[aephi alum]

There are definitely some horrible MIL's out there. I'm unlucky enough to have one.

There was the time she tried to twist our arms to have our wedding in her home town (so all her friends could attend) rather than in our home town (so all our friends could attend).

There was the time she came over to my house on Yom Kippur and demanded that I serve lunch. (Yes, she is Jewish, as am I.)

There's her constant nagging for us to have a baby so that she can be a grandmother.

Basically, she thinks nobody is good enough for her little boy, and she thinks that she, not me, should be the number one most important woman in DH's life. She's had a lot of trouble adjusting to the idea that I am the most important woman in DH's life now.

MIL's own MIL is a sweetie. MIL's mother, though... like mother, like daughter. MIL's mother thinks the entire world revolves around her and we are all here to do her bidding... and MIL herself believes the same thing.

FIL is no prize either. Last time we saw him, he told DH in front of me that he should have had sex with Anna Nicole Smith. (Way to go, Dad, tell your son to cheat on his wife, in front of the wife!)

My parents won't talk to my inlaws. Unfortunately, I have to interact with them for DH's sake, but I try to keep it to a minimum.

We're meeting the inlaws for dinner tonight. I may be posting in this thread again before the evening is out...