Quote From: bunny42I sent a msg last night but it did not take I guess, anyway, I have not posted in awhile my old user name used to be nobody1, anyway the question is sil continues to cuss me out she made a fool of herself at her parents anniv. party she cussed me out for not being in room when her parents cut the cake, heck I did not even want to be at the party I was only there for my h anyway after the party she made up some lie like she always does and mil calls my h and says I ruined the party, she cusses me put in front of 15 people and I get blamed for it? what is wrong with these people? 
My h says to just let it go and that is what he has been doing for 46 years and it does not seem to be working for him or me she does not stop. I want to confront her on this and all of the other times she has done this to us because it needs to stop she had no right to talk to me like that and everyone knows it but everyone just turns the other way and lets her get away with it, and Im sick of it. she has talked to me, my son and my husband like we are dogs and I think it is time to put an 
end to it. What do suggest? Not to mention it well help me get rid of this anger I built up for 18 years. 
I agree with the other poster about writing down all that you want and need to say to her, its important that if you are going to finally confront her that you get out everything that you've been storing up for 18 years. Ignoring her behavior hasn't made things better, someone needs to put her in her place. You and your children don't deserve to be treated like dogs from this woman!
Do you think that writing a letter to her would be more effective? I was just thinking that if you confronted her in person or on the phone, she might interupt you and change the subject towards other things, so it might be more effective for you to write a letter. It could be a calm letter, doesn't have to be nasty or anything, you don't want to stoop to her level. You don't even need to bring up the past and give specific examples, you can just let her know that from here on out you need her to show more respect towards you and your children because the way she treats others is wrong. I wish you luck with this...is it possible to just not see them again if she continues to be like this?
Jen