My husbands mum physically, emotionally and verbally abuses him. She controls his finances, where he takes me, what he can give me and what not to give me. She even tells him what to say all the time especially during times of arguments which makes the arguments worse. She seems to get pleasure from this and her sole purpose is to separate us. She has attempted to do similar things with her other sons and their marriage but to no avail. As they stood up to her and where not having her nonsence. However, my husband cannot stand up to her, he cant even look at her in the eyes when she's talking to him and is so afraid. She came to visit us not long ago and she was talking to him like he was 5 years old without any respect, even worse she pushed him against the wall and he said nothing to her. He looked frightened the whole time she was with us. And this happenes all the time she visits or we visit her. Additionally she mocks him with everybody around and makes fun of him because of his weight.
I feel like she is a MIL from hell. She is an absolute nightmare and she has turned my husband against me and continuously tells him to divorce me. I love him so much and he loves me too but i dont know if we will last. I asked a friend for advice and she said to move as far away as possible from her and not tell her where we've moved to, but i dont want to take him away from his family. Please advice me in how to handle this situation.