The Worst Mother-In-Law Horror Stories Round-Up: Our Readers Speak Back! - Babble (blog)

It seems our readers know all to well about having a "monster-in-law"!

Last month I wrote about “10 Things A Mother-In-Law Should Never Utter To A Daughter-In-Law”. It garnished not only heartfelt emotion, but often irate response. While a handful of readers did write in to say that they adored their mothers-in-law, the majority of readers said that their husband’s mothers cause them ongoing grief.

On one side of the argument, a couple of mothers-in-law commented that perhaps daughters-in-law are also responsible for the ensuing family conflicts. Certainly, each and every family is different, so it’s impossible to put any family under a one-size-fits-all solution.

Yet that being said, many readers have big problems with the woman who gave birth to their husband. After reading my list of what MILs should never say, a bunch of readers felt that my list was too tame compared to what their mothers-in-law actually say or do to them on a regular basis.

Wondering exactly what these stories of cranky mothers-in-laws are? Well, just scroll down because we’ve compiled a list of the top readers mother-in-law horror stories!

(Stay tuned this month for more on how to mend a relationship with your mother-in-law, and if you are a mother-in-law yourself, leave us a comment on your thoughts and experiences with your daughters-in-law!)

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Insensitivity Reaches A New Level Before my son was born I had two miscarriages.. and my MIL knew it. So why at a familiy reunion where everyone of my husband’s relatives (sister, cousins, etc..) were carrying their babies did she think of saying… “You two better hurry up and catch up with them in starting a family!” It is not like we didn’t want to! -Carolina

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Fashion Horror Story: Tucker’s Entire Studio Burned Down (and They Didn’t Miss a Single Shipment)

Fashionista favorite Of-a-Kind, a cool e-commerce site that sells small quantities of special edition merchandise from emerging designers, is launching a blouse by Tucker as their latest featured product today. This is despite the fact that Tucker’s New York studio burned down the weekend of July 23 (yes, that’s just a little over three weeks ago). And it wasn’t just a little smoke–shit burned. down. Luckily, no one was hurt, but they lost every single thing in the studio, including their computer servers and all their current stock (including the pieces for Of a Kind). Could you imagine?

This is the kind of thing that could put a company out of business–at least temporarily. Instead, here’s the crazy story of how they turned around and went right back to work without missing a single shipment, as told to us by the Of a Kind peeps:

We were beyond impressed by the resilience and determination of this Tucker team. By Monday, 24 hours after the fire, they were back up and running, fully operational, working from their production manager’s apartment. They pushed their factories hard and decided they weren’t going to miss any deadlines or shipments. Honestly, they could have easily pulled out of their commitment and we would have completely understood but they were AMAZING. They recreated our entire shipment and got it to us in crazy turn around time, we only had to push it back by a week. They managed to still fulfill their Super Saturday commitment which was that next weekend and are going to get all their shipments out on schedule. Really incredible on their part. The only thing that they’ve had to shut down is their online store, and they really want to let everyone know why it’s not operational right now and that everything is cool and will be back up and running very soon.

That’s some dedication. The Blue Flute Tank by Tucker, $150, is available here. And you better hurry if you want this extra-special piece–there are only 25!

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