In-Law Drama
So I got a text from R this evening telling me that they might come home early because once again his mom is losing it and creating a bunch of drama. I'm not sure if I've mentioned before but she has a mental illness, literally. She's hospitable and great for the first 24 hours and then the clock strikes and she morphs into a freak. She says unnecessary things, cries, acts like a baby, you name it she probably does it, its seriously like dealing with a child. So needless to say I wasn't surprised that things were starting to go south at around 24 hours of them being there. I'm enjoying my time alone, not that I don't miss them, but I would be seriously pissed if they came home early. So I took matters into my own hangs and e-mailed her basically telling her to straighten up because she'll listen to me. I'm really hoping that the rest of their trip is drama free!!!!
This brings me to my next point....why are the majority of in-laws not cool? I think out of all my friends I have one that hit the in-law jackpot. Her in-laws are AMAZING and even I love them to death. They are respectful, kind, loving, they don't overstep their bounds, and the list goes on and on. All of my other friends, including myself, got duds for in-laws that drive us insane, overstep their bounds, act inappropriately, are smothering, rude, etc..... So I'm wondering what are all your in-laws like? I'm sure some of you can relate and others are among the jackpot winners.
1 comment:
Oh how annoying that your week alone might be cut short! I hope the email ends up convincing her to get her act together!
I feel like I got lucky with my in-laws, even though they are very different from my own family. I think a lot of the difference in dynamics has to do with the fact that S is the youngest of four, and I am the oldest of three. Despite the fact that we live 5 minutes from them, S's parents never overstep their boundaries or intrude on our privacy. In fact, if we didn't ever go to their house, we'd probably never see them.
That's the weird part - I sometimes wish they wanted to get together more often, like go out to dinner and things like that. If it was my parents that were only 5 minutes away, we'd be invited over for dinner and drinks all the time I'm sure. But, his parents are very nice and his mom and I get along really well.
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