WHY WIVES HATE THE MOTHER-IN-LAW WHO IS 'CONTROLLING'

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Why wives hate the mother-in-law who is 'controlling' and 'interfering'


By Kate Loveys

6th October 2011


The stereotype suggests that it’s the husband who simply cannot bear their mother-in-law.

But wives feel exactly the same, according to the latest research.

One in four despises their mother-in-law and believes she is ‘controlling, interfering and bitchy’.

In a poll, women accused mothers-in-law of routinely ‘knowing best’ when it comes to parenting, judging their parenting skills and undermining them in front of their partner and children.

Almost a third said they were made to feel they were not good enough for their partner.

Many move house to escape the mother-in-law’s clutches and for some the stress is so extreme it has led to marital breakdown.

The findings come from a poll of some 2,000 mothers by the website Netmums.

Almost a quarter, 24 per cent, described their relationship with their mother-in-law as bad or terrible.

Some 16 per cent believe she is bitchy, 22 per cent think her rude, 25 per cent controlling, 35 per cent judgmental and 32 per cent interfering.

And many women view their mother-in-law as more stressful than fraught experiences such as moving house.

Some 24 per cent find her worse than moving, 21 per cent worse than potty training, 14 per cent worse than morning sickness and 13 per cent worse than breastfeeding.

One in 10 moves house to be further away from her and five per cent cite her as the chief reason for their marriage breakdown.


Siobhan Freegard, co-founder of Netmums, said: ‘Mums feel the mother-in-law looks down on them, criticises their parenting skills and interferes in their relationship.
‘However mothers-in-law can be a huge support, especially for new mums, and more than ever they are helping families out by taking on childcare responsibilities.’
‘It takes some time to get on with your mother-in-law but can be worth a little perseverance, even if you have to bite your tongue sometimes.’

Netmums has coined phrases for seven different types of mother-in-law, only one of which is favourable.

There is the ‘I know best’ mother-in-law, the ‘uber-nana’ who demands unlimited access, the disinterested ‘sorry-but-I-have-my-own-life’, the ‘I-think-the-sun-shines-out-of-my-son’s-bum’, the ‘needy’, the ‘hyacinth bucket’ and the ‘glamorous granny’.
They found the ‘perfect’ mother-in-law, was one who is ‘young-at heart, independent, generous to a fault and good fun, she toes the line between offering the support you need, and butting out the rest of the time.’

The difficult relationship between women and their mothers-in-law was highlighted recently when a vicious email from Carolyn Bourne to her future daughter-in-law Heidi Withers went viral.

Mrs Bourne panned her son’s partner, calling her out for her 'staggering uncouthness and lack of grace'.

But Miss Withers hit back by sending the email to all her contacts, from where it made its way into the news across the globe.



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[Byootuhful]

Well the majority of women who participated in that poll were mostly likely dumar aana kaadida ba iska maydhin or ones who don’t comprehend the haqq of the waalid...His mum is your mum whether she makes life uncomfortable or not. We are told to show the utmost respect to our waalid even if they are disbelievers; the only time you can walk away from them is when they tell you to disobey your Lord..You married this man whom you obviously think highly of, she raised him well enough for you to want to be his wife so surely she can’t be that bad..ruunti I reckon a decent wife would bare whatever trials concerning her Mother in law with patients and would never put her husband in an uncomfortable position of having to choose between the two, and a righteous husband would gently reassure his Mother and kindly tell her to take a little step back. Any naag who expects/thinks a Mother who went through 9 months of carrying her son, going through the agonising pains of labour, raising him and then to just let him go to you just like that is going to be easy..then adiga ka waalan

Anway naag walba waa nasiibkeeda iyo how she decides to go about things..