Monster In Law...

[GWguy]

We've always had a standing rule at the dinner table: 1st time you are a guest. After that, reach or starve.

 

[Im_Me]

The step mom is a witch (or something that sounds like that) but I'm willing to bet the bride is no prize either.

 

[Cheeky1]

The step mom is a witch (or something that sounds like that) but I'm willing to bet the bride is no prize either.

x2

 

[Cowgirl]

I got pretty darn good inlaws. MIL is slightly annoying sometimes, but not at all anything to really complain about!

 

[baileydog]

Ive said it before, the only good MIL is a dead mother in law. Wish mine was.

 

[Roberta]

Mother-in-law sends worst email ever to bride: forgivable? - Love + Sex on Shine

I found a link to the whole email.Mother-In-Law Email: Carolyn Bourne's Stern Etiquette Message To Heidi Withers Goes Viral | UK News | Sky News

 

[vraiblonde]

That wedding will be some fun times

 

[doubtfull24]

I love my Mother-In-Law ! She has always been like a mother to me

 

[Nickel]

They're British, and the future MIL seems very hoity-toity while the DIL is obviously more accustomed to a more casual lifestyle. Seems like this could have been a good opportunity for the MIL to take the new girl under her wing and kindly show her how to behave to fit in without being nasty about it. It'll only get worse from here on out.

 

[craberta]

I have a list of rules I give to in-laws or girl/boy friends. Don't steal from me, dont touch my library, don't talk down to me, don't you dare eat my chochlate or drink my beer. Clean up after yourself, and treat my son/daughter with respect. If you hurt my grand kids, I will let you know how I feel about that. If you need anything, let me know and I will help you, break any of the above rules, GETOUTNOW!

 

[puggymom]

After she received the email, she should have called off the wedding. If this is what step-monster is like now, wait until they're married and the gloves really come off. That will strain, and probably destroy, even the most stable relationship. And especially now that the whole mess has become public fodder.

It depends on the personality of the kid I think. My FIL used to be beyond annoying and ridiculous in his expectations of my hubby right after we got married. (Luckily none of it was ever directed towards me or about me even indirectly) About a year after we got married my FIL expected us to drive around NYC on a Friday afternoon for a celebratory dinner reservation he had made at like 6pm.
My husband flat out told him no way in heck were we battling that traffic around NYC on a Friday just for dinner and that we would come down the next day (Saturday). The conversation ended with FIL saying if we did not come down he was no longer his son. My hubby's reply was 'fine if that is what you want. Have a nice life' and hung up.

Of course MIL called right back and calmed things down and we ended up going that Saturday as hubby wanted but my hubby is a very rational person and will call people on things when they are being extremely unreasonable in their expectations. His dad still occasional asked for crazy ridiculous things from hubby but has never pushed it since.