Oh man,where to begin.How does one condence 15 years of hell on earth.I'll list their psychopathic tendancies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Thou shal not speak poorly of the dead witch of a grandmother.MIL's mother ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Thou shall not speak poorly of the dead drunken wife beating wack job of a grandfather. {MIL's divorced parents.He abused his second wife.}Naturally MIL denies this,she paints her dad as pineing away the rest of his life over his first wife whom HE divorced.She was a mean,nasty manipulation witch. Funny how the apple doesnt fall far from the tree. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Thou shall not speak the truth about anything bad,you must ALWAYS see the world through rose colored glasses like MIL.There is nothing wrong with looking on the bright side but when one is in outright denial about the fact that life can really suck sometimes...there is something seriously wrong. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Thou shall not talk about money,politics or religion in any way shape or form.They constantly pretend to be on the verge of poverty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` -The inlaws NEVER phone.They are loaded. We are okay but we dont have alot of disposable income.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -For christmas my hubby was given 2000$....because his name is on it...he is expected to keep it for himself. I got a 10$ cleaning gizmo...it doesnt work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -For hubbys B-day he was given 800$.I didnt know this. MIL and I went shopping,she wanted to get him a nice gift.She picked one,we both agreed he would love it...THEN she gives me the but its so costly.. so I get sucked into paying half of an 80$ gift. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -They have ruined vacations...by inviting themselves along and convincing hubby to stay at their favorite hotel...ALL of the other hotels in a city of 500,000 people are just bad....not to mention 50$ cheaper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Christmas..well thats worth an essay unto itself.We dont believe in teaching our children about santa...can they respect that.NO. My MIL loves to ask what they want santa to bring them...my kids repeatedly say 'santa is stupid,hes not real'...she then proceeds to make a complete ass of herself by trying to convince them that santa exists. The woman couldnt cook to save her life-FIL is picky to the extreme-worse than a kid-so we have to eat his tasteless swill. We HAVE to keep mumsies dream land, leave it to beaver,Norman rockwell fantacy christmas traditions...if there is any deviation she throws a temper tantrum.I wish it was Norman Rockwell...at least the turkey would be completely cooked....and spiced.They dont believe in spicing anything. If anyone has more than 2 cookies...well then they are gluttonous pigs in mumsies eyes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -My inlaws are masters of manipulation. When grandpa died MIL told us that she got a mere 8 thousand. I got a copy of the will....try 80,000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - If they go for a walk to the corner store for milk or something they will not under any circumstances buy their grandkids a treat of any kind.... they think,THATS WHAT LOW CLASS PEOPLE DO....they drive vehicles from the early 80's...they live in a dumpy house from the 60's...they change their clothes and bathe once every 3 days....and they consider themselves HIGH CLASS.UGH!!!!!When we arent visiting they take no interest in the lives of our kids. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -We visit once ,mabe twice PER YEAR. Their other 4 kids are there every few weeks and for some bizarre reason...I GET BLAMED FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO BE BROKEN OR OUT OF PLACE. Oh yeah,they dont believe in putting anything away.There is so much crap on the counters that there is no room to function. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` - They are group therapy and anonymous JUNKIES.MIL cant hang a picture without someone elses opinion. You dont dare say anything about their anonymous cults...they are convinced that there is no other way...They are ADDICTED to addiction groups....heeelllooo.{wack job} If hubby ever confronted them about how they abused him they would deny it...so much for therapy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have spent years grinning and bearing it. I have gone over and above the call of duty and nothing is ever good enough.I'm stupid as far as theyre concerned.The inlaws think they are always right no matter what.The woman will insult you to your face then giggle,she is a childish manipulating witch. We live 4 hours away...we are expected to come to them every time.Mumsie isnt comfortable in our 'tiny' house. It ONLY 1400sq feet. These people are involved in everything,they are active,busy,they go to the gym,they travel the world,theyre never home...yet if you ask them to do something that they dont want to...they suddenly become feeble old people and how dare we ask such incredibly old decrepid seniors to do anything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I could go on and on and on and on and on............My only hope is to move far far far away....Mabe If I tap my heels together three times I'll wake up and realise that this is just a really bad dream. Anybody got a flying house.I need it to fall on my MIL.