In-laws

 
 

A Pregnant Christmas at My Crazy In-Laws' Pee-Smelling House

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Dear Mouthy Housewives,My in-laws are tough cookies. Their house smells like pee (an assortment of pee, actually -- cat, dog, and human), and nothing is ever clean. (Think: Hoarders bad. Grey Gardens bad.) My sister-in-law throws massive-scale tantrums (have I mentioned that she's 30 and still living at home?), and she says some of the rudest things you could imagine. She called a few weeks ago to tell me that she finally got around to reading the book I bought her last year, and that she hated it. I didn't really know how to respond.  Read more >

The Real Truth about Meeting the Parents

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There have been movies about about it: "Father of the Bride", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and most recently (and probably the most popular) "Meet the Parents." We laugh when viewing these movies and think of them as merely entertainment. I am here to tell you that there is a lot of truth to the old saying, "art Imitates Life" when referring to meeting the parents of your child's future spouse.  Read more >