My in-laws bought our toddler a four foot high plastic kitchen set that has a million little pieces. I have asked them repeatedly not to buy anything large because our place is tiny and we don't have a lot of storage space, but they bought it anyway. In addition to being big and bulky, it also seems to be poorly made - it's only been a couple of days and our toddler had already broken the oven door. I don't want a house that's filled up with ugly plastic kindercrap.

Selfish? Of course this is; I own it - I'm so excited for DS's 3rd birthday next month. I'm excited because his birthday is on a Monday. It will just be him and me all day - his 1st and 2nd birthdays fell on weekends that ended up being spent with my meddlesome, grandson hogging in-laws. Cheetos, fruit snacks, and Handy Manny all day for us, birthday boy!

I am surrounded by drama on every side, from work stress to rural in-laws with drug problems, teen pregnancies, illnesses and money woes to my school-failing stepson and his can't-keep-a-job bipolar mom and then my own father who has dementia and a mom who is married to an ill and bitter man (not my dad). Honestly? I often wish they would all vanish. Or that I could. So tired of the DRAMA!

Its been 8 years together.... 3 years of being married... we have a beautiful 4 month old daughter.... but i have lost all the interest in sex (even general intimacy). My sex-interest anyways reduced to almost NIL soon after marraige due to family & in-laws interference issues but after the baby, I feel i would never want anybody to touch me also... I have become so comfortable being sexless..

I'm in my 30's and am adopted. I find the idea of open adoption to be odd. It seems a little controlling since I believe adoption means clean start for bio mom, new life for baby, and new family for the adopting family. Balancing my family and in-laws is challenging but adding a bio-family? No thanks. I am very open to the fact that I'm adopted & people think something is wrong with me since I have no interest in bio fam so open adoption? Bit much to think about.

Frekin in-laws showed up with 24 hr notice on a Thurs. Hooray I get to hear my father in law make racist and misogynisitc remarks through Sat. I love eharing about how women are just there to suck your money and can't listen and can't drive. Oh, did I mention I work full time with a baby and have a MS in molecular biology, am a published scientist working at a premier institution. Yup, all I do is sit on the couch, eat bonbons and watch my stories.

my mom oversteps every boundary i set. this time she was talking sh*t about my husband at my in-law's house. who does that?!!? i think it's time to cut her loose. she'll be very alone without us, but i've had it.

Someone of the in-law variety is pretty mean to me-always has been. Never misses an opportunity to brag or put me down. AAAAH it sounds terrible to say, but the truth is, I have much better-looking kids. They get a lot of attention for being so attractive. (they have other good qualities too, promise) The other kids rarely, if ever, get that kind of attention. Petty as it is, I can't help thinking "Take that, Braggy McBraggerpants!"

My SIL is SUCH a self-absorbed bitch, and my in-laws think she can do no wrong. Seriously, honey? Get over yourself.

me and my sil are married to brothers. she has always competed with me for my in-laws love, money etc... she thought she was awesome because she had boys and i had 1 girl. i eventually had a boy. last night i went to dinner with 2 of her 3 dil's and we had a great time! take that u fat beast!