Posted 4/15/2013 7:10 AM (GMT 0)
Hello SK, unlike SC, I CAN RELATE 100% :) lol
I used to live with my in-laws for over a year about 10 yrs ago... It was the longest year in my life. The lack of privacy, the change in my partner, the fights. Of course it was her territory, there were changes..
There was one time, my wife and i were having a bad argument and my M-I-L entered the room and joined in the fight! She didn't even at least pretend to be impartial and mediate, she just jumped right in and took my wife's side and started fighting with me! One time my F-I-L who believes in supernatural stuff made me eat burnt paper to cure my slipped disc. Guess what? I ate it!!
Ok ok I don't mean to stress you out further, actually laughable now that i look. My only advise to you is you need to have a life outside of that house and difficult as it may be, you need to set boundaries and discuss this with your husband. Of course this is easier said than done for I assume staying in your in-laws is largely due financial reasons and thus really limiting your options.
I do certainly hope you have a timetable for when you will move out. In the meantime, perhaps you can also try to build some kind of friendship with your in-laws beyond the parents-in-law daughter-in-law relationship so that that other dimension may actually make your stay a bit more enjoyable..
I do hear you and feel your difficulties. Hope things get better for you. In the meantime hang in there!
G.P.