Crazy in-law/relative stories?

louisvillebride21

Here's mine: FFIL never wanted to grow up and really wasn't ready for FI (even though he was almost 40 and on his second marriage). He was big into the racing scene, so he moved 2 hours away to work as a pit crew member. FMIL promised to move when FI finished up the year. Too bad she started having an affair with a man 2 hours in the other direction. She always said she was going there for weekend 'business trips'...she works for the Red Cross...hmm..FFIL's brother has had a lady friend for years and years. But she's a big fat slob and doesn't work. He supports her and pays her insurance. Sometime in the time that FI and I have been together, he has gotten another lady friend on the side...the two women don't know about each other. We're actually pretty excited to see who he brings to the wedding since everyone (except the two women involved) know about them...And go.

laurenclaire1386

Ok, this isn't about my inlaws, but my own family.  My mom was married to my dad's older brother before she married my dad.  My mom and my uncle didn't have any children, so there's no weird half sibling first cousin things going on.  Believe it or not, my dad and his brother are totally cool with eachother and actually very close. 

temerityjane

I have a very strange uncle who is incredibly into a certain 90s one-or-two hit wonder 90s/early 2000s band that has long since dropped from the public eye.My sister's boyfriend made the mistake of saying he couldn't think of any of their songs off the top of his head, so my uncle got down on one knee to grab his acoustic guitar and said "You'll remember this one," and proceeded to sing the whole song, staring at my sister's boyfriend, while still on one knee.I get really uncomfortable for everyone involved whenever I think of it.

cengle

Yikes LVB!  That should definitely be interesting....I don't have anything that matches that, but FI's 2 uncles cannot be in the same room with one another, they hate each other so much.  Last year at Thanksgiving and Christmas, one just didn't show up b/c he was "sick" but he sent his daughter over.  Plus FMIL thinks one uncle (who is her brother) has stolen from them; they found out a lot of her nice silver was missing last Thanksgiving.  I'm going to have to figure out how to seat them far away from one another at the wedding (if they both even show up) despite his family being so small.My aunt isn't coming to the wedding, but I'm not surprised-she didn't even show up to my parents' wedding.  Plus, this is my aunt who was arrested with her daughter for meth. I'm also not disappointed that she's not coming!

arbolita

You mean aside from my sister having a secret wedding and her baby daddy stealing about $2000 from her bank account in one week to pay for drugs and getting kicked out of rehab?

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I've told this before, but FI's parents met when FFIL was FMIL's high school teacher. Uh huh. They're 8 years apart. FI and I are also 8 years apart, but we met when I was 24. FI's parents got married at 19 and 27. After moving to a different state so FMIL could go to college far away from her family. Whenever I think about that story, I just think it's weird.I often wonder if FMIL's strained relationship with her family has anything to do with it. FFIL's family likes her just fine, though.

louisvillebride21

Holy crap, TJ! I laughed really loud at that one. For awhile. What band?!?!

temerityjane

Oh god. Just keep in mind that telling you the band is only going to make the mental picture and unbearable sympathy embarrassment much, much worse.Ok?Are you sure?Sister Hazel.

louisvillebride21

Mery, my adoptive parents are each on their second marriage and it's wayyy weird. My mom is 57 and my dad is 78? My dad's first year of TEACHING 4th grade, my mom was IN 4th grade (not his class). I don't see it as being so weird since they're so much older.

LesPaul

My brother was married to his first wife for 1.5 years when he found out she didn't bother to divorce her first H before marrying him.  Her parents didn't know about the first H either.  She's also the one whose father (approx age 65) started dating her roommate (approx age 25), while he was married to her mom.  Klassy.

louisvillebride21

Tree, did anything else come of that? I had just started posting (I think?) when you found out about the secret marriage. TJ, That. Is. Amazing.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Yeah, LVB, I wouldn't think it was weird if they weren't SO young when they met/started a relationship. Like I said, I was in 4th grade when FI graduated from high school! But when I was 16, teacher crushes were just that. I never would have thought of perusing something. But hey, they've been married for 40 years.That is a big age difference. I have a friend who's parents are almost 20 years apart. Her mom was also about 22 when they got married. Weird.

LesPaul

Lauren - my Grandfather was married to my Grandmother's sister (and had 2 sons) before he divorced her and married my Grandmother (and had 4 sons).  My Dad was the youngest of the 6, and he and his brothers didn't know about the two oldest half-brother/cousins until they were adults.  And, to make it weirder, Grandma was 18 and Grandpa was 44 when they married.

georgia_bride09

My step-mom and my dad met when he was 26 and she was 15 and they got married when he was 27 and she was 16. Her mom had to sign a waiver. Same step-mom and husband #2 went on Maury a year or two ago because he was accusing her of running an S&M ring out of their house.I feel sorry for my half-sister (same dad, that's her mom). My mom's brother broke out of the county jail and fled the state and got arrested in TX and served in prison there for quite some time. He's out now and having baby #2-- his first illegitimate child comes to our Christmas get-together even though his dad never claimed him. His dad is never there, but it's still awkward. The son joined the Army as soon as they'd let him. I bet he is one effed up killing machine. So, clearly, I am surrounded by klass on all sides.  

arbolita

She and Luke have been living with my parents since the summer, everybody in my family knows that she's married except for my grandparents because my mom thinks it would kill them.  She was supposed to tell them a month or so before my wedding, but she never did.    I think since he got kicked out of rehab he's been living at his mom's house, but I'm not sure.

laurenclaire1386

Les, wow.  Your story blows mine outta the water. 

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

This isn't about my in-laws, but about my step-father/mom's second husband. He was married for the first time about 20 years ago, but only for about a year and a half. (For some reason, he and his wife had 13 cats, but that doesn't really relate to the story.) He found out his wife was having an affair with her long-lost half brother. (I think it was half brother. It *might* have been step-brother, but I'm pretty sure it was half.) Anyway, once the lawyers found out, he didn't have to pay any alimony. He also used to have a bunch of crazy girlfriends, like one that made him fly to Hawaii to bring her goat's milk because she couldn't find it there. Oddly, he's a really cool guy and I like him a lot.

jasmineh7777

My Grandpa was in the miilitary. My Grandma had many affairs. When I was around 2, she left my Grandpa and ran off to France with another man. They got divorced. Later, she remarried and didnt invite us (my dad is an only child) to the wedding. When I was around 10, she came to visit. She wanted us to take the dog for a walk. She randomly decided we would walk to my Grandpa's. I knew he hated her, and we had a really awkward hour long visit. A few months later, she divorced new hubby and re-married my Grandpa. (Not inviting us to this wedding either). I was a wierd tool for her to reconnect with him, and the large amount of money he was making.

lyndausvi

MIL (single) has had an affair with a married man for the last 20 years or so.  He was invited to our wedding, but he could not attend because he was sick (cancer, not just a 'cold').  He sent us a huge cash gift instead.  Really nice guy.  I've only met him once, but he attends family events often. It's not a secret to anyone.Him and his wife live in seperate sides of a duplex home.   It's kind of a 'don't ask, don't tell' situation.  She does not want to hear about it, but knows who he goes to AC with every weekend.The wife is old school Catholic and would  never get a divorce.

BeccaC1234

FI's grandfather has been married to his second wife and for more than 25 years they have lived in separate states.  They speak once a week because "The Old Tiger" (that's what he calls her....) calls him to check up.  I met her recently for the first time when she came with their daughter to visit.  She speaks VERY little English and neither one of them can hear.  It was an interesting weekend.  Also, Grandpa likes to drink, but he gets very mouthy and acts like a fool.  A couple of weekends ago we went to FI's cousin's wedding and Grandpa starting drinking too much.  FFIL cut him off so Grandpa started calling him "The Sheriff."  He's like having a child, but it's actually kind of entertaining.

BeccaC1234

Sorry, meant to say they have lived in separate states for 20 of those years.

louisvillebride21

[QUOTE]Same step-mom and husband #2 went on Maury a year or two ago because he was accusing her of running an S&M ring out of their house.[/QUOTE]You guys are a freaking GOLD MINE!!! Wow. *Not judging by the way..

missy68

TJ, HAH!! That made me laugh out loud!I feel so much less alone.DH has an aunt who is certifiably BSC.  She had, um, an addiction problem to pain meds (I'm blanking on the name; not fiorinal but something similar) and back in the 80s, was put on methadone to get off the pills. She had to be hospitalized to get off the methadone. Once heard "weasels hitting the bottom of her trailer with a ball peen hammer." Swore she had boarders she'd cook for and would get so mad when they wouldn't come out to eat dinner.When we announced our engagement and DH told her we were getting married in Las Vegas (we were in a restaurant), she pounded (REALLY, REALLY hard) the table with her fist and cursed at him that it wasn't fair/she was being cheated. It was really ugly. When we left, she told him she deserved to see the wedding, because she helped raise him. His mom died when he was 32.

georgia_bride09

I know, lvb, I know.

LesPaul

And one of my Dad's brothers went to prison for molesting my cousins.  Re-offended years later with a neighbor, and then killed himself. All kinds of crazy in my family.

laurenclaire1386

OOOOh wait...I do have an inlaw story.  I forgot all about it.  FI's granddad was in the military and stationed in Korea.  FI's grandmother was at home.  She eventually went to Korea to live with granddad and when she got there, whoops, she was pregnant.  Neither of FI's grandparents told their oldest son that the man he though was his father wasn't actually his father until he was 42 years old.  Grandmother never did divulge who the real father is and now she's dead. So literally no one knows who FI's uncle's dad is.

louisvillebride21

I think drunk old grandpas are the funniest thing, ever. My grandpa can barely hold one beer and he is frickin hilarious. He's not belligerent or anything just...drunk. He's almost 90 btw

ac_in_dc

Oy. My family is waay crazier than DH's. My dad still has religious "visions" and thinks that he can predict the end of the world. Part of it was supposed to be tied in to me having a barren womb or something (I shiit you not) so when I first told him I was pregnant he had to reconfigure his stories. Whenever DH gives me too much shiit about it I remind him that he's adopted so whatever he's bringing to the genetic mix is a total crapshoot  

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

He's like having a child, but it's actually kind of entertaining.FI's grandma is sort of like that, but she'll be 99 next month, so it's understandable! She said inappropriate things at FI's cousin's wedding like, "How much did this cost?" and "This music is terrible!" She can't see or hear that well, but she can walk a little and she danced! Plus I think she liked me.

louisvillebride21

AC, did he turn your pregnancy into something religious?

georgia_bride09

FYI, I was four when my dad married my step-mom who was 12 years older than me. Also, my dad's sister was married twice and had my cousin on her 2nd marriage, but divorced the dad and moved back in with my grandparents and lived with them until she died. She didn't hold a steady job, either. It's a wonder my cousin turned out as normal as he did. It took him a while, but he did.