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nope i wouldnt and hubby just read that and said nope thats what she wants you to do is give in, dont, bet she hasnt even booked in the sally army. makes your smile doesnt it

Just to add balance - my mother-in-law, who died 10 years ago, was absolutely lovely and I miss her very much, especially at Christmas. Sadly she took her recipe for chocolate rum charlotte with her when she went! BUT her mother was a bit poisonous. She used to make notes after we'd visited saying we'd only stayed half-an-hour. She was always fainting, or going to have an attack - emotional blackmail was her forte. Never a headache, always a migraine, she never bled, she always haemorrhaged. My m-i-l lost her first baby (he lived 2 minutes) and then had my husband, and 5 years later, his brother. When she returned from the hospital her mother said "You can't have any more. You can't put ME through all this again!!!" nell

Hello Harlowgirl Going to gauge myself silly over the festive season - and everytime I pelch - well you know the rest Have a Good one in Harlow Lin

Lin Mailed you xxx

Oh that made me laugh....sorry.. Good on the old girl for using her IQ Getting a meal out on xmas day is difficult enough lol Take her words with a pinch of salt. If on Boxing day she makes a big thing of it, that she said she had no family....laugh along with it. Tell her what a good idea it was and you think shes really clever for thinking up such a story to get a meal. Dont take the bait when she throws acid your way and shell have nothing to fire at you. And in your drawer, when the day is getting strained, take out that little figure & stick those pins in !! Glad you have saved your day to yourselves Elaine x

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Kathreen you are probably a very very nice MIL - I have heard that they are out there. Lin

Oh dear - I'm a mother-in-law, I do hope I don't cause as much grief to my son-in-law and daughters-in-law. I do try to remember that I was once a daughter-in-law and my m-i-l was a cow!! Kathleen

seens like Mag and i r the only ones luck enough to have great in-laws. my mother-in law had been dead a year now sadly missed and i was only the daughter-in-law. remember she is still some 1's mum

Going by all of your mother in law stories on this thread, it makes me feel better not because there is someone else suffering from the old dragon syndrome, but because you all seem to be managing to keep that barrier up against their acid tongues and enjoy what really matters most in life. So I have decided to grab the ball by the horns say a few things that I am sure she will not like to hear and be damned with it, and if anyone else in the family wants to follow her I will personally hold the door open for them. Phew! now I feel much better - ready to rock and roll. Lin

Sorry Lin, did not mean to sound rude, but I just think life is too short to waste time on this woman, if she only seems to bring trouble into your life i would not put up with it!!

Sorry to hear what you're going through Lin, if it's any consolation, there are worse mums out there, as I have THE mum from hell. Hope you get through it soon. Regards Lisa

Hello chaps Can I remind you lot that Guy Fawkes is coming up - penny or is a quid for the guy/mother in law Lin

when i had our first son my mother inlaw told my hubby you coming home now cos you ahve another child here they hadnt even stiched me up and she said this she doesnt even look at my kids as being my hubbys as far as she is concerned he has one child thats it

I've just read about the half-brother..... Oh I bet you hope that there is life after death when you can see their faces when they get zilch!! :O)

Cut her out of your life, now!! Life is too short. I had to do the same with my evil mother in law. She's been a cow for ever, but when my 2 year old son was close to death in hospital she said my mother tried to run her over outside (my mother hadn't even been in her car). That was so evil I'll never forgive her or allow her in my house again. Thankfully my boy has recovered and is now looking forward to his fourth birthday. Jacquie

Hi Lin, I have problems with my family too, well on my dads side i do, Kath who is my Nan, if thats what you can call the dragon is also a huge two-faced backstabber! same as my aunt and my uncle. To be honest the only decent people from the Dale family (apart from me of course) would be my late Grandad and my dad (well sort of anyway!!!) they are liars and decietful, and they couldnt give a s**t about anyone but themselves!!! If i were you, i would get the will sorted, these things are owned by you and hubby, its for nobody else to say what goes to who!!! xxxxx

hi lin know how you feel ive got the mother in law from hell im just so glad im now on the side of the world and im just waiting for the old hag to ask if she come for a holiday and me having great pleasure in telling her get lost,mother in laws who needs them hay

will Poison Ivy do? by the way that's her name Lin

Elaine - LOL Di - my mother used to roll her eyes when she was 'very poorly' - but only when someone was looking! Lin - you have my utmost sympathy. Did you know that lily of the valley is poisonous? Next question - do you have some in your garden??? lol