Why Are You So Annoying MIL?
You are easily the most passive aggressive, rude, clueless, needy, insecure woman. You are not evil, but I wish you could receive a brain transplant... I'm so glad there is a group for IL woes! My SO's...
View ArticleHoliday Gifts from ITO relatives: How do you deal?
My in-laws are basically ITO. They've written us off and we haven't made any effort to chase them. For Halloween, they sent lo, who is 7 months old, a card and $20. We put the money in the piggy bank...
View ArticleNeed advice for dealing with controlling mother - Updates p. 12, 13, 14, 16,...
***UPDATE*** Thank you to everyone for your amazing, informative advice. This is where everything stands right now:Â 1) DH and I talked and agreed that we definitely need a TO from my mom. We have not...
View ArticleAre the sheets clean? ***Update page 7, 11, 16, 23, 27, 30***
So, my MIL is staying the night with us. Anyway, she was talking to DH last night on the phone and heard him say, yes the sheets are clean. While he was on the phone, I said why wouldn't they be and...
View ArticleDreading tomorrow
  I have been debating posting about my PIL ever since I discovered DWIL at the beginning of the year. This board has validated a lot of the things I was feeling and definitely helped in shining up...
View ArticleSo when the therapists blame inlaws/FOO/extended family update page 14
So my son with autism is seeing occupational therapists, regular therapist, and he saw the Lead Teacher for the county because of all the problems he has been having at school and home. Its a lot of...
View ArticleDelivery Room Dilemma (LONG)
I am pregnant with my 2nd child & after I had my first, I was so dissappointed at myself & how things went with DS delivery... So im determined to make this all about what I truly want &...
View ArticleSpine is Shiny. Storm is coming. UPDATE - She's in hospital
MIL has been nosy and intrusive, passive aggressive, condescending and insulting. She is boundary stomper and a manipulator who never admits when she does something inappropriate. After 6 years of...
View ArticleNew baby, IL boundary issues Update page 21, 29
Hi all this is my first time posting. I am a new first time mom with a newborn. My DH and I were CO from his parents for the entire pregnancy due to unprovoked physical assault by one of his parents on...
View ArticleMIL asked for LO's SSN
Delurking to ask - if your PILs ever asked for your LO's SSN to start a Uniformed Gift to Minors/Trust to Minors account, how did you handle it? Many thanks for DWIL existing, in my experience a stitch...
View ArticleMil acting like brat over 70th birthday party
there isn't a lot of us My crew of 5 people, my sil and her dh and son, fil, and mil aunt. i suggested we bring MIL out to brunch for her birthday. I meant the cute $13 a plate place around the corner...
View ArticleTell me I'm not crazy
Long time lurker, first time poster. Backround C&P: Post 1: Currently I'm living with my boyfriend and his family, it will only be another two months until we move out on our own. But his mother is...
View ArticleI'm not sure if I should tell my DH about this
I'll try to answer background questions if anyone has them. There's a long unposted history here but for the sake of brevity, I'll get to the point. 94 year old GMIL, whom I'm very close with,...
View ArticleMy mom has never met ds *really long*
I've been debating on whether or not to post here but a friend recommended I do to solicit appropriate advice on how to handle my mom and her family. Disclaimer: I am terrible at expression explaining...
View ArticleMy MIL is "the sweetest person ever" and I can't stand her
My husband is an only child. His parents divorced when he was one and his mom raised him, basically alone. She never dated anyone, even once my husband moved out (she still refers to my fil as "daddy"...
View ArticleThe "One Visit Per Week" IL Rule. Aka, I Must Hate ILs -- apology 54
UD 7, 11; ?-11, 15; 16; ?+ Fail 22; UD24, SS 25, 30, 31, 35, ?-37, 40 Studious lurker since i got pregnant and found BBC last August or so. Went anon cuz my username is really identifiable. The advice...
View ArticleHelp! Holidays and FMIL drama
Hi Ladies, first time posting here, but I have lurked for a couple of months now. Sorry this is so long, but I need advice! Here is some BG: SO and I have been together for 5 years, we have an 8 month...
View ArticleMy MIL sucks
My MIL refuses to call our new baby by her name, Violet. She won't say it out loud, but calls her "Little One" all the time. Violet was using a purple pacifier, and spit it out (come on, one month...
View ArticleRug Sweeping MIL
I'm going crazy. I cannot handle this rug sweeping anymore! I don't know how a person can manage to be so willfully ignorant!! Here is my last post on DWIL:...
View ArticleNot sure if this is the place technically...
So this is sort of an in law issue... But it's DH and my parents. I have HG and have been on bed rest for 7 weeks. DH has been working hard to provide for me and take care of me while I'm sick. He...
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