Any horrible in-law stories?

My mother-in-law once said to me before we sat down to a family meal, “As senior daughter-in-law, would you like to pour?”

To which I replied, “I didn’t know that I had a rank, but I would be happy to pour.”

She is still alive…

@marinelife Oy.

Over a series of incidents, none of my family members have any interest in spending a lot of time with my Daughter-in-law. When we were on our last car trip together, she got mad because we asked her to help with cleaning up, and she refused to get out of the car, eat anything or talk to anyone for the entire rest of the 6 hour drive. I could fill a whole page with stuff she has done.

The most recent indication was when I asked my adult grandsons if they wanted to go with us on our trip this month, and they both said “Not if Jay is going”. Since she isn’t, one of them is coming.

My ex-mother-in-law threatened to kick my ass after I filed for emergency custody of my son after my ex-husband walked out. She made the threat because on the paperwork I stated that my ex-husband would be staying with her and her husband was abusive (he broke her nose several times that I was aware of while drunk) and I didn’t feel it was a safe place for my son to be at.

After my ex-husband decided he didn’t want anything else to do with his son, his family did as well. None of them have seen him since he was 13-months-old (he’s almost 10-years-old now).

The in-laws that I have now are great. They not only welcomed me into the family with open arms, but my son as well. They all consider him to be their grandson/nephew/cousin/whatever and don’t care that biologically he’s not.

@Seaofclouds Good riddance to bad rubbish.

My mother in law actually sent MY MOM a letter almost identical to the one in the article. She told my mother to cancel the wedding because her son and I were not ready to get married. I mentioned this in another thread a while back. Except instead of manners, my letter was about my cleaning habits and how I wasn’t fit to be a wife.

When my husband and announced to them we were pregnant, my father-in-law offered to chip in for an abortion. I never mentioned that one because I was too mortified, but now I think I have nothing to be ashamed of—that’s their problem.

While I was pregnant and still to this day, my mother in law tries to tell us not to have a second child. She even asked my husband if he’d get a vasectomy soon. I mentioned this one in a different earlier thread about a year ago.

I have a schtuff my MIL says thread going on. She’s just a nutter. She claims I am a great mom though—But I guess not good enough to be allowed to have a second child

It won’t let me edit it. The other story about the suggestion for a vasectomy was here

Just today we went to visit my MIL in a skilled nursing facility. We were going to a party and she likes to see what we are wearing. She complimented my outfit and shoes but had to throw in, “I have to say it judi, I absolutely hate your hair straight.”
Another time I went back to a natural hair color and she had only seen me blond for the last 20 years. She had to tell me how much she hated my hair color.

When I was starting to show some gray, I went to a hair salon and had a weave done—a very careful professional coloring job that cost me $110. My husband said it glinted like gold in the sunlight.

My mother-in-law noticed too: “Oh, you’ve changed your hair color. Did you do that yourself?’ Thanks, Mom, you think it looks like it came out of a $6.95 bottle from the drugstore. And you have to say it from halfway across the restaurant, too.

Mine are horribly nice.
All three of them.

I have so many, but two come to mind right now.

My husband and I were at his parents’ house on our first Christmas Eve as a married couple. This was apparently “sock year.” She gave everyone socks. Some people got other things as well, but everyone got socks. Due to a fairly recent medical issue, I was cold all of the time and frequently wore my husband’s thick socks around the house. When he opened his box ‘o socks he looked at me, chuckled and said now he had more socks I could wear. His mother was sitting across the room and screamed “No she will NOT wear your socks! She has plenty of socks of her own!” WTF? His grandmother’s (her MIL) eyes about popped out of her head. We all just sat there in stunned silence for a few seconds and then everything proceeded as normal.

We met his family for dinner and used the opportunity to announce that we were having a baby. She reached across me and gave him money to pay for his dinner as a congratulations. She did not offer to pay for mine.

Oh, and one other thing. We asked her to please limit the amount of clothes she buys our daughter because it was completely out of control. The child had so many clothes that her dresser could not hold them all so clean clothes were also folded halfway up the the mirror in back. Her response? Sneaking clothes in and telling our daughter not to tell us. (I figured it out, asked my daughter and she confirmed my suspicions.)

Thought of another one!

She goes through our personal things while she comes to see our daughter and we go out. I knew anyway, but one time she admitted it. My husband and I had gone through a difficult time and he wrote me a letter about how much he loved me and cared for our family and wanted to work through this. I put this letter in the top drawer of my nightstand. I came home and she said, “I want to know what is going on between you and my son.” I said nothing and she said, “Don’t lie to me. I read the letter.” MIL, dear, may I introduce you to my friend Boundaries?

@Supacase Unreal.

So, @Supacase, did you wear those socks or not?

@Jeruba Absolutely