A Little Epiphany - (and a newbie delurking)

[Dia]

Family portrait is a great idea! I now MIL will love one for Xmas!

FYI to Lotus - this is abso-flipping-lutely hilarious. Makes me wonder if I can arrange my fingers for easy Photoshopping so I can send her a little message in the pic.

Ahhh, revenge fantasies.

On the upside, I have FIL and SIL solidly cemented on my side. I heartily doubt they would cooperate with MIL to give the required signatures for what she threatened to do. (For those who missed it, MIL threatened to disinherit H and throw us out of the house if we reconciled.)

SIL has been very anxious about her status as a mother. I guess her mommy circle has been giving her a hard time about 'not doing things right.' Just before she left, I took her aside and said she needed to tell her Mommy circle where to shove it. From what I'd seen, she was an excellent mother and not to change a thing. She cried. I was being completely sincere, too. It irked me that those people were being so mean to her.

As for FIL, he said in the beginning that he'd support H whichever way he decided, but he's been covertly pleading my case. Then after the big pork roast dinner - well, the man says you don't let go of a woman who can cook like that. His LL is AoS and he has a wife who doesn't cook.

MIL's LL is gifts, so I'll be making some peace offerings in that direction, but yeah, a family portrait at this point is probably over the top for her.