Jesus.
****ing.
Christ.

Did they give it back to you?

I'm pretty sure these two end the thread :shake:

No. To be fair, I guess my plan was just to bury it with her, and at the time I didn't care enough to ask about it. Still, it bugs me a lot when I think about it.

I get along fine with my in-laws. The worst thing either of them ever did to me was when my wife's father and step-mother hosted our small wedding reception in their home they bought a bunch of alcohol and hired a bartender and then gave us the bill the next day even though we'd made it clear that we wanted to keep things simple and that we didn't plan on buying alcohol for the get-together. It turned out OK and in retrospect it was probably good to have provided alcohol (even though none of my family really drinks and my wife and I aren't big drinkers), but it really pissed my wife off when they did it. It's a really minor thing in the long run though.

On second thought, my wife's sister and live-in baby-daddy ended up in jail that night for a fight they had after they left the party so maybe alcohol wasn't such a great thing after all.

Do you know what they did with it? If my inlaws did that and kept it as some sort of keep-sake, I could probably get over it. If they hocked it...no way.

Are you kidding me???? I would have raised all hell. That isnt theirs to take. I'd get that back. Thats incredible!!!

wow, seems like of any of her possessions, you would have the first right to do what you wish with that one.

My father in law is an ex newspaper guy and is about as cynical as they come. The first time I met him when the wife and I started dating in college he was nice enough until he had a few vodka's and then started dropping f bombs left and right. He's 80 now and we still have to give the kid's a warning when grandpa is about to go off because he can still work it into any sentence.

Have cut my pay over $30,000.00 a year. May I suggest never work for your in-laws.

I think they kept it. They had tons of money, so I doubt they sold it. Also, they're gypsies, so who knows what the deal is.

i take it you haven't kept up w/them too much since?

that just boggles my mind.
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The kids hear them once in a while. They live in NYC and had 10 kids and about 100 grandkids. I only met them a few times and they are a real clannish bunch of people. I was just that dolt outsider she married.

really?
The problem with your in-laws is that they say ****? What the **** is your problem?
Get the **** over it already.
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I don't think that the MiL has ever extrapolated it that far.