Oh boy! This sounds like my soon to be sister-in-law. When we told everyone our wedding date (due to cost at the hall we wanted, we switched it to a weekend in March) it happens to be a week before her birthday. We told everyone the date in Oct. Up until that point there was no talk of her birthday or ANYTHING. I mean it's 6 months before it. Soooo we tell them the date and she tells me "Wow, thats only a week after my 40th birthday bash. How much was that hall? We are looking for a hall for my birthday bash and I really like that place!"

Ok, uumm... Miss broker-than-broke.... why do you need to throw yourself a 'birthday bash' when you can't even afford rent? Why would you even IMPLY to me (the bride!) that you might look at renting the hall that we rented for our wedding 1 week later? She of course can't afford it and after a month the talk died down and we heard nothing since then, but what a witch!!! She just needed to have all the attention... even though she has had plenty of attention in her life! :( She has said some other really terrible things to me in the past too. Little 'jabs' to purposely piss me off, but only to me, so that no one else has to hear her nastiness.

OH gosh, do I want to marry into this family? YIKES!

Ha my wedding was in March too for price reasons. And because my husband is 100% Irish (day after St. Patty's day!)

It doesn't get better, but good news is, you create the boundaries when you're married. By the way, my sister-in-laws love to fly in their broomsticks, cause drama, and fly right back out so...Yeah apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. Have no idea where my husband came from.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thum bup: Yeah, that. You're only hurting your health and sanity by keeping it all in. You can tell them how you feel in a nice-ish way, so you don't hurt their little feelings too much, but you must speak up, doll:love: Maybe if you and the other stompees get together, you can draw strength from one another;)

Good luck!

Go over to her house and rearrange the furniture.... Ask her how she likes it???
My sister in law thinks she's gods gift to everyone simply because she's a nurse... God forbid you have a headache near her, she'll diagnose you with a brain tumor.

Awww, the wonderful world of inlaws.....:rolleyes: Lets just say we all understand. Prayers to you sister. Hoping you can get it all worked out.

Wow, she sounds like a piece of work. I could see her picking out things, but then asking you to pay for them?! No way... I wouldn't stand for that!

Just a brag: I have THE best MIL in the world :)

I really feel for everyone out there with in-law problems! I NEVER would have thought that I would be experiencing this kind of crap at this stage of my marriage (18 years on Dec. 4th), but here we are. Actually, its my DH that has it worse than me, as his folks have not spoken to him for around a year, and was a year ago in September for me. There has been an exchange of birthday cards and Christmas cards from them to him and vice-versa, but they do not acknowledge me at all anymore. We used to be so close, actually FIL walked me down the aisle in place of my late father. We did so much together for so many years, the four of us, and now this!:confused: The real villian of this story, in my opinion, is DH's drunken brother. That is a story all in itself, which I won't bother with, other than to say that he has such a way of twisting things to suit his purpose, which is to put a wedge between DH and family. This is the second Christmas without Family, just going to be the two of us and the Boys. At least we won't have to put up with drunken hijinks and political arguements, lol!

Do these people have a key to their house? I guess so if they are just going to barge in and redo rooms. Geesh!! Tell her to read her Bible and thats why God said Leaving your father & mother and CLEAVING to your WIFE. That ought to start a good one.

I think that not only should you quietly tell your sister in law,so she can be home. But the two of you should go paint and redocorate you Mother in laws bathroom,bedroom,some room that she really likes in HER house.

I think I would also tell my husband that if he brought one more thing into the house from his mother,he would become a monk,,,possibly a unic.

I hate to say this and everyone will think i am a bad person but here goes. My life got a lot easier and our marriage became a lot less stressful when my mother in law died.
I married the oldest son and her favorite. She called me a city princess when she first met me and never like me. thought i was a snob. Actually just shy and came from a much different home life.
Her kids catered to her and took her side no matter what. Her oldest Dtr is the same way. She thinks she can get into our business. We live on land that belonged to dh's mom and dad. The front acre was going to be ours when they died. we asked that it be put in our names when we set a trailer on it cause we knew when they died all hell would break loose. Everyone grabbing what they could. Dear sis in law wanted a copy of the deed I pitched a fit. I told dh that no way i did not have copy of her deed.
When we were trying to get our trailer, i asked mom in law to sign a paper stating that the mobile home company could come on the land and repossess the home if we defaulted on loan. She sd no, dh had to talk her into it. It was a matter if that she did not sign, we would not have a home.
sorry, she was and is still a sore spot with me even though dh and i have been married 29 years. I tell him at least he has better in laws than i have.
:rolleyes:

Sounds like Mommie dearest needs to be told about boundries. My house my way always.

Thanks for making me feel better everyone. Not certain how Im going to handle this yet but your stories and advice made me feel alot better

I think that the thing alot of parents forget is that it is a "privilage" not a right to be a part of your grown childrens lives. My SIL is SO in her childrens stuff that one of them moved all the way to Boston and the other two just deal. The only way I got to hold the new baby last Sunday was my husband met my niece at the door and held onto the baby with my SIL hovering,until I could put down what I was doing and hand the baby to me. The whole time she was in my home she acted like it was ALL about her and even dared to roll her eyes and belittle Mina because she is "just a dog" and wears clothes. This is actually my X SIL and I thought it very gracious of me to have her here so everyone could be together. She did atleast know better than to make any negative statement about my baby,I would of raised the roof off of the house and my kids would of been right there with me.
When we decided to home school 20 years ago,my MIL pitched a fit. It was bad enough that for the first few years I made sure that she wasnt alone with any of the children.
I am a stay at home mom,this is my JOB (that pays in hugs),NOONE is going to tell me how to do my job or rearrange my office. I dont care who in the family it pisses off. If they try and then think that I am a "B" then they will at least think before acting.
All that to say this, when it is your turn to be the mother of an adult or a MIL remember what you suffered and be a friend and mentor,but not a pain in the "A". It is hard to watch your kids stumble,but sometimes lessons learned hard are lessons learned best and you will have a relationship that allows you to comfort them and give them advice when they ask.
My oldest was hit on his motorcycle last week (he is fine,bike is toast). My DIL made sure that he called me right after the police. It was hard but when they went to the hospital I didnt go. They needed to be grown ups and she needed to take care of her husband. My DIL sent me updates every 30 min to reassure me and make sure I knew that he was ok. I cleaned house and it sparkles,but I did not interfer.

I can write a book on my horrible MIL!!! The two worst things she did was have my DH and myself investigated by OFS to try to get custody of my son. She also had my parents and sister investigated to keep them from getting him. Of course one visit and it was dropped. She was not allowed near us for about six years and then only supervised visits. I was afraid she may take him. Now that he is a junior in high school we allow her to take him to dinner. We do not like it, but we feel my son needs to figure out on his own the type of person she is. We are the only family members who acknowledge she even exists. We just got our new baby from her because she not taking care of him. My DH was raised by his grandparents and considers them his parents. Ok I need to stop my rant is getting long. :mad:

I think that most people have "one of THOSE kinds of people" in their family,mine is not an inlaw,but blood kin. Sad but true. MY DH and I have a saying "friends are for fun,family is for frustration".
There is nothing wrong with making boundries/drawing a line in the sand. If you do it for the safety and well being of your own house hold,it does not matter who else you piss off.