Like a lot of sixpackers, my in-laws, even when shown clear evidence that they are wrong about something, will just triple down.
Things your in-laws do that make you irrationally insane
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My MIL likes to volunteer to clean our house at certain times, I think out of boredom. My wife isn't slacking in that area but lets her do it for time to time. When she cleans, my MIL likes to relocate items on occasion and by "on occasion" I mean every single time. About a year ago, she relocated an important file I had for my business. I had to spend almost a month recreating the file. I found it 6 months later in a box that she had put under our bed with a lot of other random things for no known reason.
Other than that, she's pretty good people.
Other than that, she's pretty good people.
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Awesome people who watch too much cable news and channels that only reinforce their biases and priors. They are absolutely certain about some things because they don't know much outside of their own experiences and they think serious problems all have easy solutions. All have been active in their communities and have been quite charitable.
They probably have a cabinet full of Balance of Nature and Superbeets, and a closet full of MyPillows, too.**
Washes their hair in the kitchen sink.
After the various stories I’ve seen about the giant heaps of “recycling” that are piled up everywhere I started just doing mostly glass and aluminum/metal.
Also bunching up all of our Kroger/ Walmart bags and taking them back to the store to their recycling boxes.
They'll pry my collection of krogers sacks from my cold dead fingers
The wife likes to keep those bags. We have probably 30.000 of them occupying the back corner of the pantry. Now THAT'S irrational.
That reminds me of a separate thread someone should start:
Name a characteristic of your in laws that your wife has always made fun of them for but is now starting to show herself.
Mine is hoarding.
my cousin and I call each other and laugh at our dads when one of them does something ridiculous just like our grandfather used to. I’ve now started calling him to tell him when I realize I’m throwing a fit over something trivial like I used to laugh at my father for doing. Apples don’t fall far from the tree.
My M-I-L was (is) an only child. Therefore, life centers/revolves around her and her alone.
My in-laws are amazing people.
my wife occasionally reads the pack
Ha. Sound like pretty typical T shirt wearing SEC fans anywhere from Texas to Florida. I used to know our two deep roster up and down. Now the only two players I can name right now off the Top of my head are Shapen and K. Taylor. I'm sure I could come up with maybe one more if pressed.
As many times that we go to Kroger I need to invest in whatever company makes those bags.
My wife grew up poor due to my in-laws ability and willingness to learn how to budget and manage money. Due to this my wife and I have had to bail them out numerous times financially through the years. My FIL passed away last year and it seems that we have had to help out more than normal. It is freaking irritating b/c it is not like we are made of money. We have both worked our assess off and lived on less than we have earned to have the items we have BUT it seems like we can't get ahead b/c there is always some type of emergency we have to help with. I aint gonna lie, I look at friends at times and what they have and am jealous that their parents or in-laws have taken care of themselves.
When my mother-in-law was alive she was a total talker. It was like dead air made her uncomfortable, so she felt the need to fill every minute of it when no else was talking. Drove me nuts because I liked my quiet time.
About a year after my wife and I got married I became my FIL's go-to for help. Got a tree down in the backyard, wants to hang shelves in the garage, needs to clean gutters and can't handle the ladder/roof anymore, etc. His son is also my age, but he never calls him to help, only me. Love that dude to death.
My MIL is mostly great, always involved in the grandkid's activities, loves to take them off our hands on random Saturdays, is almost always available when we need a last minute babysitter. My only complaint is the pop-in. She only lives 10 min away from us and it's nothing for her to pop-in at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday because "I was on the way home and just wanted to come say hi". But we're in the middle of trying to bathe / get kids to bed, and what she really wants is to sit and chat with my wife, so she always ends up leaving in a huff with "I'm sorry, yall are just too busy for me" as if we've hurt her feelings. Then two days later she'll pop-in again like it never happened. Sometimes it's a literal 2 minute visit because "I just wanted to show ya'll this picture I took on my phone. Here it is, ok see ya'll later bye." and she's out the door. Totally random when she shows up, and the length of visit is random too.
My MIL is mostly great, always involved in the grandkid's activities, loves to take them off our hands on random Saturdays, is almost always available when we need a last minute babysitter. My only complaint is the pop-in. She only lives 10 min away from us and it's nothing for her to pop-in at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday because "I was on the way home and just wanted to come say hi". But we're in the middle of trying to bathe / get kids to bed, and what she really wants is to sit and chat with my wife, so she always ends up leaving in a huff with "I'm sorry, yall are just too busy for me" as if we've hurt her feelings. Then two days later she'll pop-in again like it never happened. Sometimes it's a literal 2 minute visit because "I just wanted to show ya'll this picture I took on my phone. Here it is, ok see ya'll later bye." and she's out the door. Totally random when she shows up, and the length of visit is random too.
My in-laws are amazing people and I'm lucky to be part of their family.
Just like others have stated my MIL spends a ton of time on FB and will share stuff without reading the article or looking at the source. There have been several times I have called my wife to tell her mother she needs to delete the post immediately. Granted she has gotten better about sharing stuff but she once shared a post that originated from an atheist organization. I've had to explain how pages use these clickbait posts to gather info about your page that can lead to security issues with your FB account.
Just like others have stated my MIL spends a ton of time on FB and will share stuff without reading the article or looking at the source. There have been several times I have called my wife to tell her mother she needs to delete the post immediately. Granted she has gotten better about sharing stuff but she once shared a post that originated from an atheist organization. I've had to explain how pages use these clickbait posts to gather info about your page that can lead to security issues with your FB account.
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I had nothing really against my in-laws, but I didn't have much for them either. Honestly I got that from my wife, she was the same way. They were just odd birds that we had nothing in common with
That’s my mom. Pray for my wife!This is my MIL. To. A. "T."
Mine are great, but they like their steaks and hamburgers well done, especially my MIL. This causes issues.
My wife crossed over from the dark side after a couple of steaks. Her parents remain there.
My wife crossed over from the dark side after a couple of steaks. Her parents remain there.
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They all (wife included) put the toilet paper on backwards. But they claim they don’t care how it is positioned and don’t do it deliberately. Not sure if the act or the lie bothers me more.
Mine had a habit of inserting my name into a sentence while she was talking and telling a story. It was to include me or draw me in, but what she was saying never had anything to do with me and I was not paying attention for a reason...I didn't care about the story.
Drove me nuts.
I lucked out with my in laws. Great folks and wouldn't trade them for anyone.
My irrational take is eating with my FIL at the dinner table. He breathes and chews so loud it makes me want to stab him with a steak knife.
My irrational take is eating with my FIL at the dinner table. He breathes and chews so loud it makes me want to stab him with a steak knife.
This is a good one. My FIL ate with his mouth open and my wife still does it today. It has caused many a "discussion"
When my MIL is the last one ready to go somewhere, she will start calling out asking questions like, "Do we have rain jackets?" or "Are the lights cut off?" She's trying to buy time because she knows we are waiting on her. The kind of thing that you notice but can't really call out without starting an argument.
they were probably attracted to the 40 acres. I doubt it was the mule...
MIL is a narcissist so she drives my wife and her sister crazy. Racist and angry woman who shows her good side in public. Always helping family and thinks it gives her the right to boss everyone around. We moved to Florida mostly to get farther away.
Take their canned sodas in to restaurants
I had two brand new sportscoats I had bought and they needed to be tailored. My MIL insisted that I let her do it instead of paying to get it done. Well she had them for three months and when I got them back from her they were absolutely destroyed beyond repair.
My MiL was not an only child, but life centers/revolves around her all the same.
I'm 100% certain that she'd be labeled a conversational narcissist by a psychologist. Anything more than 5 seconds of silence makes her uncomfortable, so she’s constantly bringing up random topics about world events, work, family, etc. Then, within a few seconds of answering her question, she’ll find a way to turn the conversation back to something about herself or at least a topic that she loves.
Honestly, I don’t care all that much that she loves talking about herself. What drives me insane, though, is the way that she’ll weave all the things that I detest talking about into every conversation.
I quit recycling when they started charging me to pick up recycling and then finding out they just throw it away anyway. I’ll already pay for garbage service.