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[magus113]

Originally Posted by Xantar

Ok, sorry I've been busy. The real response to the plastic surgery addict's letter was to get herself to therapy. The advice columnist was too polite to point out that nobody finds plastic women attractive.

Have another one:

If her mother has issues with being old then I dunno what she's gonna think when she starts getting the gray hairs.

Her and her mother need to get the fuck over it. It's not like they can stop them from having the kids.

[Professor S]

My mother-in-law is driving me crazy. My husband and I just found out that we are pregnant with our second child, and I heard she’s pregnant, too. I cannot conceive of being pregnant at the same time as my mother-in-law! She has this notion that she is “too young” to be a grandma, and I am so angry with her for trying to take my spotlight. She is 44 years old, and it makes me upset that she wants to have children now (after already having three of her own) instead of just being a grandma. What should I do or say when she reveals her big news to us, which will likely happen when we reveal our big news to her?

Hmmm... you're having a kid and your mother in-law is 44 and having a kid as well. My advice is to call Jerry Springer and see if you can't hit the white trash TV lottery and get booked. Afterwards, I would be very interested to see if both of your expected children have the same father (I assume incest is involved on some level), and call up Maury to see who the baby daddy is... oh, I'm sorry, poor grammar... who the baby daddy be.

This way we might be able to delay your inevitable drain on the American welfare system and SCHIP programs. But judging from the situation I don't imagine anyone in your family is too good at planning things ahead of time, so in the case you can't get booked... TAKE... THE BITCH... DOWN. She's asking for it.

[Neo]

Dear Preggo,

While it's true that having a baby at 44 is slightly disturbing, that in no way proves she did it just to spite you. Especially since you gave no indication she got pregnant only after hearing about your pregnancy. Maybe she's just a gross and trashy person. And by extension, that means her son (your husband) is probably a piece of trash too. Since trash marries trash, you are the trashiest of them all. You and your mother-in-law would do us all a huge favor if you made up by bonding over your dual abortions. No one needs to pump out one child for every dog they own.

[KillerGremlin]

My mother-in-law is driving me crazy. My husband and I just found out that we are pregnant with our second child, and I heard she’s pregnant, too. I cannot conceive of being pregnant at the same time as my mother-in-law! She has this notion that she is “too young” to be a grandma, and I am so angry with her for trying to take my spotlight. She is 44 years old, and it makes me upset that she wants to have children now (after already having three of her own) instead of just being a grandma. What should I do or say when she reveals her big news to us, which will likely happen when we reveal our big news to her?

This person strikes me as being the type who has kids not because she wants a family, but because she likes the attention and likes to be in the spotlight, and she also probably thinks it is expected of her to make babies. Since I'm answering an editorial and not counseling this person, I would say I feel sorry for her egotistical, empty life. My serious response would be to go get therapy or get a job or find something worth living for, but Xantar is good at posting the responses....sssoooooooo I'll echo the theme in this thread...which is get a spot booked on Springer, and duke it out with your mother-in-law in a fist-fighting brawl that will result in clothes being torn off, and large guts flopping around. And perhaps we can throw in a midget for good measure too.