Just a rant....

[WokMaster1]

Tango, there are a lot of "apartments" available on Monument Blvd. Get her a place there & see if she would change her mind about self protection. I am willing to bet that she will end up with bigger guns than you.

[Vtec44]

My inlaws are very anti-gun also and told me straight out that they dont want to see me bringing guns to their house, or my brother-in-law being around guns. At least that's reasonable and pretty much the extend of what they can say to me.

[nick]

But then i have to sit and listen to her scream until she runs out of air. Or i can just dump the safe into the river, but then i would have to get a new safe. lol.

A small price to pay

[tango5]

So is the MIL living with you and your family a life sentence or did you and your wife give her a time frame for how long she can stay? I mean, roommates, no matter how much rent they pay or who they are related to, generally do at least one thing (usually more) that really suck and can be a deal breaker. Your frustration with her sounds like you know she's going to stay forever. Once she's back on her feet financially (maybe sooner), I feel you've gone above and beyond the call of duty and she should go.

BTW, where is your wife in this struggle? Is she on your side or her mother's? Your MIL may listen to your concerns more carefully if they are coming out of the mouth of her daughter and not from just the guy her daughter married. If the Mrs. isn't with you on an issue this important to you, maybe your argument isn't really with your MIL anyway.

Your original post just made my blood pressure go up into the imminent stroke range. I'm very glad my MIL is pro 2A and has her own house.
Best of luck.

Here is the back story on how she came to live with us. My wife and i live in Antioch for a year or 2 when we got married. I had a nice 4 bedroom house with 2 room mates that were my best friends, awesome living conditions for us. Well, Antioch started getting a little ghetto, in the terms of the wrong people moving into town and my neighborhood. My wife moved in, we got married, and shortly after that she got pregnant. The thought of raising our son in that area of town was not an option, so we were looking to move closer to the bay area since she commuted to San Ramon. Her mom was in a bind with her house and the thought of her moving in with us was a great idea, financially for all parties. I was against it from the get go, but, my wife had just got laid off due to the economy and renting on our own was not an option. So we found a house for all of us to rent and move into.

So I/we were kind of forced into the situation, we didnt want to live in our car so it kind of worked out, and i say kind of. I dont know how long this living situation will last, im sure if this BS continues, its going to force me to pull up the stakes and move out and leave the MIL on her own. Right now im in the long process of getting hired on with the CDCR as a Corrections Officer, the pay is great, my wife wouldn't have to work full time, and it would be enough to buy a house. With no room for mother in-laws.

[peepshowal]

Here is the back story on how she came to live with us. My wife and i live in Antioch for a year or 2 when we got married. I had a nice 4 bedroom house with 2 room mates that were my best friends, awesome living conditions for us. Well, Antioch started getting a little ghetto, in the terms of the wrong people moving into town and my neighborhood. My wife moved in, we got married, and shortly after that she got pregnant. The thought of raising our son in that area of town was not an option, so we were looking to move closer to the bay area since she commuted to San Ramon. Her mom was in a bind with her house and the thought of her moving in with us was a great idea, financially for all parties. I was against it from the get go, but, my wife had just got laid off due to the economy and renting on our own was not an option. So we found a house for all of us to rent and move into.

So I/we were kind of forced into the situation, we didnt want to live in our car so it kind of worked out, and i say kind of. I dont know how long this living situation will last, im sure if this BS continues, its going to force me to pull up the stakes and move out and leave the MIL on her own. Right now im in the long process of getting hired on with the CDCR as a Corrections Officer, the pay is great, my wife wouldn't have to work full time, and it would be enough to buy a house. With no room for mother in-laws.

I'm rooting for you!!! Hopefully it works out before too long.

[hkusp9c]

show her the LA riot youtube clips. And ask her to point where the cops were.

[goathead]

good luck my mil has guns LOL

[Keith92555]

Humm, I think I would have a little talk with the MIL, remind her whose home and rules she lives under, and if she has a problem with them, she should find another place to live.

Furthermore, any further gossip concerning your home life, which ends up conversation to other family members, she should just pack her bags, and save everyone the drama, of having to ask her to leave.


Edit to add: You have to have boundaries, and others need to know what they are, if they cross them, they are telling you they don't care about you, or your feelings. These people will only cause problems in your life.

+1. When someone is a guest in YOUR HOUSE, they live by YOUR RULES. She may not have known her boundaries so it would be in your best interest to set some ground rules now, before it gets too far under your skin. She was waaay in the wrong and you need to tell her.

[gn3hz3ku1*]

someone told me i need to lock up everything because kids come over.. i told them.. stop coming over?

[dixieD]

i like the way you think.

I like this too, but I would check the MILs meds since they are in your house, and ask the Aunt if she thinks there is anything to be concerned about.

[Redhawker]

But then i have to sit and listen to her scream until she runs out of air. Or i can just dump the safe into the river, but then i would have to get a new safe. lol.

Well, on the bright side you could buy a bigger one then....

[tron18]

Get rid of the MIL!! .
(By telling her to please leave.)

[Capaholic]

No family member has ever questioned me about my firearms, mainly because they know the hell they'll receive if they do.

[tcrpe]

I am so pissed right now. Ok, let me give you a little history on my mother in law. She is anti-gun, cried when Obama won the election, and has no idea about self protection and thinks the police will save her if anything goes wrong.
She lives with us since she lost her home during the interest rate hikes and it got foreclosed.

Sounds like she needs to STFU or leave.

[M1A Rifleman]

Anti-gun or not its every mother-in-law's inherit right to be a pain in the butt. If it wasn't about your guns it'd be something else. Welcome to married bliss.

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