# The Mother In Law... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 11, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104 "2001-07-11T16:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/21 "2001-07-15T15:19:15Z")
Besides, you can always tell her you celebrate Halloween as the anniversary of Martin Luther nailing those thingies on the door. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/22 "2001-07-16T02:10:37Z")
Now that the crisis is over, its time to start scouting out nice but affordable motels and animal shelters in which to store her for the next visit. No reason why she should intrude 24/7 when visiting. My folks had to do this with one of my grandparents. She was too mean to handle (one of my dad’s earliest memories is of her instructing him to kick a priest into a pond; I recall her smacking strangers with her cane). By limiting the exposure during visits, we were able to laugh it off, rather than let it get under our skins. (And yes, when she tried to move in, we put her in a home – or rather a series of homes from which she was expelled.) ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/23 "2001-07-16T11:15:06Z")
When you say “gone”, I trust you mean “moved out”… pan ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/24 "2001-07-16T11:45:38Z")
Why, **kabbes** , I’m surprised at you. Certainly, I’ve displayed a sense of hositility, but I would never ever celebrate her untimely demise [sub]openly[/sub] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/25 "2001-07-16T12:49:16Z")
Your OP makes me glad that I’m the best cook in my family. Or my in-laws family. Of course, I’d be tempted to serve mildly simmered horse shit next time your MIL came over-- and call it couscous. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/26 "2001-07-16T22:52:50Z")
Tell the frozen food guy next time he comes around how the Haldol isn’t quite keeping your poor MIL as stable as it used to. Tell everyone that. How terrible it is when people get old and confused. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/27 "2001-07-17T15:09:17Z")
Beelzebubba: 1. count your blessings - I have 2 MILs. Missus Coder’s parents divorced, and her dad remarried. Thankfully, one lives over 100 miles away and won’t drive any further than the local liquor store or grocery store, and the other is 5 states away. 2. Ask your MIL to quote the ninth commandment. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/28 "2001-07-18T11:29:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by **RalfCoder** \* > 2) Ask your MIL to quote the ninth commandment. I’m sorry, I always get these things confused. Is that the ‘thou shalt not ANNOY THE SHIT OUT OF ME’ one? ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/29 "2001-07-18T20:45:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by **RalfCoder** \* > > 2) Ask your MIL to quote the ninth commandment. > > I’m sorry, I always get these things confused. > Is that the ‘thou shalt not ANNOY THE SHIT OUT OF ME’ one? \*\* Nope - that’s the 10th. The ninth commandment says, _Thou shall run fetch me another beer"_. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104/30 "2001-07-18T21:55:24Z")
Well, next time Christmas comes around (assuming you can bring yourself to give her a gift) Why don’t you get her a nice book? I saw one at the “Discovery Store” entitled \* You are Worthless\* The trick is to be subtle… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-in-law/72104.md?page=1)