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If I had known how horrible my MIL was going to wind up being I would have NEVER married my DH.
He isn't a mama's boy, but he simply refused to see how awful she was to me for, oh, about 40 years. And he never said ANYTHING supportive of me to her. He NEVER 'cleaved unto his wife'..never.
You see your fiancé once a month for 8 hours? why is that? Is she taking all his spare time?
Engagement is a 'trial run' to see if you are compatible and to work on issues that are a natural part of ANY couple planning marriage.
I would cut and run from this guy. As fast as possible. His mom could live for 40 more years, easily. You want to be back here in 5, 10, 20 years complaining that your hubby is 'addicted' to his mom??? Sounds like he's making noise about putting you first but he isn't doing it, is he?
My sneaky MIL called on both my birthday and our anniversary one year, demanding that he come and fix something at her house. He spent the entire day, both days at her place. Got home so late there wasn't time to go out to celebrate anything. He didn't 'see it'. Never did. Blamed me for being selfish. She boasted with pride how she had ruined both days for me.
Our only and biggest arguments in our marriage were due to his mother being a pill. He defended her to the hilt and expected me to 'grow up already'.
While we have not had to financially help her, thank goodness, we have done plenty to support her over the years. He is 'on call' for her, 24/7. She's 90 and will live forever and ever.
50% of this problem is her, 50% is him. I cannot change the way he runs to her aid and she has him under her thumb. He complains, but does nothing to change the dynamic.
I 'divorced her' about 8 months ago. I have not seen her and will not willingly place myself in a situation where I have to even look at her face. Sounds harsh, I know, but this woman has caused me so much pain and anguish. I'm still recovering from cancer and she stated it was a 'shame' that I survived. I don't care who you are, you just don't ACT like that!
I WAS warned before marrying my DH that she didn't 'like me' but at age 20, I was sure I could bring her 'round.
It has been h*ll. Please, please, please look more closely at this guy and his mom and decide now if he's worth it.
My DH is a kind man, but will maintain forever that his mom comes first. I am not the woman his mom wanted him to marry and I heard that for 40+ years until I simply stopped talking to her.
I wish you luck. Although I do love my husband, it has been a chore to work through issues with his mother and we never will come to terms about her, to him, I am selfish and mean to an 'old, sick lady'. Who was NOT old and sick when I married him. She was 45!
Sorry to hijake your link @Blair1234...I felt that my add-on may give you insight of your future if you stay with this mentality of his. I didn't know before I married him as she lived in another state and we rarely heard from her until we married. Sometimes we let your heart overrun the truth that's placed before us. Signs that tell us that a relationship is not for us and we press on only to find in the end we lose. She will play the card until the end and others are right, you only hurt yourself wishing her death because she can live to be 97 like my grandma. Mines is in her 70's and always state that she is sick to get him in her company. Well 20 years of sickness only cause 20 years of me being angry causing my own snowfall death until I divorced her. But still watching him makes me sad. Prayers to you reading the statements before getting married.
Tell him to call you when he is ready to put some into place. Until then, work hard, save your own money and look for a future partner who knows his own worth.
And yes, it is morally destructive to you to wish people dead. A bad place to start from. My concern in that is for you more than your boyfriend's Mom. Things like this eat us from the inside out.
This is an excellent example of not comingling money and finances with another person. You have a person who has ability to save and a partner who spends whatever he has plus whatever he can get his hands on. You can bet your bottom dollar, if she lost her job their 'partnership' would suffer. She is not the priority in the relationship now and may never be. It kind of that old saying - if you keep on doing what you're always doing, you keep on getting what you've been getting. In this case, she's getting an empty palm stretched in her direction for a handout. She needs to get her name off his account - new account for her money and separate for his money. Split common expenses down the middle. If he runs out of money, oh well. Wait for the next pay day. If she wants to donate a little cash to his family situation, you donate what you can afford. You don't clean out your bank account.
She may think she has a future with this guy, I see a pretty bumpy road if things are already this one sided. And a finance issue like this will get HUGE as time goes on. Probably number one reason for divorce.
Don’t blame you for being frustrated with this unfortunate situation.
It will be VERY DIFFICULT, and a lot of it will depend on you, but even more, on him.
TODAY is my 43rd wedding anniversary. I married the best man I’d ever met, 43 years ago today, after having been warned by everyone who knew us (including my own wonderful dad) that he’d NEVER marry me, because he’d never leave his mother.
My husband’s dad had died when my husband was 19, and my MIL expected and DEMANDED that my husband continue to go to one of the most expensive colleges in this country AND get a full time job to support her. She was a narcissist who did NOT want anyone intruding on her turf.
Early on, she said atrocious things about me, screamed, cried, threw things at us, and I attempted to engage her, placate her, and keep the peace.
IT NEVER WAS ENOUGH. What worked? WE BOTH DIVORCED HER. Even though she had tantrums, said terrible things, made a fool of herself? WE STOPPED PAYING ATTENTION TO HER. And that was something I’m not sure either of you are ready to do.
Right now, if your relationship is important enough for you both to do it, your partner MUST calmly tell her that he WILL NOT be responsible for her medical care, but he will help her apply for the benefits available to her. But he MUST state this calmly and quietly, then leave her AND STOP TALKING TO HER to give her time to process what he’s said. That means whatever she says to him, he DOES NOT LISTEN TO HER. and you don’t either.
From what you’ve said, I’m not sure that you OR your partner are ready to do this. But I will tell you, once you’ve BOTH DIVORCED HER in this way, you’ll be in a position to move forward. Keep in mind that my husband lived with my MIL for a year after we’d divorced her. She STILL had tantrums, but they never had the same power over us because she KNEW we’d “walk away” if she did.
You cannot win in verbal confrontation, but you CAN WIN by rearranging her control. Think about this.
Are you afraid if you confront your fiancé that he will choose her over you if you make waves? You are 25 years old. There is a VERY good chance this woman will live for YEARS. So wasting your time and energy hating this woman is not useful. You are going to have to step out and act. You already know this situation doesn't work for you. The question is whether your fiancé will be willing to do what needs to be done.
Your savings are not to pay her medical bills. I can see helping out in some situations for people...but it shouldn't be her retirement fund. There are services out there for people who don't have any money themselves. How on earth are either of you going to save for anything - a wedding, a home, babies if you want them, your own retirement...when you are paying HER way. She needs to apply for Medicaid if she qualifies and your money needs to remain in your pockets.
Her misapplication of her SS funds is not YOUR problem, nor is it his. SHE is still a competent person who is clearly a user and will never stop. So there is only one way to make her stop. Close your bank. She has funds. She has options.
And the hard truth is if your fiancé is not willing to put your relationship first, you may have to make some hard decisions. If he is scared to stand up to her but willing to work on it, that is one thing, but a solid plan has to be in place and progress made. Otherwise you really need to rethink your future with him.
I know you love him. I really do. But I can promise you if you continue forward in the way you are right now...you will absolutely grow to resent him. Not just her. HIM. Because right now it is you two against her, or you see it that way. But after years of that, you are likely going to feel like it is them against YOU. And that you are just there to facilitate her needs and provide money for her pockets.
You have some hard conversations ahead and I don't envy you. But you are going to have to have them. That is the first step. And see where that takes you.
Because here is my final thought...a person like you describe, someone so self focused, uncaring of what anyone else needs, focused on their own needs at the detriment of everyone around them...will suck the life out of you and they will not change. Why should they? Everyone is waiting on them hand and foot and facilitating all of their needs. She is not going to change. So you either change your approach, change the way you as a couple approach her or make those hard decisions.
What will happen if you just refuse to pay the hospital. If it is MIL’s debt then I would not think they could hold her son responsible. I have not personally dealt with this so just wondering what your options are.
I think you are definitely not a bad person and pretty wise to try to deal with this now! I would tell you some thoughts I have had about my mother but probably not appropriate on a public forum! 😀 Good luck!
Great post!