Anyone else have terrible In-Laws?

[G.I.Jim]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here? My wife has 6 brothers and sisters, and we have egomaniacs (It's ALL about me), thieves, crackheads, dumb asses, rednecks (I live in the south, so go figure!). I honestly think I've seen more with this fucking family than anyone would ever believe.

I know this sounds really harsh, but I've grown to despise some of them and fucking HATE Christmas and other get-togethers because I know I'll have to be around them. I swear, I must be the biggest asshole on earth for not being more forgiving, but after 16 years of this shit... I can't STAND it anymore!!!

[Everett]

Nope

[G.I.Jim]

Nope

Everett, I don't know how to break this to you but... you have to have SEX with a woman and get married to get In-Laws. Don't feel bad buddy, because you will someday and it'll be magical!

[bluejeangirl76]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here?

When I used to have in-laws, some of them were pretty bad. Thankfully most of them were ok.... those were mostly on my father-in-law's side - that whole side of the family was awesome. I really miss them, and I know they miss me too.

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed. Still throwing shots. I felt like saying "uh, I'm not your daughter-in-law anymore, is there a specific reason you're being a bitch?"

Her older sister (my "aunt-in-law") was my favorite in law. I still call her "Aunt..." I saw her at this funeral also, and she hugged me SO hard and wouldn't let go.

It was mostly my MIL, and a few random others... 95% of the in-laws were great, but the MIL more than made up for the lack of strife.

[Everett]

Nope

Everett, I don't know how to break this to you but... you have to have SEX with a woman

and
get married to get In-Laws. Don't feel bad buddy, because you will someday and it'll be magical!

That's already happened.


I don't think that'll happen, i don't see myself as the married type i need to much variety.

[G.I.Jim]

My Father in Law is a Millionaire with a trust fund for his kids, one of which is my wife, sorry bout yer luck!

I've got two words for you, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way... FUCK YOU!!!

[Rick]

My Father in Law is a Millionaire with a trust fund for his kids, one of which is my wife, sorry bout yer luck!

I've got two words for you, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way... FUCK YOU!!!

I heard that. My dad's a rich fucker too, but he's a staunch "earn your own way" kind of guy. And he'll outlive me. He's a good dude though.

[Angel]

To answer your question....yes.

[G.I.Jim]

My Father in Law is a Millionaire with a trust fund for his kids, one of which is my wife, sorry bout yer luck!

I've got two words for you, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way... FUCK YOU!!!

I heard that. My dad's a rich fucker too, but he's a staunch "earn your own way" kind of guy. And he'll outlive me. He's a good dude though.

Sounds like my dad. My dad's not rich, but he's very well off, and he is so tight with money... I swear to God that my dad is Mr Crabs from Sponge Bob! If he can find a way to pack it all in his coffin, he'll do it. I don't give a damn about his money though, and actually TOLD him that one day. He tried to act like he was going to hold his inheritance from me for something once (can't remember what it was, it was years ago), and I told him "I don't want, and don't NEED your money. It's yours... do whatever the hell you want to with it!". Hilarious! I'm the only one of his three children that even talk to him. I tell him to spend his money and enjoy life, but he lives like a damn hermit. I worry about him a lot. Crazy old man!

[AlteredDNA]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here?

When I used to have in-laws, some of them were pretty bad. Thankfully most of them were ok.... those were mostly on my father-in-law's side - that whole side of the family was awesome. I really miss them, and I know they miss me too.

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed. Still throwing shots. I felt like saying "uh, I'm not your daughter-in-law anymore, is there a specific reason you're being a bitch?"

Her older sister (my "aunt-in-law") was my favorite in law. I still call her "Aunt..." I saw her at this funeral also, and she hugged me SO hard and wouldn't let go.

It was mostly my MIL, and a few random others... 95% of the in-laws were great, but the MIL more than made up for the lack of strife.

[G.I.Jim]

My Father in Law is a Millionaire with a trust fund for his kids, one of which is my wife, sorry bout yer luck!

I've got two words for you, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way... FUCK YOU!!!

j/k But if I could buy Deano for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth, I could be on to something.

You might be right!

[G.I.Jim]

To answer your question....yes.

Sorry to hear that!

[G.I.Jim]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here?

When I used to have in-laws, some of them were pretty bad. Thankfully most of them were ok.... those were mostly on my father-in-law's side - that whole side of the family was awesome. I really miss them, and I know they miss me too.

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed. Still throwing shots. I felt like saying "uh, I'm not your daughter-in-law anymore, is there a specific reason you're being a bitch?"

Her older sister (my "aunt-in-law") was my favorite in law. I still call her "Aunt..." I saw her at this funeral also, and she hugged me SO hard and wouldn't let go.

It was mostly my MIL, and a few random others... 95% of the in-laws were great, but the MIL more than made up for the lack of strife.

Thank you for your opinions on the matter... I can tell you put some thought into it!

[StevePerryHair]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here?

When I used to have in-laws, some of them were pretty bad. Thankfully most of them were ok.... those were mostly on my father-in-law's side - that whole side of the family was awesome. I really miss them, and I know they miss me too.

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed. Still throwing shots. I felt like saying "uh, I'm not your daughter-in-law anymore, is there a specific reason you're being a bitch?"

Her older sister (my "aunt-in-law") was my favorite in law. I still call her "Aunt..." I saw her at this funeral also, and she hugged me SO hard and wouldn't let go.

It was mostly my MIL, and a few random others... 95% of the in-laws were great, but the MIL more than made up for the lack of strife.

No, no no, that is MY motherinlaw!! And my FIL IS Frank Trust me, anyone who knows them will agree

[G.I.Jim]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here?

When I used to have in-laws, some of them were pretty bad. Thankfully most of them were ok.... those were mostly on my father-in-law's side - that whole side of the family was awesome. I really miss them, and I know they miss me too.

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed. Still throwing shots. I felt like saying "uh, I'm not your daughter-in-law anymore, is there a specific reason you're being a bitch?"

Her older sister (my "aunt-in-law") was my favorite in law. I still call her "Aunt..." I saw her at this funeral also, and she hugged me SO hard and wouldn't let go.

It was mostly my MIL, and a few random others... 95% of the in-laws were great, but the MIL more than made up for the lack of strife.

Sorry, I don't know why, but the picture you posted JUST showed up! I thought you posted a reply without typing anything. Sorry! That picture is awesome for this discussion.

[Rick]

My Father in Law is a Millionaire with a trust fund for his kids, one of which is my wife, sorry bout yer luck!

I've got two words for you, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way... FUCK YOU!!!

I heard that. My dad's a rich fucker too, but he's a staunch "earn your own way" kind of guy. And he'll outlive me. He's a good dude though.

Sounds like my dad. My dad's not rich, but he's very well off, and he is so tight with money... I swear to God that my dad is Mr Crabs from Sponge Bob! If he can find a way to pack it all in his coffin, he'll do it. I don't give a damn about his money though, and actually TOLD him that one day. He tried to act like he was going to hold his inheritance from me for something once (can't remember what it was, it was years ago), and I told him "I don't want, and don't NEED your money. It's yours... do whatever the hell you want to with it!". Hilarious! I'm the only one of his three children that even talk to him. I tell him to spend his money and enjoy life, but he lives like a damn hermit. I worry about him a lot. Crazy old man!

Sometimes when people have a lot of money, they begin to think that that is all that people want from them, and they get reclusive as a result. My brother did that in a completely different way. He became a police officer, and started living with his doors shut and curtains drawn. He said he's put some bad people away, so he worries about his families safety. He recently started his own business, in hopes of getting out of that line of work.

[Michigan Girl]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here? My wife has 6 brothers and sisters, and we have egomaniacs (It's ALL about me), thieves, crackheads, dumb asses, rednecks (I live in the south, so go figure!). I honestly think I've seen more with this fucking family than anyone would ever believe.

I know this sounds really harsh, but I've grown to despise some of them and fucking HATE Christmas and other get-togethers because I know I'll have to be around them. I swear, I must be the biggest asshole on earth for not being more forgiving, but after 16 years of this shit... I can't STAND it anymore!!!

WOW!! That's a lot of strife ...good thing you ended up with a winner, though!!

[G.I.Jim]

My Father in Law is a Millionaire with a trust fund for his kids, one of which is my wife, sorry bout yer luck!

I've got two words for you, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way... FUCK YOU!!!

I heard that. My dad's a rich fucker too, but he's a staunch "earn your own way" kind of guy. And he'll outlive me. He's a good dude though.

Sounds like my dad. My dad's not rich, but he's very well off, and he is so tight with money... I swear to God that my dad is Mr Crabs from Sponge Bob! If he can find a way to pack it all in his coffin, he'll do it. I don't give a damn about his money though, and actually TOLD him that one day. He tried to act like he was going to hold his inheritance from me for something once (can't remember what it was, it was years ago), and I told him "I don't want, and don't NEED your money. It's yours... do whatever the hell you want to with it!". Hilarious! I'm the only one of his three children that even talk to him. I tell him to spend his money and enjoy life, but he lives like a damn hermit. I worry about him a lot. Crazy old man!

Sometimes when people have a lot of money, they begin to think that that is all that people want from them, and they get reclusive as a result. My brother did that in a completely different way. He became a police officer, and started living with his doors shut and curtains drawn. He said he's put some bad people away, so he worries about his families safety. He recently started his own business, in hopes of getting out of that line of work.

I hope it works out for your brother. I looked into working for the highway patrol years ago, but they don't pay anything! I make 3 times what I would be make starting out with them. They get shot at! What's the worst that can happen to me... a paper cut?

[bluejeangirl76]

It was mostly my MIL, and a few random others... 95% of the in-laws were great, but the MIL more than made up for the lack of strife.

Yep, that's her.

[artist4perry]

Had a bad father in law, pushy mother in law.........and when I divorced my Ex, they were great with the kids, and left me alone. They knew their son messed up.

New mother in law is a wonderful lady. I have a daughter that is 22 that is making me nuts though. I love her, but she is trying to tell me how to parent, care for my home, do my finances, and rearranged my Farm on Farmville. I just re-rearranged my farm to let her know that was not how I wanted it! LOL! She means well though. She is a smart cookie, but she needs to realize I am 47 and I like doing things my way as well. I don't re arrange her things or tell her what she needs to do to her home. Still love her! LOL!

[Ehwmatt]

That's a shame Jim. After my past experiences, I really tend to look at the girl's family nearly as much as I look at the girl.

The girl I'm dating now's family is great - she's got 2 younger sisters and they're both really cool.

Her parents couldn't be nicer and her dad is basically me in 30 years.

My ex that I dated for 4 years had a horrendous family and that was sign #1 it would never work.

[Andrew]

and rearranged my Farm on Farmville.

Now THAT is going too fucking far!

[Peartree12249]

I don't have to worry about in-laws but my psycho mother is a another story. She loves my husband however.

[Angel]

and rearranged my Farm on Farmville.

Now THAT is going too fucking far!

That BITCH!!!!

[mikemarrs]

true story here.i've been with the same person 14 years this june and me and her mother always got along.however me and her father didn't.this man was a bad drug addict.i found this out shortly after we got together when there was never any food in the house and the television always come up missing.maybe pawned is a better word for it.me and him butted heads a lot and we didn't really like each other.we mainly got along for the sake of his daughter

anyway the problems he had always put a strain on his family and me too since i pretty much lived in the same house.well i developed bad health issues too mainly from all the partying and i bottomed out and went into the hospital in august of 1999 and stayed a month and it pretty much saved my life.i quit drinking and doing drugs and it caused me and her father a very bitter fight because i no longer drank and refused to fund the drinking and drugging.after i got out of the hospital we had this falling out and he wanted me away from his daughter so we pretty much broke up except for the odd sneaking around here and there but it basically nearly killed mine and her relationship.

in march of 2000 one evening he woke up from a nap to go get a beer at the store and collapsed at the front door dead of a heart attack at age 42.i felt bad about it but i know now if he would've survived me and her would not have been together and i wouldn't have my two kids.her mother got remarried and me and the new father in law get along much better and he leads a much healthier lifestyle.

[Andrew]

Yikes Mike. But good for you mate. Glad you are healthy.

[Rip Rokken]

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed.

Wow, I always wondered what happened to my first wife's mother! How is Lois these days, Kim? People like this amaze me, and hopefully one day science can dissect their brains to find the defect that causes this grave disorder.

Hmm... I accidentally typed "fing" instead of "find", and my iPhone corrected it to "f'ing". LOL!!!

[bluejeangirl76]

I had your stereotypical "monster-in-law" though. My god, she was terrible to me. But she was textbook. Histrionic personality, eternal victim, can't "let go" of her kids.... she was unnecessarily mean to me, but the kind of passive-aggressive mean where if you called her out, she'd claim to have meant something else.... whatever. A few months back I saw her for the first time in years at a funeral and she hadn't changed.

Wow, I always wondered what happened to my first wife's mother! How is Lois these days, Kim? People like this amaze me, and hopefully one day science can dissect their brains to find the defect that causes this grave disorder.

Yeah, she was pretty mean. It used to hurt me SO badly, because I really wanted to get along with his family, I liked them, and of course you always want the mom to like you.... But because I wasn't "family" (before we were married), I was never included in anything. I mean, she went out of her way to actually keep me out of things. She always wanted everything to be "just me and my kids".

Here's a great one.... One time, she actually took it upon herself to buy a plane ticket for my ex for a family trip. I was never asked. We were saving all our vacation time for the honeymoon that same year. We both only got 2 weeks. He told her he wasn't going on the family trip because of that. She turned around and bought the ticket anyway (this was a WEEK long trip) and GUILTED him.... "welll I already bought the ticket, you have to go!" (uh, AFTER he said no he wasn't going). And did Mr. No Balls hold ground? Nope. (and that caused a fight that I will never ever forget, ever.)

But, he wouldn't agree to go unless I went too (which of course WE had to pay for, but it f'ked up her good time, so it was a little bit worth it...lol). She was NOT at all pleased that I was infringing upon her family time, and despite being about to be married to her kid, I was NOT family.

Then there was one time, not long after we got engaged, where she included me on something she was doing, I thought she was making an effort, and the following weekend she invited me to something again.... and I thought, "wow, ok, so we're making progress..." Guess what. Soon as she had her car repaired, and didn't need a ride, I was not invited out by her ever again. And that's one of the mild stories. There are so many, and some of them, I still can't even believe if I think about them....LOL. Thankfully I don't have much occasion to think of any of that anymore.

[YoungJRNY]

I swear that I honestly have to have some of the WORST In-Laws on the planet, and am just curious if I'm alone here? My wife has 6 brothers and sisters, and we have egomaniacs (It's ALL about me), thieves, crackheads, dumb asses, rednecks (I live in the south, so go figure!). I honestly think I've seen more with this fucking family than anyone would ever believe.

I know this sounds really harsh, but I've grown to despise some of them and fucking HATE Christmas and other get-togethers because I know I'll have to be around them. I swear, I must be the biggest asshole on earth for not being more forgiving, but after 16 years of this shit... I can't STAND it anymore!!!

I call my girlfriends family "constantly" or "always somethin." There is ALWAYS something going on at an every day occurrence. They are VERY family oriented and try to do things on a daily, if not weekly occurrence to keep in contact. There's nothing wrong with that in my eyes and think that certainly IS healthy, but could be unhealthy as well.

I dread that I'm going to get the call at any moment of "Uncle so and so is having a party, even though it's 9.am in the morning and a short notice, they would love for us to go out and spend the day, so would you want to come?" type of situation. Our privacy is short lived together and some times her mother or cousins or whatever doesn't understand that quality in a relationship and always call at certain times to make plans on the dot while she's with me in the morning or whenever else.

Last Sunday, I SPECIFICALLY told my girlfriend that I want to have this Sunday alone and that I don't want to be bothered if anything decides to come up so I can have a day. Didn't she call me up with the "So and So is moving into their new house and they are short on hands and they could use you right now. Could you come out and help?" Of course I wasn't going to leave anyone hanging since they needed me but I was pissed to know that I had to get up and head over to move heavy furniture up a 3 floor narrow flight of steps all night.

Every time I head down her house, there's always some kind of family member coming to visit and what not, so after 4 simple and young years of doing this, I already roll my eyes at it at times. Fortunate thing is, is that they love me to death and I love them as well. Outside of them being pushy and kind of irritating singing komb by yah every weekend with each other, we have a healthy relationship but at some point during the week, there is either somewhere we need to be or some dilemma of being somewhere just to do it out of the right thing to do type thing. Every family has character as well and some of them I can't stand to be around. It gets exhausting for sure, but we as men have to do things we don't like sometimes and that's just the art of wanting to be with someone I suppose.

Overall when it comes down to it the good certainly outweigh the annoyances of having inlaws in your life.

[bluejeangirl76]

I dread that I'm going to get the call at any moment of "Uncle so and so is having a party, even though it's 9.am in the morning and a short notice, they would love for us to go out and spend the day, so would you want to come?" type of situation. Our privacy is short lived together and some times her mother or cousins or whatever doesn't understand that quality in a relationship and always call at certain times to make plans on the dot while she's with me in the morning or whenever else.

That's what mine were like. It was always something. And I didn't really mind THAT part... but it became an expectation that the answer would always be yes..... I don't know if you get this part or not, but if we ever had to say "no, we can't...." - omg the drama that would follow. My MIL is the eternal victim of everything. And if she felt slighted in any way, the entire family would hear the story first from her, in HER words, and the phone calls would start. "How could you do/say that to her.... "

And never ASKED us what happened, just immediately launched into the lecture.

"Uh... that's NOT what we did/said. Every time.