DrewDad wrote:The in-law lottery is a game I think we can all sympathize with.
The amusing part is that she probably considers you to be the crazy one....
But of course! After all, everything is ALWAYS everyone else's fault!
The itching powder is a great idea. Unfortunately the hot sauce wouldn't work. She loves extra-hot stuff...looks for the hottest she can find...so she would interpret it as a gift. The woman is from Hell, I tell you.
But really, I think she'll get there soon enough on her own. I wasn't kidding about the anorexia...she is a walking skeleton. Thinks she's the only one who looks healthy. We all know her well enough to know she's doing this so she'll be the center of attention. She's past neurotic that way. One year she says she's bipolar, the next year she says she's diabetic. The story's always changing, but she's never well. She's a pathological liar, too, among other problems. Sad case, really. But we feel for her husband more than for her. After 25 years of this, the Bitch has used up our good will.
It would be a nightmare if I had to live there. Her husband has learned to semi-listen while blanking out the whole time. He blithely goes through his own routine and just tries to stay out of her way, best as we can tell.
Did I say I was glad to be home? I AM SO GLAD TO BE HOME!!!!