...of other women who actually like their MIL's. I wish she would just sit out on my front porch, smoke a cigg, drink some wine and gossip. My MIL is so contolling and...just awful. We'll never have that kind of relationship. just a relaxed go with the flow relationship. I could get into details of why we won't ever be that way, but it's not the point.
We live all the way in florida with no other family. At least if my MIL and I enjoyed each other's company, it wouldn't suck so bad.
Anyways, good for you ladies who love your MIL's...but i'm extremely jealous.
Feel free to leave you MIL stories...good or bad!
My MIL passed away when my husband was still a child.... but I hear wonderful stories about her and I am sure that she was a lovely woman. Sometimes I really wish she were still here, not only to ease that my husband still misses her, but because I need someone to talk to about my husband, lol! I could really use some insight sometimes!
I am a Private School sending, Vaccinating, Non spanking, Nightmare Cuddling, Dessert Giving, Homework Helping, Bedtime Kissing, Book Reading, Academic pushing Mum. I believe in the benefit of organized after school activities. I believe in spoiling my children. I believe that I have seen the village and I do not want it raising my child - I will do that, Thank You. I believe that a woman's place is in the home taking care of her house, children and husband. I am submissive and proud, my husband is head of my home. I am a proud, traditional Roman Catholic, as is my husband... Yes we are teaching our daughter that The Church is the only Church. Aimee
I think my MIL just may be bipolar. She goes from being a cool old lady you could go to a wine tasting with to a hysterical moon bat demanding everyone around her do what she wants them to do righ then and there. Drives me bananas. If my FIL weren't such a jerk I'd feel sorry for him.
What is she doing that is so controlling?
My MIL would never sit on the porch, smoke a cig, and drink some wine...LMAO. I wouldnt want her too.
But we do things that cater a little more to her likes sometimes. I just go with those. I love my MIL, she is hilarious. She loves shopping and visting her friends. She likes going with us to the zoo or hanging out with her grandbabies.
Shes an awesome woman!
MIL and I really don't get along that well....we got along GREAT before I married her son and had her grandchildren. We tolerate each other...but we're not great friends. I'm also equally jealous...and jealous of those that have a wonderful relationship with their own mother.
I'm Kristina. I'm a married (to my high school sweetheart, Bobby), breastfeeding (and child-led weaning), co-sleeping, baby wearing, ERF, solid delaying, vegetarian (for over 16 years), vaccinating, disposable diapering, gentle disciplining, full-time college student, House MD loving, anorexia, self-injury and sexually abuse recovering, Fibromyalgia suffering SAHM to a handsome boy (Daniel Matthew 5.5.07) and my darling little boobie monster (Ryleigh Madison 9.13.08).
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UUUUUGGGHHHHH I HATE INLAWS. I had a terrible experience with my in laws yesterday. We had thanksgiving dinner with my husbands family yesterday and hubbt is on evening shift this week so he had to leave at like 130 to go to work. We were there for about an hour and a half before he had to leave and his family was all nice as pie to me. Talked to me, we hung out, treated me like one of the family. As soon as hubby walked out the door it was like a switch was flipped. It was like when he left I dissapeared. Noone talked to me, they carried on in their own conversations with me sitting right there and when I would try to say something someone would over talk me. They made my kids plates, got their drinks, did everything like I wasnt even there. Needless to say I will not go around them again unless hubby is there. I wouldnt go at all but hubby says if I dont go hes not going and I want the girls to be around them cause they love them, they just dont like me for some reason. I have not given them any reason to, I have actually bent over backwards to try and make these people like me but they seem to think they are better than me for some reason.
my mil is a crack head.. I hate her and dh cant stand her.. she has stolen my wedding ring and pawned it, she has stolen money from my dds piggy bank, here one min then the next we dont see her for a year. I have been with dh for 9 years and shes been married 4 times in that 9 years... shes crazy! I hate her and shes not ever going to be around my child bc I dont trust her and what she would do and dd isnt safe around her!
I love my MIL! She isn't judgemental at all. We are friends, I speak to her more than Hub does. I like my BILs & SILs too. We don't agree about averything but no one holds a grudge.
I don't like my FIL b/c he abandoned Hub & his brothers & sisters after my MIL & FIL divorced. Hub was 5yo. They only saw him once a year at xmas at HUB's grandparents house & that was only b/c hub's grandparents threatened my FIL. He didn't seem like he wanted to come to the funeral of HUB's oldest brother (FIL's oldest child) this summer & doesn't have any intrest in any of his grandchildren. He's all about his now wife, child & grandchild.
Jennifer 
Most of my inlaws drive me absolutely bananas. Lord help them. They are DH's family and when necessary (Thanksgiving etc) I will be nice to them. Other than that I ignore most of them.
Sounds just like my MIL!!
Quoting TheMom1994:
I think my MIL just may be bipolar. She goes from being a cool old lady you could go to a wine tasting with to a hysterical moon bat demanding everyone around her do what she wants them to do righ then and there. Drives me bananas. If my FIL weren't such a jerk I'd feel sorry for him.
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