Harassed about announcing my pregnancy UPDATES
My cousin (who grew up in our house) asked my husband a few weeks ago if we were pregnant. He said no and she felt his response wasn't quick enough (via text) so she decided that she didn't believe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
dealing with the guilt trippers.
When someone is trying to guilt trip do you say something or BH? Example: Paternal grandma is notorious for guilt tripping. She texted me the other day asking if I could attend a function. I declined...
View ArticleShould Dh respond or bh
Couldn't get screen shot to post so I'll put it in the comments. Basically sil sends me this message. 1. I hate 4 page texts. Pick up the damn phone. 2. This doesn't concern me 3. Dh works nights she...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is this enough for a restraining order?
Dh dad is crazy. He has schizophrenia and is unmedicated. We don't have contact with him if we can help it. He used to text dh all the time. . Rambling crazy stuff. Then he lost his phone and our...
View ArticleFMIL & OSU (Updates in Original Post)
upd JRT 9, UPD/BG 13, 17,18 ???, 20 ambush, 21, 25, 28 done, 31, 34 dup, 36 xmas help! 41 MOO CO, 42 FSIL CO, 44 FMIL/FFIL CO She keeps buying LO clothes of HER favorite sports team for LO to wear. I...
View ArticleSmothered by In-laws! How not to offend?
So, first off, let me point out that I am a 42 year old woman having her 5th (not 1st) baby. I mention this only because in a previous post, I think some thought I was an unappreciative 20 something...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MIL Makes Easter Baskets For Adult Children - Update pg 13
So my DH is 30 years old and we are expecting our first baby in early June. My DH's older sister is 33 and has a 3 year old. DH and I have been together for 7 years and I've always found it really odd...
View ArticleBro's girlfriend overstepping boundaries with DD
Quick bg: Bro2 is youngest and GC. Lives at home with my mom. We do not get along. At all. DD and I are temporarily living at my mom's while my husband finds housing for all of us in our new state,...
View ArticleBhot & Zarkin's Enmeshed mother: Ud & pre-reception tantrum pg2, pg7
First off, Happy mother's day to the ladies on here.Part 2: http://community.babycenter.com/post/a56027284/overbearing_mother_cant_go_a_week_without_contact._update_pg_8 Part 1 linked in Part 2 So...
View ArticlePushy MIL
1st time poster, read the sticky and will try keeping this brief. I need advice on how to handle my MIL when it comes to my LO (18 months old). From birth, he has not warmed up to her. He would cry...
View ArticleTrying to CO parents *trigger* warning
I posted a while ago when I was pregnant with LO, and DWIL helped me gain great perspective, so I'm posting again. First, some background... I'm in recovery from a bad addiction, have 2.5 solid years...
View ArticleSo DWIL was right. **Minor triggers** mini update 4 Email 6
Regular member here, using a throwaway to continue my thread as my regular screen name is very easily traced to me. I'm the poster who had the Crazy Aunt who was very handsy with me when I was 13. I CO...
View ArticleIs this normal? (Long)
My parents have always rubbed me the wrong way as grandparents. I don't feel like they have personal boundaries and it's always about them getting their "grandparent experience". We don't see them...
View ArticleHow to handle the crazies
Ok so I'm here for advice on how to handle my SO parents without causing messy drama with them. Yesterday we went to see them for Easter. As soon as we got there they were in my youngest daughters face...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MIL Makes Easter Baskets For Adult Children - Update pg 13, 21
So my DH is 30 years old and we are expecting our first baby in early June. My DH's older sister is 33 and has a 3 year old. DH and I have been together for 7 years and I've always found it really odd...
View ArticleFMIL meltdown (lengthy)
Okay, so last night my fmil literally flipped out and stormed out of the room after i answered a question she had about crib bedding. Here's what happened: my fiance and I were outside in the...
View ArticleJealous mother? How to handle this?
(DWIL lurker, went annon because several IRL friends & I are pretty active on BBC together and I want to keep this private). (A little about me: I have a decent spine, and I usually feel confident...
View ArticleAm I overreacting?
Since I got pregnant with my first son my MIL has been driving me crazy! Over the last 5 years there have been so many small problems that I bit my tongue about because I didn't want to cause problems...
View ArticleStanky Leftover In-law Ham
I have to say that I'm not a regular on BBC (my husband and I don't have kids), I have just been addicted to inlaw boards since I got married 5 years ago. My in laws are/were the standard enmeshed/...
View ArticleLlama noms (OT but not really question 3)
Bg: My sister (sis1 for clarification, I'm the oldest of 6), is separated from her husband. She's a cheating cheater who cheats (with multiple men all exes) and she lied to me about why she left him....
View Article