Re: PARENTS RESPECT (BSB HATERS, Stay Out!)
If someone is genuinely sorry for what they’ve done, I think the most mature thing would be to forgive them. However, if they do not appear to be genuinely repentant for their behaviour and the “misbheaviour” is something that happens on a regular basis, I don’t think they are “entitled” to forgiveness simply because they are your mother-in-law. While I wouldn’t advocate disrespecting someone in return, I don’t believe anyone should be forced to forgive another person as forgiveness is something that is voluntary and should be genuine.
That said, if I had an evil mother-in-law, I would avoid her like the plague. I wouldn’t try to stop my husband from having a relationship with her as that is his mother, but I also wouldn’t go out of my way to get into the good graces of someone who has no intentions of getting along with me.