My wife spoke to her mother yesterday over Skype. Like me talking to my parents my wife talks to her mother weekly just to chat and keep in touch. Why my mother in law bothers I really don't know though. To sum it up you should not end up in tears when you finish talking to your family. This is the kind of person my mother in law is.
She is totally unable to see anyone's point of view other than her own. She seems unable to talk about anything other than what is going on in her life and can't understand what happens to other people. It is supremely frustrating and all I can do is stay quiet. If I try to say something I'll end up on a rant about what a incredibly stupid person she is. She ended up bitter and angry after her divorce, my wife and I have now been married much longer than she ever was yet she still tries to give advice about living with someone.
Living with my mother in law is an exercise in angry outbursts which seems to be the way she lives. She never has a kind word to say about anyone but can find some way to complain about anything and everything. I try to avoid interacting with her for this very reason, there's no point in living like that. You end up sad and grumpy, I would rather do things to be happy about than dwell on the bad like she has.
So in case you are wondering why stereotypes exist you now know why. They do exist in real life as well and my wife and I seem to be living it.
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