When you file for divorce against a spouse, there is a good chance that part of the problem lay outside the relationship as well as in. For instance, the old meddling mother-in-law cliche gets passed around a lot because that’s how they can come across many times. For these Redditors, the MIL was a huge part of the problem. But on a positive note, we now have statements like these.
1. “My ex MIL thought that only irrepressibly horny women wore tampons and that tampons could make you want sex too much so they were best avoided so as not to have illicit desires at improper times. She was appalled when i went grocery shopping with her sister and bought tampons. Apparently i embarrassed her. I wish i was joking.”
2. “MIL: You look pregnant. Are you pregnant? You might be pregnant! When are you guys going to have kids? I want more grandchildren! I will move into your house and watch them for you while you work! I will buy them everything! Give me more grandchildren.
ME: MIL, we’ve told you already, I have endometriosis. It’s highly unlikely that I’ll get pregnant. We are considering adoption.
MIL: I want my son to have his own genetic children. You should divorce my son so I can have grandchildren.
MIL to Husband later: You should divorce your wife so I can have more grandchildren.
I’m paraphrasing many conversations, but these words have all come out of her mouth. I hate her and have made sure she knows my feelings.”
3. “My ex mother in law called me by her other sons’ ex wife’s name for the first three years I was married to her younger son.”
4. “I said the word “lesbian” during a conversation in front of my (now-ex) MIL and my then 2 yr old daughter. MIL flipped out and yelled that I’d make my kid gay if I said that word in front of her too many times.”
5. “My MIL is extremely negative and can find fault with anything. When she stays with us it’s a nonstop litany of complaints. My favorite example was when we went to the Holocaust Museum for an exhibit on Nazi propaganda art. When we came out, an employee of the museum asked us what we thought of the exhibit. My MIL told him “It wasn’t my cup of tea. Too depressing, and I think there was too much about Hitler.”
6. “My MIL stole a stack of our wedding invitations to send to her friends that we weren’t inviting. We wanted a small, intimate wedding with only people we knew and loved. I hardly knew a soul there.”
7. “My MIL (boyfriend’s mother at the time of this incident) once told me and husband that husband was not allowed to eat the Lean Cuisines in the freezer (we were at her house) because those were all for me. She filled an entire freezer with Lean Cuisines for me and then banned anyone else from eating them.”
It’s easy to see how some of these MILs could put their sons straight on the path to divorce papers. But what do you think, readers? Can families really have that much of an impact on whether you end up filing divorce forms? Sound off in our comments section.