I do not understand my in-laws. Why can they not be happy for their oldest son, my DH? No, he;s not going to move back to KS. No, I did not "trap" him here in NC. They won't even come out to NC to meet their grandson who is now 10. They know that time off work for hubby and money make a trip to KS very difficult. Accept the fact that your son grew up and has a life of his own.

I always thought I'd be good at taking care of my parents and in-laws when they get old. After a week taking care of one of them due to minor injury, I learn I hate sharing my space for very long. Not sure now how that is going to turn out...

We've been invited to the in-laws for a spaghetti dinner. Everyone knows I don't eat it. I can eat salad, I am not making an ordeal about it. Why does everyone else make it an issue?? I didn't decline. I never even said a word about the meal. It's been 15 years. No-I will never, ever eat it. Back off!! (The reason is my mother forced me to eat it no less than 3x's a week as a kid. Forced being an understatement. I recall vomiting in it & possibly still having to eat it. Being beaten over it. It's none of their fucking business!)

I want to know the truth from ladies who have been married longer than I have. Does it get better with in-laws? After all they have put me through, I do not want to try- I just want to remain polite and detached. My husband stands up for me and understands my position, but I'm worried that this will cause problems down the line. I just feel like a leopard doesn't change its spots.

When I met my husband at 21, it was love at first sight. We were together 6 months when he proposed and sadly from the moment my parents met him after we got engaged they hated him. They felt he wasn't good enough for me because they were country club folk and he was a scholarship kid raised by a single mom on a teacher's salary. They threatened to take me out of the will if I went ahead with the wedding. Here we are 5 years later, living very comfortably on his salary with 5 month old twin boys who've never met their maternal grandparents. I thank God every day for my mother in-law.

My in-laws have a habit of making plans that involve other people w/o asking them first. They texted DH & informed him that they would be visiting us the 27th-29th of this month. DH texted back that we already had plans & we'd be out of town that whole weekend because we're going to a big birthday party in another state. We suggested they pick another weekend to visit instead & so now my in-laws are acting all butthurt because we won't cancel our other trip (we planned this trip over 2 months ago) so that we can visit w/them instead. Maybe next time, they'll ask if we have plans first.

Happy New Year? with Mom about to die and my sister's in-laws about to die too, in another state? And our dad died one year ago? And my dog and niece died 4 weeks later with days of each other? And taking care of everyone has caused me to be unable to work so I have so little money? Yeah, right. Just shut up.

OMG we have to go to the in-laws this weekend... in the smallest, most boring town in the WORLD. And they have 3 dogs INSIDE and they NEVER clean anything. My allergies are going to go insane, and I am going to have to clean everything we take like 17 times to get the smell out... YUCK.

I'm glad we don't live nearer to my in-laws. The more time my husband spends with his brother, the bigger of a dickhead he becomes. It's obnoxious.

It happened again. The in-laws gave DH books, cds and dvds, and gave me some new bathroom towels and a new laundry hamper. I am sick of their sexist mentality on gift giving.