You have every right to be angry. Try keeping your door locked, so she at least has to knock.
Mother in law walks into our home, does not knock, ring the bell, or let us know she's coming. Am I wrong for being angry?
My family has always just walked in....that being said, we know when someone is coming. I guess if I didn't know I'd be upset.
May I suggest that you use your computer to record these lyrics to "Home on the Range" and email it to here before her next visit. And, no, I didn't write it. It was published in an Australian magazine in the mid 1950s and I'm darned if I know why it stuck in my noodle all these years.
Oh give us a home where no relatives roam
Where my dear and myself only stay:
Where no mother-in-law exercises her jaw
And we've only ourselves to obey.
Home, home with a range;
A bathroom, a bed, and four feet.
Where no in-law can plot
And one pair takes the pot:
A home that will really stay sweet.
no one has the right to enter your dwelling without your knowledge or consent period your wife and your children are the exception make your case plainly
No you have every right to be angry. Someone shouldn't just come in to your house like its there house. I would be angry to if I was you.
keep your door locked. Problem solved.
Some married couples have learned to establish appropriate boundaries with their parents. This does not mean that you have to lay down the law to them. In your case, you may need to have a firm but loving heart-to-heart talk with your mother-in-law. However do so, not in a spirit of anger, but in a spirit of respect and mildness. If she continues to engage in this conduct—especially in an ongoing, unrepentant way—your relationship with her may be severely strained and understandably limited. Do not allow these conflicts to cause contention between you and your spouse.