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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by habsydiamond(m): 9:27am On Aug 12, 2016
Bro I feel for u oo. This is what I call temptation after marriage. Talking to ur wife or her mum can not solve this. The only answer to this is prayers. I pray God will lead u through by given u the best way of getting out of this temptation.
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by jesuspikinjp(m): 9:27am On Aug 12, 2016
Trina0936:

But your mother must be older than I am. She would be so disappointed to find out you insult your elders,don't you think??
Like I said earlier go and read your books! How can you pass your exams if you are online 24/7??
Kiddo tongue

i believe you are older than 80yrs cuz my mother just turned 41, you are old enough to be my grandmother but the size of your brain is the same as your shoe size.
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Nobody: 9:31am On Aug 12, 2016
jesuspikinjp:


i believe you are older than 80yrs cuz my mother just turned 41, you are old enough to be my grandmother but the size of your brain is the same as your shoe size.
OMG! shocked shocked
You are really a kid! Never knew you were so young! What are you doing here??
And your parents would think their kid is studying! What a pity undecided

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by jesuspikinjp(m): 9:41am On Aug 12, 2016
Trina0936:

OMG! shocked shocked
You are really a kid! Never knew you were so young! What are you doing here??
And your parents would think their kid is studying! What a pity undecided

grandma, leave me alone I wish you were a little bit younger i wouldn't mind digging your hole .i like them old, i can see you are a lonely old cargo looking for a young guy who can frequently oil her honey pot. i am off to wash plates mamy is calling me. talk to you later ma
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Nobody: 9:47am On Aug 12, 2016
jesuspikinjp:


grandma, leave me alone I wish you were a little bit younger i wouldn't mind digging your hole .i like them old, i can see you are a lonely old cargo looking for a young guy who can frequently oil her honey pot. i am off to wash plates mamy is calling me. talk to you later ma
How can you even pass any exams when all you are think of is sex?? Your mates are busy getting scholarships and making their parents proud!
Disgraceful child! Really pity your poor parents undecided

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by orjikuramo(m): 9:57am On Aug 12, 2016
lolz, the number 3 got me rolling with laughter, damn! God bless u men. tears in my eyes for laughing too much, now i know its a friday
soberdrunk:
My brother you have three options::::::

1) You can man up and tell your wife and her mother that you are not comfortable with the way things are and that you need your privacy.(this option is not easy because you will have to face the 'wrath' of your wife or her mother or 'both')

2) You can get a male elder in your wife's family that is 'understanding' to talk to your mother-in-law to respect you and your wife's privacy(this too is risky because it can backfire if ypur mother-in-law takes it the wrong way)

3) 'OPERATION FLUSH HER OUT"--- make your home very 'uncomfortable' for her! Old women are superstitious so you can take advantage of that, you can start by dropping strange objects in the room she sleeps whenever she visits, you can arrange for strange noises to be made close to her window in the middle of the night, if your wife travels you can even go hardcore Nollywood on her, like pretend you are carrying out strange rituals in the middle of the night or just wear all white and be dancing azonto at odd hours and make sure she sees you grin grin grin grin

GOODLUCK MAN! DONT FORGET TO COME BACK AND THANK ME WITH COLD BOTTLES OF GULDER grin grin grin
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Nobody: 10:01am On Aug 12, 2016
[quote author=jesuspikinjp post=48412096]

[s]How many scholarship did you get b4 you retired as a porn star...lonely old cargo do something with your pathetic life b4 you die of loneliness, the old mumu is talking as if she doesn't like sex. her legs don bend cuz of too much sex ohh[[/s]/quote]
What a disgrace and waste to humanity!
Too bad your a kid else you would understand that sex is not and will never be food! Smh
I just pity your parents though undecided

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by jesuspikinjp(m): 10:14am On Aug 12, 2016
Trina0936:

What a disgrace!
Too bad your a kid else you would understand that sex is not and will never be food! Smh
I just pity your parents though undecided

madam go and sit your old ass down, you and i know that sex, is like a food to you only if you want to deny it....no be sex turned you to a cripple woman you are today ?
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Nobody: 10:18am On Aug 12, 2016
[quote author=jesuspikinjp post=48412622]

[s]madam go and sit your old ass down, you and i know that sex, is like a food to you only if you want to deny it....no be sex turned you to a cripple woman you are today ?[[/s]/quote]
A fool would always be a fool! At least I tried undecided

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by jesuspikinjp(m): 10:25am On Aug 12, 2016
[quote author=Trina0936 post=48412729][/quote]


I have had enough, you can now bogof. old cargo with smelling underwears, when was the last time you wash that your black G-string ?
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by soberdrunk(m): 10:26am On Aug 12, 2016
Trina0936:

This guy your so crazy chai! grin
You must have watched too many cartoons and kiddies movies while growing up!
Or maybe you are a kid?
Kids have infiltrated Nairaland anyways! tongue
Still......that number 3 is epicly hilarious! grin

*looks at the mirror at the mirror at the side of my office and sights 'bia bia' on my jaw*, *walks out of my my office and my secretary asks 'are you going out "sir"'?* *walks to the gate and my security man greets me 'well done "sir"*! *WALKS BACK TO MY OFFICE AFTER CONFIRMING AM NOT A KID* grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Nobody: 10:29am On Aug 12, 2016
soberdrunk:


*looks at the mirror at the mirror at the side of my office and sights 'bia bia' on my jaw*, *walks out of my my office and my secretary asks 'are you going out "sir"'?* *walks to the gate and my security man greets me 'well done "sir"*! *WALKS BACK TO MY OFFICE AFTER CONFIRMING AM NOT A KID* grin grin grin grin grin
Nice one! grin

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by kennynikky(m): 10:57am On Aug 12, 2016
Twaci:
Simple.....
Invite your mom over cheesy
Tgurl dats 3rd word war...
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by yetseyi(f): 11:51am On Aug 12, 2016
millhouse:
Hehehe... I use my bad habit to chase all form of In-laws or wifey friends away from our home.. 1.make sure am always stack unclad when am home.. I tell her it's my home and that's how I feel comfortable so if her In-laws come no probs.. So she is like abeg oo make una no dey visit u know my husband no dey wear cloth.... Or when sister in laws cone see me moving around in only pant.. They be like 'am intruding here oo' next day pack their bag and leave.

grin grin grin grin

Bros no vex I just had to quote you, this is so hilarious.

"Make Una no visit you know say my husband no dey wear cloth"
The statement above made me laugh so hard.
Nairalanders will not kill some one with Laugh.

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by ikupakuti(m): 12:32pm On Aug 12, 2016
Prettiepearlz:

cheesy at the bold. I had to because you guys are quick to blame ladies who complain about things like this, forgetting that they are also human and they have blood running through their veins. But what do you have to say about this?
And lastly we all know that FIL hardly meddle in their children's life. That's why we don't have threads about them. cheesy. Hope you're having a good day?

Now you see my point?

Wife =>SIL & potential MIL

MIL => also a wife & SIL

SIL => wife or potential MIL

It all revolves around you ladies...you bring all the dramas...now you see why men are quick to condemn women in cases like this...no marital drama is complete without you guys

What you said about FILs(men) is right....only if you guys would borrow a leaf from men, only if

Yeah, I‘m doing good

Hope u r 2 ?
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Generalsamm(m): 12:48pm On Aug 12, 2016
Having gone through some of the things you listed up there,sir.
I cant but marvel at what a huge situation this is...
One,i need you to realize that so many things are at stake and this requires that you take some drastic step,besides that,the only available option is thay you keep managing things like that
Be bold and address what needs to be addressed once and for all,remember you just got married,imagine what will happen when you guys start giving birth to babies,also,imagine the kind of life you were living before you got married and the one you are living right now.
Bro,take the bold step!,there is no need warning your wife again,just confront the issue straight,this advice may look bad but u'll be surprised that no matter how bad you think it is,there is no other option available.
Confront the issue head on!
Let them know you are not comfortable with it!
Your wife will get angry,her mother may convince her to leave you and that's all!
That's all they can do but there is still hope
your wife may learn sense in time
it's true you love her but let it happen,your wife will learn from it and it will make you and her grow
let her learn her lessons and forget about it

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Generalsamm(m): 12:55pm On Aug 12, 2016
Having gone through some of the things you listed up there,sir.
I cant but marvel at what a huge situation this is...
One,i need you to realize that so many things are at stake and this requires that you take some drastic step,besides that,the only available option is thay you keep managing things like that
Be bold and address what needs to be addressed once and for all,remember you just got married,imagine what will happen when you guys start giving birth to babies,also,imagine the kind of life you were living before you got married and the one you are living right now.
Bro,take the bold step!,there is no need warning your wife again,just confront the issue straight,this advice may look bad but u'll be surprised that no matter how bad you think it is,there is no other option available.
Confront the issue head on!
Let them know you are not comfortable with it!
Your wife will get angry,her mother may convince her to leave you and that's all!
That's all they can do but there is still hope
your wife may learn sense in time
it's true you love her but let it happen,your wife will learn from it and it will make you and her grow,let her learn her lessons and forget about it
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Dshocker(m): 8:34pm On Aug 12, 2016
Twaci:
Simple.....

Invite your mom over cheesy

What of if the mum is dead¿
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by tasceige(m): 8:40pm On Aug 12, 2016
Boss.... In case you're reading this. You will need to be careful when it comes to the stage where you're wife is talking about your "will and Inheritance"

My advice:
You will need to be patient to open your wife's eyes. One thing wifes' won't take is you rejecting foods they cooked. Develop this attitude with out telling her. When she notice, tell her your mind that you stand on your words about the current situation of things.
If you're a Christian and not a church goer like me, talk to your pastor.


Dehm!!! You can't even watch football...
Mind you, sir don't let her influence your wife knowing she her self is divorced. Kindly be wise.
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Crieff(m): 11:43pm On Aug 12, 2016
Sayelabola:


Guy, invite me, I can take the trouble for you.

Baba, no be wrestling O! cheesy

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by fexyrich(m): 11:48pm On Aug 12, 2016
Akhimien78:




Rubbish! !! angry
at least I spoke rubbish,can u at least make a meaningful contribution urslf so we can see how useful it is..Everything I said there is the best way to handle d situation without directly hurting the mother in-law..if he leaves the house for her and tells her to go ahead and marry her mother..The wife wld do d needful just to bring peace btwn she and her husband..Except she doesnt love him anyways..kicking the mother in-law out wld be rude and disrespectful and it might be used against him as an in-law..But Ig he leaves d house for a while d wife wld come looking for him and he wld then give her strict conditions...
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Sayelabola(m): 8:16am On Aug 13, 2016
Crieff:


Baba, no be wrestling O! cheesy

Don't mind me joor, a soldier will always be a soldier.

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Roh50(f): 11:08am On Aug 13, 2016
@dynamite11, I took time to go thru ur post, comments from nairalanders and ur responses to their comments and this is my bit of contribution.

1. I understand ur MIL is single, lonely and jobless to always want to visit ur home. Talk to ur wife to get her mother involve in something that interest her.

2. Ur wife is her only child, so she is never going to go away. Talk it out with ur wife, maybe she can be coming on a week visit once in two or three months (not monthly) Boko.

3. Don't confront ur MIL on this as the person to deal with the issue is ur wife becos I don't want u to create bad blood b/w u and ur MIL as she is still important to u and ur wife. Let ur daughter deal with it and they will sort out themselves later as mother and daughter.

4. The person u have to deal with is ur wife, put her on her toes by forcing her hand to make her mother to leave or visit only when necessary.

For appropriate ways to force the hand of ur wife, I will enjoin u to apply some of these measures suggested by narialanders below.


by Sochimaobim
Whenever she plans to visit, call her and tell her not to bother coming, that u will send her daughter over to stay with her. Make sure ur wife goes over to her house to stay with her. Let ur wife understand that u are sending her to her mum not becos u want to, but because she is forcing ur hand. They will use their tongue to count their teeth

by fexyrich
Leave the house for them for 2 weeks...if ur wife starts to miss u tell her that she shld choose between u and her mothers frequent visits..Get a house help to stay with her mother and keep her company in her own house so that she can give u guys some space...Travel, leave the house for them..ur wife will come looking for you..If it were me I will start making my wife jealous by acting as though I av other female girlfriends and I wld start coming back very late and sleeping out somtimes.if she starts complaining tell her that since she cant give u DAT companionship by allowing u av ur privacy with her then u av to get it else were...my man she will be d one to do d needful,cos am sure she wldnt want to loose u..


by 9jatatafo
OP I feel your pains. I would suggest that you arrange a business trade for your MIL and get her busy and I am sure she won't have the time visiting you always. Make sure it is the kind of trade she loves. Discuss with your wife first about it.

by zigalo
When it happened to me, after series of sit downs with my wife and no progress, I simply moved over to a friend's place.. I didn't even inform my wife. Immediately I closed from work on a Friday, I went to my friend's house (Bachelor). They were all looking for me, I didn't even pick their calls, until my mom called me and I explained to her. I think she told my wife and she came to my office to look for me on Monday. Without any form of quarrel I calmly told my wife that I have decided to move on since I cannot marry her and her mother and its obvious she cannot talk to her mom. Because sincerely I didn't have any reason to talk to the mother to avoid any issue of disrespect. I told her I was trying to put some money together to get an apartment of my own and start all over again. After long quarrel through the week she called me that my MIL in not coming over this weekend that I should please come back home. I waited till Monday after work and I went back home and I don't know what she eventually told her mom and I didnt ask till today except when we had our second child. my MIL no dey come anyhow. It was a drastic trick I used if it had backfired. It created a strain in our relationship but I think I am better for it.

hmmm. This is a serious case. I know ur kind. Easy going. Dnt like raising his voice. Dnt like getting angry nd al. Trust me. This situation u are in will make u wish u were not d way u are (gentle). It takes courage to make ur home problems public. Though a problem shared is a problem half solved. Tough times calls for tough approach. I doubt if ur wife ve seen hw fed up u are. Nd u are not d type dat likes to argue or nag. Ur wife got married to u and not her mum. Make her see dat. Give urself a break frm home. Though before u do, make sure ur wife knows y u are giving her a break. Spend more time away with friends. I know u ve few nd not used to dat. But u ve to try. U ve to step up ur actions before u lose ur mind.


Wizzyblack3
I want to believe you have tried so much to put an end to her frequent visits which has yet to yield any meaningful result. They say ''Desperates times needs desperate measures'', she keeps coming to your/her daughter's house cos she feels comfortable coming there. What of if you start making it UNCOMFORTABLE for her there, You can easily arrange and invite your friends to your house on weekends to watch league matches, play video games with you, if you have single ones among them, they can come over with their girlfriends and party with you for no reason. With this, your wife would be tempted to ask you If you realise you're married and should enjoy some privacy. Then you can make your mark from there. NOTE: Make your friends understand the reasons for your actions so they won't turn it to habit when your problems must have been solved. JUST WHAT I THINK,,,,,, SO GOOD LUCK bro!

Odani :
simple my brother, start bringing your own family members too to spend the weekend and while at it do make sure that your mum demands much from her t like bring up unnecessary gist with your wife and also let her start dictating to ur wife what you enjoy eating and all that. you too on your part fill your mum up on that happens in the house and let her start to interfere in ur house hold (Chai this is the part we women hate) soon your wife go tire, na she go even call fam meeting.

FortuneTeller
All you have to do is find a man who will pursue and romance your mother in law. Once this happens, she will even call to tell her daughter she is busy and can't see her until a month later.


Ytechconst
I suggest you make the house uncomfortable for her. If possible rent an apartment of mini flat that has just one bedroom to accomodate you and your wife and son, when she comes around get the localy made mat for her to sleep at the centre of the sitting room, leave the DSTV subscription unpaid. Once she realises that she is not getting those comfort her visit will reduces drastically.


Denniseche
is simple...............just go and invite like 5 of your own family members.................be it blood or extended............. just watch your wife and mum reactions.................i am sure she would be the first to complain.........then remind her thats how you fel too when her mum comes visiting.............i hope your wife is ibo....its a common thing there

Octavo
Then you start by being incharge of the remote! Make sure you always put in a channel that won't interest her. Increase volume very well. Mehn! You need to learn how to be hostile. Make her realize you need privacy with your actions if you can't tell her with your mouth.

tranxo
OP. I think you have done everything reasonably and diplomatically well. (Assuming all you said is the truth because this is one-sided) You don try. Now call your wife and make her realise that she is about to become a single parent like her mother. And that you value your life very well and will do anything in your power to find another wife that will give you the happiness you deserve. Then start staying more away from the home, ESPECIALLY when your MIL is not around. Why? So that your wife will truly feel and know the meaning of loneli


loladius:
don't just make threats. Take action. Time for dialogue has passed, as all talk has fallen on deaf ears. You can't solve this problem without a fight

Emmydollars4life
Earlier the better for that woman to said that your house belong to us according to what you said, change your gate man, then instruct the new one not to open gate to anybody without confirming from you. They already know that you are not happly , fight for once and hold ur peace like making sure she is luck outside. But I have the feelings that ur mother inlaw is on a mission. Since ur wife don't want to respect ur feelings I think u have to make her uncomfortable too.


Firstly all that relocate or get a smaller pad is bullshit. Dude create your own world for yourself in the house. 1. Move your decoder to your room. 2. Eat out always . 3. When you get back from work, greet them gist a bit and retire to your cocoon. By the time she realises you haven't eaten her food for 2 days nobody would reset get faculty. Believe you me if your wife doesn't sit up fast then be set to get out of the marriage.


tony1305 :
My dear brother,I understand where you're coming from. Been there and it wasn't easy. Its is even more difficult when the wife fails to understand the need for privacy. What I did in my own case,after my continuous calls for my wife to stop her mother visiting frequently failed. I had to allow it spill into a quarrel that caught the attention of my MI. Ot was obvious to everyone that we(my wife and I had issues)so when my MI asked her daughter what the issue was,she had no choice but to spill the beans. Her mother got the jerk and left. From that day she respected herself. Of course I settled with my wife. Though she wasn't down with it bit she didn't have a choice. Cos the quarrel we had was intense and she wasn't ready for another. So my brother make up your mind to deal with this issue even if it means quarrel so be it. Let your wife know that you're no longer going to tolerate it. Let it be obvious to her mum. If she hates you for it no wahala its always better to be yourself in your house than to pretend all is well. Best of luck.

millhouse :
I use my bad habit to chase all form of In- laws or wifey friends away from our home.. 1.make sure am always stack unclad when am home.. I tell her it's my home and that's how I feel comfortable so if her In-laws come no probs.. So she is like abeg oo make una no dey visit u know my husband no dey wear cloth.... Or when sister in laws cone see me moving around in only pant.. They be like 'am intruding here oo' next day pack their bag and leave.


tranxo
I think you have done everything reasonably and diplomatically well. (Assuming all you said is the truth because this is one-sided) You don try. Now call your wife and make her realise that she is about to become a single parent like her mother. And that you value your life very well and will do anything in your power to find another wife that will give you the happiness you deserve. Then start staying more away from the home, ESPECIALLY when your MIL is not around. Why? So that your wife will truly feel and know the meaning of loneliness. Stop telling your wife about your daily activities. Keep her on an emotional island and deprive her the type of attention all women need from a man......the type that no woman can provide for her. Caution: Do not take it to the extreme. Easy does it. Remember, you STILL love your wife and do not want to handle the situation in a way that will make it difficult to continue loving her when she eventually come back to her senses. Shalom.


diamondx2:
Action they say speak louder than words,,when next she visit just try n put up a rude behavior to both mother and child,,ignore them avoid talking to them ,,sitting with them ,even while eating don't eat together at the dinning table,,make sure both of them notice the opposite of you,,even at night when it's time to sleep make sure u distance yourself to the other edge of the bed,,I know your wife will sure ask what's the problem ,,your response should be " I am fine " if she still insist ,,quietly walk away,, if u r a type that doesn't go out and hang out with friends or stay out late,,dis is the right time to go out,,even your MIL when is gone ,,still put up that rude behavior for some days,,DO DAT WHEN EVER U SEE HER COME BACK,,YOUR WIFE WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HAVING HER MUM VISIT EVERY NOW AND THEN OR LIVE HAPPILY WITH HER HUSBAND,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,

Doskie
initially when i read your story, i felt a level of grief and anger because i tried to imagine being in your position. But after reading your responses to various intelligent suggestion, I'm tempted to say that my anger is directed to you. You are tolerating it and complaining at the same time. If you really need it to stop, show a stance. Like a man, let them know how serious you are. Go and rent another place and threaten to start a new family somewhere, tell them you have somewhere else and that every time she comes around, you will go there. Tell them you cant be there alone for too long and that you will install a woman there with whom you can spend quality time in peace without supervision or interference from her mom. Gradually your wife will learn to choose between her marriage and her mums compliance with your rules. This is not Time to act like a wall flower. Stand out like a man and make your voice determine the activities around you. One last thing mr; you were wrong when you said all this started shortly after the marriage. No! For benin we say “na from clap dem take dey enter dance" you probably have been showing signs all along that you are always willing to compromise and accept standards provided by others. They are only working with the information you provided them with.

MrOreo
@dynamite11, from what I ve deduced so far, your wife can't handle the situation Infact she loves it. So next time your MIL comes visiting, after spending the weekend and she's leaving, tell wifey to go with her mum and stay with her to her heart's content, when she's ready to stay married she should come back. Mean it when u say it.... you need @least a month or more of privacy with your family..... "4 is a crowd" Can u imagine MIL wan go dubai too, hope you took her along for ur honeymoon??


Some opinions are very funny but u have to give them a try if u want to regain ur sanity. keep us posted on the outcome(s).
Wish u luck.

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Tellemall: 7:27am On Aug 17, 2016
emmydollars4life:

I guess you did not understand op, better go and read and correct yourself, how can somebody visit you without letting you know that she is coming because she is an inlaw. Which country are you from?

Would your mother need to book a visiting appointment to see you , as her only child who she has toiled for singlehandedly?

The only reason you and the OP have issues with it is simply because it is your in-law in this scenario.

The wife's mother obviously let her daughter know when she was coming, or didn't you read the part where he said she calls or at least let's them know when she's coming?

He is simply angry because she comes frequently and since he has not bothered to get to know the woman, he sees her as a threat when she only has her daughter's best interests at heart.

I don't see what is wrong with that. All Nigerian men just like to moan about being men of the house only when their in-laws come to visit, when in reality they are slobs and weak characters. I'm sure he tolerates friends showing up unannounced but makes a big deal of this, just like you.

If you cannot handle in-laws, then do not get married. Or do you think your spouse fell from the stars and has no family life other than you?

If he is distant from his family, good for him. But others aren't. Eg. His wife

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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Lordkylie(f): 1:18pm On Aug 17, 2016
op she is your wife's mother and has become family.I don't understand why you're being so hostile!We're talking about her only child here.
Instead of trying to flush her out,show her some love and be friendly with her then you can set some boundaries.Above all i wish you and yours well.kiss
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by kafeii123: 10:40pm On Aug 17, 2016
dynamite11:
She is a single mother and she lives in her own house while my father inlaw warned me not too get too close to her after I complained to him about her involvement in my home, he told me to go on a vacation with my wife and son but when my wife told her we are planning going on a vacation to Dubai, she called me to tell me how she has always wanted to visit Dubai and she must be included in the trip, I loved the suggestion of Twaci but I can't tell my mom what I'm going through, she is married and lives with her own husband she can't just leave her home, my dad will never support that.

why not;
Take her Mother out frequently and leave her to tend the house in those periods,
Always come back with gifts for your wife but her mother's must be more,
if you think she'd be After some while, match-make the woman with a good-natured and presentable SingleFather (If that well isn't too dry already).
grin cool
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by CoCoLav(f): 7:56pm On Aug 18, 2016
Dynamite11, see if you can pick a thing or two from the quote

.When I moved in with my girlfriend, everything was great. We had each other's perpetual company, space for ourselves, and best of all: isolation and freedom.

After a few months, we started getting surprise visits from her parents. They would wake us up by pounding on the door, or sometimes even barge in. Sometimes it was just her mother and father, other times they brought their 5 year old daughter. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy spending time with my girlfriend’s sister and even her parents. But these visits were unexpected, untimely, and were happening at an increasing rate. It was obnoxious when we had plans or weren't feeling like socializing.

That's when I had an idea: beat them at their own game. Bright and early one morning, I'm talking 4:30am on a weekday, my girlfriend and I picked up our loudest, most obnoxious friend, and ventured over to her parent’s place. I'm sure you can guess what we did, we barged in, shouting “wake up!”, forcing them out of bed. We proceeded to demand they make us breakfast, and spent hours interrupting their morning routines. Pleased with ourselves, we left around 10am and went on with our day.

The visits from them started happening less and less after that day. Today, they notify us if they're coming over, which is exactly what we wanted the whole time. Why they started doing it in the first place, I'm not sure. In the end, I feel we delivered a powerful statement ironically teaching parents manners.
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Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Princewell2012(m): 3:44pm On Nov 22, 2016
soberdrunk:
My brother you have three options::::::

1) You can man up and tell your wife and her mother that you are not comfortable with the way things are and that you need your privacy.(this option is not easy because you will have to face the 'wrath' of your wife or her mother or 'both')

2) You can get a male elder in your wife's family that is 'understanding' to talk to your mother-in-law to respect you and your wife's privacy(this too is risky because it can backfire if ypur mother-in-law takes it the wrong way)

3) 'OPERATION FLUSH HER OUT"--- make your home very 'uncomfortable' for her! Old women are superstitious so you can take advantage of that, you can start by dropping strange objects in the room she sleeps whenever she visits, you can arrange for strange noises to be made close to her window in the middle of the night, if your wife travels you can even go hardcore Nollywood on her, like pretend you are carrying out strange rituals in the middle of the night or just wear all white and be dancing azonto at odd hours and make sure she sees you grin grin grin grin

GOODLUCK MAN! DONT FORGET TO COME BACK AND THANK ME WITH COLD BOTTLES OF GULDER grin grin grin

I was laughing hard when i read ur comments. But the mother inlaw will tell her daughter that her husband is very fetish, and it could backfire.

Well done sir.
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Princewell2012(m): 3:46pm On Nov 22, 2016
soberdrunk:
My brother you have three options::::::

1) You can man up and tell your wife and her mother that you are not comfortable with the way things are and that you need your privacy.(this option is not easy because you will have to face the 'wrath' of your wife or her mother or 'both')

2) You can get a male elder in your wife's family that is 'understanding' to talk to your mother-in-law to respect you and your wife's privacy(this too is risky because it can backfire if ypur mother-in-law takes it the wrong way)

3) 'OPERATION FLUSH HER OUT"--- make your home very 'uncomfortable' for her! Old women are superstitious so you can take advantage of that, you can start by dropping strange objects in the room she sleeps whenever she visits, you can arrange for strange noises to be made close to her window in the middle of the night, if your wife travels you can even go hardcore Nollywood on her, like pretend you are carrying out strange rituals in the middle of the night or just wear all white and be dancing azonto at odd hours and make sure she sees you grin grin grin grin

GOODLUCK MAN! DONT FORGET TO COME BACK AND THANK ME WITH COLD BOTTLES OF GULDER grin grin grin

I was laughing hard when i read ur comments. But the mother inlaw will tell her daughter that her husband is very fetish, and it could backfire. Am talking about your point number 3.

Well done sir.
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Princewell2012(m): 4:05pm On Nov 22, 2016
eyinjuege:
Tell your wife you'd rather not have visitors in your home.
If she wants to see her mother, she can always go visit her parents.

Hmm your advice is very good. But this is going to create a very big problem between both of them.
Re: My Mother-In-law Visits Too Often, How Do I Deal With That? Please Help by Princewell2012(m): 4:25pm On Nov 22, 2016
soberdrunk:


I guess "OPERATION FLUSH HER OUT"! Is the only option you have left then..... grin grin grin, the mother-in-law that says her son-in-law will not sleep, "must" not sleep oooooo

I laugh when i read ur comment. Did you just said he should floshed her out? Hmmm when you know how closed they were.

Then he should be ready to loose to loose his wife. You don't even know the bonds between them.

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