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My MIL is nuts also. I have loved reading this entire thread whilst recovering from a bad cold. When told we were expecting our first child ( her first grandchild) the first words out of her mouth were "I hope its a boy, girls are horrible". She has two sons, no daughters. We are now the proud parents of two college aged daughters who never gave us a moments worry. She never showed any interest in them at all, going to so far as to befriend the son of a friend. Taking him places while ignoring our daughters. My friend put a stop to it fairly quickly when she realized how much it hurt our DD's. She has hated me from the beginning and my husband finally put a stop to it and her several years ago. We have been very happily married for 27 years... After a 2 year hiatus, I felt sorry for her and invited her back into our lives only to have her do the same things (What was I thinking?). She constantly put down our daughters both of whom are excellent students, kind, polite and a delight to every teacher, boss or coach they have ever come into contact with. Somehow, she just can't see it and puts them down at every opportunity.
Even after I tried to do the kind thing, she STILL belittled me calling me every name in the book. DH finally decided enough was enough. I sure do love him for it. It's been 6 MIL free months and we are loving every minute of it. It was a hard lesson to learn, but sometimes you have to do what you need to do to keep your sanity.
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