in-laws=pita

Please tell me that there are other families out there that have these. His parents are awful! We didn't go back for Christmas and so they have refused for the millionth time to never talk to us again. Still no word from them. We have been together for 5 years and it has been like this since the day I met them. What do you do when your in-laws are such PITA's???
Does anyone else have family issues? In-laws that refuse to talk to you because you don't go back home every break?

[medpedspouse]

I wish mine didn't talk. It is the talking that gets them on my last nerve. Yes, there are tons of us with the IL-PITA situation. WE feel for you!!

[SuzySunshine]

Oh we had to miss a Christmas a few years ago because DH got called into work at the last minute - you would have thought we had killed someone.

[MrsK]

I wish mine didn't talk. It is the talking that gets them on my last nerve. Yes, there are tons of us with the IL-PITA situation. WE feel for you!!

Ditto. Don't get me started. . .

[Meenah]

Embrace the fact that they won't talk.

[scrub-jay]

You are NOT alone, although I am also a little jealous, I wish I could get a silent treatment now and then.

[bokelley]

Ditto. Don't get me started. . .

I wondered how long it would take for you to find this LOL

Poor MrsK wins the award for PITA inlaws!!! If she can get through it, I think anyone can.

I wished mine didn't talk, but it seems she calls her "baby" when he is never home and I get stuck on the phone.

[DCJenn]

Actually, and sadly, Mrs.K is merely in the top 10. There are the grandparents who flat out try to bribe the children (fluff and Phoebe), the ILs who clean incessantly (Kris), the drunks and druggies (too many to name), the whiners, the complainers and the guilty inducers (mine is one of those... "Hi, it's Mom, I don't know where you are..." (that's code for you haven't called me and told me what's going on)

Apparently nearly all physicians have psycho mothers. (and fathers)

Jenn

[bokelley]

True I did forget about all of those.. Maybe that is why they choose a field where they are never home, then they don't have to talk to them LOL

[alison]

I'm a little offended that mine got left off your list, Jenn.

Mine has been behaving rather nicely recently, although I will say that when dh sent her a picture of dd with one of her toys, she said "only in America do kids have toys that overstimulate them."

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I'm a little offended that mine got left off your list, Jenn.

Mine has been behaving rather nicely recently, although I will say that when dh sent her a picture of dd with one of her toys, she said "only in America do kids have toys that overstimulate them."

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Or mine! (although she's sane now, I've got doozies of stories!)

[HouseofWool]

Truely, wouldn't it be easier to come up with a list of those of us who have nice in-laws? Count mine in the crazy column.

[PrincessFiona]

Re: in-laws=pita

I'm a little offended that mine got left off your list, Jenn.

Mine has been behaving rather nicely recently, although I will say that when dh sent her a picture of dd with one of her toys, she said "only in America do kids have toys that overstimulate them."

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Gritting my teeth just reading that! I made homemade serviettenknoedel last night with our meal. I cut the slices pretty thick. I could just hear mil complaining through the whole meal. Um Gotteswillen, blah, blah, blah. It robbed me of some of my mealtime joy. LOL. Dh said "she isn't even here. She can't even see them". Didn't help.



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[Vishenka69]

Truely, wouldn't it be easier to come up with a list of those of us who have nice in-laws? Count mine in the crazy column.

I wasn't aware that such exist. Mine might not make the top 10 but that doesn't make them lovable either.

[ladymoreta]

I wasn't aware that such exist. Mine might not make the top 10 but that doesn't make them lovable either.

I'm one of the lucky few. I think DH's parents "get" us better than my own, but mine aren't too bad right now. When the baby gets here, it'll be another story, though. Not looking forward to the upcoming confrontations with my mom...