What about a clueless one that is always in your personal space? Just kidding.

My MIL is nowhere on this list...she is part The Conservative but won't be found anywhere near a church, part Generation Gapper but won't be found anywhere near a kitchen.

Mine is most definitely the conservative, to a tee. I think biting my tongue is almost not an option, at the rate we are going I would never be able to eat again!!!!! I see's and blatant ignoring, and witty undertone slams that she knows her son won't notice are her favorite things!!!!

OMG!!! ChrisCoy mine is a conservative as well!! She is a "preacher's wife" and the biggest hypocrite. She has talked crap about me when I first met my then boyfriend and is worse now that I married her son. She says mean things with a smile and my husband doesn't even pick up on it. I can't keep my mouth shut anymore..... she proceeds to tell my husband how horrible I am, and that I think I am "mightier than God" because I won't forgive her for the things she's done to me.... first off, if I thought I was mightier than the big guy, I'd forgive EVERYYONE for EVERTHING lol... this woman continues to put me down, and I won't have it anymore. It feels GREAT to stand up to her finally.

How about the one with the economic status & life experiences that are so completely different?

I think they left out "the ***" natural habitat in front of her computer sending unnecessary hateful emails! Lol

Where's the BSC one?

You forgot about the rude self centered chain smoker. Her way is the only way and I will never be able to cook like her (her food is terrible). She criticizes everything I do. He lost too much weight when we got married, now he's too fat (gained 3lbs since monumental weight loss).

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My MIL is like the conservative, she'll stick around church but at home, she'll act like she's never stepped foot in a chapel. Is there any advice for a MIL that leaves 30 emails/day about how horrible everyone is to her, makes everyone else pay for things (when her alimony alone is 5k/month) and insists that she needs to have a personal relationship with my husband BUT every since I married her son (1 month ago) she wants nothing to do with me?

Is there one for the overbearing MIL who is always in you business about finances and savings, then wants you to spend tons of money shopping with her for things you won't need for ten years. I guess she would just be considered crazy!

what about the mother in law that treats her son like he's 10 and than expects him to do everything for her. and we live with them so i'm expected to do everything around the house as she's hounding me about not having a job yet. well HELLO i cant do everything.

Mine doesn't know how to let go of her son... and wants to fight me for him.

My MIL is not on this list, because she is a mix of all the most annoying aspects of each of these. However, I am happy to say that my mother is definately "The Cool One." And not just because she is my mom. She drives a Volvo, is always busy doing her own thing, and gets along with everyone. I have many friends that say they hope they find a MIL like her someday. To bad both my brother and I are married. :)

where is the one that hates you for taking her baby boy away from her while also being an attention whore who only helps people when she knows someone will throw a parade for her? i'd like that little cartoon of that beast to be on this list.

How about the "Man Hater MIL"- she even hates her own son, but of course in a passive agressive way, which makes the poor dear just keep trying to win her approval.

I hear you, mrs. meg... Got one for thanksgiving weekend... I'm ready to be free again!

where's leech, "victim", or con artist? Come on now, let's be real. All three are my MIL. Sucks.

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OMG my MIL is a total MILF wannabe. She recently got a divorce and thinks she is now 17 again. She went and got everything you possibly can get plastic on your body done. Now she goes clubbing every friday, saturday, and sunday and leaves her youngest children (schoolaged) at home for my fiance to take care of. He has to call her to make sure she comes home at night. She says she cant stop living her life for other people. When we brought up our concern of the affect is is having on her young children and she laughed at us, then started crying then ran to her room and locked the door and didnt even bother coming out to put her kids to bed. Its so hard for me to not loose it on her!

My future MIL is kind of conservative, but kind of hippie too. Either way, I can't stand her.

I've got the cool one! Yay!

The Natural Habitat with Conservative mixed in... Wasted an entire roll of paper towels in my kitchen "cleaning"... Drive me nuts! Use a towel!!

"clueless and always in your personal space".....I can soooo sympathize!!!!!!

I guess mine would be The Generation Gapper. She is a very traditional woman from Mexico. There are things that she just can't believe we allow in our home with our daughter i.e.: the dog gets to be in the house GASP! :) I also have a different dynamic with my MIL...she speaks very little English, or I speak very little Spanish :) That makes it very hard to communicate, obviously. Therefore, my husband does the communicating and we all know how well guys do that...I am often left out of the loop in conversations that happen since I don't speak or understand Spanish.

Or what about the one that thinks that she's everyones mother including yours and your childs. "well this is how you should do things" "these diapers are better for him than those" "i always did things this way and just look how my boys turned out". Yikes she drives me nuts

Oh dear! My mil is not listed here. What kind of category do you put someone in who literally gave you a bag of dirt for Xmas? Seriously, miracle grow potting soil, wrapped up, that's it...nothing says I hate you more than dirt right? This lady seems to go out of her way to make me feel "less than"...