Love, Awkward and Mother in law: Spanish inquisition

Spanish inquisition

By Anonymous - 01/11/2021 05:00

Today, my mother-in-law, who lives with us rent-free, still daily tries to get my wife to divorce me and marry a decent Catholic boy who is actually Irish, unlike me who was born in France, even though we’ve been married 23 years and have three kids together. FML

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You deserved it 110

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It's not a phase!

By Anonymous - 11/06/2021 07:59

Today, despite 18 years of marriage and two kids together, my father-in-law still insists my wife will one day grow up, realise I was the result of some rebellious phase she’s going through, divorce me and marry a decent boy from her hometown. FML

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You deserved it 76

The matchmaker

By Anonymous - 29/09/2022 07:30

Today, my mom has been aggressively trying to get me to marry one of her coworkers, who is around my age. Apparently she loves her like the daughter she always wanted, and since it would be silly to adopt her; she is determined she will be her daughter-in-law instead, whether I like it or not. FML

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You deserved it 137

RIP x 2

By Anonymous - 15/07/2021 06:54

Today, my mother-in-law passed away. She wasn’t even cold yet when my wife told me she wanted a divorce. Apparently, only her mother guilt-tripping her kept us together the last few years, but now she’s dead, she’s dumping my ass. FML

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You deserved it 171

Invasion

By Anonymous - 31/03/2022 18:00

Today, and ever since we announced our pregnancy, my mother-in-law has invaded our home, taken over my hobby room, and tries to run our lives. I tried to go to the pub for a pint, one solitary pint, and she came and dragged me out by my ear, because "drinking is a sin", and I hadn’t done the dishes yet. FML

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You deserved it 310

By Anonymous - 04/06/2014 14:34 - United Kingdom - Ormskirk

Today, my mother-in-law confessed that for the longest time, she had fantasies about killing me for "ruining" her daughter's life, basically because I'm not wealthy enough for my mother-in-law's standards. She made sure to let me know the situation hasn't changed at all. FML

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You deserved it 3 943

Leech

By Anonymous - 04/06/2021 06:01

Today, my mother-in-law constantly threatens to commit suicide, unless my husband pays her bills. He told me I don’t care about his happiness because I told him he can’t keep giving in to her guilt trips. FML

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You deserved it 117

Life of Brian

By Anonymous - 29/09/2020 05:02

Today, I never wanted a wife, so of course I got married. I never wanted kids, so of course my unwanted wife insisted we have two. My mother-in-law, who I wish daily would get hit by a bus, just got hired at my workplace. My only pleasure in life is fishing and my kids just broke my only rod. FML

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You deserved it 4 356

By kayt240 - 04/05/2011 05:41 - Canada

Today, my husband told me that he's letting his mother move in with us. He told her it was alright without even consulting me first. I hate my mother-in-law so much that I'm contemplating divorce rather than living with her. FML

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You deserved it 8 085

Just no, stop

By Anonymous - 01/04/2023 00:00

Today, I’m on my fifth miscarriage in nine years so we’ve had to decide to stop trying. Ever since we stopped, my mother in law is blaming me for giving her no grand-babies and uses every opportunity to try convince my husband to divorce me and marry a real, “fertile” woman. FML

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You deserved it 123

By mlove - 06/09/2010 08:35 - United States

Today, my future mother-in-law finally admitted that I'm "not the girl for her son" and that she will do anything to break us up. FML

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You deserved it 2 903

TeacherTeem 21

Monday 1 November 2021 12:35

Hahahaha your mother-in-law is a bad Catholic. If her daughter gets divorced she cannot get married again in church.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 1 November 2021 12:34

I'm not surprised you've tolerated this abuse and aggression. In French, you refer to your in-laws as your "beautiful mother" and your "handsome father." The propaganda has eaten your brain! You need to kick out that parasite and put up an impenetrable Maginot line to keep her out. No, wait, that didn't work so well.

Comments

Plop 17

Monday 1 November 2021 10:59

Well, if she's northern Irish, you should move anywhere within Schengen and laugh at her in Brexit. Your wife and kids would easily get a visa (assuming you still hold your French citizenship, and you could probably get it easily if you don't have it yet). Or tell her it's precisely because you're cheese-munching, wine-guzzling godless heathen is precisely what your wife likes about you.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 1 November 2021 12:34

1known 30

Tuesday 2 November 2021 7:56

Calling someone beautiful or handsome doesn’t make you appreciate that person. And the Maginot line did do its job: the Nazis didn’t try to pass through it.

RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 2 November 2021 23:47

It does subliminally make you look at someone differently. And I have one occupation to say the Maginot line wasn't successful.

TeacherTeem 21

Monday 1 November 2021 12:35

Hahahaha your mother-in-law is a bad Catholic. If her daughter gets divorced she cannot get married again in church.

wiisushebe 14

Tuesday 2 November 2021 2:48

I don’t understand relationships like this. I would never make my fiancé live with my mom if she acted like that. If my mom couldn’t accept him she wouldn’t be a part of my life or at least a very small part.