Ohhh, yes - make sure to sigh heavily when walking w/ her past a wedding dress store and say, “Sometimes I wonder…”. The pot practically stirs itself.
As I have repeatedly suggested to my cube mate who has similar familial issues, just two words: hog farm.
Hogs eat EVERYTHING. Easy disposal. No muss, no fuss. Of course there’s the whole killing thing, but the hogs can only do so much.
just sayin’… 
Except the shoes. Or, at least that’s how they showed it on Criminal Minds.
This one is so dirty I’m going to spoiler it.
Look lady, he came out of your vagina but he comes in mine now.
You should point to the appropriate spot when you say it.
Glad Christmas went OK. Otherwise I’d agree that your husband, as her offspring, needs to grasp that nettle. If it were me, I’d sit down to have a one-on-one, heart-to-heart meeting with my mom in which I looked her in the eye and said, “Mom, we know you don’t approve of what we did. We know. We know. We get it, we really do. You have made that absolutely clear. But what’s done is done, and we don’t want to talk about it again. Ever. Thank you for your understanding.”
Repeat as necessary. If she still kept raising it, the next step is to say, “Mom, we’ve discussed this. From now on, every time you bring this up, we will leave wherever we are with you. It won’t matter where. You bring it up, we’re gone.” Then stick to your guns and do just as you said. You will have given her every chance to change her ways. She’ll only have herself to blame.
Tracyfish - Since she’s a hoarder, you could say you’re waiting for her to clean up her house so you can have a renewal of vows in the living room.
StG
Slightly O.T. but why do so many people have it written in stone that they must spend xmas with their extended families, when it seems to make everyone involved unhappy to a greater or lesser degree ?
Oh, my.
One of my friends gave a perfect example of this earlier today. She said her extended family on one side “forgot” to invite her and her parents to their Christmas plans, so my friend and her parents invited themselves. She also said that the extended family seemed unhappy that they were there. In response to whether there were at least a couple of relatives there that she wanted to see, she said no, except for maybe one, she would’ve been fine with not seeing them. To each their own.
Despite what might have come across in this thread, I get along just fine with my in-laws normally.
I’m sure all of your husband’s relatives are* quite* familiar with your MIL’s little foibles. Sounds like they were more interested in a friendly holiday gathering than a Giant Drama…
Uh, these two sentences are more closely intertwined than I think your friend may realize.
At least she didn’t introduce you as Trevor’s first wife.
“Starter wife”
An old friend of mine refers to his wife, out of her hearing, as “the incumbent.”
No kidding - no invitation, show up anyway, people aren’t thrilled. I wonder if there’s a connection?
Seemed obvious to me, too. If the relatives don’t want her and her parents there, and she doesn’t want to be there, what’s the point of going?
Some people aren’t happy unless everyone’s unhappy?