ever invite the entire family over at once. Why on earth would I have them all over if her annoying ego takes up the entire place!?  MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Our car was in the shop and my mother-in-law and father-in-law were nice enough to let us borrow their vehicle for an evening. It was my turn to car pool some ladies to an evening course in a nearby town and I wanted to clean the car up a bit before picking them up. My in-laws are heavy smokers and also love to have their two dogs drive along in the car. I on the other hand have very bad allergies and couldn’t stand the smell of nicotine and to have white dog hair all over my body from riding in the car. Plus I had other people that were going to be riding with me. I opened the windows overnight to air it out, vacuumed out the car, sprayed it down with and odor neutralizer, cleaned the windows and topped it off with a ‘new car scent’ tree in the rear-view mirror. I thought I was killing two birds with one stone: have a clean car that was dog-hair free and did not smell like an ash tray and also kind of a thank-you car cleaning for the in-laws letting me use their car. My husband even commented how the smell was finally gone and how they will really appreciate the work. The next day when I picked up my mother-in-law so I could give her back her car, the entire way home she chewed my out how I have no right to vacuum her car. She also complained how the car smelt awful and how I was not responsible enough with other people’s property. Well excuse me! I had no idea you enjoyed driving in a dog-pee soaked ash tray!  MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT My youngest son is a bit of a problem child and really has a hard time following directions. My mother-in-law thinks she is the boss of the world and her rules are the only rules that matter. I was having a trying day as it was and my mother-in-law decided that she would pay me an unexpected visit. My son was sitting in time-out at the time for hitting his sister and coloring on the wall again. Of course when my MIL sees her precious grandson sitting in the corner she runs over to him and say: “Is your mommy being mean to you again?”. Of course she was being sarcastic I think, but since when does a 4 year old understand sarcasm? I asked my MIL to leave my son alone as he was in trouble at the moment, and my MIL came up to me and went on about how I need to not be so harsh on him when she comes around. She said she never gets to see her grandbabies and when she finally does show up they are in time-out and I won’t give them a break. She said all this in front of my son, in a way in which I know she wanted him to understand every word and think his mommy was mean to him. This is the same woman that told me never to undermine my husband’s parenting style with our kids. Great to see this woman practices what she preaches!  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  While my husband was away on business we had the misfortune of having our car broken into. I called my husband when I found our car vandalized and undrivable so he could take care of the insurance company. He made a few calls and I specifically asked him not to tell his parents as they are indeed ‘My Crazy In-Laws’. My husband later calls me back with the insurance details and while we are talking on the phone, I spy a man nosing around our car. I discover it is my father-in-law and of course ask my husband why he sent his father over after I had asked him specifically not to. My husband defended himself and said he only called to ask about the insurance company and that was it. So I go outside to see what my FIL wants and when he gets a glimpse of me coming he ducks behind the car and proceeds to try to leave. I then waved at him so he knew I saw him and he sheepishly came out to talk to me. I showed him the damage; he lingered a bit and then left. My car was towed away and it really bothers me that my in-laws never once called me to see how things were going. Not once did they ask if I needed a ride anywhere or offer to help me out. No, my in-laws are just unhelpful people who like to be nosey! MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  We were planning our wedding and there was one aunt who really wanted to be a part of the wedding in some way. So I first asked her if she would be interested in taking some pictures at the wedding. She said no to that but was interested in being the person who told the hired photographer what to do, and I said no to that. She is a talented seamstress so I asked if she would make this very simple white dress for our flowers girl and of course she said no. I asked her if she would help by either helping cut cake or serve punch and she said no. She had the nerve to tell me that “I want to do something important for your wedding” and yet everything I honestly wanted her to do she said no to. In the end my other 3 aunts ended up having a great time serving cake together, and this difficult aunt spend the day sulking. A week later my mother told me that this aunt said she was hurt because she did not get a special aunty flower corsage like my other cake serving aunts got! It was a sad realization when I discovered that my side of the family was showing the early signs of becoming the crazy in-laws! MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT In the eyes of my mother-in-law I am the tramp who has ruined her son’s life. My poor husband has to put up with not only my stress about the situation but also hearing all sorts of crap from his ignorant mother and controlling sister. One day when his mother was droning on about the latest dilemma I had supposedly caused my husband finally had enough and gave her a piece of his mind. Whatever he said must have worked, because he immediately called me and warned that his mother was calling to apologize for treating me so horribly. His only request was that I hear what she has to say. So the phone rang, and it was my MIL. She went on about how she has tried so hard to make me feel welcome and to get to know me. I of course disagree -this is the woman who does not even make eye contact with my while at our home for coffee. I asked her to kindly give me an example of how she had done her best and she immediately says this: “Well, you remember how I asked you about what you were going to do when your husband was out of town for two weeks? Well, I was hoping that you would say you didn’t know so I could then ask you if you wanted to come over for supper one night.” Seriously, this is how the woman tries hard! Somehow she still managed to spin it so it was my fault entirely that all her efforts were useless in trying to get to know me!  MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Growing up my family was not big on birthdays; however my husband’s family goes a bit overboard. They are so into birthdays that my sister-in-law was sure to invite us to dinner for her birthday 4 months in advance. They put so much emphasis on gift giving and how much the gifts cost that I feel like I am only renting their friendship depending on how much I paid up on the last gift. I have even been criticized by my sister-in-law for only giving a card to their grandmother for her 84th birthday. My birthday is five months away and the in-laws are already asking my husband about different gift ideas for me. These are very expensive gifts, hundreds of dollars. I have no intention of throwing myself a large scale party and inviting only my in-laws over so I can be bought. Why is it so hard for them to understand that I do not want their money, I just want them to treat me like a human being with feelings. Their love is for sell, but mine is not, and I will not be bought by these shallow, materialistic people.  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  My sister-in-law is a very talented manipulator. She has this ability to control her parents and grandparents and turn them against anyone she desires. This woman lives a very sad life, kind of like a cat-lady without the cats. She likes it when people feel sorry for her, and somehow can make herself the victim in every situation. Yesterday, this dear person was complaining to my husband about how they never get to spend time with each other. My husband reminder her of all the times we invited her over for dinner, on shopping trips, movies and game nights with friends. Her reply was: “Well, you always invite me to movies that I do not want to see, over for food that I do not like and over to your house when you have other friends over.” Absolutely hopeless! I can only think of three times she even tried to have us over, and each of those times she needed some plumbing or electrical work done by my husband. I do not know what planet she is from, but here on earth things don’t work that way! MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My mother in law was fine during my pregnancy except she would constantly refer to my son as 'my baby'. She had also laughingly referred to me during my pregnancy as just the 'vessel'. This didn't bother me so much at the time but I would soon be changing my mind. My labour took a turn for the worse and I ended up needing an emergency c-section. I woke up 45 minutes after my sons birth completely shattered and not at my most dignified to see my mother in law standing next to my bedside. What’s worse is that she was cuddling my new born son at the time when I hadn't even gotten to do that yet. She couldn't wait to get her greedy paws on him. Who on earth thinks its ok to cuddle someone's new born baby before it's own parent is even awake from major abdominal surgery? And then of course I was the worst mother ever by wanting to breast feed my son. She turned round and said 'well, how am I supposed to feed him? '. I said, 'you're not, that's why I’m his mother'. He was learning how to breastfeed and I commented that he was feeding very well. She said that we would have to get him used to a bottle as well so 'that granny can feed him well'. She has been getting on my nerves ever since the birth. But DH had turned round to my family and told them that his family hadn't seen DS yet. So I can’t rant to my family and if I say anything about it to DH it causes an argument. Grrr.   MyCrazy In-laws Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT We had just refinished our bathroom and I was looking forward to finally having matching rugs, curtain and towels. My birthday was coming up and my sister-in-law and mother-in-law asked me what I would like for my birthday. I mentioned that we had just finished the bathroom and told them that it would be nice to have matching lavender towels to go with the paint. I showed them the bathroom and they agreed that my husband had done a nice job and it looked great. They even complimented me on the color choice. On the way out the door I could hear my mother-in-law comment to herself “those young brides have to coordinate everything”- I was annoyed, but rolled my eyes and went on with my day. I mean come on; they are the ones that asked what I wanted! So the next week what did I get for my birthday? You guessed it… ORANGE towels. They seriously went out and purchased orange towels after they had seen the new lavender paint. Where can you even find orange towels?  MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My husband and I just gave birth to child number four and are loving having our hands full with loving kids. Our 9 year old has downs and is a handful to deal with. Many people do not understand him and it is always a challenge for him when we go on family trips. One such trip was to my SIL's house, who is in her 40's, single and with no children. While we were there our son was misbehaving (he was squirming in his chair a lot enjoying the squeaking noise it made). My SIL was getting very annoyed with him and decided to take matters into her own hands by yelling at the top of her lungs at him. That only made things worse and my husband and I spend hours getting him calmed down. After he went to sleep, my SIL decided that she should approach us for what she called an "Intervention". She proceeded to tell my husband and I how we are raising our children wrong and how she had all the answers for us. Of course this childless 40 year old began her speech by saying "I know what you are going through am a preschool teacher, I understand children". I am sorry, but being a preschool teacher for two years does not make you a child expert no more than standing in a garage makes you a car!  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I am sure almost every woman has had the issue with the maddening MIL commenting on the cleanliness of the house. When my MIL comes over she likes to point out the little things I miss, and of course she tries to put it nicely by say "˜Dear, you missed a spot there" while rubbing imaginary dust between her fingers. She has done this a few times in front of my husband and he does stick up for me. She is also in the habit of bringing cleaners over for me and making sure to explain to me in great detail how to use it correctly. On one visit to my MIL and FIL house my MIL was asking how I liked using the new cleaners- before she could finish her question I caught a twinkle in my FIL's eye. My FIL smiled, winked at me and then said to my MIL, "Dear, you missed a spot" and proceeded to rub imaginary dust between his fingers. Good thing I have a great FIL to balance out my crazy MIL!  MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT One fun evening another couple and us went to a bar to kick our heels up. My husband had WAY too much to drink...as usual. We had taken a taxi from our friends’ house, and decided we would take the taxi home after dropping our friends off, and then pick up our vehicle the next day. Upon arrival to our friends place, I ran into their house very quickly to grab my handbag while my husband waited in the taxi. It literally took me about 10 seconds. As I walked out of their house, my husband was in his own vehicle, engine running and his friend trying to talk him out of the car. Apparently I had said something that pissed him off, and he was dead set on driving home alone. He had been known for driving drunk, and I was not going to have any of that considering the risk to my financial welfare should he injure or kill anyone while driving drunk. So, I approached the vehicle...  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  Yet another case of the perfect in-laws until the wedding day happened! My mother-in-law was so nice to me during the planning of our wedding. She seemed to like everything that I did and I truly believed that problems with "the in-laws" was nothing more than an urban myth. It came time for the big day and my ridiculous mother-in-law threw a fit when she discovered our wedding was outdoors and not in a church. Mind you she had been in on the planning the entire time. She now believes that our marriage is not legitimate because we were not married in a church. Say what you will about that, but this woman is living with her ex-husband and has not stepped foot in a church willingly for many years. Shame on me for having a heathen wedding in all the beauty of God's creation! MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I have been married to my husband for three years and my mother-in-law is always doing subtle things to make me think she enjoys making my life miserable. My husband mentioned to his mother that I am deathly allergic to fish and shrimp and the very next time we went to her house for supper what did she serve? FISH! And how about the when my husband and I went to my sister-in-law’s house for supper what did we eat? SHRIMP! My sister-in-law only served the shrimp because my mother-in-law had purchased it for her. My mother-in-law also planned my father-in-laws surprise birthday party, and of course where was it? Red Lobster! This went on for about 2 months and then I found out I was expecting a baby. Suddenly my mother-in-law is yelling at people for even having canned tuna in their house! I figure she will start serving fish constantly in about nine months!  MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My husband and I were at the hospital nearing the end of 38 hours of labor with our first child. My mother-in-law had found out we were having the baby and decided to come and give me tips on birthing as well as how I am less of a woman because I had an epidural. She was also harassing the staff in the way only a self-proclaimed expert in everything, soon-to-be grandmother could. My husband chased her out of the room several times along with the nursing staff who had had enough of the horrible woman. My husband finally told her to leave, and told her directly that she would not be in the room during the delivery. During my last push I saw my mother-in-law push a nurse aside to come in the room followed by her new boyfriend too! I was furious! How dare she ignore our wishes in such an important moment in our life! Next time when we are expecting I will just tell her I’m fat for nine months!  MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  The in-laws were in town for a visit and I was working hard to make the best of it even though they openly detest me. We took them to see all the tourist spots and every place and restaurant they asked us to. My sister-in-law who is a hypochondriac and thinks she needs constant attention felt ‘ill’ on a few of our outings and decided to stay home. I was skeptical of her sickness as the second day when we returned home our car was parked slightly differently. Turns out her ‘sickness’ was due to an uncontrollable urge to shop and she had spent the days shopping. A few weeks after their visit my sister-in-law was whining like a baby that she did not get to do any of the things she wanted to do. Well maybe if she was not faking being sick to steal our car and go on shopping sprees she could have enjoyed her vacation! MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My MIL was never shy about voicing how much she hated me and how the only good I will do is provide her with grandchildren. Fast-forward six years and now she complains that we do not let her see our children very often. We never go because the woman enjoys telling my kids how bad of a mommy they have. My husband and I were going to a wedding for the day and thought that would be the perfect time for the kids to spend time with grandma. We would get a sitter and my MIL would get her time with the grandkids without me around. We thought all was well until we dropped the kids off and my MIL told us how much she was going to charge us for this ‘visit’ and that she would only watch the oldest one, and not the younger two. Suddenly I remember why we do not visit her very often!  MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My MIL is nice enough, but has an...interesting palate. Shortly after hubby and I were married we had them over for dinner, one of our favorite casseroles. We had a nice time and I thought the evening was a hit. A few days later I find out from my brother in law that they didn't like anything that I made, and over time have discovered that they really don't like anything AT ALL that we cook. Now I am not a bad cook, I have gotten rave reviews for almost everything I make. So I know its not me! I don't think we have had them over for a meal since, and that was nearly four years ago. We have by bro-in-law over frequently for dinner, and when they find out he is coming over they kind of give him the "I'm sorry" look. Funny thing is, he will defend my cooking and actually tell them that its far better than theirs!  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT but we live next door to each other. I would avoid her and when our paths did cross I set out to treat her respectfully and kindly. It was Christmas and my children ages 5 and 7 where bringing homemade Christmas goodies to their grandmother. The kids went happily on their way and I busied myself at home. I heard my little girl crying and I poked my head out the window to see my children running as fast as they could away while my mother-in-laws stood shouting and waving her cane furiously in the air. When the kids got settled down my son told me that “Grandma said you poisoned the cookies, and made us go home!” I always figured she was crazy, and now I think I have my proof!  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  When I was little and wanted to do something that my mother did not allow she would always say to me: “Well, when you are the mom, you can make all the rules.” I have grown up; have two wonderful children and a loving husband. My mother-in-law smokes inside my house, in front of my kids, even though my husband and I are not smokers. My husband gave her a piece of his mind and asked her to respect our rules and our children’s health. Now she just waits to light up until we are no longer in the room, even if my 4 and 5 year olds are sitting there. I thought I got to make the rules now since I am the mom. MyCrazy In-laws Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I adored my in-laws, until the day I got married. My in-laws flew in from out of town and trying to be a good hostess, I made sure that I had all the loose ends tied up so they were free to enjoy their vacation and the wedding of their son. They were a little disappointed that I had decorators for the reception place, but they seemed to get over it. I had mentioned to my sister-in-law that she could come get her hair done with my bridesmaids and I, …I thought she was interested, but she never mentioned it again so I figured she did not want to. My wedding day was a dream and everything was perfect. It was time to take family pictures so we sent an usher to get the in-laws. The usher returned with a message that they were not coming. My husband then went to go get his family and returned alone. They refused to have their picture taken with me saying no one ever asked them if they want to. Apparently my sister-in-law was crying because I did not pick her up to get her hair done with us and my mother-in-law wanted to help decorate and was denied that. Mine you none of them ever voiced a concern about any of this before. I was left embarrassed and pitied by friends and family who offered their sympathies to me for months to follow. My in-laws spent the rest of the reception avoiding my husband and I and trash talking us to anyone who would come by their table. I have no family picture with my husband’s family, but that is ok, I would rather not remember them being there.  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT This past Christmas we had to push back the time of getting together by about a month (yup Christmas in January) because a snowstorm limited travel and my dear sister in law had a hissy fit about just exchanging gifts and having dinner together later. She demanded that we had to do the gift exchange and dinner at the same time! So fine we all gave in and set the date/time and waited with gifts for the day to arrive. They were on their way when we found out they had not even purchased gifts for the gift exchange. Mind you, they had been bragging about a bonus check they would use for just this purpose that they were supposed to have gotten just after Christmas. And that they were waiting for a check to arrive so they could buy these items. They promised to buy them and get them to the recipients (my daughter was one) later, yeah right they have never actually gone through on this promise in previous years, so why now? My hubby (his bro is the culprit here) witnessed said in-law cashing a check while out getting food for this dinner, and he supposedly did not receive this check to buy the needed gifts for his beloved family. uugh!!  MyCrazy In-laws Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT I left the USA to move to a different country with my husband once we were married. I have spent the last few months working hard to learn the language and adjust to life in a ne country. I always suspected that my mother-in-law and sister-in-law were up to no good because when my husband would leave, they would snicker to each other and speak quietly in their native tongue. I am starting to be able to understand a bit more and overheard this: “...I am just glad the little pig can’t understand what we say about her.” …I think I will continue to play dumb on knowing their language and see what unfolds.  MyCrazy In-laws Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT So my husband’s family takes turns buying gift for each other every year. This particular year my Sister-in-law really wanted a bread maker. My husband and I did not have the funds to with raising 4 young children, but we purchased one for her anyway. She was so pleased with us, and so happy that we had even purchased the exact one she wanted. The next Christmas, it was her turn to purchase us something. You can imagine how excited my children were Christmas morning when my sister-in-law had the nerve to re-gift the very same bread maker.  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT I was traveling with my fiancé to meet his Aunt and Uncle who live on a farm. That particular week they were having problems with their plumbing and asked us to try not to flush the toilet too much and also would not allow us to take showers for the entire 3 days we were there. Mind you we are on a farm around cows and horses all day, so by the end of the first day everyone smelt of cow pies. Of course, it happened to be my time of the month and there was no way I was going to not flush that. I flushed the toilet. His aunt comes pounding on the door screaming at me for flushing the toilet. I tried to explain my reason, but she would have none of it. The argument escaladed and my fiancé and I ended up leaving. 5 Days later, my fiancé received a letter in the mail from this aunt referring to me as a high maintenance city girl that is not marriage material. We are now happily married, but I will never forget my first encounter with the in-laws!  MyCrazy In-laws Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT A distance relative on my husband’s side passed away suddenly, and we decided to send flowers to the family. My husband was talking to his mother and mentioned our sending flowers to the family. She had told him that there would be enough flowers there and I said that there is no such thing as too many flowers at a funeral. Her exact words were “that is stupid”. My husband and I got into a bit of a spat and in the end we did not send flowers. A few days after the funeral my sister-in-law asked me why I did not send flowers, and as gently as she could say “don’t you think that was a little rude”. So now I am made out to be the bad guy. I will keep that in mind when my mother-in-law kicks the bucket.  MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT My 11 year old daughter spent last summer at my husband’s aunt’s house. I thought it was a good experience that she gained a bit of independence and my husband and I got a bit of much needed together time. The day before I was to drive across the state 8 hours to retrieve my child, this lady called my husband and said that he want both of us to come pick up our daughter. She refused to say why, and since the safely of the child was not in question I went the trip alone. When I arrived the next day, I discovered that this woman was concerned about my marriage and feels we do not spend enough time with our daughter. I was so upset that this childless 52 year old recently married woman had the nerve say that. I took my daughter and left before I said something I regretted. About 10 minutes into the trip home my daughter asked if it was ok if this aunt moved in with us when she was old saying that “Auntie needs someone to take care of her”. Next summer my daughter will be going to summer camp.  MyCrazy In-laws Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT My husband really enjoys my peanut butter cookies that I make so I am sure to have them on hand always. My sister-in-law came over for coffee and I serve a cake along with a small plate of peanut butter cookie. About a month later she was over again and I served two different varieties of cake I worked very hard on as well as a few peanut butter cookies on the side. When my husband was out of the room she turned to me and said “So you only know how to make peanut butter cookies, eh?” I just smiled and said “Apparently.”….Like she should talk- the last three times we went to her house for supper she served from the box just-add-water lasagna!  MyCrazy In-laws Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT