What would you do? Mother-in-law and wife

Mother In Law | December 11, 2004 | Me

[MissBaby]

Okay, what would you do? A friend just showed up at our house because her monther-in-law is at her house. She does not want to go home as long as her in-laws are there. She simply will not be in the same house with her in-laws, even if it is her own house.

But now she is in our house. What to do? I don't think I've ever seen a situation like this. It is not a case of her in-laws having done anything to her. She just does not like them.

What to do?

[papertyger]

You need to make friends with some grown-ups instead of petulant little princesses lacking either the guts to assert herself, even though what she wants is radically narcissistic, or the class to tolerate inconvenience without making it into a trauma drama. (wow, that really is one sentence, isn't it?)

[bonfire]

lol! Start yawning and get your pj's on.

btw, my father in law lets guests know when it's time to go by vacuuming. Works every time!

[MissBaby]

Say goodbye to us. Try to have fun with her and tell us how it turned out tomorrow.

If it happens again, though, go the Holiday Inn route.

Sounds like good advise. Okay, thanks all. Hope this was not too much of a diversion for FR. Nite!

[JudyinCanada]

There could be more to this.

Maybe hubby asks his parents over because he knows his wife heads out the door when they arrive.

[DouglasKC]

Easy...invite her in-laws over to your house....

[papertyger]

Just married, just married, you have no complaint.

You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't.

So listen up buster, and listen up good.

Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood.

Signed,
Dear Abby

[Read2Know]

The MIL has got to be pretty bad for her to leave her home. Let her stay this time. After MIL leaves, tell her, "in the future," she has to deal with this on her own, not run to yours or anyone else's house to hide out.

[patton]

LOLOL. We BLARED that song out, on the way out of the C130's.

(Ok, so Ride of the Valkyries it ain't...)

[patton]

Depending on the company, I might say, "Here, you are welcome to stay on my boat..."

Or I might not.

[winged1]

This sounds suspiciously familiar. My ex-wife was diagnosed with numerous psych problems. When My parents came to visit once every two years from out of state she would always fein some illness and couldn't be out of bed or go sight-seeing with us. Refused counceling and self-medicated into a stupor eventually. I ended up raising kids by myself after divorce. Don't let her bring her sickness into your family. Tell her to deal with her problems, in-laws or otherwise. Bail out now.

[fish hawk]

Give her your Dioxin to take back home.

[discostu]

She's got to learn the single most important skill in life: suck it up. So she hates her in-laws, I hate most of mine too, but you've got to deal with some crap once in a while in life.

[papertyger]

Dude! That tune won me a wife.

It's what I was singin' instead of that new romantic fag rock of the early eightys she was used to. (kinda puts it all in perspective, don'tcha think?)

She's been with me ever since.

[patton]

Huh. Are you 82nd?

[papertyger]

Nope. Sorry. I'm just weird.

[patton]

Sam stone

came home...

[ohCompGk]

Ever hear the proverbial story about the bar bouncer that stepped between a husband and wife that were fighting in the bar only to be punched by both?

It's a bad idea to get in the middle of a domestic dispute. Kinda tough to avoid it with family. Definitely a bad idea with a casual friend.

Explain to her that she needs to resolve her domestic problems somewhere other than your living room.

[x1stcav]

What a pussy!

[William Terrell]

Think I was the second one she called. The other person was not home.

Or the other person had caller ID.

[bonfire]

ROTF!!!!