My MIL and such.

[Dumbledork]

Oh, ya'll, the past few days have been nuts for me. 

First off, today we went to the Independence Day parade. We went last year and there was a group on tractors with confederate flags waving on each tractor. I'm in the South, I rolled my eyes and moved on. Same group was in the parade today, with the same flags waving on the tractors, and then, on the final tractor there was a sign in bright shiny letters: "White History Month! Hug White People!" Just... what? People around me were pointing at it, laughing and high-fiving. I hate living here. 

Rewind to yesterday. We told MIL, whom you might remember is cray-cray evil, about DH leaving the military in two years. She called me yesterday and asked, if DH's current contract ends next summer and he wants to get out, why is he re-upping to get out in two years instead. So I explain about how it would be a tight time frame, we don't want to be rushed, we have to sell our house, we want to pack our savings, etc and how we just really need that extra year to do everything. We hang up, she calls her mom, and then calls me back and offers us ten freaking thousand dollars so we can sell our house now and DH can end his contract next summer. And then, without even taking a beat, she says, "I just worry about him in the military now, what with Osama forcing the homosexual agenda so strongly there." 

I don't know if I can live in the same town with her. Why does she have to live in our dream location?

[meltoine]

WTMF? I mean, MH's parents offered him everything under the sun not to commission, but her reasoning...just...what?

[Dumbledork]

She HATES Pres. Obama. I honestly think she believes he is the antiChrist. When we stayed with her for a few days over Christmas, there was a special on tv about Christmas in the White House. It interviewed past Presidents and family members to get their experience, talked about the WH gingerbread house, fluffy stuff like that. It had the briefest shot of Michelle waving next to a Christmas tree and MIL threw her hands up, said something about not letting that woman ruin Christmas, and left the room. She despises them.

She's an extreme right-wing conservative Christian. She doesn't think Muslims, women, or The Gayz should be allowed in the military. She does think the government has a secret stock pile of special bullets for people like her, and wants her church to be armed with unregistered guns so they can properly fight back against the government when the time comes. I have to work so hard to keep my mouth shut when we visit to just keep the peace. The terrible thing is, Dh keeps saying she's actually gotten better!

[VillainV]

Wow. Just wow.

[kpol]

She sounds like my H's grandma...right down to arming her church! Sorry you have to deal with that. Enjoy your time away from her while you can!

[amaristella]

Your in-laws should all get together and have a party with my parents. I think they'd get along really well. I'm really glad that my in-laws never bring up politics or religion around me because DH says they're pretty bad too. "Forcing the homosexual agenda" Unreal.

[amaristella]

Also, as my personal confession. I can't help that noticing that a portion of the most "patriotic, yay America" people who show up on Facebook all happy and celebratory on July 4th or Veteran's day are the same ones who think it's okay to deprive other Americans of the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness just because they disagree on things. Those are the holidays when I just want to post a challenge to anyone who wants to thank/support the military for protecting our freedom. A challenge to quietly consider what they personally have ever done to further or restrict their fellow American's freedom.

Sorry for the rant.

[pennylane]

Oh hey, my SIL once told me that I am going to hell for supporting the "Antichrist" President and then went on a rant about how he's not a citizen. So I feel your pain! I do a lot of tongue biting when I'm around her and both sets of parents.

I'm sorry you're going to have to live closer to her and her form of crazy.

[meltoine]

amaristella - one of my friends did just that. I think it was excellently written:

"Let us never forget that the first justification our Founding Fathers gave for their decision to form our nation was the self-evident truth that we are all created equal. We don't become equal. We're not granted equality by legislation. We are born already equal, and everything else that we do for equality is merely an attempt to bring our nation closer to the ideals that lie at its roots.

Equality is not material, equality is not legal. Equality is the state in which each person recognizes the same dignity they feel towards themselves, towards others. As long as we do not forget that the person we disagree with has their own sense of dignity, we will continue to be brothers and sisters in a free nation.

On this 4th of July, take a moment to reflect on all those whom you consider to be the worst of your brothers and sisters, and then test yourself by asking whether you have considered their sense of dignity when judging them, and whether you can try to see them as equals. Celebrate your Independence Day by celebrating the equality that our Founding Fathers knew was correct, even if the principles were still too lofty for even them to fully embrace.

Happy 4th of July, and may we never forget that our nation lives not in the reality of its equality, but rather in our position relative to its eventual attainment."

[amaristella]

Meltoine I wish I was that eloquent. Thanks for the Copy & Paste. I may save it for another time.

[Dumbledork]

As much as I hate knowing there are more like her, it's nice to know we're not the only ones dealing with craziness. On the upside, she took it fairly well when we turned it down. I was worried she'd see us as really ungrateful for turning it down. She did try to turn us against each other, like she always does, but since we were on the same page we had a plan in place as to how to phrase everything and eliminate any wiggle room for her. She sounded really disappointed but like she understood where we were coming from in our decision. At least we can remain civil around each other.

[brandienee]

I think you need to find a new dream location. Yikes.

[iluvmytxrgr]

They showed that parade on the news here in Savannah. My eyes nearly rolled out of my head.