URGH!!!! I KNOW too well what family issues sound/feel like, it sux! We have one in the family called the "drama queen" she is forever flipping her lid and going overboard on everything, no matter what you say or do, it's never any good lol... There's no way she will ever change, she likes to be the bell of the ball and if she can't get her way, she'll pout like my yorkies do LOL
My brother actually was telling us a joke this afternoon. (if you see your MIL walking through the gate and she's wobbling, shoot her again, cuz you didnt do it right first time)