Hi, I've been married 5 yrs, this my 2nd marriage. When I first met my future mil the 1st question she asked was why was I a divorcee. I was taken aback! Since then she has done whatever she can to be critical of me. Criticism about how I style my hair, the clothes I wear, my cooking, how I dress our son, how much tea I drink, how fat I am (I'm a size 14). I'm muslim and so is my hubby. However he's always been a mummys boy. Last yr he had a falling out with his family and not having them around made our marriage a lot happier. Now his mum has managed to wrap him round her little finger. She makes 1 call to him and he drops everything to go see her (She lives abt 10 min drive from us). She's said many times b4 that she just has to make 1 call and all her sons will come running to her. Hubby has now said his mum is getting older so either she moves in with us, or he moves back in with her and me and our son live by ourselves with hubby visiting us after work and weekends. Mil is sly and manipulative. She will call my hubby saying she's hungry so he will drive to a takeaway, pick food up and take it to her. Yet she has another son at home who could get her takeaway or even cook something at home. She's had 3 other daughter in laws and all have tried living with her but it hasn't worked. My gut feeling is that she just wants her boys back to herself! I've tried sitting down and talking it thru with hubby but he takes his mum's side. When I say she's critical of me he tells me I should just let it go as his mum can't help herself. We've even had counselling but he still takes his mum side. I'm inclined to tell him if his mum means that much he can go back to her!