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Mother-in-law was stalking me and ruining my marriage. And now she's missing. Am I the asshole for being relieved? Depends on, you know, there's levels to this. You know what I mean? Like, did she disappear in cartel territory? And now her body's chopped up in the back of a pickup truck. That's a pretty bad level to be at, you know. Was she opened up and had drugs stuffed inside her and then closed up and then snuck across the border to traffic drugs? That would be terrible. Real story that happened to my mom's friend. Wow. Actually, that's insanity. I can tell that story later. All right. My mother-in-law and I never had a good relationship. She has tried to sabotage my relationship with my husband since the day she met me. I wasn't good enough for handsome and successful little boy. I contemplated ending my relationship several times, but my husband always showed me that he is on my side. And I love him. A few years ago, I started getting very threatening and scary emails and texts from a Pax. What's a Pax? Riley? What's a Pax? Produce the answer. Capital P, yeah. If you know what this means, let us know. This Pax, maybe it's like John. Like, you know, like a, oh, I'll go over here like this John. Oh, oh yeah, it's like a thing person, etc. Maybe. This packs knew everything about me. It didn't matter how many emails and phone numbers I change. They or he always found me. I made several reports, but nothing happened. My husband tried everything to trace the emails. Nothing came out of it. This past year, I basically never left the apartment alone. Suddenly, my mother-in-law passed away in a car accident. The same time, my stalker disappeared. I haven't received a single threatening text or email from PACs in a month. After a few days, I wasn't surprised. I felt like I always knew it was mother-in-law deep down. My husband hasn't reacted yet.

He's consumed with his grief and I don't want to bother him, especially when he bitterly told me, you must be very pleased now. When he heard the news and I tried to comfort him. He apologized later and said he was feeling guilty and he loved and chose me more than he loved her. Now I'm waiting for him to connect the dots. Will he get it? If he does, will he talk to me about it? I don't know if I will ever bring it up to him. Also, I won't relax and go back to my normal life just yet, but I know it in my heart that it's over and I can't be happier about my life. And the fact, and she's saying the stocking is over from the mother-in-law. And there is an update. I really hate how the husband is like, oh, I loved you more and chose you over her. It's like it's not like a competition. He's not a competition. And it's not like binary. It's not like, oh, I either, you know, love my wife or I love my mom and like I got to, you know, leave what? Like, no. No. What is this? But I think probably because of how the mom acted, she was like, choose me over her. Yeah. And probably like, I mean, probably his whole life, she probably like twisted his brain to. Yeah. Someone who would do that to their daughter-in-law? Yeah. Fucking nuts. Absolute insane person. But I do have an update. So I was here maybe a month ago. If I find it, I will post it,

talking about me, suspecting that my mother-in-law was my stalker who tormented me for years. I was trying to get advice about whether or not to tell my husband who was mourning her. I decided to wait a little, but after Venting Keer, I was sure that she was my stalker. I started living like I never did before with 10 minute walks alone, then 50, and then half hour and so on.

So literally, OP wouldn't go outside because of that. I started living like I never did before with 10 minute walks alone, then 50, and then half hour

and so on. So literally, O.P. wouldn't go outside because of this. So insane. At first, my husband

didn't notice my freedom. Or maybe he did, but was processing it himself. Last Friday, I told him

that I was going out with the girls. Alone. Yes, want me to drive you there? No need. Are you not

afraid anymore? No, my stalker won't

bother me ever again. He kissed me and wished me a nice evening. When I came home around midnight,

he was still up. He said that he wanted to talk to me. He asked me, was my mother your stalker? Yes,

he broke down crying. He said he had always suspected her and even talked to her a couple times about

it,

and she made him so guilty by accusing him of being my simp. He said he noticed how after so many years

of fear and anxiety, it suddenly stopped. And eventually, the crying in my sleep stopped too. And he noticed

that I haven't woken him up for a month now. I actually don't remember half of the time I woke him up

in terror,

but he always told me and my therapist about it whenever it happened. He apologized for never discussing it with me and never protecting me from his family, even though he had his suspicions. Honestly, I'm not even mad or disappointed. If the police couldn't help me, I don't know how much my husband could have done, and I just want to move on and leave this behind. We're going to start couples therapy and my husband is planning to tell his family that mother-in-law

was my stalker. He's adamant about it and honestly I think it's a good idea. My husband has also decided not to attend the headstone setting on mother-in-law's grave. Damn, crazy situation. Yeah, I mean, And it's like, imagine finding that out about your mother i know i couldn't

imagine but it sounds like like op was already suspicious so it might be something that this mother does

you know yeah god we get some bad mother-in-law stories on the show this is like insidious evil

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