Do you have any family members that you cannot stand?

[Kitty 34]

yes

 

[Disney Ella]

My obnoxious, tactless, evil SIL. Just hearing her voice makes me want to run in the other direction!

 

[Lewski709]

Originally posted by airhead
...can't go there.

Ditto...one person I refuse to have anything to do with at all. No phone, no mail, no holidays, NEVER and NOTHING. The rest I can tolerate, but alcohol helps me feel pretty (not minding them)!

 

[ScarlettO]

Yep...my SIL

She used to put rubberpants over the Pampers...

She refused to teach her kids how to tie shoes and they wore athletic shoes with velcro closures until her son's 7th grade teacher told her that kids were teasing him.

Even now(her sons are 14 and 20) the whole family dresses alike for our Christmas get together.

She liked to brag how "big" her boys were, so they always wore huge clothes so she could brag what size they wore.

 

[browneyes]

Good luck, W. Convince him you're crazy or something and he'll leave you alone.

 

[IMISSDISNEY]

Oh yes

 

[Aurora63]

I was going to say my dad, but after reading the rest of your stories, he seems pretty tame.

I have a sister who has completely written him off...he drinks, piddles away his money on crap, and then winds up having to borrow from other family members. At least he used to borrow, anyone who could lend him money now refuses or won't speak to him!

Now its mostly the drinking that gets to me...he came over the other day, had been drinking, and proceeds to lay on my floor.

Not to mention when he told my DH that he was thinking about leaving my mother. They've been married for 32 years now.

To top it all off he is a pervert, has to comment on any woman who walks by, even takes pictures of random women on the street if he happens to have his camera!

There were mony thingsg that happened when I was a kid that have colored my opinion of him. Now it's hard for me to be comfortable around him at all. But again, he sounds tame compared to some of your stories.

 

[remyandhollandsmommy]

ALL of my inlaws except my SIL, JuJu, are vicious, lying, evil, cannabilistic (I swear they eat their young) vampires who will try to suck the life (and money) right out of you!!!! I try to avoid them!

 

[ptcruisermom]

right now and for the past couple weeks my DH. Ihave talked to an attorney, just have to get the $$$$$$ for the retainer. Wish me luck

 

[mtblujeans]

Originally posted by SplshMtn99
My SIL.

Yep, that's the one!!

 

[Keli]

Not really. I have had some family members get on my last nerve at times but after I settle down it's all ok.

 

[Lachesis00]

My mom's side of the family... there has been so much trouble this past 6 months. Sad sad sad. One aunt I've never EVER liked... and she has proven once again why I do not like her... My mom's baby sister...

 

[Thumpersmom]

Funny someone should post this....I was thinking we must be crazy with the number of relatives I have problems with. The evil SIL is the worst!!!!!! I am also lucky enough to be obtaining a new evil SIL in July. I just asked my mom and dad the other day why didn't they stop having kids after me!

My DH parents and brothers are such trash. We always laugh about his family tree having way too many broken branches to ever try to figure out. I actually left his side blank in my DS's baby book!

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Originally posted by browneyes
Good luck, W. Convince him you're crazy or something and he'll leave you alone.

But I am crazy - in a nice way of course!

 

[missypie]

Oh yes. I could do without everyone on DH's side of the family, but especially my BIL: My DH actually HAS an evil twin!!! He is the biggest jerk I know. There are 4 siblings in the family and he has always bullied the other three, but now he's showing signs of bullying his parents, too. He lives in a very small town and has managed to make himself a big fish in a tiny pond. I'm sure that when the in-laws pass on, we'll find that all of the assets have been transferred to the evil twin. I could go on and on, but I'd love to send the whole lot of them to a psychologist to see why they all don't just tell the evil twin to go to h**l. No one seems willing to cross him and I just can't figure out why.

After reading all the posts about family members with alcohol problems, unemployment, problems with the law, etc., everyone should pat themselves (or their spouses) on the back for breaking the cycle and being productive, law abiding citizens in spite of their families of origin!

 

[olena]

My sister. I love her, but I have to take her in small, infrequent doses.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Yes, that is the saddest thing, that I have family members that I cannot interact with. I actually lose sleep over it sometimes, but try to remind myself often, and forcefully, that people get to make their own decisions. I can't change the world, or them, only my response to them. It still hurts though. Hurts a lot.

 

[minnieandmickey]

BIL
32 never been on his own, doesn't have to pay for anything (rent, food, car) looks like he could give birth to triplets any day now, and you can hear him breathing from across the room(smoking and sleep apnea do not mix), and think he deserves respect from my kids (not). Now mind you my kids are polite to him, but there is no respect there for him. I sometimes swear my husband and him were raised by different parents. He is just plain weird.

 

[izzy]

Originally posted by Disney Ella
My obnoxious, tactless, evil SIL. Just hearing her voice makes me want to run in the other direction!

OMG - I think we have the same SIL. Let's have her arrested for bigamy!

 

[Laura]

Another evil SIL here. DH's brother's wife. Horrid woman. She doesn't really work, she's a SAHM, but she's lousy at it. She's a big slob with her appearance, her daughter always looks a mess, she's loud and crass and self-centered and bugs people about their religious beliefs.

SIL also spends all her time writing Monkees fan fiction and posts it on the Web, neglecting her house and daughter. But it's not working from home, it's her hobby or something. If she made $$ off it, I could understand why she wouldn't/couldn't have time. But she's obsessed with it, like she can't function in the real world. It's creepy.

She doesn't drive, either, for mysterious reasons. For my wedding rehearsal, my step-FIL had to leave his job on a Friday afternoon to drive my very nervous 11-year-old niece so she could practice being junior bridesmaid. I visited my MIL one day and my niece was there. I overheard her tell my MIL, "Mom said to tell you that I need some new jeans". Apparently my MIL takes care of her, even though she already raised her own children and works two jobs.