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Advice: I do not want to live with my MIL

2012-02-21T16:37:44+00:00

Dear DILs,

I have read numerous stories here about MILFH, and can't help but feel my situation is not as extreme. Or perhaps it is and I'm just not seeing it yet.

I am reaching a boiling point early on in my marriage and I don't know how to deal with it. You see, the problem is not that my MIL is from hell. In fact, it's probably the opposite. Here's a little …read more »

Advice: Gift Registry

2012-02-21T16:34:45+00:00

DF and I are getting married in a little over a month. We moved from the midwest to the east coast for his job. Everyone in the family knows we have struggled a little financially until I got a permanent position.

Lately DF has been getting calls from various family members very upset that we didn't make a registry. A little history. I was married (very briefly) before. You could say I come with …read more »

Advice: How Many More Chance’s Does She Get??

2012-02-21T11:25:10+00:00

Last night while DH was talking on the phone to MIL she referred to my 5 month old son as SLOW.

After DH hung up with her those words lingered in his ear till he randomly called her back (without my intervention) and confronted her about what she said. She said I never said he was dumb.( DH was an Advanced kid he was even In the advanced class in Junior High and in …read more »

Advice: Venting

2012-02-21T11:19:47+00:00

I like my SIL (DH's brother's wife) and I feel bad for her. All of the angst MIL/FIL placed on me is now being put on my SIL. My SIL never really got it when she met me, why I felt a certain way about them because she never took the brunt of it until I stopped letting them do or say anything to me. Now she's getting the brunt of it and is sooooo …read more »

Advice: Jackass refuses to sign

2012-02-21T02:24:42+00:00

I am just livid. Jackass straight out REFUSES to sign the annulment papers, saying that signing divorce papers would be more dignifying. The problem is... I refuse to sign divorce papers. My parents do not believe in divorce, annulment is more acceptable. Either way, the ending or termination of a marriage is quite bad, even shameful in most cases. I just want this marriage to be under my feet and COMPLETELY dissolved in the quickest …read more »

Advice: In Laws on Valentines Day??

2012-02-20T19:06:38+00:00

There are certain holidays where it seems that family obligations are prevalent-Thanksgiving and Christmas, possibly Easter. I do NOT consider Valentine's day to be one of these family obligations. My husband and I avoid my MIL like the plague. She has a history of mental illness and it's just easier on all of us to visit her when it works for us once a month, instead of having her come to our house. Any other …read more »

Advice: Took a stand

2012-02-20T17:31:56+00:00

The last time I was here I was asking how to make a relationship work between MIL and myself, I know that is not going to happen. I did try but I was the only one. I sat down with my DH a few weeks ago and I told him where I stand with his mother. I told him that he did not have to agree to how I felt but he should honor my …read more »

Advice: My horrible FIL and DH who doesn’t understand

2012-02-20T06:23:02+00:00

Hi Ladies. I need advice. I'm reallly sorry if it's long. Here's the background story:

For those who don't know - we live with MIL and FIL.

Back in May 2011 in the morning I caught FIL telling my then 3 year old DD some tales, but those tales were really scary (how one animal kills another animal, blood involved, etc). I gently told him "Dear Dad (yes, yes, i used to call …read more »

Advice: MIL wanting to come when we buy first shoes

2012-02-20T03:15:16+00:00

My MIL has told us that she wants to be there when we buy our son's first pair of shoes, simply because she once worked in retail and was a qualified children's shoe fitter - that was about 10 years ago. I think this is something my husband and I should be able to do ourselves, but I feel pressured to let her be involved. There's no way I will be going shopping with her, …read more »

Advice: MIL controlling GFIL - concerned…

2012-02-19T18:00:46+00:00

Hi everyone! I discovered this website randomly and it's great to see that I'm not the only one dealing with crazy in-laws.

My husband's family is very, very small. My MIL is an only child and her father (my GFIL) is basically her only living relative aside from my husband (he is also an only child). My FIL and MIL live about 6 hours away from us and GFIL lives about a mile …read more »