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#1 Aug 07 2007 at 6:12 AM Rating: Decent
MonsterMother in laws. Someone want to trade me? Husband wants to go visit as he's given up on her ever apologizing to us. It's not a pretty thing in the morning to tell your already agitated wife to get "over your **************** in the course of me telling him I want ground rules for the visit.


1. I don't want to stay in her home.
2. So much as one snarky, under handed word and visit is over.
3. I will never ever be left alone with her.
4. She is not welcome to stay where ever we stay.


It's not much to ask. Hell, if he wants to go play over at his Mother's with out me, COOL! I'm sure there is something in TN that I could find to distract me. I just refuse to put up with her crap. Her line is "she'll apologize when we give her grandchildren". Yeah, big news flash. We most likely wont ever be able to have kids. Even if we could she wouldn't be allowed to see them without us supervising because of the manipulative ***** that she is.
#2 Aug 07 2007 at 6:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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I'm sorry Katie, that's really miserable. Although I've had my own share of ****** situations, I can honestly say that I've always gotten along with the parents of every man I've ever been with (sometimes that was the hardest part of breaking up, hahaha).

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#3 Aug 07 2007 at 6:17 AM Rating: Excellent
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Why DO you have to see her? I should think it would be clear to him that the two main women in his life don't mix, and aren't ever going to.

I should think a reasonable solution would be for you to see her only long enough to say hello, and then have a convenient appointment lined up to do something you want to do.

What part of Tennessee? I can probably recommend some stuff to keep you busy.

Of course it'll be perfectly obvious to her that your appointment with a quilting tour, or whatever, has been trumped up specifically to allow you to avoid her gracefully. That's a bonus effect.
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#4 Aug 07 2007 at 6:18 AM Rating: Excellent
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Also: couldn't he just go visit her without you? I mean, I'm sure you'd miss him and all that, but maybe you could go visit your family while he goes to visit his mother?

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#5 Aug 07 2007 at 6:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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Also: forget about ever getting an apology from the old bat. Demanding or even expecting one is just giving her more leverage.

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#6 Aug 07 2007 at 6:22 AM Rating: Decent
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Samira wrote:
Also: forget about ever getting an apology from the old bat. Demanding or even expecting one is just giving her more leverage.



/nod


Friar Katie wrote:
Her line is "she'll apologize when we give her grandchildren".


That's complete *********
#7 Aug 07 2007 at 6:23 AM Rating: Default
I'd love for him to go by himself. I hate the woman. He wants us to go camping while we are there and being the way he is, he wont go unless I go. It's Crossville. Podunk nowhere town which the she-***** lives in. I'd as sooner stay home and play WoW. I'd love to go camping at her boyfriend's cabin again, but I can't imagine putting myself through the torture that is his Mom. Ladies back me up, we love our husbands, if he wants to go he can go. I'll stay home, watch sappy movies, eat pizza, play WoW and generally enjoy having the house to myself. Of course I have 6 months before any of this would play out as he is over in the sand box right now, but just thinking about it gets me all worked up.
#8 Aug 07 2007 at 6:24 AM Rating: Default
Well I hope she enjoys having that leverage that keeps her out of my house for as long as she doesn't apologize. It's a lot easier to deal with her via phone.
#9 Aug 07 2007 at 6:30 AM Rating: Excellent
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Also: why is everybody doing this?

Also: yet another reason why there's nothing good in Tennessee.
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#10 Aug 07 2007 at 6:30 AM Rating: Decent
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Friar Katie wrote:
Of course I have 6 months before any of this would play out as he is over in the sand box right now, but just thinking about it gets me all worked up.


What's he doing in the OOT?
#11 Aug 07 2007 at 6:34 AM Rating: Default
You know, patroling, keeping the natives from waging war on our fair forum=4, all that fun sexy denying patriotic stuff.
#12 Aug 07 2007 at 6:34 AM Rating: Decent
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Keep in mind this women will always be your husbands mother and therefore will always be a part of your life. You married the child she raised, there most be some redeeming quality somewhere? I would do what YOU can do to just maintain smooth relations, even if it means swallowing some katiepride.

...a camping trip sounds fun.Smiley: smile

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#13 Aug 07 2007 at 6:36 AM Rating: Good
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Step 1: Realize that she is a crazy manipulative *****, nothing you do will make it otherwise and chances of her changing this late in the game are slim to none.

Step 2: Stop caring. Why should her craziness affect you anymore than the occasional stillbirth joke from a guy on the internet? Thick skin and an I don't give a f'uck attitude, develop it.

Step 3: Make it easy for your husband. He already has to deal with a crazy mother, let alone a ****** wife. Asking for a hotel room is ok, saying 'we are leaving the minute your mom does something crazy' is not.

Go down, do your time. The mother will try to annoy you, don't let her. Your husband will owe you a footrub or one of those pull start gas powered vibrators you have been wanting.
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#14 Aug 07 2007 at 6:40 AM Rating: Default
I've done the whole biting my tongue thing. I'm soooooo over that. What I want to do is stomp a new mud hole in her ***. She has called my husbands command not ONCE, nooo TWICE to complain about how unhealthy my husbands and mine relationship is. She has gone through our bedroom when we were away. She has harassed me at my job. She rearranged my kitchen. She is convinced I am Hispanic. She has called my parents at their home to go on a tirade about how second class they are. She has said things to my face that I am not even going to repeat. All because her son married me. I dealt with it when her aggression was aimed at me solely. Once it turned on my husband and my family though, she unwittingly unleashed a temper she was not ready for. I'm done with her. If she wants to make amends she does it on my terms. We've changed the locks, I've blocked her emails and blocked her from calling my phone. She can email and call him, but I refuse to let her upset me in my own home.
#15 Aug 07 2007 at 6:43 AM Rating: Excellent
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Demea wrote:
Also: why is everybody doing this?

Also: yet another reason why there's nothing good in Tennessee.


Nadenue is there! <3

Crossville, huh. There's a wildlife preserve near there, an open air theater or amphitheater, can't remember which, and some sort of arts and crafts fair in mid summer. Apparently there's also a lot of golf courses. /shrug

It's a pretty area once you get out of town, which is true of most of Tennessee.
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#16 Aug 07 2007 at 6:44 AM Rating: Default
Yeah, she lives on that golf course.
#17 Aug 07 2007 at 6:45 AM Rating: Excellent
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Friar Katie wrote:
Yeah, she lives on that golf course.


Mmkay, so "Oh my gosh it's time for my golf lesson!" is not your best avenue of escape.

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#18 Aug 07 2007 at 6:47 AM Rating: Default
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Step 1: Realize that she is a crazy manipulative *****, nothing you do will make it otherwise and chances of her changing this late in the game are slim to none.

Step 2: Stop caring. Why should her craziness affect you anymore than the occasional stillbirth joke from a guy on the internet? Thick skin and an I don't give a f'uck attitude, develop it.


You would think, I've mastered it here, I could do it with her as well.

bodhisattva wrote:
Step 3: Make it easy for your husband. He already has to deal with a crazy mother, let alone a ****** wife. Asking for a hotel room is ok, saying 'we are leaving the minute your mom does something crazy' is not.


I'm afraid other wise, she is going to say something and I'm going to go all redneck on her.

bodhisattva wrote:
Go down, do your time. The mother will try to annoy you, don't let her. Your husband will owe you a footrub or one of those pull start gas powered vibrators you have been wanting.


You're right. I hate to admit it Bodhi, but you are right. I'm going to have to suck it up and let her be the horrible ***** she is and just try to let it roll off my back.
#19 Aug 07 2007 at 6:48 AM Rating: Default
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Friar Katie wrote:
Yeah, she lives on that golf course.


Mmkay, so "Oh my gosh it's time for my golf lesson!" is not your best avenue of escape.



No, I'm also pretty sure they' notice if I were burying her body out there too.
#20 Aug 07 2007 at 6:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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Pity. Sand traps make for easy burial.

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#21 Aug 07 2007 at 7:01 AM Rating: Good
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If your husband really wants to see his mom, let him go see his mom. I see no reason why you have to go if you know it's just going to pour more salt on already gaping wounds. If he doesn't want to go without you, then I guess he really doesnt want to see his mom, does he? If it's about camping, go somewhere else after his trip with his mom.

Don't put yourself in that position. If the both of you dont get along, and you know that neither of you can bite your tongues, then you're only doing everyone a favor by not putting yourself in that type of situation.

If the husband whines, tell him you're only thinking of his happiness by not putting him in the middle. Yeah, that's it.
#22 Aug 07 2007 at 7:04 AM Rating: Good
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The real sucky part is when you try the "I don't care angle" the ***** is gonna step it up a notch and really try to f'uck with you.

It sucks no matter what but not letting her see you get flustered or emotional is what works, she is going for the reaction afterall.
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#23 Aug 07 2007 at 7:05 AM Rating: Default
She rattles my cage. I know it. I tried, lord knows I tried so hard in the beginning to get along with her. I took every bit of the abuse and never said a thing to my husband about it. Right up until she threatened to go to his command. Bully me, push me around. I can take it. DON'T EVER make the mistake of messing with my loved ones. Then it's on and all bets are off.
#24 Aug 07 2007 at 7:13 AM Rating: Good
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Have you talked indetail with your husband about it?
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#25 Aug 07 2007 at 7:19 AM Rating: Default
I have. He's used to her though. He doesn't see most of it, because 9 out of 10 times she'll do or say something when he's not around. Or she'll say something under handed and he's so thick sometimes, he doesn't notice it. Until I point it out. Then they have a sit down talk, she swears she meant nothing by it (if I'm in hearing distance) if not she tells him how disappointed she is in him that he married me and yada yada yada. He gets mad, she promises she'll be nice and it comes down to me putting my foot down even in the end.
#26 Aug 07 2007 at 7:21 AM Rating: Good
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Have you sat down and told him that?
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