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I Hate My Mother In Law

So Tired

By: 2tired2try
Written on February 7th, 2013
Age: 31-35
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    Hi tired, how are things going? The family? The wonderful MIL?

    You are right about people not growing up it's called "Arrested Development", they live in a younger version of themselves and never really mature. Ugh.....

    Take the bull by the horn I always say!!!! Keep me posted...:)

    Feb 21
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  • 2tired2try

    Oh yeah, and now I find out the stupid thing is gonna be on the school's webpage live broadcast. So we can watch it from here. So what the heck was the big freaking deal?? Some people just never out grow high school.

    Feb 14
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    Sometimes saying no just doesn't appeal to everyone. That is life and your in-laws as well as those around you just simply have to get over it. If hubby can't make it he can't make it. To bring this down to basics, this got blown up because your husband has to work, well jobs these days are not plentiful. His job is part of the reason you have food on the table and a roof over the heads of his family.

    I drew the line with my in laws and the "ex." All of whom thought they could control my life/marriage/finances/etc.....You changed the game plan and expressed yourself, feel liberated! Crisis always brews opportunity, seize the day and grow from this and mature from it.

    How does the hubby feel about this? If he just presses ignore and moves forward, you should do the same. I have come to the point really that I don't care about how they feel. Only you can change, they won't.

    Good luck!! Ugh.....

    Feb 7
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    • 2tired2try

      Yeah I got to the breaking point. Hubby is there right with me. He doesn't care when they don't talk to him for extended amounts of time. But when they pull guilt trips, insinuate his wife is a liar, and play immature little power play games, he gets irritated. We are just trying to make sure our kids don't feel like G-pa and G-ma don't love them as much as the other grand kids. I think it's sad that my children are the ones suffering, because they don't see me as part of this family so they can't see that it hurts the kids more than it hurts me.

      So anyways, I think my point got made. Step MIL has been on Facebook way more suddenly and it appears she is gonna make an effort at least to acknowledge our existence outside her needs and her plans. We shall see. Don't worry if it get's bad enough I will just pull out the big guns and tell her she is acting like my husband's mom. OOOh that will shut it down. She never got along with that one either. :)

      Feb 14
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