Originally Posted by
Leana 
They may be in denial now but that won't last for long. After the divorce is final and you are out of the equation they won't have a buffer. AH will need someone to take your place and who else but them? They will get a first hand view of horror you've lived for years. It is inevitable.
I believe they are fully aware of what he is capable of. My MIL in the past has cried to me saying "maybe if she had spent more time with him when he was younger he would have turned our different" but then she turns the next minute saying "he gives the kids all his time and attention" *rolling eyes* (yeah right). She told me when he was a teen she would be out looking for him at different parties because he would get drunk and not want to come home. She would chase him around town. His parents are aware of how he can get. They just try to cover up and lie for him so he doesnt lose custody of his kids.