In-law venting thread

[groovypq]

I shouldn't complain about my in-laws - my first MIL was bat-shit crazy, they are not - but in the past year or so it seems like everything with them is full of DRAMA. Martyr syndrome, miscommunication (hopefully not purposeful lying), constant griping, inability to plan anything simple, etc. I get claustrophobic when I'm around the whole group. I won't go into all the stories because I could write a book.

It's just getting harder and harder not to be frustrated, and I hate feeling that way because it bothers my husband (He knows my first MIL was nuts and I think he fears I'll hate his family).

Trying to find a subtle way to get out of the annual family beach week because last year, with five adults in a tiny condo, I was losing my mind. Add another adult, a dog, and a baby and it's just going to be worse. While I appreciate the free place to stay (we can't afford a week down there ourselves), it's just too. much. The baby won't fit into "our" room and I am NOT leaving him/her in the living room, especially with a dog around! (speaking of dogs, they were going to buy us a dog when we moved into our new house. Without asking if we wanted one. I shot that down FAST.)

And now they're weirdly competitive with my parents - like miffed that my parents have been to our new house twice and they haven't been up here yet. Never mind it was six months after we moved that my parents got a chance to come up and the second time they came up was to haul up most of the gifts from my baby shower because there wasn't enough room in my car!