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In Desperate Need of Mother in Law HELP
I have been marrieded to my husband for 9yrs we are both very late baby boomers with small children. My MIL is approx 70 still drives, is active, travels etc...
For the past several yrs. she has been soooo extremely overly sarcastic, rude, degrading, bossy, bitter & just plain nasty over just about EVERY subject.
I talk to my husband re: her behavior he won't talk to her etc... & if I say ok I will he states ok go ahead just start a fight... Then the "MIL problem" makes my husband & I go to war.
I am at my wits end all my friends & there Moms say bite the bullet smile, set an example for your children etc... Well, I can no longer sleep this verbal sarcastic abuse from her to me is just REALLY eating at me I'm not sure if I can just keep my mouth shut much longer.
My MIL doesn't do anything for us she lives 5 minutes away & only sees her 2 grandkids on Sundays when taking them to church then to her house for brunch. But she will never just come over & visit them, babysit them, have them overnight on just about anything else... I think I'm going to tell her look you don't need to take them to church anymore & I can bite the bullet on that one & take them myself. The issue there is I wasn't raised Catholic so in her book taboo & I was told I don't have my priorities straight...
My husband is always doing things for her at times last minute dumb things like light her water heater... if she wasn't such a WITCH she has several very very nice younger neighbors in her duplex facility that can help her.
ARRRGGHHHH sooooooo feed up. Should I finally just ask her is something wrong... lately you are so overly sarcastic, nasty & rude
Both her behavior & her daughters behavior is just uncalled for around my two childern. The discuss sex, watch unappropriate tv shows, very scary movies, argue about money & discuss recent arrests such as rapes & BAD BAD things
WHAT SHOULD I DO - PLEASE HELP
Re: In Desperate Need of Mother in Law HELP
I'm confused....you cant stand being around her yet you are complaining that she isnt around more for your kids....which is it?
You cant have it both ways.
Something doesn't add up here. Why should she come to your house to visit the kids during the week, or pick them up for sleep overs etc. They're YOUR kids, you take care of them. I think its very nice that she picks them up for a
Regardless of the fact that your kids are your responsibility and if Nana doesn't want to offer you free babysitting services, tough titties (she didn't choose to have your children-you did, so it's not on anybody else to "take them". Ever), if
I'm more than willing to start validating people's ideas when they start having ideas worth validating
Well, first of all, I think you're very lucky that she doesn't want to take them for babysitting and sleepovers!!! Sounds like a real gem to me. Also, you say you're not Catholic, but now you are going to 'bite the bullet" and&nbs