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 - I feel disrespected all the time.
Name: Stressed Wifey   Title: I feel disrespected all the time.
Please help me...
My mother in law is staying with me and my husband temporary because she sold her house to move in to her new condo that she has purchased but her condo is not ready yet.
I can not stand her anymore......................
Every time she sees me, "where is ******(my husband's name"
It's annoying. He is 40 years old and he is not a little boy and I am not his babysitter.
She holds the key for the mail box and she collects all the mails. If there is mails that come to my husband's name, she keeps them and she give them to him.
BUT she gives me all the bills even though they are my husband's name. It doesn't make any sence.
I am the wife. Why does she keep all his mails?
OMG as I'm writing this I am getting upset and I need to stop because if I don't stop now, I can never stop... I'm sorry. There is too many things that this woman does and bother me and make me feel disrespected as a wife.
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Name: Mindy
How much longer will she be there? You said temporary - is it more than a week? If not, just tell yourself every day "This is a temporary situation and I love my husband". If she will be there for a week or more, it's time to sit down with your husband and explain that his mother needs an outside activity while she stays with you. Two women in one house is sometimes too many!! He needs to find some time where they two of you can be alone and you just talk. Then he needs to talk with his mother. Unless she is ill, you need to come first in his life, and I hope he can communicate this to her without hurting her feelings.
It will be hard for you to take the key from his mother for your mailbox, but maybe you can call the post office and get the lock changed. If it's not her house, it's not her mail. She clearly is letting you know that she needs to be important to her son. He needs to let her know that you BOTH are important. Unless she is ill, you need to come