40 People Who Have Had Just About Enough Of Their In-Laws
Ah, in-laws. The family you chose. Are they ever perfect? No. Almost never. There’s a reason making fun of them is practically a hacky joke. But remember, your spouse’s in-laws are the family that raised you. Maybe we’re all just driving each other nuts.
That’s a joke, obviously. If it’s not obvious, let me remind you that it’s just a joke. Especially if you happen to be one of my in-laws.
My in-laws are mostly cool. I always enjoy seeing them, but I live six hours away by car, so there’s enough space for all of us to look forward to visits. Let’s put it this way: It’s never been so bad that I had to show people online how annoyed I am, and for that I’m grateful.
Seeing these pictures made me want to call them and tell them how cool they are. I’d even share my lottery winnings with them, unlike this guy.
1. My Sister-In-Law Giving Me (An ER Nurse With 10 Years Experience) Medical Advice. I Can’t Deal With This Anymore. I’m Going Insane
2. Father-In-Law Expected Us To Eat 12-Year-Old Beef
He brought so much over; he had it all in his deep freezer, expecting us to eat all of it, so that it didn’t go to waste. He packed both of our freezers with all of this meat, knowing it was 12 years old. Without asking if we even wanted it.
3. Got A New Couch Delivered Today. Father-In-Law Decided To Test It Out
4. Mother-In-Law Leaves The Refrigerator Door Open The Whole Time She Cooks
5. My Parents (In-Laws) Somehow Use 20+ Cups Every Day
My elderly MIL struggles with OCD (I do too, so I can empathise (to an extent)) and refuses to reuse anything – cups, plates, and any and all silverware. I love her/them, but they should know better. They worry about water use w.r.t. showering and washing clothes, and then they also moan about the electricity the drying machine and ACs use regularly (we have solar panels and spend most of the time off the grid), but this is okay. If any of my BILs or extended family come to visit (it is only ever for an hour or so), then this can easily become 30-50 cups. We might get close to 50 if they are watching a rugby game with my BILs, for example. We certainly have enough cups with which to set new records.
6. My Mother-In-Law Keep Complaining That Her Kindle Wouldn’t Charge
7. Mother-In-Law Used Spray Bleach To Clean Something In Daughter’s Room
Already having a bad week, didn’t need to come home and find this. The room also smells overwhelmingly like bleach, which my 3-year-old keeps complaining about.
8. Mother-In-Law Made This Cake For My Wife’s Birthday, Proceeds To Cut These Two Pieces For Herself And Her Husband
I said, “Give him all the corners!” Chuckles all around, and then we got all the edges…
9. Mother-In-Law Ruined My Godhand SPN-120
My mother-in-law decided to use my hobby tools without asking me, when I wasn’t home, to cut wire. She put them back in my hobby drawer without saying anything.
They cost me $80.
Also ruined another pair of cheaper clippers while she was at it.
10. My In-Laws Refuse To Let Me Cook My Own Steak… And Refuse To Give Me A Steak Less Than Well Done
Got served this disgraceful excuse for a steak at my father-in-law’s birthday. Every year, I tell them I will cook my own steak because I like it cooked medium to medium rare. Every year, I get this stuff… Not only do they cook it well done, but they put it in the oven for about an hour to let it “tenderize”. Not to mention there’s only about 4 grains of salt and half a pinch of pepper on the whole tray of steaks. I don’t know what they have against delicious, tender, juicy steak, but my god… they owe that cow an apology.
11. Father-In-Law Decided To “Test” All My Fire Extinguishers. Now All Need To Be Replaced
In-laws were watching the kids at my house while my wife and I were out. Father-in-law (who’s notorious for messing with other people’s stuff) decides to “test” all our fire extinguishers to “make sure they work.”
Big one in the garage plus kitchen, upstairs, and wife’s car. Now I have to go replace all 4.
12. Mother-In-Law Just Sent Me This
13. The In-Laws Decided To “Prank” Us By Completely Rearranging Our Kitchen
My wife and I just returned from a week-long vacation to find our kitchen literally rearranged. We asked her parents to just drop by and feed our rabbits while we were away. Something they’ve done numerous times and are always paid to do when needed- This vacation was fairly needed, as I’m in the middle of attending postsecondary and working part-time while my wife works full-time and takes care of the house, while I pitch in where I can. And after a 4-hour car ride, we are extremely thankful for this break and look forward to preparing for another year of endless work. But lo and behold, her parents left us another hour’s worth of work for us to even use the kitchen, as a joke. My wife is more upset than I am, but it certainly drew an annoyed snort from me, which I believe qualifies as mildly infuriating. The picture is just one of several cupboards.
14. How My Father-In-Law Lets The Candles Burn
15. My Father-In-Law Is So Lazy
He’s also careless. He doesn’t flush the toilet. This is not the first time. He has been living in my house for a few months.
16. Father-In-Law Visited Us And Took Flowers From My Flower Bed. And My Husband Helped Him
He said his wife would like the flowers and just took them home with him. My husband is going to buy me new flowers tomorrow.
17. Mother-In-Law Asked To Bring My Baby Along For A Drop Off (5 Mins Away) And Ended Up Spending Around 2 Hours
18. “Christmas Gift” For My Four-Year-Old Son From My Mother-In-Law
I genuinely don’t understand… Does she WANT us to spend the holidays in the emergency room?
She isn’t a mean person, she’s just very air-brained. I plan on asking her what her reasoning was behind this, but I will wait until after all the holiday chaos.
19. My In-Laws Opened A New Ice Cream Carton
They are delightful people. My mother-in-law is great, and I’m lucky we have such a good relationship, but this has my husband in stitches. How does this happen??!
20. Sister-In-Law Put This In Our Oven “To Be Safe” Without Telling Us
21. The Way My Mother-In-Law Opens Food With Seals Built Into The Bag
I just don’t know if built-in seals exist where she is from because this happens all the time. Stale tortillas anyone?
22. My 60+-Year-Old Mother-In-Law Wrote On Our Back Door When She Was Visiting Because It Looks Unlocked. It Was Locked. It Stays Locked
Both locks are locked and stay locked unless we go out this door, which is rare. She didn’t even try to open the door, but just assumed it was unlocked because the bottom one looks it. They’re both locked and were locked when she was here.
23. I Wish I Had A Different Mother-In-Law
24. Behold, My Brother-In-Law’s Chili
He decided to make chili with way too much seasoning (it was like chewing on sand) and then he cooked it for two days straight—did not stir it enough.
25. Mother-In-Law Decided To Organize My Pantry
26. My Father-In-Law Dropped Items Off At Our House After An Extended Family Trip
He got to ours place before us and, being in a rush, put our items in the garbage “to protect them from the rain.”
27. My Parents-In-Law Keep On Using Our Netflix To Watch He-Man And Christmas Movies, And Change Our Watchlists Because They “Struggle With Tech”
My husband shares both his Netflix and Prime accounts with his parents and pays for it. It first started with his parents using his Netflix instead of their own profile and even trying to charge a not-included film to his credit card on Prime. He asked them to stop, but they said they cannot figure it out, so he added a pin and in brackets that it’s not their profile. We thought the problem was solved, but then I noticed they started using mine instead. I hadn’t looked at Netflix for maybe a week and noticed today they apparently had a watch marathon – my entire history & front page is just He-Man, war films, and Christmas movies. The algorithm is completely messed up at this point. Needless to say, I got a pin now too and a note in brackets.
28. The Way My Father-In-Law Leaves The Kitchen Knives In The Drying Rack
29. My Ex-In-Laws Are Making My 3-Year-Old Feel Bad About Her Hair
My ex and I have been split up for about 2 years now, but are very civil coparenting between houses. However, often times he leaves the kids (4m and 3f) with his parents, who are like a weird cult. They own their own church, and they have rules. Women don’t cut their hair, women wear dresses and skirts only, women stay home, cook, clean, have babies, and don’t speak to the men about anything. They need to keep their mouth shut, etc etc.
Well, my daughter asked me to cut her hair the other day, so I said ok and gave her a really cute Dora the explora hair cut (I have pics, it looks great).
She was sooo excited and asked to call her grandparents to tell them.
Her grandma was great, “wow you look so cute!” Her grandpa said, “You’re in trouble. You’re gonna get it. You aren’t supposed to cut your hair.” And get repeating “you’re gonna get it,” and my daughter looked so confused.
Then their tía comes on the phone and goes, “You cut your hair?! Oh no…”
It was so gross. So I texted the kid’s dad.
30. Mother-In-Law Thinks This Ice Auger Has “Grease To Move The Parts”, And Got Mad When I Took It Out To Clean It
Ordering a replacement this weekend, it’s obviously contaminated with bacteria and cracked all the way up and down. MIL is mad that I did this, because apparently she likes drinking filth.
31. Engagement Photos, Brother-In-Law Was Drunk Taking It. The Only Photo I Have Of Asking My Wife To Marry Me 19-Years-Ago
32. Brother-In-Law Fixed Our Rental’s Drain A Month Ago. Just Got A Call From The Renter That It’s Clogged. He’s A “Handyman” And I Trusted Him
33. The Toilet Paper At My In-Law’s House Is Like Wiping With A Ghost
34. My Brother-In-Law Didn’t Close The Oils Cap All The Way And Put It Laying Down
35. How To Tell Your Mother-In-Law Is Visiting
36. Mother-In-Law’s Room. Husband And I Work To Keep It Escaping Into The Rest Of The House. We Rent
37. My Mother-In-Law Watched My Basil Plant For Me
This happened by day 3. And no, I didn’t have anything on this when I brought it over. I actually clipped some to use in a dinner I made, Trenette al Pesto. I can grow more, as I have start-ups, this one was the first of the seedlings I germinated and grew. My FIL swears he didn’t see anything on the plant. It was a full-on bush when I brought it over.
38. This Is My Father-In-Law’s Dashboard (83). He Also Has A Head Up Display. He Wonders Why There Are So Many Noises In The Car
39. Father-In-Law Drives Through Front Lawn To Avoid Backing Up
40. Mother-In-Law Told Sisters-In-Law About My Miscarriage
I had a miscarriage over Christmas week. Ended up in the ER three separate times because I needed monitoring to rule out life-threatening issues and my OB was closed. On Christmas Eve my husband told my MIL what was happening (with my consent) because I was missing the video call with them to wish them a Merry Christmas. My MIL sent me this text today, and I’m feeling really upset that she felt the need to tell more people (my husband’s sisters and brothers-in-law) without asking us.
This is after she accidentally also told my husband’s brother and sister-in-law what was going on while I was still in the ER one of the times. She always “apologizes,” but it feels like no one can be that stupid repeatedly, right?