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Quite possibly the oddest family relationship I've ever heard of

mikeymikec

mikeymikec

Lifer
My wife found this on Twitter, it was originally on Reddit:

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*blink*
 
Plot twist: She gives birth to a papier-mache mouse. She cheated on her husband with Timothy, and she's so overwhelmed by guilt that she felt the need to lash out.
 
I can believe this, too stupid to be made up.

This kind of crap is why I had a rule for a minimum of two years together with one year living together before even talking about marriage. If she knew about this wiredo stuff before getting married then I put it on her. If not then I still put blame on her for going into something blind. But, since she is already neck deep just go ahead and get a few cats and decide they have to go everywhere with you. When the "mouse" speaks reply as the cat.
 
BudAshes said:
Divorce + abortion sounds about right.
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She could threaten to abort the baby if the family doesn't grow up, send Timothy to the trash, and act like adults for once. Who wants to bring an infant into a world of children like that?

Not even joking.
 
local said:
I can believe this, too stupid to be made up.

This kind of crap is why I had a rule for a minimum of two years together with one year living together before even talking about marriage. If she knew about this wiredo stuff before getting married then I put it on her. If not then I still put blame on her for going into something blind. But, since she is already neck deep just go ahead and get a few cats and decide they have to go everywhere with you. When the "mouse" speaks reply as the cat.
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I'm not sure I could take an hour of their alleged crap, let alone years. Maybe I could handle it better if my partner was on-side about the in-laws' behaviour, but if that was the case then I doubt that the problem would even exist in the first place. I'm also a bit surprised that the partner doesn't go 'squeaky' even when he's away from his parents.

However, I wonder if this might be a kind of situation that might only happen to people like some friends of mine, a couple whom I think are a little too agreeable and non-confrontational to the point of domestic disputes with their families spiralling out of control yet semi out of sight, situations where someone like myself might try to be diplomatic, subtle and tactful up to a point but then that doesn't work I'd look to confront the situation head-on, but they would probably let it fester.

Back to the squeaky in-laws: I'd also wonder whether they have many friends. I can't imagine many people putting up with that crap as a regular theme. It would be one thing to have a bit of running humour that one knows pushes the buttons a little for someone else and the funny element is that person's reaction, but even that would get tiresome after a while.
 
The thing is, it's difficult to believe they would get defensive when called-out about their behavior. They'd know it's bizarre and they'd shamefully realize they took it to a point beyond what she would tolerate.

Their supposed reaction to her being offended is why I'm calling "bullshit."
 
Ichinisan said:
The thing is, it's difficult to believe they would get defensive when called-out about their behavior. They'd know it's bizarre and they'd shamefully realize they took it to a point beyond what she would tolerate.

Their supposed reaction to her being offended is why I'm calling "bullshit."
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Dude, you really need to get out more. People are weird and hermetically delusional across a wide and supremely weird spectrum. By "hermetically delusional" I mean that they really, really DON"T "know it's bizarre" or "shamefully realize they took it to a point beyond."

I seem to have had a far wider experience across several cultures (countries) and sub-cultures (parts of the USA) right down on the street level than many other posters, and I'm here to tell you, folks like this woman describes (and weirder!) absolutely do exist, whether or not this one instance is a troll or not.
 
mikeymikec said:
I'm not sure I could take an hour of their alleged crap, let alone years. Maybe I could handle it better if my partner was on-side about the in-laws' behaviour, but if that was the case then I doubt that the problem would even exist in the first place. I'm also a bit surprised that the partner doesn't go 'squeaky' even when he's away from his parents.
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That is why I have a minimum time, over a couple years you will get to see pretty much all aspects of someones life and the moment this situation shows up you can nope yourself right out of that relationship before you are married.
 
Assuming the OP is not trolling in that story: (because it reminded me a bit of this one)

1. The way she explains it, you kind of get sucked into the story...hey, the in-laws are quirky, but no harm no foul right? The husband grew up with it & just accepts it as a weird part of his family & rolls with it.

2. However, using the OIIO Principle (Outside In, Inside Out), if we zoom out from the situation, this line says it all: "my in-laws communicate as and via mouse figurines who they see as family members". I can understand it being cute & quirky - to an extent. People do this with their pets all the time...they have cutesy little baby voices & consider their cat or dog as "family members".

3. The fact that the FIL got legit mad at her for calling him out over a non-existent grandchild says it all. He either has a personality disorder or it's a coping mechanism for something wrong in his life. That is not normal behavior.

I bet they loooooooooooooooooooove Disneyland tho 😛
 
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