[luvmytinkerbelle]

My MIL is driving my crazy. SHe has lived with us since last june because she can't hold a job longer than 3 months. Don't get me wrong I love her dearly. She just started a new job 2 days ago and she is already complaining. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want to jerk a knot in her. Not to mention our electric bill is going to go back up to $250 a month because she washes the same work clothes everyday. Doesn't she realize that we are in a drought and we live off of well water for crying out loud. And everytime I tried to vent to DH he doesn't want to hear it It makes me so mad. He pays all the bills and I feel that she doesn't appreciate it. I don't know what to do. I can't vent to him and if I ball it up I will eventually explode. Sometimes I wonder if he has a brain. Sorry for the babbling I just needed to vent.

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[susanaa]

Oh wow, I would be going crazy if my MIL was living with us.
They want to take over everything right?!
The fact that she complaints about her jobs, she will do that everytime! I know some of them that pretend they cant handle a job for a period of time just bec they know that their son wont let her leave his house.

Talk to your DH.. Dont vent.. well.. vent but in a calm way.. tell him what u feel..
My DH is amazing, and I do vent about his family.. from MIL, FIL, and his siblings, and he is honest.. if I am exaggerating he tells me so, if I am right then he accepts what I said and works on it!!

Talk to him! I hope things work out!!

Hugs to you

[*Bobbie*]

I wouldn't be able to handle it if my own mother lived with me.

I don't know how you do it!

I agree a nice calm talk with DH might help. Or it might not and it might be best for your sanity to just allow her to do her laundry. I have this conversation with Dave about three times a week about his kids doing laundry every day. After weeks of fighting about it, we decided laundry can ONLY be done on Sunday and Wednesday That way two or three peices of clothing aren't being washed alone.

Good luck...and vent away! I know I always feel better after typing things that bug me.

[Lv2Mommy]

Oh wow - I couldn't handle either my MIL or my own mother. I agree that maybe you should try and find a time when your not angry & just talk to DH about your feelings. He probably shares some of your frustration, but feels an obligation b/c it's his mom. I hope you guys can come to some compromise that doesn't drive you nuts! Good luck

[jademyst13]

I couldn't do it.

[..Jessica..]

I love my MIL...but THAT I couldn't deal with!!!

Kudos to you!!!

[mom 2 haley & tyler]

I couldn't live with my MIL or my own mother. They would drive me CRAZY. Hope it gets better soon.

[luvmytinkerbelle]

Suzan you are so right. She complains about it being about her anxiety but come on I have bipolar and panic attacks and I don't act that way. She thinks she has to run everyone's life and she can't even control her own.

I feel like i have issues with DH's mom and dad. Now his dad lives in NJ and DH hadn't spoken to him in 3 yrs and we decided at Christmas we would send him a Christmas card. All DH said in the card is he needed to talk to him. It was about the death of our DD Emily. And his dad said to DH's brother "Why after 3yrs does he want to all of sudden talk to me?" He thought we wanted money. The nerve this man had. Then when DH told him about Emily he had the ordasity to say " Well Jen ( DH's step sister ) was due with her baby anyday now." I justed wanted to jump through the phone and grab that man and strangle him. That's not something you say to your son after he lost his child. I swear I think something is wrong with the both of them. Anyhoo thanks for taking the time to listen. It's nice to have someone to vent to.

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