My MIL went crazy last year on internet and started having relationships with all kinds of men. She divorced her H and fly's all over US to meet men off of Internet. She also has started a bad habit of sleeping with married men. She says it is cause she feels sorry for them and they are miserable. THis is a constant thing. Now I have always had a huge prob with this but now after what I have been through I am disgusted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR> How do I handle this? I have tried to talk to her about God and now she thinks if She gets to go to bed with different guys 3x a week God is blessing her. It is sick!. The thought of her being like the Ow who ruined my life I can hardley stand. Is there a point in a relationship where you can just give up. My H her own son does not want anything to do with her, should I feel guilty for feeling such pain over what she does that I don't want contact with her anymore. I just feel pain all over again every time she tells me about her Married Men. What do I do????????

HI JJM<P>what a 'doozy'. I think if I were in your shoes I would have to stop contact with MIL - especially as you would seem to have H support - if he also no longer wants anything to do with her.<BR>Is it menopause do you think? I think some people have the tendency to 'lose' their minds at certain stages of their lives - how can there be any other explanation for such strange bizarre behaviour. If hearing your MIL tales of what she has been up to only brings pain for you due to what you have been through, you must distance yourself from the cause of that pain, ie your MIL. You shouldn't have to listen to what she, as the OW is doing, saying, going etc etc etc. I can only too well imagine the pain that that brings!!<BR>Keep smiling, you obviously sorted out your situation with your H yes? You can get through this too. I do have a concern that you may take your anger for your MIL's actions out on your H because it brings back such painful memories, and that is no good for anyone. Keep her away.<BR>All the best<P>Jo

Hey JJM ..<P>Sounds like my mom! She doesn't meet them on the net, but she sleeps with anybody that will pay for something for her. It's groass. <BR>It doesn't matter if they are married or old or young or whatever. She drinks a lot to. I don't have too much to do with her. I quit trying to talk to her a long time ago. I do not let my kids stay with her. She's very normal when you meet her, but let her get in a financial bind ... YUCK!<BR>I have always felt disgust for my mother, grew up with grandparents. It's real hard to equate my h with her. My h cheated to fill his emotional needs I wasn't fulfilling, she sleeps around to get her bills paid. There is a difference. But yes, I would most definately limit contact with her and don't let her talk to you about it.<BR>See Ya'<P>------------------<BR>Mater<P>

Please do the world a favor. Next time she is drunk and sleeping, tattoo a warning for all to see. Forehead? <BR>Just what we all need, huh? My heart goes out to you in dealing with this sick relative. Since she likes the net, turn her onto the sexual addiction sites for some reading material. Maybe it will shock her back to reality?