My own MIL rant

I know nothing can be done about mine, because the husband isn't on board, but I wanted to vent.  My MIL is SO CONTROLLING and it drives me INSANE!!!  She doesn't ask us to do anything, she TELLS us what to do and of course, hubby does it.  She can plan a spur of the moment family dinner and we are expected to drop any and everything to attend, having a prior engagement is NOT an option.

This is what happened.  MIL divorced hubby's father when hubby was 6 years old and he is 43 now.  MIL moved the kids 1000 miles away and remarried.  Her second husband died a few years ago.  So, MIL was divorced from hubby's dad for 37 years and his dad died recently.  MIL was contacted by someone and was told that hubby's dad had left some stocks with a value of $5000 for hubby and his two brothers.  So, MIL calls hubby over and the other brothers and has a form for them to sign, making a check be sent to HER.  She said in order to split it up, she would give them each $1000 and she would keep the other $2000 and ALL THREE of her sons just signed the paper, because "she said so"???  

I asked hubby why she thought she gets money when they had been divorced 37 years at the time of his death and the stocks were meant for HIS KIDS, not for her.  She had another husband who died and she got HIS benefits at death.  It's NOT about the money for me, it's about her making the decision all on her own that she basically gets twice as much as each son gets, when the money was never intended for her.  None of her kids will say anything to her about it, they just do what she says, but it irritates me beyond words!

Thanks for listening:)