My MIL, from day one has been nothing more than a pain in the a$$. She always liked me until her son getting married and starting a family with me meant she lost her gardener, landscaper, plumber, electrician, best friend, and good old Mr. Fix It.

She would call 2 - 3 times a day, or make up stupid things that she needed help with and DH would go running, no matter what we had planned. SOOOOOO, for the last 1 1/2 years of fighting over this, he finally saw my side. Our house had to take priority (he really saw this when he went over one night and realized the thing she claimed was broken, had been broken intentionally).

He laid down the law finally and she now has to do it herself or find someone else - our plans, projects, and household comes first. HENCE our next problem - for the last few months, she now stops by every Saturday or Sunday - or sometimes both. Various times, uninvited, unannounced to see her grandson, our BS2. She likes to walk in without knocking and likes to make many comments about how she used to have a son until he got married.

Well, the other nail in her coffin is that with drug addict SS18 that my DH has no contact with, DH told Good Old Grandma (who is also a cop) - no cash or gifts that he can sell for cash due to his drug use. We have not seen him for a year, but guess who finally returned Grandma's call when she offered to pay cash to do yardwork ($20/hr - real nice). Her excuse is, well if you would help me like you used to - I wouldn't have to. I know she is contacting SS18 out of spite to "stick it to DH" - make a point. And guess who is to blame for all of her dysfunction - good old 1Life. DH would go over more if it weren't for me, SS18 would come around more if it weren't for me demanding he not be high around our BS2. MIL has even said, 1Life - you just wait, I'll win this one.

WELL BITCH - YOU JUST WAIT - 1LIFE WINS!!!!! Last week DH took MIL out to lunch to discuss these uninvited/unannounced visits.

We got home last night after dinner out with BS2. We both had been up since midnight the night before, long day, BS2 tired with full belly and we were ready to just go in, settle and go to bed once BS2 passed out for the night. We pulled into the driveway and guess who was sitting on our porch. DH gets out of the truck and asked how long she had been waiting - she said 30 minutes, knew we'd eventually come home. DH takes his cell phone out of his holster, opens it and says "Funny, I don't see any missed calls, now what did I just tell you about this." She said she wanted to spend time with our BS2 before he went to bed and possibly tuck him in. To which DH replied, "now is not a good time for us mother, you should have called - turned to me - 1Life, get BS2 inside and ready for bed - I'll be in very soon".

I got BS2 inside and heard DH yelliing - within minutes he came in and said, sorry honey - I don't think she'll be coming over uninvited again.

He said he felt like she was trying to challenge the rules of his house and slap his wife in the face and was sick and tired of it, especially since I told him just how those uninvited, open the door up, come on in visits make me feel.

I am so proud of him!!!!!! I know she will challenge this again, it will take about 6-8 unsuccessful attempts for her to get the hint. BUT YEAH HUBBY!