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There is absolutely no excuse for telling a child about Santa Claus. None. Not one. Let them believe for as long as possible, I say. So what was one grandmother thinking when she decided to come clean about Saint Nick and totally ruin Christmas for her 4-year-old granddaughter? The woman's daughter-in-law (DIL) shared the whole upsetting story in a now viral post on Reddit's r/JUSTNOMIL forum. The Original Poster (OP) really believes this all stems from the fact that her mother-in-law (MIL) doesn't really like her — like at all. "She’s one of the typical moms who doesn’t want her...

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On November 18, 37-year-old José Garcia reached the finish line of the Bakersfield Marathon—but he didn’t cross alone. Before the end, Garcia went up to the sidelines to take hold of his 76-year-old mother-in-law, Odilia Esparza, who is battling late-stage Alzheimer’s disease, so she could finish the race with him. Esparza was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2010, and the disease has progressed to the point she can no longer walk, talk, or recognize her family members. But Esparza’s daughter, Daniela, fondly remembers the days before her adopted mother’s illness. While she was not a runner, she was a big believer...

LEESBURG, Ga. —A man shot an armadillo, but the bullet ricocheted off the armadillo and struck his mother-in-law. Investigators say that Larry McElroy fired a pistol at the armadillo Sunday night, WALB-TV reports. The bullet killed the armadillo but ricocheted off of it, hit a fence, went through the back door of Carol Johnson's mobile home and hit the chair in which she was sitting, hitting her in the back, The Associated Press reports. Johnson's wounds are not life-threatening, the AP reports.

Please keep my Mother-in-Law in you prayers. About a week or so ago she stumbled over a stone in her driveway fell and broke her L. Hand and her upper R. Arm(or was it the other way around/O Well). Anyway she is in her 60s and it will take quite abit of time for her to heal. Any way my wife is down there now but has to be back here in W. Iowa by Wednesday.

President Obama addressed a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa on Wednesday. The President, who was introduced to the audience by his wife, Michelle, said that the First Lady was a tough act to follow: "Because let's face it, on the charisma rankings in my household, you got her [Michelle]; the girls; Bo; and then my mother-in-law and then me" [laughter]... The President quickly added, "Actually my mother-in-law-is before Bo..." Question: How is it even possible for Bo to have more charisma than the President? See the video... for the answer...... VIDEO

"Noting the interdependence among peace, security and development, President Rousseff and President Obama reaffirmed their desire to build a just and inclusive world order, which promotes democracy, human rights and social justice." "They reaffirmed the imperative to modernize the international financial institutions in a way that reflects the changes in the world economy and moves towards global financial stability, sustainable development and poverty reduction." "They welcomed the strengthening of the collaboration on environment and climate change, including under the Common Agenda on Environment and the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation Regarding Climate Change, and agreed to include in the Common...

A WIFE filed for divorce just a month after her wedding because her husband insisted his mother came on the honeymoon. Beautician Marianna, 36, who can only be identified by her first name because of Italian privacy laws, thought she was free of her suffocating mother-in-law after a lavish church ceremony in Rome. But 39-year-old Stefano, a salesman, had secretly booked his mother into the same five-star Paris hotel. The first Marianna knew about it was when the woman turned up at the airport. The wife’s lawyer Giacinto Canzona said: “She wants a divorce because of her husband’s excessive emotional...

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times — Michelle really is the one who shoulda been president. Has President Spindly Legs looked at his numbers lately? Goodness gracious, Iran’s Mahmoud Shrimpy is more popular here than he is! Then Barack has the nerve to tell some reporter than I am “becoming quite the lady about town”! Why doesn’t he keep his uppity in his own business? Even au pairs get nights off now and then — and by the way, they get paid more than I do … which is easy since I get paid with...

Tonight at 9 p.m. the season finale of HBO's "Treme" will screen at Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge. It will also be a finale of sorts for the Treme landmark, opened by Ernie and Antoinette K-Doe in the mid-90's; today on Facebook, Antoinette's daughter, Betty Fox, announced that after a garage sale on July 10, she will close the bar for good. Antoinette, an experienced bar manager, opened the business as part of a successful campaign to revitalize her new husband's career. The onetime #1 R&B hitmaker had begun to sink into alcoholism and obscurity in the 80's and 90's, but...

Bizarre Logic for High House Prices in China Critics say claim that mothers-in-law are responsible masks political reality By Luo Xi & Jin Xi Epoch Times Staff Sep 14, 2009 One of the cartoons circulating online making light of Gu Yunchang's remarks. The man says "Mother-in-law, this clothing is most suitable for you to wear!" The writing on the clothing says "Rising houseprice scapegoat." (NTDTV) Chinese officials have been putting forward bizarre explanations for China’s rising real estate prices recently, with Secretary-General of the China Academy of Real Estate, Gu Yunchang, blaming the ever rising housing prices on mothers-in-law. Gu...

Asking for prayers for my 77 y/o Mother-in-law, who had a stroke Sunday morning. She holds down two part-time jobs for the Church, which she will probably now lose due to her condition and the need for extended rehab.

A desperate husband tried to kill his mother-in-law with an anti-tank missile launcher after claiming she'd turned his wife against him. Furious Bosnian Miroslav Miljici wanted revenge after blaming his wife's mum for the break-up of his marriage. But when his mother-in-law survived the rocket attack on her home, he tried to finish her off with a machine gun, a court in Doboj, Bosnia, was told. Amazingly, she survived both attacks with barely a scratch, judges heard. In defence Miljici - jailed for six years for attempted murder - told the court he could no longer take his mother-in-law's nagging.

On Friday, the transition team of President-elect Obama confirmed that his 71-year-old mother-in-law would be moving, at least temporarily, into the grand residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Obama has said he would be delighted to have his wife's mother, Marian Robinson, join the first family in Washington . . . And she has often teased her daughter, Michelle Obama, and the president-elect about their household rules for her granddaughters. Bedtime at 8:30 p.m.? "That's ridiculous," Robinson told The Boston Globe last year, suggesting that was too early. Television for only an hour? "That's just not enough time," she said.

As if Barack Obama hasn't already pulled off enough firsts, he's on record hoping - hoping! - that his own mother-in-law will move into the White House. "I don't tell my mother-in-law what to do. I'm not stupid - that's why I got elected president, man," he told Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes." "But we hope that she comes."

ALBANY, Oregon: Pvt. Duncan Schneider has more reason to behave himself in uniform than most other members of the military — his platoon sergeant is also his mother-in-law. He says he does not mind, since he can serve his country with a family member who also has experience in the military, Sgt. 1st Class Lisa Mesteth. "I feel very good about it," Schneider said Sunday at a mobilization ceremony for the Oregon Army National Guard's 224th Engineer Company, which is about to begin training for a year in Iraq. "It's a family thing."

Father and Daughter Killed in Plane Crash in Lawrence County March 5, 2007 05:14 PM BEDFORD, Ind. - A single engine plane crashed into a house in Lawrence County about a mile from Grissom Memorial Airport in Bedford around 10:45 a.m. The pilot of the plane was 47-year-old Eric Johnson of Bedford and the passenger his 8-year-old daughter Emily; both were killed. Johnson rented a Cessna 150M Monday morning and shortly after taking off the plane crashed into the home of Vivian Pace, Johnson's estranged wife's mother. No calls for help were made. Pace was in the living room of...

LONDON - A woman who said a bullying mother-in-law made her life a misery was been awarded compensation by a British court. Nottingham County Court on Monday ordered Dalbir Kaur Bhakar to pay 35,000 pounds ($65,000) to her daughter-in-law, Gina Satvir Singh. Singh, 26, claimed she suffered months of abuse following her arranged marriage to Bhakar's son Hardeep Bhakar in November 2002. Singh claimed her mother-in-law, who lived with the couple in Ilford, east London, kept her a virtual prisoner and forced her to rise at 6:30 a.m. to perform "excessive and unnecessary" household chores, including cleaning the toilet without...

A man is so sick of his mother-in-law he is selling her on eBay.Steve Owen, 42, published a photo of 50-year-old Caroline Allen under "Collectables And Weird Stuff" on the internet auction site - describing her as "used". He has invited bids starting at just £1 reports The Sun. He posted the ad on the site after Caroline quit her home of 27 years in America and bought a house round the corner from him and common-law wife Tracey, 35, in Alvaston, Derby. Steve said: "I'm deadly serious. She comes to the house every day trying to change me and...

CHICAGO - (KRT) - One imagines the Persian queen smiling warmly as she passes the food down the table to her daughter-in-law. Queen Parysatis, during the reign of her son, Artaxerxes II (405 to 359 B.C.), was trying to influence a power struggle within the kingdom and had felt the need to be rid of her daughter-in-law. She poisoned one side of a knife that then was used to bisect a roast bird at dinner. Taking the untainted half for herself, she passed the rest, knowing - hence the smile - that her problem was all but solved. Recorded instances...