Mother In-laws (wife, father, husband, fiance)

[maschuette]

Do you have an awful mother in-law? Lets hear your story. Hears mine: My mother in-law treats her grown kids like they were ten. That doesn't sound so bad but it gets really old really quick. "finish your plate, eat this, eat that, blah blah blah." she tells them where to go and when all damn day. She gives them no respect. Her kids are 23, 25, and 27. I'm married to the middle one so shes gone and doesnt have to deal with it. But the other two still live with her. Besides that i get along with her very well and she likes me also...i think. My wife tells me she will never change and only does it because she wont admit to herself that her kids and grown. I think she is just bossy because she tries the same crap with me , not happening.

What bad habbits does your mother in-law have?

P.S. thanks for letting me vent.

[Gudra]

I have met her just once and she stays far away.

[Viny80]

My MIL loves to give guilt trips, accompanied by pity parties, and the constant when are you having kids?

[PA2UK]

Originally Posted by maschuette

Do you have an awful mother in-law? Lets hear your story. Hears mine: My mother in-law treats her grown kids like they were ten. That doesn't sound so bad but it gets really old really quick. "finish your plate, eat this, eat that, blah blah blah." she tells them where to go and when all damn day. She gives them no respect. Her kids are 23, 25, and 27. I'm married to the middle one so shes gone and doesnt have to deal with it. But the other two still live with her. Besides that i get along with her very well and she likes me also...i think. My wife tells me she will never change and only does it because she wont admit to herself that her kids and grown. I think she is just bossy because she tries the same crap with me , not happening.

What bad habbits does your mother in-law have?

P.S. thanks for letting me vent.

It's funny because that's how my grandpop is. He lives with my parents and my dad is used to it because he grew up with it. But it drives my poor mom insane, lol. If she goes outside to get the paper, he asks "Aren't you going to put your coat on?" and God forbid someone isn't wear socks or slippers in the house during the winter: "Aren't your feet cold? You should put something on them".

What it comes down to for my grandpop is that he needs to be needed. He's genuinely just trying to help and doesn't realize how overbearing it is. His father abandoned the family when he was a boy so I think he's overcompensating by trying to be there for the ones he loves TOO much. My dad always jokes that he grew up with "two mothers" and even insists on getting my grandpop a mother's day card every year!

[2mares]

My ex MIL is a good woman and I got along with her well. The thing that drove me crazy was the way she baby talked to her kids and husbands and waited on them hand and foot. She called the ex, bubba or just bub, her daughter sis or sister and her husband daddy in that baby talk voice, gag! She also treated her kids like they were 12. When we had dinners she was constantly asking them what they needed and jumping up every few minutes to get them something.

[giz2000]

My ex-MIL and my current (and last..lol!) MIL are great..no complaints here!

[CaliTerp07]

I love my MIL. I could not ask for a more wonderful woman who invited me into her family with open arms. I count my blessings every day in that department!

My only complaint is that she is the master of guilt tripping us for not being able to attend EVERY FAMILY FUNCTION. We live 90 minutes away from them, but she expects us to be up there nearly every weekend for an uncle's birthday or a cousin's graduation and every holiday. It gets overwhelming (and exhausting).

[amanda0808]

If you rearrange the letters in 'mother-in-law', it spells 'woman Hitler'.

[samston]

I think she is doing nothing bad as such. Just leave her be.

[PA2UK]

Originally Posted by 2mares

My ex MIL is a good woman and I got along with her well. The thing that drove me crazy was the way she baby talked to her kids and husbands and waited on them hand and foot. She called the ex, bubba or just bub, her daughter sis or sister and her husband daddy in that baby talk voice, gag! She also treated her kids like they were 12. When we had dinners she was constantly asking them what they needed and jumping up every few minutes to get them something.

Oh my God, my ex-fiance's mother called him "bubba" in a baby voice as well - ugh! Thank God I didn't marry him lol