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but fortunately, my situation is less extreme, even if my in-laws bug the hell out of me.
Normally, Cary's advice is spot-on, but not today. Most of the responses here have the right idea - the marriage isn't as perfect as the LW would have us believe, and the husband needs to develop a spine. If he won't do it, the wife really needs to see about ending this marriage. Yes, I know that an ultimatum between Mom and wife almost always ends in the wife losing, which is why I've never forced my husband into one. But if I were in a situation like today's LW, I would do an ultimatum on my husband in a heartbeat. If he chose his Mom, I'd say "Fine, I'm better off without you, you son-of-a-bitch! Don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you." Trust me, there are worse things than being divorced - such as having a horrible mother-in-law like this one!
