Advice

Hi Angela (Can I call you Angie?)
I like the frank advice you gave Kathy, so here goes...
I've been married for 6 years to a wonderful man. My problem is that my mother-in-law is horrible to me. I have given her two beautiful granddaughters but all she does is criticize me. I'm a stay at home mom. My mother-in-law calls me "fat" in front of my husband and daughters. My husband doesn't defend me and even laughs sometimes. When I confront him he says that his mother is just joking. I hate to go over to her house. She blames me for everything. My five year old daughter had two cavieties and she blamed me for not making sure she brushes her teeth.
I can't take it anymore.
Should I tell her to go to hell?

Fed up

Dear Fed,

Ok..so you sit around home all day and eat bon bons, right? No wonder you are lazy and fat. What's with the cavieties? What do you feed your daughters before bed? Caramel apples?

Perhaps your MIL is using bullying to get you to shape up. I think you should take a nice long look in the mirror and ask

'Am I a fat lazy cow or is my MIL secretly in love with my dh. What is going on here?'