To ask what on earth is up with MIL's here?

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I've noticed that on there seems to be a running theme of awful MILs... Mine is lovely. Is this some sort of troll? Is she doing something wrong and is supposed to be smacking my child and telling me I look fat? Why does everybody here hate their MILs?

I’ve wondered this.
Mine’s fine.

@ohyesiam there seems to be an obsession with them at the moment

Fuck knows. Mine is lovely too, she clearly isn't on here and aware of all the atrocities she should be committing to live up to the mn stereotype.

Mine was a joy, my mother however, was a complete arse.

Mine was an absolute joy, we sadly lost her suddenly 2 weeks ago. I’m devastated.

@sexnotgender

@TrainspottingWelsh

This is the time of year the Christmas arrangements are made. That often leads to tensions.

I don’t think people are trolling. Some MILs are just difficult. So are some people’s mums.

My MIL is lovely and so is my ex MIL.

Remember, you only ever get one side of a story here.

@Sexnotgender Oh gosh!! Sorry if that came across as patronising I'm very sorry

My MIL is an angel.

She's really taken me and my DD (not DPs) under her wing, especially since my mum died.
She sings my praises, is a cheerleader for me when I'm doing my degree work and have run out of motivation, makes me dinner and drops it to my house, has DD if she thinks I need a break.

She's honestly the best woman ever. I love her.

I guess the issue is that if your MIL is nice and you generally get along then that's not interesting enough to start a post about.

I get on fine with mine, we're not close but no issues so there's no reason to start a post on her.

@purpledaisies Can't go on AIBU without five posts about them, though I love mumsnet

Mine is fine, kind of crazy, but a nice kind of crazy.

My mother on the other hand is nasty, I'd love to stumble across SILs comments on Mumsnet about her!!

@sowaslucifer Mine sounds very similar to yours when it comes to compassion - MIL really helps me out with my DS (nonverbal autistic) So happy to have her

My one now is lovely but my first one was an absolute nightmare. I think people only tend to post when they are unhappy, same reason why you see a lot of my husband is crap threads too. Then obviously get some who think their MIL is a pain, but it is really just a personality clash

Oh gosh!! Sorry if that came across as patronising
Not at all. Thank you, it was a massive shock. Diagnosis to her passing was exactly 4 weeks

Nobody is going to post about their great MIL, just like nobody posts much about other good news. However everybody loves to smash the keyboard when something is going wrong :)

Mine's lovely.

@mrfartpants very true!

Mine is very nice in some ways, but she doesn't understand boundaries or privacy.

I don't hate her, but I'm not going to come on here and say all the nice things she does - only to ask question about difficult situations. So it might come across that she's a complete nightmare, which don't get me wrong she can be sometimes, but that's still only part of the story.

Mines a fucking nutjob, but I feel better when I read some of the threads on here

I’m a MIL and a DIL and often wonder why more MILs don’t come on to moan about their DILs, maybe you just become more tolerant with the passing of time?
Who knows!

I think people tend to post when they have a problem. The posts which end up on the front page and stay on the front page are more dramatic/ controversial.

I like mine and I hope that my children-in-law like me