Have you got a nice MIL? Let's swap.

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Before I go batshit crazy about my MIL, have you got any nice, encouraging stories about MILs that have been difficult that you've managed to turn around? Otherwise, please cheer me up with some funny crazy MIL stories.

Can only offer my sympathies as my mil is toxic. I found the best way to deal with her is keep her at arms length. It saddens me but for my own sanity its the only solution.

My MIL tries hard, I suppose...

My fault, I suppose, for marrying her only son. Schoolboy error.

You type MIL into advanced search, theres a 10000000000000000 threads on MILs on MN.

My mil is nice. I know I could call her I. The middle of the night and see would come. I would call her as my mum lives round the corner and we are closer to my parents.
They live about an hours drive so she doesn't turn up, doesn't judge me doesn't treat dh like her ickle special boy. Dh loves her but was pretty much left with his dad. She is not very maternal.
It works for us. We would drop everything and help her, she would us. We talk every week but don't live in her pockets. Works always really. Not the closest relationship. But it works. Dh is best friends with dbro and loves my mum and dad. It works.

My mother in law is the nicest person i've ever met. She'd give anyone her last penny, a real mother hen and i adore her... unlike my mother

Shes an amazing nanna, been through so much with losing her husband, fertility problems, losing her job etc but, shes still the backbone of our family and the first person we all go to!

she does annoy me sometimes though but, i wouldnt have it any other way

My MIL used to make comments about my size and eating, and I found it really upsetting. After one particular incident I had a quiet word with her, and told her how distressing I found it. She had no idea I was upset, apparently, and apologised. Not a word since... :)

I loves my MIL I do. She is a diamond.

Sorry, I have a pretty grim MIL I'm afraid. I can only extend sympathies.

I don't like everything about my mil but I can forgive her her little foibles as I am sure she forgives me mine.

My MIL is horrid. I'd happily trade her for even a nasty one who would take an interest in all my DC, not just her favourites.

My MiL was a wonderful woman who was taken way too soon.

However.... You are more than welcome to my utter PITA FiL he has the ability to make you go from happy to majorly pissed off in 0.5 seconds x

I love my MIL! She is taking DD for sleepovers every weekend atm while I am heavily preg

She is completely non judgemental and respects our parenting decisions

She dotes on my DD and is the best grandmother ever

Much of which is in stark contrast to DM....

Hum, my MIL is, lets say, challenging??

They live abroad so I usually compile a top ten in my head to retain my sanity. My favourite from Xmas was when I came down stairs dressed in my new years eve finery (still a little body conscious with baby weight) she was holding my baby son and said "look! Mummy is off to make some money tonight" I can only assume she was implying that I was off to prostitute myself

I adore my MIL she is lovely.. I won the lottery in MILS. Dh has a crap mil (my mum laughs) but the way I see it is He has a fantastic mum so he cant have both..

Sometimes op the best thing to do is to learn to detach. I have had to do so with my mother.

Mines always lovely,so long as I dont ask her for her help on certain days of the week

Mine is awful too op , has anyone got one i can swap with

My MIL is mostly lovely. She is a great nanna and that counts for a massive amount. But she is overbearing and sometimes acts like she and DH are a couple which is very odd. She talks to him about plans for our house and our garden and sometimes they just present me with ideas about what to do with the place without ever asking my opinion! It makes me feel very left out, and like I have very little control over my own space.

I love my MIL - but like the rest of us she is only human and pisses me off at times (and I have no doubt whatsoever that I do the same to her)

My MIL is brilliant, she goes a bit far and tries to do too much sometimes, but it all comes from a good place. She would literally give me the last penny she had to help me out.

I forgot to mention that my MIL is lovely.

My (stbx)MIL is the most amazing selfless woman I have ever met, and I love her to bits. She would never interfere, judge, or inconvenience anyone. She is always the first to help. When her son left me she called me, and said she was there for both of us, just to listen, and was on no one's side. I will miss her.

My MIL is lovely. Would do anything for her family and never complains or interferes. Shes been great to us. (as is my mother)

My MIL is lovely. She's a fab GP and my DCs adore her. She puts hours of thought into creating really fun activities for them, and whenever they go to her house, they always come home happy. She also regularly suggests that she come over and babysit so DH and I can have a night out.

Admittedly we sometimes get to listen to hour-long stories about the medical problems of people we've never met, and she's an ardent Royalist, but that's okay, I'm sure there's plenty of stuff I do that makes her teeth itch as well.

You can't have her though. Sorry. :)