Topic : 06/12 On the Outs With In-Laws

In my opinion - Janice is lying, and should only have supervised visits with her grandchildren. I believe she HAS made these evil threats to her daughter-in-law, and she's too ashamed to admit to them on national television because it will destroy any chance she may have of seeing her grandchildren.  

  

Janice was caught with her pants down with she carelessly called her son a "wuss", revealing what a toxic influence she truly is. Laura nailed it when she pointed this out to the viewing audience, and needs to be considered, along with everything else, in what role she plays in her grandchildrens lives.  

  

Supervised visits only for Janice!! 

  

  

 You know, I never even thought about it like that, but its true! If he's not having his Mom rule his life, then his wife does! He should have spoken up for himself when the Mom called him a wuss.And to claim she is totally not in the decision about the kids is a bit far-fetched. Maybe he should tell them both to back off.

So glad to know that someone will finally be taking care of the kids through all of this!

 How can this woman think sooo little of her son to put him and his family thru this. And to say that  Anna Laura is over weight and not attractive...hey Janice....try looking in the mirror.  You're no beauty  not to mention you're no light weight either. Have you ever heard of the saying...beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Evidently  Morgan saw the beauty in Anna Laura cuz her married her.
Where is Janice's husband/Morgan's father. If he felt sooo strongly about this, why didn't he come on the show. This woman (janice) couldn't tell the truth if her life depended on it.
She makes the movie Monster -in-law look like an ANGEL.
IMO and taking into consideration to the health and well being of the kids and Anna Laura's mom,  it's just too bad that they can't move away from Janice and NOT give her their address or phone numbers. I hope Morgan will continue to stand up for his wife.
From a gal who feels so lucky to have a not only a great MOM but also a great  MOTHER-IN-LAW.

I divorced my 1st husband "almost" completely due to his controlling mother. He was an only child and when her husband met with a freakish death, she clung to him like a leach. She hated me and we had knock down drag out fights. I lived the most miserable existance for 5 years torn between my husband who I truly did love and a total wimp that I truly did hate because he refused to stand up to her and tell her to get the h _ _ _ out of our lives.  He was her only living relative and he felt very indebted (I guess) to her since she raised him as a single mom with basically no skills and gave him everything even when it meant she had to go without.  She loved him more than life itself and he knew it and he simply didn't have the courage to stand up to her and tell her to leave us alone.  I can easily see how it can happen and how it can be so hard for a husband to do what he knows it right.  

We did move away from her not only once but twice but she packed up and followed us both times.  The second time, I packed up and left him.  That was all she wrote.  No, not exactly, after that, he did get up the nerve to tell her to get out but it was too late.  I had lost all respect for him and the love that I had once had was gone.  Sad story but the moral is, don't marry an only child of a widowed woman. 

Hi Nasale!  Its good to see you are still helping out with proper spelling and pronounciation!  (Oh dear!  Did I spell pronounciation correctly?    ;)   

  

Btw... I was lmao over your Poor Charlie and his sore rear end(from riding the fence)post yesterday.  That was pretty good!    :D 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Unfortunately, restraining orders are only as effective as people want them to be.  If the mother-in-law is actually stalking and harassing the family, and as she kept saying, "prove it", the daughter and son need to take further action by installing a surveilance camera with a recorder that they can turn on when they see the mother-in-law drive by.  They may also need to carry a video camera.  Law enforcement and the courts need some kind of affirmative proof (hard evidence or witnesses) or the case will be in trouble.  It's sad if it comes to this, but it may be the only way.  I've seen too many people "cry wolf" with restraining orders just to manipulate things their way.

The kids are in a theraputic foster home.  He even said that with their disabilities, institutionalization might be necessary.

And as the mother of 3 boys, ages 9 - 13, I'll tell you that all of those things that you love (like cleaning their faces) won't be so special to you in 10 years (hopefully). You'll slowly grow to enjoy their independent thoughts and viewpoints. You'll stand a bit more on the sidelines. So by the time they are married, you'll enjoy watching them love and grow... from a healthy distance. My mother-in-law is great at doing just that and I couldn't be more grateful for the way she brought him up. He's a strong and grown up man. AND we love visiting with his parents often!

   

  Did anyone notice that the chidren were "step children" of Anna Laura ?  I'm just wondering if this horrible MIL drove the first wife off also.  I didn't buy a word the MIL said either.  Perhaps because I had a MIL who did some of the same type of behavior for years until a therapist intervened.  It hurt so badly.  I just watched the smirk the MIL constantly demonstrated throughout the show.  She wasn't fooling me.  I guess you had to have "been there" at one time in your life to catch the same crap she was pulling.  Anna Laura probably was very hurt the first few years - you didn't get to see that on the show.  You only saw the anger.  Good for her.  It really hurts to be played by a husband and MIL.  And trying to protect children who are not yours.  I don't know.  Dr. Phil didn't really handle the show too well.  It was lacking in a lot of ways.  I'm not getting a lot of information from his shows lately and too many commercials to really have much of an opinion.  Thank you TIVO - I can save time and scan through the commercials! 

  

To couples who are in the same situations:  Try to establish boundaries early on.  It should save you a lot of heart ache.  I admire those who have had the guts to go forward.  You did the right thing. 

  

Just my opinion.  Oh - I've been married for 24 years and once we had a therapist who intervened, things went much more smoothly.