All the women in my wife’s family are phycho to one degree or another, including my wife. They like to pretend that all the minor disputes they get in are far more important than they really are, and they live out the drama to the fullest extent possible. They thrive on the drama. They’re also the most manipulative and conniving bunch of people I’ve ever had the displeasure of knowing. My wife’s sister is the worst of them all, and they all learned from the master, my mother-in-law. They treat their own family worse than they would a stranger they’ve never met.
Of course, there’s a whole long, drawn-out story about why I’m saying this, but I doubt anybody cares. Suffice it to say that if I never saw any of my in-law’s again (with the exception of my brother-in-law), I would be a veryvery happy man.
I find myself trying to get my wife to cease all contact with her family, which is ridiculous of course, but under the same circumstances, I would disown my entire family and never speak to any of them again. While I never have any problems with my mom, both of my sisters are pretty fucked up. When they moved away from home, they were each unmarried, pregnant, and on welfare within just a few months. And even though they fucked their own lives up, at least they don’t drag me into it. They’re paying for their own mistakes, while my wife’s family makes everybody pay for their mistakes, and when my wife gets dragged into it, I end up getting involved–and pissed off–too.
Argh…it sucks not having any way to vent except through my website. The more I talk to my wife about it, the more tension it causes between us, which is the last thing I want to do.